Happy April 25th y'all (italians and not)!

Let's always remember on this day that every people and every nation has not only the right, but the DUTY to stand up against oppression and subjugation and to fight for their identity, their culture, their freedom. Always and everywhere.

W il 25 Aprile!

W l'Italia!

"Contestare a un movimento che voglia liberare il proprio Paese da un’occupazione straniera la legittimità del ricorso alle armi significa andare contro le leggi della storia." Bettino Craxi

("To  challenge the legitimacy of armed fight to a movement who wants to free its Country from foreign occupation is to challenge the laws of History".)

Resistance movements that spring up against the unjust, illegal, forcible acquisition of jal (water), jangal (forest), jamin (land) have always found an echo among the people at large, reflected in the formation of umbrella-organisations against displacement, violation of their right to food, denial of civic rights, exploitation of women and children, trafficking of young women, and unjust measures like land bank, which take away community rights over ‘commons’. The resistance of affected people, thus, receives solidarity and support from human rights groups, several Adivasi-organisations, leftist/socialist forces, some Jharkhandi Adivasi parties, concerned intellectuals and some legal professionals.

Stan Swamy, 'I am not a Silent Spectator'

Pro-Palestine Brands That You Can Support!

In the spirit of the BDS Movement and other boycott attempts done across the globe, here is a thread showcasing brands that are pro-Palestine (or at least unaffiliated with Israel as of October 2023).

Worth noting is that someone on the thread above mentioned that Ben & Jerry's are pro-Palestine. This is partly true as the FOUNDERS of Ben & Jerry's, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield filed a lawsuit against Unilever to stop all sales in Israel. Unfortunately, they lost the case and the brand instead has stopped all sales in Palestine while still being available in Israel.

I have seen a lot of beauty brands being mentioned such as e.l.f, Pat McGrath Labs, Charlotte Tilbury (whose brand ambassador is Bella Hadid, famously known for being pro-Palestine and is half-Palestinian herself), Fenty Beauty, and even Dior (09/11/2023 edit #1: Dior is no longer on this list as they replaced Bella Hadid with an Israeli model, along with Fenty Beauty as Rihanna is also a brand ambassador for Puma and they had released a collaboration with the brand on September) but besides from Huda Beauty and Delhicious I have yet to see any explicit showcase of support from any other major brands so please take any information regarding beauty brands outside of the ones we are boycotting with a grain of salt.

You can also help by ordering Krispy Kreme (side note: this excites me because I love Krispy Kreme) from this link as it is for a fundraiser by students at the UCLA. Krispy Kreme may not be directly involved, but it is still good to know that this is a viable option. (09/11/2023 edit #2: corrected some missing info)

Here is also a list of ten Palestinian-owned brands that you can support.

May I also add, if you live in a country that is for the most part if not 100% politically supportive of the Palestinian cause like Ireland, Indonesia (where I live), Malaysia, etc., chances are your local brands are pro-Palestine, at least in spirit, so you can opt for them instead. If you also know any local businesses owned by Palestinians in your area, support them as well!

That is all for now, may your watermelons taste fresh and sweet.

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Salam Semangka, Penco

Normalise Resistance!! We're in this for the long haul!

"Got some conflict fatigue? You probably do if you possess a soul. The Man wants you to burn out, to feel hopeless and forget about everything… and here’s a message about that." from Greg Stoker, 28/Mar/2024:

This Lesbian Poem by Akhaji Zakiya from Lisa C Moore's Does Your Mama Know?: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Coming Out Stories

https://antifa.se/2023/08/13/afa-reserach-customer-register-from-the-nordic-resistance-movements-webshop-greenpilled/

Curious about the identities and addresses of neo-nazis in your country? Thanks for lax security on a website run by the violent fascist group Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR), antifa in Sweden have been able to put together a list of real names and addresses of neo-nazis in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, the UK, and the US!

scalding hot take here but maybe bombing and massacring more civilians isn't going to get rid of the resistant fighters radicalised by watching civilians and loved ones be bombed and massacred

— On Palestine, Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappé (2015)

Today, 25th April, Italy celebrates Liberation Day when we commemorate the victory of the Italian Resistance movement against Nazi-fascists.

25th April 1945: the Resistance fighters' triumphant entry in newly freed Milan.

Let this be a reminder to everyone that every man and every nation has the right and the duty to stand up for their ideals, their freedom and their identity.

Resistance movements were born all around Europe: in France, Germany, Poland, Greece... they planted the seeds for a unified Europe in the name of peace, freedom and democracy. Ideals who are shared among all the people. And let me spend a word to remember all the Czechoslovakian and Russian soldiers who joined their arms with italian partisans and fought side by side with them in the name of these common ideals.

The values of the Resistance, today, must translate into cooperativeness and respect for the other's identity and political ideas. Those who come from a partisan family and those who come from a fascist family can and must work together for the greater good of the Country. Nations with diametrically opposite governments can and must work together for Europe's greater good. I know we can do it. We're doing it. We need to keep it going.

This comes from someone whose great uncle's name is engraved in stone along so many others who gave their life for our freedom. Never give up!

W il 25 Aprile!

W l'Italia!

W la libertà!

Ooo love the devil’s bastard au

In one of your precious posts you mentioned Charlie and Nicaise meeting in heaven and getting to bond. How do you think a meeting like that would go?

They wouldn't know who the other was at first. It's an act of fate (me) that brings them together. I've seen a few different people say that the winners in Heaven don't remember their lives on Earth, but I haven't heard this until recently, and even if Vivienne did say it, I'm hesitant to take Word of God as the absolute truth until it's actually shown in the show proper. Things change in the writing process, you know?

That said, I like the idea so I'm going with it.

As a winner, Nicaise also has some deer-like traits. Her heavenly outfit is all creams and golds, she's got soft doe ears and white speckles across her cheeks, shoulders and arms, as well as a pair of cream-colored wings. Even with the deer traits though, Charlie doesn't make the immediate connection. She's a dark-skinned Creole woman who speaks with a distinct accent from Alastor's, so there's a bit of a disconnect in Charlie's mind.

They probably run into one another while Emily is showing Charlie around, perhaps at the zoo. The winners haven't been informed that they're hosting a guest from Hell because the heavenborn angels don't want to cause a panic or anything, but it becomes clear within a few minutes of conversation that Charlie's different from everyone else in Heaven. How amazed she is by the simplest things. Her sheer awe at the koala. The smell of brimstone that clings to her.

Now, Nicaise knows there's something... off about Heaven. She's known it since she first arrived and she felt like something important had been stolen from her. She just can't put together what that something was. Over the decades, the heavenborn angels have tried to placate her, reassuring that there is nothing missing from her life and that Heaven has everything she'll ever want or need. She calls bullshit. But, realizing she's not going to get anywhere butting heads, she opts to go the more subtle route, seeking out like minded winners and bringing them together. Together, she and her allies have been trying to figure out what the heavenborn are keeping from them, what they lost, but they've hit a lot of walls. Sera is too difficult to approach, and not easy to trick, Emily is just as in the dark as they are, and Adam... Well, Nicaise knows how to deal with repulsive men. But Sera realized pretty quickly what Nicaise was doing and forbid Adam from speaking to her or her cohorts, so that line of investigation was cut short.

Needless to say, Nicaise is thrilled to meet people from outside of Heaven.

She probes Charlie for information and Charlie is plenty happy to talk to someone from Heaven who doesn't seem politely disgusted by her lineage. (Something about Charlie's description of her father strikes a chord in Nicaise. She can't quite solidify the thought.) Emily is surprisingly open to the topic of conversation as well; Sera's never told her any of these things!

Nicaise knows that she must have had a life and a family back on Earth, but it's not until Charlie starts talking about souls passing to Heaven or Hell that she really understands what this means. For just a moment, the veil lifts from her memories. And then they're gone again, like a dream. Charlie, on the other hand, is more than a little peeved that Heaven is actually preventing winners from remembering their own lives. Yes, some of the memories may be painful, but these are their lives! The souls have a right to them, regardless of how painful they were! It's her first hint that Heaven might not be as idyllic as it seems.

Unfortunately, Charlie's meeting with Heaven's higher ups means they don't have as much time together as they would like, nor will they have any way to contact one another once Charlie returns to Hell. But she's left a lasting impact on Nicaise and has an ally in her and Emily both. Emily tells Nicaise everything that happened in the meeting, including the revelation of the exterminations. Nicaise passes this on to her group, who pass it on to more people who pass it on to even more people.

Soon winners all over Heaven are questioning and Sera is panicking. Things get worse for her when Sir Pentious shows up in her office. If she's going to maintain order over Heaven, she needs to find the people responsible for spreading disorder, and get rid of them. Fast.

⚪️ Mujahideen Brigades:

We are moving forward...with strength and certainty.

The anniversary of the launch of the Mujahideen Movement.

24 Hijri years.

Hey pro-Palestinians I have something to tell you.

If bombing children isn’t self defense than kidnapping them isn’t resistance! 

Thank you for listening to my ted talk.

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RESISTANCE FORCES TARGET OCCUPIED PALESTINE WITH MISSILE BARRAGE

📹 Scenes from Resistance: the Mujahideen of the Al-Quds Brigades, belonging to Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), in cooperation with the Al-Ansar Brigades belonging to the Palestinian Freedom Movement, preparing for, and then launching, a missile barrage targeting the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.

#source

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