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biophonies · 3 months

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made in honor of the now-extinct population of Falasteen crocodiles, the sunbirds that almost lost their names, and everyone else surviving the attempted erasure.

posted the other week as part of an ongoing fundraiser offering free prints and paid, with 100% of proceeds going to Care for Gaza. it has since been translated, wheatpasted, and flown on kites all over the world from Saigon to Scotland...!!!

monetary donations are never a substitute for holistic political action, and a push for a different world... but the shows of solidarity and support have lifted my spirits so much.

this is now available on a t-shirt too, screenprinted by hand in Texas!same deal: all profits go to food, medicine, and other critical supplies via Care for Gaza (& the PCRF). thank you for sharing.

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a Palestine sunbird holds red poppies in their beak next to the text RIGHT TO EXIST. a Palestine crocodile (a subspecies of the Nile, now extinct thanks to occupying forces) guards a shining key next to the text RIGHT TO RETURN. a Palestinian olive tree, full of fruit is next to the text RIGHT TO RESIST. a Palestinian family of five, all embracing each other next to the text RIGHT TO REMAIN.

#art #illustration #design #right to remain #right to resist #right to return #right to exist #human rights #olive tree #crocodile #sunbird #fundraiser #donations #tatreez #embroidery #watermelon

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the-garbanzo-annex-jr · 6 months

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#right to exist #jews #israel

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eretzyisrael · 6 months

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Amid an ongoing spat with the Red Cross, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen demanded Wednesday that the group visit the 240 hostages Israeli believes are being held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and harshly criticized the organization’s conduct.

The foreign minister told the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric, that the ICRC must demand to meet and provide medical assistance to all the hostages, Cohen’s office said.

“The Red Cross has no right to exist if it does not succeed in visiting the hostages being held captive by the Hamas terror group,” Cohen told Spoljaric, and noted that “children, women and Holocaust survivors” are being held captive.

“The Red Cross must act decisively and with a clear voice and utilize all leverage it has to push for a visit to the hostages as soon as possible,” Cohen added.

Cohen’s statements came after the Red Cross sent a letter on Tuesday to the Israel Prison Service, cautioning the state about a wartime law passed in the Knesset two weeks ago that allows National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to worsen the conditions of security prisoners if a “prison emergency” were to be declared.

The foreign minister criticized the ICRC for focusing on Israel, “which is bound by international law and acts in accordance with it,” instead of the enormous humanitarian crisis created by Hamas.

Prison Service commissioner Katy Perry, in a statement Wednesday, said that the Red Cross would not be allowed to visit Palestinian terror prisoners held in Israeli jails until the organization is able to provide assistance to the Israeli hostages in Gaza.

#hamas #gaza #red cross #icrc #international committee of the red cross #right to exist

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tenth-sentence · 5 months

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All of them had their right to exist as species, and the loss of any species was an incalculable loss to the world.

"Incarnations of Immortality: Bearing an Hourglass" - Piers Anthony

#book quote #incarnations of immortality #bearing an hourglass #piers anthony #right to exist #conservation #loss #extinction

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kp777 · 11 months

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#ecosystem rights #right to exist #rights of nature #biodiversity

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agentfascinateur · 7 months

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High Time IMF spoke up

... key factors contributing to the difficulties in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip were Israel’s withholding of tax revenues: “As well as the persistently lacklustre support from the international community.”

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blackwolfmanx2 · 5 months

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Real Talk:

If you truly believe everyone has the “right to exist”, then reject legitimacy of all governments.

#blackwolfmanx2 #ancap #libertarian #real talk #right to exist #democracy is not freedom #minarchy is fascism #voting is not a right #voting doesn't help #voting is a scam #voting is slavery #statism #authoritarianism #fuck the government #abolish the government #anarchism

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goodbyeapathy8 · 2 months

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RIP Nex Benedict.

I just- I'm out of words at all the things going on in the world.

But I will say this - fuck you in advance to all the news articles that will paint Nex as someone who 'deserved' to live by virtue of their kindness / talent / whatever.

Regardless of what Nex was like as a person, THEY DESERVED TO LIVE.

(Note that the news media loves to do this with Black folks, too, to vilify or beatify them after their murders and it's dehumanizing. Your personality and "virtues" should not take precedence over your basic human right to exist exactly as you are, in the skin that you are in, the gender, etc.)

#nex benedict #humans deserve to live #right to live #right to exist #Phoenix personal post

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typos-in-my-brain · 16 days

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You know what? I think people have the right to be mediocre.

Why am I supposed to be amazing at the things I do? Why should I have the best and most thought-out opinions when a cisperson can have like the most milquetoast opinion and everyone fucking claps?

Why does Dylan Mulvaney releasing a bad song suddenly bring her humanity into question?

Just wondering.

#mediocre #rights #human rights #right to exist #dylan mulvaney #rant #my rants

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postersbykeith · 2 years

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#quotes #James Baldwin #we can disagree #love each other #disagreement #oppression #humanity #right to exist

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biophonies · 1 month

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last call for these tees, as orders close for good march 31.

thanks to you all, we've raised nearly 500 USD so far, as 100% of proceeds go to CareForGaza, an on the ground collective working to get food & supplies to people despite blockades.

these run in sizes XS-4XXL and are made to order, handprinted and shipped to your door by RawPaw.

all shares appreciated <3

#i also have 1k sitting in limbo from print sales because INPRNT is garbage for artists #free palestine #donation receipts will be posted as always as soon as i get that -_-#art #fundraiser #freedom #right to return #right to resist #right to exist #right to remain #human rights #illustration #design #screenprinting

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the-garbanzo-annex-jr · 2 years

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Saying Israel has a “right to exist” in the Diaspora worked because in several circles a statement such as this could be bold, radical, controversial… supportive, but saying it in Israel I became just another American yutz who didn’t know how backwards these words could be.

A lot of time has passed since 1948, two to three generations of people worth, but back home in the States I was still stuck frozen in time, toeing a strange line with others in the Diaspora. To put it plainly, I learned that night that Israel exists and debating its right to exist was antiquated, unproductive and not based in reality. I needed to move forward, not back.

Writer Anshel Pfeffer summed this up in a uniquely Israeli way, writing in Haaretz in 2019:

“Despite the -ism in its name, Zionism was never an ideology, it was a program. For the 66 years of its existence there were heated debates over Zionism’s justification, objectives and the best means for achieving them. They ended on May 14, 1948, when an independent Jewish state was established on part of the ancient homeland.”

This belief played out for me in real time that night. I was virtue signaling and I didn’t even know it.

In Pfeffer’s words: “The only way you can abandon Zionism is if you are at least 85 and were politically active when Zionism was still relevant.”

The argument over existence is over, saying “I believe Israel has a right to exist” locks us in a debate already litigated and fought for– it only holds us back from achieving our true potential. We may not be post-Zionism just yet (I’ll let other people debate the merits), but we are most definitely past the “right to exist stage.”

#israel #right to exist #zionism #kibbutz

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eretzyisrael · 1 year

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Our veneration of Resolution 181 is one form of this. But it is even more egregious in the language we deploy. When we use the term “pro-Israel,” we accept the notion that Israel’s right to exist is still under consideration. When we call ourselves “unapologetic Zionists,” we suggest that the default option is to ask forgiveness for being Zionists. When we use the term “anti-Israel,” we permit our foes to say, “We don’t hate Jews, just Israel.”

This is a struggle of our own making. Judea Pearl reminded me, “We are a grateful people. We say modeh ani every morning. We say thank you for waking up.” What is wrong, Pearl asked me, with the desire to display our gratitude? Is it not noble?

There is nothing wrong with being grateful. But when the existence of the Jewish state is being called into question by everyone from the United Nations to Amnesty International, Students for Justice in Palestine and universities that have become hotbeds of anti-Zionism, excessive gratitude can easily slip into the Jewish desire for acceptance and recognition from non-Jews.

I dream of a time when the Jew stands with his head held high and declares, “We are, therefore we are.” We have another powerful word for this: hinenu. We are here.

#resolution 181 #right to exist

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littlemsterious · 10 months

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i was thinking about that post comparing Jessica Rabbit as an asexual to Barbie and an asexual and then i thought of the Neil Gaiman post (was it a post?) about Crowley and Aziraphale being asexual sexless and then this happened.

anyways. thoughts?

sorry it took so long I meant to do this a week ago but my brain is full of rocks.

[Image ID a three sided venn diagram. the big circles show Margot Robbie's Barbie sitting in front of a mirror, Jessica and Roger Rabbit from the poster of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Aziraphale and Crowley from Good Omens standing back to back. Between Barbie and Jessica Rabbit it says "sexualised by society". Between Jessica Rabbit and Aziraphale and Crowley it says "Knows what sex is". Between Aziraphale and Crowley and Barbie it says "no reproductive system(?)". the center is the asexual flag. End ID]

Also i haven't seen the Barbie movie as of this edit so at least please tag your spoilers.

#please enjoy this i made it look so pretty #barbie #jessica rabbit #who framed roger rabbit #good omens #ineffable husbands #crowley #aziraphale #asexuel #i will do an image id later I’m sorry words dont exist right now #i’ve had a lot of the same questions i will respond eventually. maybe. we’ll see

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tomi4i · 1 month

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redvelvetwishtree · 4 months

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#they just resort instantly to bombing #and everyone just thinks it's normal #coz it's a non white middle eastern Muslim country #how are the us uk and israel allowed to exist when they're the worst thing for world peace #why do their governments get away with so much #and they then have the audacity to lecture other countries about human rights #fuck off #yemen #palestine #israel #free palestine #gaza #gaza strip #middle east #free gaza #fuck israel

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