#Мы прачнемся іншымі

[littlesistersti]

There was a protest on campus for #freepalestine last week or the other week. I didn't know there was one until hours after, and it was already evening. If I had knew then what I know now (I now know what I don't know?) in this present moment, I would join without my partner -- who calls that place home -- because he was unavailable that day but also didn't know, and I have a feeling if he did know, he would make every effort to clear plans for the protest.

I would join wearing my Naviband merch shirt, either one of my white version or black version, which reads across my chest in Belarusian, "Мы прачнемся іншымі," or "We will wake up different." The lyrics to a song released right before the 2020 anti-Lukashenko protests, which became one of the unofficial anthems of the protests. Perfect timing.

Right now, we repeat. We repeat history. We repeat living history. We repeat and repeat.

EDIT: update there was another and we went to see then got very nervous uncomfy then had to leave. praise to everybody else braver than us

There is still hope. Say it out loud. Palestine will be free. The Palestinian people will celebrate their culture and heritage with each other. We will love and be loved. Do not fall into the trap of despair.