#also its not just Palestine

[stil-lindigo]

ARTISTS FOR PALESTINE 🇵🇸 - ROUND 2!! On the 16th and 23rd of March, I'll be doing art requests on stream with other notable artists to raise money for Operation Olive Branch and Project Watermelon.

This round's roster is very lucky to include notable webcomic artists like explodikid, Graveweaver, Curryuku and Speremint who respectively create Covenant, I'm The Grim Reaper, Not So Shoujo Love Story and Brimstone and Roses on WEBTOON. We also have Onstamonsta, an artist, streamer and Kiryu fan who Drawfee fans might recognise and the exceptionally talented Jessie Lam!

Last fundraising event was a great success, and I hope some of you might show up for this next round of streams. All money will be donated directly to Palestinian escape funds as the situation of Rafah is becoming exponentially worse (and if you'd like to donate directly, here's a link to a spreadsheet of over 750!)

As always, these fundraisers will always be available to watch over on my twitch channel. Thank you all and free Palestine!

[chaiaurchaandni]

also remember that no form of resistance is ever acceptable to the colonizer. and that includes non-violent resistance (the great march of return) + non-violence is only successful against a force that has a conscience. but if your opponent had a conscience, he would not be oppressing you in the first place.

[brw]

"but hamas is getting funded by extremist islamic hate groups!" do you think the U.S. government and military giving funding for israeli's war efforts against palestinians is a morally neutral and inherently righteous body that had no influence in the politics of southwest asia as a global colonial superpower. do you really think anything you can say about the people resisting oppression can't be said about the oppressors.

[vulpixhoney]

the "aid" the US sent is 9 years expired food MREs that they can't cook because they don't have enough clean drinking water to make it edible. It's expired, by at least nine years. They stopped including the Tabasco sauces in MREs in 2015.

How are Gazans meant to make these? You need water to rehydrate the food. If they get food poisoning from eating nearly a decade old food, what do you think will happen to them? To the people who have been starving for months and are impoverished and malnourished? Who don't have the water and nutrients you need to heal yourself from sickness? And to top it all off, the food is Haram. They sent mostly pork and other haram meals. And halal MREs exist. They knew that most Gazans are Muslim and chose to not send the halal food. it's disgusting, it's horrid. The US and all of its leaders are evil and vile

[greencarnation]

I went to an Ilan Pappé talk yesterdays - I really recommend his books if you've not checked them out already. He's arguably one of the worlds leading experts on Zionism and the "Israel"-Palestine conflict, so obviously everything he said was great, but what I want to highlight:

Someone asked him if he thought the protests and petitions and calling you reps and shit would work, and he said no, it never will. It's still important to do that but the powerful will never surrender their power to the powerless just because they ask for it. Asking the UK and the US to cut ties with their imperial outpost in the Middle East is like asking an animal to gnaw off it's own limb - it won't do it unless its only other choice is dying completely.

So who does have the power to put a stop to this, we asked. The working class of the imperial core. That's us, and we are the most powerful people in the world right now, because this war machine can't function without us. Movements like this can only be built from the ground up, so stop looking to the government and start looking to your community. We need to make it more unprofitable to support Israel than it is to cut ties with it.

This is a call to action. The people HAVE the power, and we have to use it. Yes, that's you. Contact your trade union, your workplace, your school, your church, your university. Your friends, family, any connections you have. As many people on board as possible, with one goal: shut it down. Take direct action now.

[fairuzfan]

I told my parents about that one post where the two people started a reblog chain saying Clinton was not at fault for the Oslo Accords and my mom was like "do they know anything about Clinton at all" and my dad just scoffed because there were multiple layers that he found annoying

[roocomehome]

I still will never forget this one zionist comment I saw sometime ago that was something along the lines of:

"If Hamas hadn't of attacked, Israel wouldn't be doing this right now"

Like are you fucking kidding me? Do you have soggy peanuts and cashews for brain cells?

Putting aside the obliviousness to the near 8 decades (yk.. over 75 years? over 27,375 days?) of the Genocide over Palestine. One day of an attack should never under ANY circumstance make over eight months of pure torture, bombing and despair the right thing to do or the right way to respond.

Hamas' attack was only one (1) day

Israel's attack (Genocide) on Palestine has been, since October 7th 2023, going on for 262 days, almost 9 months. This does not account for the 27,113 other days of unheard of and unspoken horror that Israel has been putting on Palestine.

That comment has not left my brain since I saw it, I think about it everytime I see another Zionist come out of the woodworks.

The SINGULAR DAY that Hamas attacked should not warrant illegalization of Palestinians marrying Israelians, should not warrant raping, torturing and humiliating Palestinian Hostages, should not warrant Military (IDF) posting tiktoks and videos about Palestine, should not warrant killing children, girls and boys under the age of 18, under the age of 12, under the age of 6, under the age of 3, under the age of 1, babies who are barely a month old. This should not warrant taking over supply trucks, should not warrant destroying various means of transporting necessities to Palestinians, should not warrant IDF Soldiers standing around and monitoring Palestinians, should not warrant putting Palestinians in concentration camps. This should not warrant Palestinians getting brutally [and physically] harassed in public spaces, should not warrant removing or tampering with a Hijabi's Hijab or anything of the sort, should not warrant name-calling or berating Palestinians. This should not warrant the displacement of Palestinians. That singular day should not warrant ANY OF THE BEHAVIOR shown towards Palestinians, their homes, their families, and their land.

If you genuinely believe that October 7th, 2023 should've warranted any of the aforementioned and unmentioned (because there is still so, so much more to what's happening, I did not list everything) behavior, I hope you one day will feel the anger and pain and sorrow and hurt and frustration and desperation that Palestinians have felt for almost a Century.

This is not propaganda, it's reality, and it's happening. Palestine is being washed out by Israel. This is not a "Well you're anti-israel that's not cool," situation, this is literally looking at the Genocide going on and realizing that what the IDF, Israel and most other countries are supporting is WRONG.

[ganondoodle]

im 27 now

[infiniteglitterfall]

It's been incredibly difficult to hear from Palestinians in Gaza, not to mention center their experiences and platform their voices. Because ever since Hamas violently kicked the Palestinian government out of Gaza in 2007, it's denied Palestinians the right to free speech.

(Here's Palestinian human rights activist Hamza Howidy sarcastically wondering why Hamas isn't stopping the theft of humanitarian aid when it had the power to arrest him for a social media post within 4 hours.)

I'm working on a series of posts of Palestinians to platform. I came across this thread from someone who used Snapchat to talk to people in Gaza, so I thought I'd post it here in the meantime.

I've seen videos of Palestinians talking about not being able to evacuate because "Hamas has closed all the roads," a video of a Palestinian telling the IDF that Hamas has a car blocking the Salah-al-Din road (the evacuation route) and is pointing guns at people and telling them to turn around. But even as someone searching for Palestinian voices and looking for information about this, I hadn't heard that Hamas had been killing civilians trying to evacuate. (And probably reporting their deaths as part of the daily total.)

I mean, just the fact that the Gaza Strip is run as a separate country from the rest of Palestine is a huge barrier for Palestinians. It's hard to be accepted as a full member of the UN when your country functionally has two or three different governments.

(Confusingly, the PLO is considered the government of Palestine internationally. Abbas is the president of both PLO and the Palestinian Authority, so it sort of works as long as nobody has an election. But the fact that Palestinians have been denied an election for 18+ years, because Abbas keeps cancelling elections and Hamas is Hamas, is also a pretty big fucking problem.)

But it's also true that a huge number of the people in the Gaza Strip, while obviously having a big problem with the Israeli government, have at least as big of a problem with Hamas.

And for all of our decades of talk about Free Palestine, in the progressive movement, we pay shockingly little attention to that.

[kuuhaiyu]

i understand the need to take breaks and pace yourself so you aren't overwhelmed. it's important to take care of yourself so you can keep going in the good fight. i myself usually catch up on news about once a day when i feel equipped for it. that said:

you're just going to ignore palestine for the next three months?

account settings literally already has what youre looking for so if you're set on doing this just use this feature and don't complain to other people about the fact that theyre keeping their eyes on palestine

[penwrythe]

Just found out that Microsoft has been added as a primary target for boycotting by BDS. This includes their software, games, and services.

I'm currently on a Windows system and can't hop immediately to another OS as some of my programs are still windows exclusive. Almost all Windows Telemetry is disabled on my computer. My plan is to later on switch to Linux after finding alternatives or at least find some compatibility with Linux for these programs. Not to mention backup alternatives.

No Edge, switched to Firefox and Vivaldi. Fuck Copilot.

And while BDS did ask for people to stop buying Microsoft games, there is some small leeway for those who have already bought them before the boycott: you can keep playing as long as you don't buy future Microsoft products or games (source). This includes micro-transactions, don't buy them. Minecraft Realms and Minecoins, too.

Since I own Minecraft (bought back in 2012), this one hurts a bit since I started back playing it as an escape. Have been avoiding Realms and Minecoins, but I'm still concerned about Telemetry. I can avoid Minecraft's two official desktop launchers - one from the Microsoft store and the other as direct download from Mojang's site. There are alternative launchers (including cracked versions) that allow you to continue playing Minecraft without Microsoft "seeing" you playing it, even without an account. Look for no account registration launchers or offline launchers like UltimMC or Prism Launcher. Avoid TLauncher because it may contain malware. You will miss out on servers, though.

There's also the No-Telemetry mod if you still want to play on either of the official launchers or if you are using a launcher that still requires an account.

Vintage Story, Luanti, VoxeLibre (mod for Luanti) are good alternatives if you want something Minecraft-like but completely disconnected from Microsoft. Mods for Luanti can be found here. Mods for Vintage Story can be found here.

Here's a post on what you can do if you are looking for alternatives to Microsoft's software and tools.

Kinda of a reminder, You can participate in small parts of a boycott if there's some things you aren't ready to move on or if you can't find replacements. Like, if the only thing you have done is letting go of is Edge and Minecraft, but not Windows, that's fine. If it's just Edge, that's fine. Just do your best!

[shesmore-shoebill]

Courtney has posted about a Creators For Palestine live event that will be happening on January 31st, at Alex Theatre in Glendale, California. It looks like she, Shayne, and Spencer will all be in attendance. There are both in person and online tickets. Proceeds will be going to Operation Olive Branch.

The tiltify link for the fundraiser is here, and can be donated to independent of attendance to the event.

[itsaspectrumcomic]

hello! sorry to bother you, but would you share Renad's story with your followers and encourage them to donate?

Renad is verified by Hussein (Renad's family is #128 on his vetted fundraiser's list and Renad has a tumblr account @renadmagidnew with additional details and proof). Renad is a 24 year old midwife who worked both before and during the iof invasion in Al-Quds and Al-Shifa hospital to care for mothers and their newborns. Her mother, father, and brother are all suffering from bad cases of Hepatitis A and need immediate medical attention. Renad wants to be able to evacuate with all her loved ones (7 people including herself) and continue her own education in midwifery. We are currently at £12,880 raised of £25,000 goal, just past the halfway point!!! The gofundme has slowed down again though, and i was wondering if you could boost it.

I've been trying to contact Renad these past few days and haven't been able to get a response, but last time I talked to her she said her mother's condition is worsening by the day and their tent collapsed (though they eventually were able to fix it). Here is the gofundme link, thank you so much again for all the work that you do. I am very grateful: https://gofund(.)me/ebed8779

If you're able to donate to this fundraiser please do! I hope Renad and her family reach their goal and can evacuate safely.

[homemadesterekpie]

im not sure if i said anything so far on this blog but i want to make it clear that everyday its Free Palestine and i hope we see the fall of “israel” and imperialism in my lifetime.

[jacepi-time]

can people agree to acknowledge being hurt by religious experiences without being disrespectful to religious people like come on, there's so many Christians and Muslims suffering in impoverished countries and concentration camps and to villainize and disregard people's suffering existing because you had a bad experience is uncalled for. Not all christians are skinheads waving signs who wish people death and not all muslims are terrorists??? The same goes for other religions but I tend to see it a lot with these, calling them derogatory terms, thats just disrespectful?? Just because one group under this label treat people evil doesnt represent the people as a whole nor does it undermine someones suffering by their hands either. Like being hurt by horrible people is wrong and that crime should be called out. But it's just insane to me people will just not believe christianity is a real persecuted religion outside of the US but everyone seems to think it's a USA exclusive religion full of bigots or something even though there's a severe need with real christians suffering (like palestine, like china, like north korea, and so on)

[eir-trixa]

One thing that gets me everytime is that Stoick would have absolutely LOVED Zephyr. And Nuffink of course but I have this weird feeling that he wouldve doted non stop on Zephyr specifically. She wouldve been spoiled rotten by her grandfather, taken everywhere on top of his shoulders or the crook of his elbow. He would be reading her stories before bed. He would have learned to braid her hair and sat down with her on tea parties. He wouldve gone with her troll hunting. He would be there for her and her brother in the way he never got to be with Hiccup because the times were different now and then. He would absolutely be her best friend and Im SAD they never got to meet.