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[imperiuswrecked]

I'm never forgetting the Palestinian babies that were left to starve to death then rot in their beds by the IOF.

I'm never forgetting the Palestinian doctors surrounded by bodies of dead children begging the world to stop the slaughter.

I'm never forgetting the Palestinian children who held a press conference in English to beg the world to stop murdering them because they want to live.

I'm never forgetting the Palestinian Priest who said "We will not accept your apology after the genocide" to the world.

I'm never forgetting the Palestinian Imam who used the speakers of the Mosque, not to call people to prayer but to call out to God while the world around them was burning from American supplied Israeli bombs.

I'm never forgetting the grandfather who held his dead grandchild in his arms. Or the father carrying the remains of his two children in plastic shopping bags. Or the mother holding her dead child in a shroud. Or the father sitting among the rubble after he lost his whole family. Or the girl trapped under a broken building begging for people to save her family first. Or the boy who cried when he saw his brother alive. Or the girl who asked if she was still alive after being pulled from the rubble. Or the boy who carried the remains of his brother in his backpack. Or the old man the IOF used for a photoshoot before they shot him dead after getting pictures. Or the little boy wearing plastic gloves to pick up the remains of his family. Or the graves desecrated. Or the body of that small baby girl left alone in a tent because no one knew who she was or if her family was alive, small and alone and not one person who knew her name to bury her. Or the young boy who was shot in the street while his sister watched from the window. Or the men and boys who were stripped naked in winter. Or those tortured. Or those made to stand in open graves. Or the people who were raped by IOF soldiers. Or Palestinian workers kidnapped by the IOF and then labeled with wristbands, each one reduced to a number, then made to walk back to Gaza to be killed in the world's largest open air concentration camp. Or the people of Gaza starving because Israeli Zionists are blocking aid trucks. Or the Israelis dancing and celebrating the death of Palestinians. Or the lies spread by Zionists and their supporters. Or the people profiting off the oppression and deaths of Palestinians. Or the people of the West Bank being killed or kidnapped by the IOF. Or old woman who was older than the creation of the terror state of "Israel" who was shot by snipers for saying that. Or the Israelis dressed up as Palestinians to enter a hospital and kill three Palestinians in their beds. Or every single Palestinian currently kept in an Israeli prison. Or the journalists, doctors, poets, men, women, children, and the unborn all massacred. Or the fact that WCNSF exists now. Or the woman who refused to wash the blood from her hands. Or the dead, unburied and unmourned.

I'm never forgetting those who chose silence in the face of a genocide.

I may not know all their names but I will not forget the over 30,000 Palestinians dead. Or the over 60, 000 people hurt. Or the unknown number of people missing, still lost under the rubble. Or the 12,000 children slaughtered. An entire generation crippled or murdered.

I will never forget these things when Palestine is free.

[soon-palestine]

[opencommunion]

"The story of  'John Doe 1' of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is tucked in a lawsuit filed five years ago against several U.S. tech companies, including Tesla, the world’s largest electric vehicle producer. In a country where the earth hides its treasures beneath its surface, those who chip away at its bounty pay an unfair price. As a pre-teen, his family could no longer afford to pay his $6 monthly school fee, leaving him with one option: a life working underground in a tunnel, digging for cobalt rocks.  But soon after he began working for roughly two U.S. dollars per day, the child was buried alive under the rubble of a collapsed mine tunnel. His body was never recovered. 

The nation, fractured by war, disease, and famine, has seen more than 6 million people die since the mid-1990s, making the conflict the deadliest since World War II. But, in recent years, the death and destruction have been aided by the growing number of electric vehicles humming down American streets. In 2022, the U.S., the world’s third-largest importer of cobalt, spent nearly $525 million on the mineral, much of which came from the Congo.

As America’s dependence on the Congo has grown, Black-led labor and environmental organizers here in the U.S. have worked to build a transnational solidarity movement. Activists also say that the inequities faced in the Congo relate to those that Black Americans experience. And thanks in part to social media, the desire to better understand what’s happening in the Congo has grown in the past 10 years. In some ways, the Black Lives Matter movement first took root in the Congo after the uprising in Ferguson in 2014, advocates say. And since the murder of George Floyd and the outrage over the Gaza war, there has been an uptick in Congolese and Black American groups working on solidarity campaigns.

Throughout it all, the inequities faced by Congolese people and Black Americans show how the supply chain highlights similar patterns of exploitation and disenfranchisement. ... While the American South has picked up about two-thirds of the electric vehicle production jobs, Black workers there are more likely to work in non-unionized warehouses, receiving less pay and protections. The White House has also failed to share data that definitively proves whether Black workers are receiving these jobs, rather than them just being placed near Black communities. 'Automakers are moving their EV manufacturing and operations to the South in hopes of exploiting low labor costs and making higher profits,' explained Yterenickia Bell, an at-large council member in Clarkston, Georgia, last year. While Georgia has been targeted for investment by the Biden administration, workers are 'refusing to stand idly by and let them repeat a cycle that harms Black communities and working families.'

... Of the 255,000 Congolese mining for cobalt, 40,000 are children. They are not only exposed to physical threats but environmental ones. Cobalt mining pollutes critical water sources, plus the air and land. It is linked to respiratory illnesses, food insecurity, and violence. Still, in March, a U.S. court ruled on the case, finding that American companies could not be held liable for child labor in the Congo, even as they helped intensify the prevalence. ... Recently, the push for mining in the Congo has reached new heights because of a rift in China-U.S. relations regarding EV production. Earlier this month, the Biden administration issued a 100% tariff on Chinese-produced EVs to deter their purchase in the U.S. Currently, China owns about 80% of the legal mines in the Congo, but tens of thousands of Congolese work in 'artisanal' mines outside these facilities, where there are no rules or regulations, and where the U.S. gets much of its cobalt imports.  'Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected,' wrote Siddharth Kara last year in the award-winning investigative book Cobalt Red: How The Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives. 'It is a system of absolute exploitation for absolute profit.' While it is the world’s richest country in terms of wealth from natural resources, Congo is among the poorest in terms of life outcomes. Of the 201 countries recognized by the World Bank Group, it has the 191st lowest life expectancy."

[hussyknee]

These are really fucking important tags, but I also want to plug what I've been saying on here for eighty thousand years that the current state of Western leftism is no better. It's just hyperindividualist Protestant capitalism whose entire political "praxis" is centered around consuming only the non-problematic, finding whatever oppositional side to form a heroic cult around (see: Tankies), and using diversity tokens to deflect criticism (see: BLM and progress flag in bio). It's basically all about trying to find moral cudgels and tribal markers, instead of giving one single shit about harm reduction, material help for people in crisis or any commitment to centering and boosting the needs and voices of the oppressed. The middle class may be disappearing but the newly disenfranchised have taken all that white bourgeoisie self-involvement into leftist movements which they have now appropriated, gentrified and segregated from each other in ineffectual silos of festering resentment and little else.

History isn't a disparate collection of stories from long ago. It's the necessary context for the present moment and the forecast for the future. All histories are intertwined, and the narratives of power and privilege, oppression and resistance, adversity and triumph are as constant in their patterns as the laws of physics.

[abdalsalam1990]

Palestine: From Before the Nakba to Today

I am a young man from Gaza, writing to you about the history of Palestine and our ongoing suffering. I will try to summarize what has happened to this land, from the Nakba in 1948 to what we are experiencing today in this war, which is considered the most brutal in our history.

Palestine Before the Nakba

Before the Nakba, Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire, and after its fall, it came under British mandate. In 1917, the Balfour Declaration was issued, granting Jews the right to establish a national homeland on our land. That was the beginning of the loss of our homeland, as their villages were gradually built while ours were taken away with the help of the British occupation.

The Nakba (1948)

In 1948, Israel declared its establishment on more than 75% of our lands. Over 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes and villages, and more than 500 villages were completely destroyed. Horrific massacres were committed, such as the Deir Yassin massacre, in which around 250 civilians were killed, forcing our people to flee in search of safety.

After the Nakba

Our suffering did not end with the Nakba. In 1967, Israel occupied the remaining parts of Palestine, including the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and began building settlements on our lands. Since then, we have endured repeated wars and attacks, including massacres like Kafr Qasim (1956) and Sabra and Shatila (1982), as well as the devastating wars on Gaza in 2008, 2012, and 2014, which killed thousands and destroyed our homes and infrastructure.

The Current War (2023-2024)

Today, I am living in Gaza amidst a war that is considered the most violent and brutal. Since October 2023, the Gaza Strip has been subjected to thousands of airstrikes that have destroyed entire neighborhoods. So far, more than 45,000 Palestinians have been killed, most of them children and women, and tens of thousands have been injured. Hospitals, schools, and even shelters have not been spared.

We are living through a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, suffering from severe shortages of food, water, and medicine due to the suffocating blockade. The scenes in Gaza are indescribable: families buried under rubble, and survivors searching for their loved ones amidst destruction.

Despite Everything, We Will Not Surrender

Despite all these tragedies, we in Gaza and all of Palestine remain steadfast and hopeful. The occupation wants to erase our existence, but it can never erase our identity. For us, Palestine is not just land; it is our history, our future, and our life.

I am writing these words amidst the sounds of bombing and destruction, but I want you to know that Gaza, despite everything, will remain a symbol of resilience.

Palestine is not just a cause; it is a life lived by millions who refuse to let it be forgotten.

Written by Nader @abdalsalam1990

[yara-family]

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Only in Gaza do you sleep in a tent!! You wake up to find yourself buried alive!!

Tonight the occupation bombed the area that it claimed was safe and where we were staying with 5 missiles, which led to the destruction of the tents of the displaced and the killing of children and severe injuries and amputations for most of them!!

Help us people, help us if we are not able to stop the war, help us go back and get another tent to replace the one that was destroyed, help us get food and drink for my children, help us even get gas to replace the fire that destroyed my mother's chest!

Your donations make a difference people, for 3 days I have not received any donations

What happened today in Al-Mawasi is one of the scenes of the blatant injustice that our Palestinian people have experienced for years, where innocent lives are taken away and dreams are buried under the rubble. I saw with my eyes how simple tents turned to ashes, and how women and children were the biggest victims of this aggression. You, with your donations, are not just material supporters, but you are part of the story of resistance and steadfastness. You are the hands that extend to lift families from under the rubble, and the hearts that beat with hope for children who lost everything. Every donation, whatever its size, represents a new life that is returned to a land that I want to die, and represents a light in complete darkness that the world can only see through the lenses of the cameras. What we lived today will remain engraved in memory, but thanks to you, we can hope for a better tomorrow.

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[idontmindifuforgetme]

On this Mother’s Day so many Palestinian children will be grieving the loss of their mothers, many of whom are still buried under rubble and yet to be found. On this Mother’s Day many mothers will be holding their enervated children in their hands, wishing for even a morsel of food to pass through—yet Israel continues restricting aid in the midst of its horrific starvation campaign. This cannot and should never be a new normal, nor should it be something we grow desensitized to. It should not be something we slow down talking about because “it’s been 6 months.” We should keep talking about it BECAUSE it’s been 6 months. These grieving children and mothers should never leave your mind for a second.

These people haven’t seen liberation yet. They haven’t so much as seen a ceasefire.

[euphorial-docx]

palestinian children are dying of heart attacks and seizures during israeli bombings.

palestinian children have to get their limbs amputated in their homes by their own parents because there are no hospitals left in gaza.

palestinian children and adults are getting infections because of the lack of menstrual products and lack of access to clean water.

palestinian babies are dying before they’re born, or their mothers are dying before they can be delivered.

palestinian babies are being buried under rubble and have to be dug out by civilians.

palestinian children write their own names on their arms so their family will know which dead body is theirs.

these are just the children and babies of gaza. these are the atrocities just for them. there are countless human rights being trampled on by israel and we see it everywhere. i saw all of these things just today.

and yet it’s still a debate on if israel is committing the most heinous of crimes despite being heavily documented. it’s fucking ridiculous.

[lezbianz]

i don’t know how to feel about all these anxious posts talking about how trump’s shooting is going to be a rallying point for the right & how they’re going to use it to win the election. because while yes, i’ve already seen people making a martyr of a living man because of this, it’s been obvious for months — if not well over a year — that biden is not winning this fucking election. it was obvious before tonight; it was obvious before the debate: biden’s ass is losinggg!!!!

and even if it hadn’t been obvious, even if biden actually had a fighting chance in this upcoming election, please be honest for a second: would it matter either way? 200 palestinians were killed just today in an ongoing genocide funded and supplied directly by joe biden, which has killed — in the course of only nine months — well over 180,000 people. and if you seriously believe trump would be worse for gaza than biden, just look at where gaza is now: hospital bombings are routine and un-newsworthy, just as is children as young as a day old being shot at, bombed, or buried under rubble. how much meaningfully worse can it be?

and if you are somebody who only cares about domestic issues, — a cowardly and remarkably selfish political standpoint to have in the united states, the most powerful country on the planet whose fingers are in the affairs of every other country on earth — be clearheaded. biden has done nothing but further push the democratic party right. more police killings have happened under his tenure than trump’s; roe v. wade was overturned during his administration; and he has done absolutely nothing to stem the tide of reactionary transphobic bills being passed in state after state.

it’s joever. it’s been joever. if you don’t see that now and you’re still seriously campaigning for this man, i think you are naïve, stupid, selfish, or all three.

[wearenotjustnumbers2]

The morning came and there is an impossible amount of smoke and Fog covering gaza. People still can't check on each other even if they were a few meters away. The amount of killed Palestinians has increased above never before. Children dismembered, mothers saying goodbye before burying their children. People who have no idea if their loved ones are alive or dead. Hospitals cannot help, they're out of every energy source and quite frankly, doctors. The bombing hasn't stopped if you were wondering, so people can't just walk on the streets and search for their loved ones. A paramedic broke down after pulling out a little girl from underneath the rubble. Refugee camps have gotten bombed, so the people who survived the first bombing of their house, probably weren't so lucky this time.

And israeli army spokesperson just released a statement falsely claiming that Hamas has a headquarters under a main hospital in gaza. (Al-Shifaa hospital). This is an attempt to justify bombing a hospital, where over 30,000 people are seeking care. This hospital is located 16 meters above sea level, making it impossible to built tunnels under it. Highest area in gaza is 105 meters.

[abooooods-blog]

I stood looking at the sky, watching those two planes that carried hope after long months of aid being cut off. I saw in them a chance for life, a chance to return to my dreams that were buried under the rubble of war and siege.

But when the aid started to fall, hope faded. The aid did not reach my hands, the hopes of the children who were screaming with joy at its arrival were shattered, all of that was shattered when it fell in areas controlled by the army or in the sea. At that moment, I realized that my dreams were far away.

I was an ambitious young man, dreaming of a better future for me and my family, but all those dreams were shattered. Now, instead of striving for success, I found myself running after cans of canned food just to stay alive. Every day I faced the same struggle; surviving in a world that no longer gave me a chance to dream.

The dreams that once filled my head were shattered before my eyes, leaving me wondering if I would ever dream again, or if my life would remain just a constant struggle for survival.

Today, I was in dire need of help. I no longer ask for more than a chance to survive, and perhaps one day I will be able to regain my dreams and achieve them. I appeal to everyone who can help to donate on my behalf, as every contribution, no matter how small, may be the reason for saving a life. I am not asking for much, just hope to help me continue.

[fading-event-608]

DO NOT LET THE SEED OF HOPE WITHER!

LINK TO THE FUNDRAISER

DONATE TO RESCUE FALASTIN'S FAMILY TO MAKE THIS OLIVE TREE GROW!

Listen, I'll try to make this as brief as possible for you. Falastin is a mother of three small children, desperately trying to rescue her 24 family members including their children who remain in Gaza. A part of her family's situation has even been documented by Al Jazeera News (scroll down for the video).

In November of 2023 she lost three of her cousins — some still buried under the rubble.

In March this year, she lost two more cousins at Al-Shifa hospital.

DEATH DOES NOT STOP IN GAZA! THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS! BOMBS DO NOT DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN CHILDREN AND ELDERS, WOMEN OR MEN!

Right now, her family is living in a tent made from plastic bags and torn clothing. They have been displaced more than 20 times. Each day is a battle for survival — unsure if they’ll have food to eat, clean water to drink, or a safe place to rest. Every day, they wait, uncertain of their future.

How you could help? DONATE & SHARE!

Just as a store profits from many customers buying small amounts, FUNDRAISERS ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS THROUGH MANY SMALL DONATIONS FROM MANY PEOPLE!

And even if you think the goal seems distant - THEY STILL NEED WATER, FOOD AND MEDICINE TO SURVIVE!

$25 (254 SEK) can provide a family with food for two days.

$50 (509 SEK) can ensure a family has enough food and water for an entire week.

$100 (1018 SEK) can provide emergency medical care for the injured.

$1,000 (10,182 SEK) can help rebuild their homes.

$10,000 (101,823 SEK) can cover the cost for one family member to leave Gaza.

Recently, there has been a decline in interactions with donation posts. Although I won’t delve into that now, it’s worth noting that Falastin started this fundraiser in late June and has barely received any contributions. So, let’s try something new.

DONATE TO MAKE THIS OLIVE TREE GROW!

Right now it might not even look like a tree, but every time I make an update of this fundraiser, I will update the tree to reflect the donations received.

If you donate more than $100 (1018 SEK) to this fundraiser, you can message me here to request a doodle of your choice (please be respectful and avoid suggesting anything inappropriate; also, don't expect it to be highly detailed).

I PLEAD YOU TO SHARE AND DONATE IF YOU CAN! EVERY BIT COUNTS!

LINK TO THE FUNDRAISER AGAIN

GOAL AS OF TIME OF POSTING:

9.812/2,000,000 SEK or 963/196,063 USD

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Right now this campaign is number 282 in The Vetted Gaza Evacuation List

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[unwinni3]

Help Abood

He studied accounting and graduated with a high GPA, and worked at his father's clothing business. The genocide caused the shops to be destroyed. He was displaced over 10 times. He has been displaced over ten times. That's not good for anybody in a safe spot, much less anyone in a country experiencing a FUCKING GENOCIDE. Abood did nothing to deserve this, nor did any of the children that were bombed, nor any of the countless corpses buried under the rubble. Please, help Abood to avoid becoming one of those corpses.

Edit: I realized I forgot to include Abood's account. You can find him at @aboodgazaworld .

[mysharona1987]