#give weapons to ukraine

[herukapadmajungiansworld]

Decolonisation is beautiful.

Here’s just one example from one small corner of one small Estonian town, Viljandi.

Picture 1: An ugly communist party building and car park, built by the soviet occupiers on top of a memorial they demolished for local people who died fighting for independence.

Pictures 2 & 3: The memorial, lovingly recreated down to every last detail, is back at the heart of a public square.

There are some commentators abroad who like to lecture russia’s neighbours not to “erase history” by removing the scars of occupation.

It’s weird because this kind of thing is normal everywhere else in the world. In fact, the very same people who get particularly upset about occupation monuments being removed here also tend to be very articulate about the importance of removing statues to ousted oppressors elsewhere. They just think russian imperialism gets a free pass.

Newsflash: It doesn’t.

Rather than erase history, plenty of occupation junk across the Baltic countries has been transferred to museums so that future generations can learn about it in its proper context. But it doesn’t belong in our public spaces. Local people here hated that brutal communist party building, which desecrated the memorial in a way so symbolic of the wider ugliness of russian imperialism.

Public spaces belong to the people who actually live here and should reflect the kind of free, modern, open, independent countries that we are - and which remember those who made it possible.

The other bad take on this issue is to constantly frame this kind of thing as a ‘reaction/response/message to russia’. That, again, is imperialist thinking. We make decisions for our countries based on what we want our countries to be. We’d want to remove this kind of junk even if russia had ceased to exist in 1991 or if it had flourished into a friendly democracy.

In fact, here in Viljandi, it took three decades of planning and sculpting to recreate the monument based off grainy photos of the original. The building was finally knocked down a couple of years ago and the memorial unveiled this midsummer.

In the interim, the building was expanded after the occupation to serve as Tourist Information, which was pretty ironic considering the communist aim was to keep us closed to the world. But that has a new home and the time has come to return the space.

There was quite a debate locally about whether to recreate it exactly or update it with some kind of modern reinterpretation. Both are legitimate, interesting ideas.

In the end, the only difference is that the materials are now of a much higher quality. I think they made the right decision.

And the fact that it was recreated in perfect detail by people who never saw the original but emerged from occupation with the same determination to live free does send its own new message from our time too. We will continue to exist.

Decolonisation can suffer setbacks, horrendously painful as we see in Ukraine, but the long term trend is unstoppable. The special protection that russian imperialism still enjoys in the minds of many around the world is starting to shatter.

I stopped by to take a photo of it for you all and a rainbow appeared. 🙂

[korin-selery]

doctors from Ochmatdit clinic, that specialized on treating children with cancer and was struck by missile during the attack this morning, are helping with cleaning up the rubble and getting the children from under the building, even though they themselves are hurt

[vasilsblog]

Biden Stop Verrat! Gib der Ukraine eine Waffe! Biden stop betrayal! Give Ukraine weapons!

[llatimeria]

This survey is actively unhinged lmao. it really needs an "i don't know/i'm bald/any other infinitely nuanced answer" button for every other question

[yuri-alexseygaybitch]

It would nice if people could righfully critic Ukraine without resorting to Ukraine=Nazism. Does that mean all Serbians are rapist war criminals due to what their government and military did? It's a disservice to antifascists and working-class Ukrainians who are persecuted by Zelensky himself for refusing to conform to his views, or mixed-race Ukrainians who are used as escape goats by the politicians to prove they are not racist while deploying the Azovs. You do realize there are several neo-nazi white supremacists groups in Russia who actively commit hate crimes against Asians, right?

You're saying this like I ever said all Ukrainians are Nazis or accepted the line that the Russian Federation has an earnest commitment to antifascism or "denazification." Point to a single post where I said that.

[anastasiamaru]

❄️Holiday HIMARS delights us with its festive look❄️

[medicinemane]

I will say that until russia withdraws all troops and ceases all hostilities in Ukraine I'm kinda a single issue voter

Like I just plain can't vote for someone that's not pro Ukraine, cause apart from it being what's right I just can't fucking trust them with anything else

Not saying there's not a whole complex host of shit... not saying I particularly like... fucking any of them really (like any US politician), and not saying it'll make a damn bit of difference given that like... the dumb asshole that's got my district's house seat is almost certainly gonna win again despite being a dumb asshole who I really don't like... but that's how it is for me

Just can't stomach politicians that block Ukraine aid, and a lot of people who I slightly respected despite not liking their politics made my blood boil with how quickly they turned when it was politically convenient

If they flip in a heartbeat from literally going to Kyiv and pledging our support to blocking aid... what else'll they flip on me with?

You do what you want with your life, hell I'm not even saying voting'll solve much. Just mostly saying that if you can vote you should (and try to vote by mail so it sucks less) cause maybe if enough of us do it can lean on those scum in office, but much more than that I'm saying I'm just in a pissed off mood right now and wanted to complain about one of the things pissing me off

[loneranger0369]

America and its Selfrighteousness, leading to it having this Urge to govern and rule everyone else....

America is the Cause of most Wars in the modern World..

Americans are just too stubborn and/or ignorant to observe and accept that

Vietnam, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan.....

Every Country and its Destruction has American Involvement in it... Call it Greed or something else...

Now, Ukraine...

NATO (or America) and its Plans of Expansion to Ukraine and beyond (Georgia), lead to the Start of Russian Invasion of Ukraine.

Zelensky does not want to make Peace-deals with Russia, due to 2 things, one of which is mentioned in the Videos

1) US and UK pressurize/compel/advise Ukraine not to do so

2) (Not mentioned in the Videos, maybe a personal Opinion) How would anyone want to make Peace-talks with the person who started an open, unprovoked (by this Nation) Invasion of their Country, leading to terrible loss of Life, Property and so much more?

America seriously needs to step back!

It is as if, America is the School Bully, who never got punished for his/her Actions, which only lead to the Belief that it is all ok, no matter what they do....

Please sort out your Issues first, America..

These Include....

Horrible Healthcare.

Improper and very expensive medical Insurance.

Election Fraud.

Extremely corrupt Politicians.

Paedophile Politicians.

Injustice to the original Americans, the so called Red-Indian Community of America.

Abortion Laws.

GUN LAWS.

Border Security.

And so many more...

Please solve your Issues first, before going out to "give Freedom" to others

[silverfox66]

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[ynwa4eva]

I caved and commented on a tik tok.... Lets see how much i get shit on

[herukapadmajungiansworld]

[medicinemane]

Julia Musakovska

And just like that, in the broad daylight, Russians hit Kharkiv with five guided aviation bombs, killing 5 people, among them a 14-year old girl on the playground. 47 wounded, 20 people are in the critical state, some with amputations…

The news is suffocating, my heart breaks for the loved ones of the victims. How do Russians live with all this, you might wonder? But they don’t even love their own children. Only military defeat and heavy retributions could be sobering. Our army must be allowed to strike back at their territory with any provided weapons, otherwise it’s fighting with one hand tied behind our back. Against a Goliath. While Ukrainian children are being killed with missiles that Russians aim at playgrounds.

[the-jam-to-the-unicorn]

I honestly have no idea where Shuster get that nonsense about less American support from. The majority of Americans support Ukraine and are in favour of more weapons and money. Sure, we have the maga idiots and the extreme right-wingers as well as the superconservative republicans. But they. are. not. the. majority. A ton of republicans (congress and senate) are pro-Ukraine and pro-aid. Republicans (the trump idiots) blocking stuff right now because they want to achieve certain things and think they will win but we all saw how that played out last time. Plus, we gave Ukraine a ton of money and weapons. Lots of stuff isn't even delivered yet. Sure, Ukraine needs more but Shuster acts like we gave them only a smile and hand shake this year.

Thanks for adding the American POV and some important points, anon!

[soon-palestine]

The driver and translator for the foreign delegation that was targeted

the martyr Saif Essam Abuta

The western aid workers' murder by Israel may be a deliberate slap at Biden. They were there for his pier project. WCKitchen is very much a Clinton/Biden linked NGO and selected for that reason. WCKitchen ran a Biden get the vote out operation in 2020 including giving food to voting lines in Democrat neighbourhoods. They did photo opportunity projects specifically for Bill Clinton in Africa. Their murder by Israel is a real problem for Genocide Joe.

Today @WCKitchen lost several of our sisters and brothers in an IDF air strike in Gaza. I am heartbroken and grieving for their families and friends and our whole WCK family. These are people…angels…I served alongside in Ukraine, Gaza, Turkey, Morocco, Bahamas, Indonesia. They are not faceless…they are not nameless. The Israeli government needs to stop this indiscriminate killing. It needs to stop restricting humanitarian aid, stop killing civilians and aid workers, and stop using food as a weapon. No more innocent lives lost. Peace starts with our shared humanity. It needs to start now.