Brittany Packnett Instagram – if today is about love, then let it be so. “Power without love is reckless and abusive…” because the continued slaughter of nearly 30,000 Palestinians and counting, the bombing of Rafah, a promised safe zone, and the refusal of dozens of hostage deals by Netanyahu—even ones written by his team—is reckless power, devoid of all love. “…and love without power is sentimental and anemic.” And yet, in this moment it is not enough to love. Not if the love isn’t powerful. Not if the love isn’t radical. Not if the love is meant more to make you feel better than to stop atrocities. “…Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” -mlk. So we have to be it. Be love. It’s most powerful version. Powerful enough to shout and stand for people whose name we may never know and who we’ve been taught to vilify. Loving enough to raise our voices and refusing to stop just because some folks have moved on. Enough of both to be inspired by the fight and community and love Gazans have maintained for one another despite what is being done to them. I can’t think about love today without thinking first of the places it has been replaced by bombs. #CeasefireNow is the least we can do. Repost @adriennemareebrown: don’t look away. that feeling in you is the brakes of the collective system in the face of irrevocable harm. #freedomsonglab