215 days of 24/7 live-streamed Israeli genocide of Palestinians, funded and armed by @joebiden @potus @secblinken, a mass tidal wave of death and destruction, of devastation, of the ongoing Nakba that began 76 years ago.
We must keep fighting with all we got to stop this. You know what to do. Join together with your peoples and sit in at your reps offices. Block the weapons. Shut down trading at Wall Street. Flood the halls of the UN. Disrupt in every way you know how. And try new things, too!
We rise in global solidarity! Until Palestine is Free!
@internationalcriminalcourt how many more Palestinian lives have to be stolen for you to do your core job?
Thank you @zachmatari for making this š„
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Tell the Biden Administration to Stop Arming Israel Now (@adalahjusticeproject): bit.ly/bidensredline
Stop Gaza Genocide Toolkit (@uscpr): uscpr.org/StopGazaGenocide
#endthesiege #freepalestine #stopthegenocide
šØšµšøSEE YOU IN THE STREETS TOMORROW! Students & workers are coming together on May Day to stand with Palestine!
May Day commemorates the international labor movement and the heroic fighters who paved the way for the movement today. Tomorrow and every day, workers and students around the world stand with Palestine and call for an end to the genocide!
šµšø From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
ššIN NYC: Join us at 4 pm in Foley Square!
Dear First Lady @flotus , a message from @ilana to you. Please let Ilana and @cynthiaenixon (and I) know if you can chat š±š± @potus @joebiden @vp
Urgent Urgent Urgent
Update: zionists are showing up armed.
We need everyone in LA or nearby to get the UCLA encampment!!! Multiple Zionist orgs are invading the encampment today at 11AM PST. They’ve mobilized thousands of people. Show up now!!!!
Comment below and share to amplify this urgent post
Urgent Urgent Urgent
Update: zionists are showing up armed.
We need everyone in LA or nearby to get the UCLA encampment!!! Multiple Zionist orgs are invading the encampment today at 11AM PST. They’ve mobilized thousands of people. Show up now!!!!
Comment below and share to amplify this urgent post
Yesterday, Guinea-Bissau showed itself to be complicit in Israelās deliberate starvation, illegal siege and genocide of Palestinians in Gaza by playing bureaucratic warfare and delaying our flotilla from setting sail.
Our governments once again are failing the people of Palestine, but we the global majority will not relent. We will sail.
“This shows how important the @gazafreedomflotilla mission is because of the political impact it has made challenging the blockade of Gaza. We will keep fighting until the flotilla sails.” ā @suzadly
RP @gazafreedomflotilla In light of the heavy news yesterday, we need your help more than ever.
Here are tangible ways to help:
1. Demand a nation state reflag our Flotilla so that we can send urgent aid to Palestinians in Gaza
2. Donate to any of our campaigns via our website so that we can keep our ships maintained during the wait, and to keep our team running on the ground
3. Share and amplify our videos – remix them, tag your politicians, and get our message out into the world
#WeWillSail #ReflagTheFlotilla #BreakTheSiege #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #FreedomFlotilla
Code Red: we need you to act now. they’ve occupied the Rafah border meaning no one can go in or out.
š¢ Our friend @therealsararamirez has a May Day message for the world on the last slide. š¢
The violence we witnessed as the belligerent occupiers of Palestinian lands dropped incendiary munitions on tents, continuing their violent onslaught from land, air, and sea, was directly reflected by the hoards of provocateurs who launched explosives at peaceful campus encampments and attacked students and faculty with baseball bats, metal poles, and knives.
Now more than ever, it is important that we mobilize.
š¤³As things escalate, we encourage you to document your actions and any violent provocations so that these stories can be told. š¹šø
With the invasion of Raffah seemingly imminent, and while brave students & faculty on college campuses across America are under attack, we encourage everyone to keep their attention on the reason for these protests and solidarity encampments in the first place.
*Videos of violence are for informational/educational purposes only*
#EyesOnRaffah #EyesOnGaza #MayDay #ShutItDown4Palestine #Escalate4Gaza
š¢ Our friend @therealsararamirez has a May Day message for the world on the last slide. š¢
The violence we witnessed as the belligerent occupiers of Palestinian lands dropped incendiary munitions on tents, continuing their violent onslaught from land, air, and sea, was directly reflected by the hoards of provocateurs who launched explosives at peaceful campus encampments and attacked students and faculty with baseball bats, metal poles, and knives.
Now more than ever, it is important that we mobilize.
š¤³As things escalate, we encourage you to document your actions and any violent provocations so that these stories can be told. š¹šø
With the invasion of Raffah seemingly imminent, and while brave students & faculty on college campuses across America are under attack, we encourage everyone to keep their attention on the reason for these protests and solidarity encampments in the first place.
*Videos of violence are for informational/educational purposes only*
#EyesOnRaffah #EyesOnGaza #MayDay #ShutItDown4Palestine #Escalate4Gaza
š¢ Our friend @therealsararamirez has a May Day message for the world on the last slide. š¢
The violence we witnessed as the belligerent occupiers of Palestinian lands dropped incendiary munitions on tents, continuing their violent onslaught from land, air, and sea, was directly reflected by the hoards of provocateurs who launched explosives at peaceful campus encampments and attacked students and faculty with baseball bats, metal poles, and knives.
Now more than ever, it is important that we mobilize.
š¤³As things escalate, we encourage you to document your actions and any violent provocations so that these stories can be told. š¹šø
With the invasion of Raffah seemingly imminent, and while brave students & faculty on college campuses across America are under attack, we encourage everyone to keep their attention on the reason for these protests and solidarity encampments in the first place.
*Videos of violence are for informational/educational purposes only*
#EyesOnRaffah #EyesOnGaza #MayDay #ShutItDown4Palestine #Escalate4Gaza
The first time I experienced Las Mariquitas- New York Cityās only queer & trans salsa band- I recall their warm, electric, spirit & sounds magnetizing me into the room. The space was packed, the crowd was very inclusive. Bodies of all shapes & colors could not help but undulate to the vibrations of our ancestors/trancestors. From slow romantic tunes to fiery fast paced rhythms, Las Mariquitas has an uncanny ability to lay out a musical tapestry of pain, joy, & everything in between. I could sense the band was (and is) not only made up of some of the most beautiful, talented, queer people Iāve ever met, but unified for something more expansive than that space could contain. And there we all were, moving, singing & forcing the walls to contend with our unification through the music of Las Mariquitas. We danced, we sang, we connected. At one point Las Mariquitas descended from the stage into the crowd & opened the floor up for us to root each other on in our collective liberation. IĀ knew in this moment I would be transformed forever.
When Las Mariquitas plays, itās not just for entertainment, itās not just about the tight & vibrant sets they perform, it is – additionally- about power of the people & of Mother Nature. The space they inhabit is welcome to all. Las Mariquitas has, with their spellbinding & soaring melodies, arrangements, vocals & lyrics, touched my soul & I am forever changed & grateful. Do yourselves a favor:learn what it is to experience Las Mariquitas live. This is an invitation for you to savor the delicious taste of liberation through the power of salsa & Las Mariquitas band.Ā
Pic 1: multicolored poster, with green lady bugs that reads āFeb.22.2024, Mariquitaverse, ft. Duendita, MiraMira, Gladstone Deluxe, 3 Dollar Bill, Doors 7pm, Showtime 7:30pm-3am, 260 Meserole St., Brooklyn, NY, Las Mariquitasā
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Pic 2: Sara & @mariquitas.band @breakingthebinarytheatreās Bliss in 2023
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Video1/2/3: Feb 17,2023. My first time @mariquitas.band @cmoneverybodybk with @qween_jean @trudy0nduty @blacktransliberation @adrianavergaraa @lola.machine
Video3/4: Sept 22,2023 @mariquitas.band @qween_jean joins the band @cmoneverybodybk š„: @trudy0nduty
The first time I experienced Las Mariquitas- New York Cityās only queer & trans salsa band- I recall their warm, electric, spirit & sounds magnetizing me into the room. The space was packed, the crowd was very inclusive. Bodies of all shapes & colors could not help but undulate to the vibrations of our ancestors/trancestors. From slow romantic tunes to fiery fast paced rhythms, Las Mariquitas has an uncanny ability to lay out a musical tapestry of pain, joy, & everything in between. I could sense the band was (and is) not only made up of some of the most beautiful, talented, queer people Iāve ever met, but unified for something more expansive than that space could contain. And there we all were, moving, singing & forcing the walls to contend with our unification through the music of Las Mariquitas. We danced, we sang, we connected. At one point Las Mariquitas descended from the stage into the crowd & opened the floor up for us to root each other on in our collective liberation. IĀ knew in this moment I would be transformed forever.
When Las Mariquitas plays, itās not just for entertainment, itās not just about the tight & vibrant sets they perform, it is – additionally- about power of the people & of Mother Nature. The space they inhabit is welcome to all. Las Mariquitas has, with their spellbinding & soaring melodies, arrangements, vocals & lyrics, touched my soul & I am forever changed & grateful. Do yourselves a favor:learn what it is to experience Las Mariquitas live. This is an invitation for you to savor the delicious taste of liberation through the power of salsa & Las Mariquitas band.Ā
Pic 1: multicolored poster, with green lady bugs that reads āFeb.22.2024, Mariquitaverse, ft. Duendita, MiraMira, Gladstone Deluxe, 3 Dollar Bill, Doors 7pm, Showtime 7:30pm-3am, 260 Meserole St., Brooklyn, NY, Las Mariquitasā
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Pic 2: Sara & @mariquitas.band @breakingthebinarytheatreās Bliss in 2023
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Video1/2/3: Feb 17,2023. My first time @mariquitas.band @cmoneverybodybk with @qween_jean @trudy0nduty @blacktransliberation @adrianavergaraa @lola.machine
Video3/4: Sept 22,2023 @mariquitas.band @qween_jean joins the band @cmoneverybodybk š„: @trudy0nduty
The first time I experienced Las Mariquitas- New York Cityās only queer & trans salsa band- I recall their warm, electric, spirit & sounds magnetizing me into the room. The space was packed, the crowd was very inclusive. Bodies of all shapes & colors could not help but undulate to the vibrations of our ancestors/trancestors. From slow romantic tunes to fiery fast paced rhythms, Las Mariquitas has an uncanny ability to lay out a musical tapestry of pain, joy, & everything in between. I could sense the band was (and is) not only made up of some of the most beautiful, talented, queer people Iāve ever met, but unified for something more expansive than that space could contain. And there we all were, moving, singing & forcing the walls to contend with our unification through the music of Las Mariquitas. We danced, we sang, we connected. At one point Las Mariquitas descended from the stage into the crowd & opened the floor up for us to root each other on in our collective liberation. IĀ knew in this moment I would be transformed forever.
When Las Mariquitas plays, itās not just for entertainment, itās not just about the tight & vibrant sets they perform, it is – additionally- about power of the people & of Mother Nature. The space they inhabit is welcome to all. Las Mariquitas has, with their spellbinding & soaring melodies, arrangements, vocals & lyrics, touched my soul & I am forever changed & grateful. Do yourselves a favor:learn what it is to experience Las Mariquitas live. This is an invitation for you to savor the delicious taste of liberation through the power of salsa & Las Mariquitas band.Ā
Pic 1: multicolored poster, with green lady bugs that reads āFeb.22.2024, Mariquitaverse, ft. Duendita, MiraMira, Gladstone Deluxe, 3 Dollar Bill, Doors 7pm, Showtime 7:30pm-3am, 260 Meserole St., Brooklyn, NY, Las Mariquitasā
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Pic 2: Sara & @mariquitas.band @breakingthebinarytheatreās Bliss in 2023
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Video1/2/3: Feb 17,2023. My first time @mariquitas.band @cmoneverybodybk with @qween_jean @trudy0nduty @blacktransliberation @adrianavergaraa @lola.machine
Video3/4: Sept 22,2023 @mariquitas.band @qween_jean joins the band @cmoneverybodybk š„: @trudy0nduty
The first time I experienced Las Mariquitas- New York Cityās only queer & trans salsa band- I recall their warm, electric, spirit & sounds magnetizing me into the room. The space was packed, the crowd was very inclusive. Bodies of all shapes & colors could not help but undulate to the vibrations of our ancestors/trancestors. From slow romantic tunes to fiery fast paced rhythms, Las Mariquitas has an uncanny ability to lay out a musical tapestry of pain, joy, & everything in between. I could sense the band was (and is) not only made up of some of the most beautiful, talented, queer people Iāve ever met, but unified for something more expansive than that space could contain. And there we all were, moving, singing & forcing the walls to contend with our unification through the music of Las Mariquitas. We danced, we sang, we connected. At one point Las Mariquitas descended from the stage into the crowd & opened the floor up for us to root each other on in our collective liberation. IĀ knew in this moment I would be transformed forever.
When Las Mariquitas plays, itās not just for entertainment, itās not just about the tight & vibrant sets they perform, it is – additionally- about power of the people & of Mother Nature. The space they inhabit is welcome to all. Las Mariquitas has, with their spellbinding & soaring melodies, arrangements, vocals & lyrics, touched my soul & I am forever changed & grateful. Do yourselves a favor:learn what it is to experience Las Mariquitas live. This is an invitation for you to savor the delicious taste of liberation through the power of salsa & Las Mariquitas band.Ā
Pic 1: multicolored poster, with green lady bugs that reads āFeb.22.2024, Mariquitaverse, ft. Duendita, MiraMira, Gladstone Deluxe, 3 Dollar Bill, Doors 7pm, Showtime 7:30pm-3am, 260 Meserole St., Brooklyn, NY, Las Mariquitasā
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Pic 2: Sara & @mariquitas.band @breakingthebinarytheatreās Bliss in 2023
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Video1/2/3: Feb 17,2023. My first time @mariquitas.band @cmoneverybodybk with @qween_jean @trudy0nduty @blacktransliberation @adrianavergaraa @lola.machine
Video3/4: Sept 22,2023 @mariquitas.band @qween_jean joins the band @cmoneverybodybk š„: @trudy0nduty
Disgusting videos coming out of the UCLA anti-palestinian protest. be prepared.
Queer and Trans people have a rich history of resisting oppressive systems and therefore there is no home for z*onism in our communities.
The same system and racist ideology which is responsible for 76 years of ethnic cleansing, settler colonialism, apartheid, and genocide.
Today queer and trans Palestinians continue to be weaponized as national organizations and pride events shamefully participate in the upholding of genocide by way of:
-Accepting funds from weapons manufacturers and companies who actively fund israel’s crimes
-Centering racist and homo/transphobic figures who partner with z*onist organizations like the ADL which actively work to harm Palestinians
-Inviting politicians who accept funding from z*onist lobbying orgs like AIPAC
And so much more.
I have been in so many spaces and marches and encampments and online and everywhere I go Queer and Trans people are on the frontlines of this movement. To the Queer and Trans community: continue to rise up as you have been this pride – against genocide and against z*onism.
Accomplices of queer and trans communities who are in solidarity with Palestinians – we need you this Pride because Queer and Trans Palestinians are being weaponized to fund genocide and settler colonialism. They are trying it. To the extent that the FBI has released a memo warning the public of Palestine solidarity during Pride. Implying that our resistance to a z*onist pride is homo/transphobic. That the protests would be seen as acts of “t*rror”. And therefore we need you to amplify and center QT Palestinians as we are holding this down.
Israel’s US funded and supplied bombs don’t discriminate as thousands of Palestinians of all genders and sexualities continue to be massacred. The biggest threat to us has always been and will always be z*onism.
We protect each other ā¤ļø
May 11th protest outside the GLAAD awards. Shot on 8mm.
IT CAN BE DONE!!!
Repost from @sjpucr
This should serve as an example that university administrations CAN respond to peaceful student encampments without resorting to police violenceāby listening to their studentsā demands. š
Students at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) ended their encampment as university administration and protesters reachedĀ an agreementĀ regarding investment transparency and study abroad programs in Israel.
In support of the encampments, more than 5,000 University of California alumni signed a pledge to withhold donations until the UC system divests from companies that have military and business ties withĀ Israel.
UCR has promised the creation of a task force aimed at removing the universityās endowment from the University of Californiaās Investments Office.
š In a statement on Friday the students announced:
āWe are proud to be the first campus in the University of California system to peacefully end our encampment, without any violence, arrests, or dismissal, and meet the demands of the students.
1ļøā£ END THE SILENCE – the administration has ended its silence on Gaza and the immense death toll in Gaza.
2ļøā£ DIVEST – UCR has guaranteed a committee to advise the board of trustees on the movement of UCRās 300 million endowment from UCOP and investing in companies that are not complicit in arms and weapons manufacturing.
3ļøā£ DISCLOSE – the university will disclose all their investments and endowments, the corporations, and the size of the investments immediately and transparently on an official UCR website effective
4ļøā£ACADEMIC BOYCOTT – UC Riverside has indefinitely suspended all study abroad programs with Israel including the UCR School of Business global trip to Israel.
UCR has also guaranteed a committee to work with AVS of Auxiliaries Heidi Scribner on suspending the sales of Sabra hummus.
The administration has lacked specificity, yet these material win victories remain resolute.
This is not the end for Palestinian advocacy at UCR, this is not the end of UCRās complicity, we will continue to hold our administration accountable.ā
Repost @juliedavenport :
šØšØšØ Red-out for Gaza šØšØšØ
Thank you for this, @goingliveforlives
#RedOutForGaza #RedOutForRafah
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Pic of red background with mostly black font with a few sentences in white font that all reads:
All eyes on Rafah
Today we turn our profiles red, in honor of the tragedies we cannot ignore in Gaza.
Open your eyes.
We stand together.
Not on one side of politics, but on the side of good vs. evil.
We must stand up for what is right.
What if it was you?
Join the movement.
Contribute to our fellow humans.
@goingliveforlives
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including community that, and comrades who, might be differently abled. Open your senses, feel and/or sense and/or move toward what is right. We need everyone who is aligned, or who may be changing their alignment toward this direction, to be included. ā„ļø
āWe may have limited resources, but we have unlimited communityā
– Yves Mathieu East
@the_yvesdropper
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First half of caption in green, second half of caption in red, credit for quote in white, all against a black background.
Repost from @jewishvoiceforpeace
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Yom HaShoah, Holocaust remembrance Day, marks the Holocaust and honors the 17 million people murdered during Nazi Germanyās genocide, including 6 million Jews.
This year, this day of remembrance falls on the day the Israeli military ordered the over 100,000 Palestinians sheltering in east Rafah to flee, but with nowhere to go. The decision to assault Rafah on this day is grotesque.
The parallels between the dehumanization and persecution of Jews during the Holocaust, and the ongoing US-backed cataclysm in Gaza, where Palestinians are enduring the Israeli governmentās genocide, are too stark to be denied. We know our remembrance is hollow if we cannot apply the lessons of our past to the present day.
The experiences of our ancestorsā persecution and mass death under fascism now serve as the foundation for how we define modern genocides. As Jews, we recognize the Israeli governmentās tactics of dehumanization, intentional starvation and mass slaughter of Palestinians from the atrocities committed by Nazi Germany in the Holocaust, all too often against our own ancestors. Many of us grew up on the images of emaciated people, starved in ghettos and concentration camps. Todayās images from Gaza are a rattling echo.
We remain steadfast in our commitment to resisting oppression and advocating for justice in Palestine. Never again means never again for anyone.
As Jews, as we continue to witness and struggle against the Israeli governmentās oppression of Palestinians, we also recognize exactly where these ongoing atrocities will lead, and we do everything we can to stop that outcome. Our beliefs, our history and our duty demand we stand up to stop the Israeli militaryās genocide of Palestinians before it escalates even further.
We invoke our ancestors as we affirm our commitment to ensuring that their values of solidarity, collective liberation, and anti-imperialism are carried on into the future as we fight for justice in Palestine.
Friendly reminder that TRANS PEOPLE EXIST in ALL parts of the movement for collective liberation. Please check your internalized transphobia. Our struggles for freedom are interconnected. š
NONE OF US ARE FREE UNTIL ALL OF US ARE FREE.
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Caption above in black font over a rainbow background with the song Ya Tal3een by Dana Salah playing lyrics that include:
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Last night I had dreams
In the land of olive trees
From the river to the sea
People tasted freedom
Soon those hellish skies
Turned to blue and starry nights
As their voices start to rise, weāre
Ending an apartheid
Hold on
Just a little longer weāre going home
Just a little longer hold on Gloryās
Around the corner weāre going
Home with our waving flag
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Why is divestment important on college campuses?
Why is it important to understand the connections between policing on campuses and policing of Palestinians by the IOF?
Student dissenters at @harvardoop and @mit_caa chime in.
Thank you @lanzybear and @watermelonpicturesco for welcoming us to this intimate screening of Walled Off; an incredibly powerful, moving, educational and galvanizing film by @vinarfuso , produced by @anwarhadid @rogerwaters @kwekumandela and Immortal Technique, that centers Palestinian humanity and stories over numbers, and shows the Palestinian perspective on how the ongoing Nakba continues today. Available on all digital platforms MAY 3rd. Spread the word!
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Pic1: @qween_jean and I in the screening room, smiling because it feels good to be with likeminded creative community.
Video1: The beautiful flower and watermelon arrangement in the entrance to the screening room, a poster of Watermelon Pictures on the left of the arrangement and to the right is a poster of Walled Off.
Pic2: wide pic of the above.
Video2: panning the entrance to the screening room, all the beautiful creative community in support of this film and Watermelon Pictures.
Video3: selfie video of Qween and I with screening entrance room and community in the background, exclaiming āSolidarity!ā āWatermelon Pictures!ā āFREE PALESTINEā with Alanaās sister joining us toward the end.
Pic3: my hand holding up a black Watermelon Pics swag bag that reads āFROM THE RIVER TO THE SCREEN PALESTINE WILL BE SEENā (obsessed) in English and Arabic, English in white, Arabic in red.
Video4: @munir_atalla who is part of the @watermelonpicturesco team, welcoming us inside the screening room and asking who here is Palestinian. The crowd erupts in a loud āWOOOā. Then he says āFor all of you who didnāt go āwoooā, you are wrong because if you were invited here you are a part of our movement. In our thousands in our millions, we are all Palestinians. And so letās hear it one more time- Who here is Palestinian?ā Everyone erupts in an even louder āWOOO!ā. Then Qween exclaims āViva Viva Palestina!ā The crowd laughs and enjoys it! Munir says āYes.ā
Pic4: @lanzybear and Walled Off filmmaker @vinarfuso sitting at the front of the room in a talk back with the audience. So so powerful and appreciated!
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They tried to bury us. They didnāt know we were seeds. š±šā¤ļøāš„
Friendly reminder: I am a HUMAN before I am anything else; any job, any advocacy, any character Iāve played, any efforts Iāve made for community. I am a human being FIRST.
Iāve been thinking and feeling a lot about how Cecilia Gentili always saw my humanity and dignity, and honored it before anything else. There is so much grief that has surfaced these last several weeks, months.
So please, before you come to me about anything moving forward, please check in on my humanity first. Iāll be sure to do the same for you.