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There's something hard for us, children of the colonised, to articulate because the world is upside down. Europe and its descendants, can't differentiate between principle and episode. This is why Germany (and much of Europe) is doomed to be genocidal. Here is what I mean. 🧵
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The Holocaust was the culmination of European violence. On principle, its components: racial supremacy, concentration, biopolitics - happened before, ( the Nama and Herero genocide), and elements of it after (Kenya). Europe only feels guilt about the episode, not the principle.
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When you can say let them drown in the English Channel, or that there is no difference between Palestinian civilians and Hamas. When you can see our relatives fleeing war and treat them like flies and ants; that is the Hitler inside of you. Confront the principle, not the episode
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And so Europe believes that its crime was not the principle of genocide as such, but the crime against Jews. It seeks penance for the episode but reconciles itself with the principle of genocide which has been ongoing for centuries, and which was perfected in colonial occupations
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And so this is why we see the absurdities in Germany. Germans do not believe that holocausts were the problem, or else they would learn about the Nama and Herero genocide in school. They believe that the holocaust was the problem, and that Israel can give them penance.
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The fascist batons, the rounding up of dissidents the kidnapping, the banning of BDS, the defence of Israel in the ICJ, all of this is fine, because it is not the principle of fascism which it condemns, only the episode. It mistakes the episode for the principal.
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Theu can't understand a simple premise which we must try to teach them in vain. The Holocaust, Leopolds Congo, the Malaya emergency, and today, the genocide in Gaza -- all of it must be condemned. What the "jew" was to your grandparents is what the Arab is to you.
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Every single stereotype, that Palestinians are brutes, human animals, rapists, that they are misogynists, their children terrorists in waiting, women accomplices. These tropes arenot wrong, unless directed at Jews, because the episode, and not the principle is condemned.
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And this is how Europe, which refuses to actually confront its violence, will forever be doomed to repeat it. I am Black. I am also a Muslim. There is no longer a Jewish question in Europe (and thank God Europe can learn) but there is a Muslim question.
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And all of this is true, at the same time as the fact that despite all of these attempts at self consolation, Europe is still not safe for Jewish people, because antisemitism is still rampant.
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This might not be easy to hear, but this is the absurdity which we confront on our television sets, in silence everyday. You cannot learn. You can't.
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Angela Davis sends her solidarity to our revolution in Sudan
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Like a domestic abuser
This happened because you had no words. Because you failed to call out Hamas when it built tunnels under your schools and HQ, when you hired its terrorists, when it declared war with a horrific massacre, when it waged war out of hospitals.
You are complicit. This is on you.
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Earlier today,
@RealJodieJoe
, aka
@sleepyuni2
announced that a Black trans Sudanese woman, who recently returned to Sudan, was stabbed to death by the RSF. Days prior this same alleged woman was heavily engaged in debates on anti-blackness, Sudan and Palestine. I have doubts 🧵
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The reports coming out of al-shifa are incredible, I am genuinely at a loss at how the world hasn't stopped rotating on its own axis. How can anybody justify the silence. Why won't Europe come out and admit it. Why do you not see us as human beings?
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@KalondoMonica
Madame First Lady, thank you for your thoughtful response, and I share your concerns. Should Germany not heed your calls, how powerful would it be if Namibia stood alongside South Africa's righteous case at the ICJ, as Germany has shamefully done with genocidal Israel?
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@libcomorg
, I risked my life for the revolution in Sudan. Thats why I take what Ben Norton writes personally. For those with the patience to understand the complexity of Sudanese politics beyond the childish worldview of good vs evil that he proposes, let me explain. 1)
35+ protestors were massacred by sudanese forces yesterday. words can't describe how proud (and absolutely petrified) i am of my brother
@m_elnaiem
who's on the frontlines of the peaceful occupation. he flees from RSF gunfire, audible in the second half of this video. horrifying
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It is my dream to one day do a bad ass announcement like this with two angry looking extras in the background.
#ICC
Prosecutor
@KarimKhanQC
announces applications for arrest warrants in relation to Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant in the context of the situation in the State of
#Palestine
⤵️
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All the good people of Sudan wanted was the dissolution of the RSF, for the army to the barracks, for the Kayzan to leave public life, and a civil state with a healthy social contract for every citizen. And they chose to burn the country down instead of concede to those demands
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The story brought immense grief to the Sudanese community. The RSF are engaging in anti-black violence in the country, and they are engaging in a genocide in Darfur, and war crimes across the country. Which is why misinformation does a lot of harm.
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Back in Omdurman. On the day of my marriage. My wife and I went to Soug Omdurman, I recieved her from the airport. All of that gone. I'm thinking of Port-au-prince today. Haiti knows our grief. Global capitalism is decadent. At the peripheries, its collapse has already begun.
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In these hellish months Israel has engaged in war crime after war crime. We're now unable to even keep up. We're all becoming less human. Nothing can shock us anymore. This is a crime of monumental proportions. I don't even know what to say.
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I've written this article which ought to complicate our understanding of the black radical tradition: black radicalism is not in our genes, it's a political project, born at the very same time that blacks could be both conquistadors and maroons
The Black radical tradition emerged the moment a kidnapped African human being, forced to work on a plantation of the new world, refused to accept her lot, writes
@m_elnaiem
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In Sudan right now there is a growing racism from the riverine North against people from the West of Sudan. Its obviously not new, but since the breakout of the war, it's become unbearable for the racialised peoples' of Sudan. The stories from loved ones have been horrific
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@conangray
This is not sustainable kid. Dont let the internet make you have to defend your choice of emoji tan. If you keep trying to placate to the "that's problematic" crowd, you'll eventually burn out. Dont sweat it. It's not important
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Guys, this is the second nostalgia post I've seen for "reasonable protest" by quite intelligent people. It's false. Anti Vietnam War protesters in US and Europe bombed buildings, hijacked planes, and broke people out of prison. Anti-apartheid charities smuggled in weapons in SA
The most successful protest movements of all time were highly disciplined, appealed to moderates, and focused on persuasion. Even the most noble of causes get bogged down by lefty rituals completely divorced from reality and dominated by weirdos.
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@RealJodieJoe
Her profile picture shows her to likely be in Rhode Island, but Jodie claims she hasn’t been to the United states. The giveaway is the backdrop which is likely Brown University, and the accommodation ‘257 Thayer’ which only caters to Brown and Rhode Island University of design
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This is the rationale that leads to genocide btw. This questioning of worth is usually the first step.
What did the Palestinians ever do for humanity that people hung their global moral compass solely on them?
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Labour has a higher tolerance for racism since the ouster of Corbyn, which is why they won't get my vote.
This quote from a Labour source is absolutely disgusting.
Once again Labour shows its bigoted contempt towards British Muslims.
Beyond vile!
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What do we know about Samara? Apparently,
@RealJodieJoe
gave her burner account to collard greens to amplify her message. At least two people share the account
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Remember unity in difference, work through the hierarchies that divide us, but never let our enemies weaponise our differences to their benefit. Two sets of conversations, internal hard conversations among comrades, and principled unity against genocide to the outside world
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I love how the ruling class just give each other prizes and then clap. They must be living in a parallel reality.
@hannahdreier
@nytimes
@stillsarita
@NewYorker
@sarahanneconway
@city_bureau
@invinst
@Reuters
@washingtonpost
Congratulations to
@nytimes
.
#Pulitzer
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There's your free market
The European Union has issued an ultimatum to China to reduce production, otherwise they will introduce sanctions.
European markets are being "flooded" with Chinese products such as electric cars and steel, Ursula von der Leyen complained.
She called on Beijing to solve the
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@RealJodieJoe
Samara is alleged to be Sudanese and trans. She took a ‘flight’ to Sudan on January 21st – to do this she had to arrive at the army stronghold of Port Sudan before making her way into RSF territory. She died about a month later, days after announcing she will likely die.
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For a more in-depth discussion:
🎧Joe Biden Leads a Western “Coalition of the Killing” in Backing Israel’s Gaza War.
New episode of
@intercepted
examining the colonialist roots of U.S. and European support for Israel’s scorched-earth siege, with guest
@m_elnaiem
. ⬇️
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@carynannharlos
@StoopingT
@ninaturner
Hey Caryn, members of your party both suggested that she work in the fields and that she is unintelligent and must have gotten far in life due to affirmative action. That's not even thinly veiled racism. Isn't your energy better spent by disassociating yourself from those views?
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Every year there is a Marxist pamphlet or article that says "capitalism is in crisis". It's a cliche, capitalism has an incredible propensity to overcome crises. It's not useful for propoganda. It's just annoying and it doesn't work.
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Undying love to all human beings, regardless of the hierarchies that bind them together and the chains that keep us divided. Love with the hope that all that alienates us from one another can one day vanish. With the knowledge that love alone is not enough. That is my worldview.
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@RealJodieJoe
@_aanayihs
At the same time, silence about Sudanese violence is rooted in anti-black racism. Anti-black racism against people from Darfur and Nuba/South is real. Anti black racism from Arabs is real. I’ve seen Sudanese women who have raised these legitimate concerns being hounded
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Sorry I couldn't offer you a good vs evil, anti-imperialist vs imperialist story that the cult which is called the Tankie left in the west needs so that they can sleep at night.
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@RealJodieJoe
@_aanayihs
I hope I am right about this. There has been an agenda on X lately that has taken legitimate concerns about anti-black racism (which exists within Sudan, and among Arabs) and has instrumentalised them to drive a wedge between people facing genocide.
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Silly grayzone people, denying and atrocities and calling it anti-imperialism
Max Blumenthal does not like The Intercept and Democracy Now because they said that the Uyghur Genocide and the Syria chemical weapons attacks happened.
"This is just part of the playbook of Western imperialism..."
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What Israel and its supporters hate the most it seems is that they don't get colonial impunity, even though they feel heir to the same legacies of the west and want to be part of the club so bad. They too want to massacre and get away with it is what I'm reading here
Brendan O’Neill has become one of my favorite commentators on Israel.
“Across social media, the cry goes up: Israel did this on purpose. It seems Israel is the only state not allowed to make mistakes. Where us decent Westerners kill friends in error, Israel does it
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Anti-communism and fascism are sisters
This was astonishing. 63 per cent of Nazi militants said their main enemy were communists/socialists.
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On the contrary, it took 3 non-Palestinians.
The tide is turning against Israel. That is a good thing, surely. But I cannot help but be a bit bitter over the fact that it took over 41,000 Palestinians killed for people to stand up against the genocide and to criticise Israel.
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@RealJodieJoe
@_aanayihs
And please, friends from around the world, who care about Black liberation like we do. Do not instrumentalise Sudan to make points about anti-blackness. This causes real harm.
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@RealJodieJoe
@_aanayihs
These distractions are unhelpful. I hope I am right about this, and Samara was not killed. But if I am, the Sudanese community deserves, either a verification of Samara’s death, or at least, an apology.
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I just want to write a tweet of appreciation to
@KeishaBlain
, though she does not know me, her reading lists and writings have changed my outlook not just as a young scholar, but as an activist . Much of the inspiration for my blog black radicals for
@JSTOR_Daily
comes from her.
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2) we took to the streets to overthrow a thirty year dictatorship that committed a genocide, oppressed the south till it seceded, disappeared dissidents in ghost houses, and imposed Islamism on the population. But the more immediate concern was the IMF directed austerity cuts
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The violence didn't begin now, nor will it end now. These images you see may shock, and the retaliation will be worse. But the worst and insidious kind of violence is that of colonialism and apartheid. The only path forward is unconditional and complete decolonisation.
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I swear to god, even if its the socialist campaign group I admire, I will absolutely NEVER vote for this labour party. This isn't just a mccarthyite party, its a racist, misogynistic, islamophobic party and I want nothing to do with it.
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I've written this article about Kimpa Vita, a Kongolese catholic woman who has burned on the stake for proclaiming that she was the reincarnation of saint anthony. Could she have inspired an important slave rebellion in South Carolina, and even the Haitian revolution
Kimpa Vita—a black woman mystic—could very well be an unintentional founding mother of the United States, writes
@m_elnaiem
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Appeals for a ceasefire have failed. Considering that Gaza is not sovereign, and considering that it is recognised as occupied under international law, the international community has a responsibility to protect (R2P) Gaza, and there needs to be an intervention immediately.
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Is this the famous Israeli left? If so, I prefer the Israeli right.
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@AaronBastani
For the record, I would rather chew on hot coal than go to any party this plank would organise
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No way you can lose our trust. Thanks for everything ya Ze. Seriously, all of Sudan looks at you with admiration.
I’d like to apologize to everyone. I should’ve been more careful before sharing her story. I know for most I’m a credible source for news about Sudan and it deeply saddens me that this had happened. I’ll be more careful from now and on I hope I don’t lose your trust. I’m sorry.
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10) TLDR; discussions with Israel are coming from the fact that the revolution didnt fully succeed, not because it happened. And the counterrevolutionary generals and RSF are pushing for it, not the revolutionary grassroots.
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Here it is in article format for
@africasacountry
It is no surprise that even today, Europe only feels guilt about the episode of the Holocaust and not the principle of genocide which made it possible.
@m_elnaiem
writes:
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We clearly need a global movement to abolish the Security Council. It needs to come to an end.
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In Sudan we developed a social boycott against all reactionaries who supported the regime. This is how all university administrators who have allowed students and faculty to be abused by police should be treated. No negotiation, not even admonishment. Never speak to them again.
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4) A palace coup was forced, a transitional military council was formed, but the sit in continued. The demand simple: we dont military rule. They thought we were going to be like Egypt but we didnt go home. For months the demand was an end to military rule. Resistance continued.
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What Haiti shares in common with Sudan is that the militia's/gangs terrorising us in our streets, are the result of a ruling class that are like “the sorcerer who is no longer able to control the powers of the nether world whom he has called up by his spells”, to quote Marx.
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God damn!!!
LBC caller perfectly breaks down the West’s complicity in Israel’s brutality.
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@minlayla77
@RealJodieJoe
@sleepyuni2
I've always admired your ability to have the simultaneous conversation on anti-black racism and freedom. We shouldn't focus on this incident, but the broader need of finding alternatives of talking about those problems without undermining third world unity.
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7) That video shows how those negotiations ended. They violently emptied the Sit in, threw people in the Nile, raped protesters, and did so with the support of UAE and Saudi Arabia. A series of protests and general strikes forced continued. People were angrier.
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This is very misguided.There are many undocumented people who love culture and history. I don't think it's wise for the left to be drawing distinctions between those with the right to work/citizens and the rest. But I also believe that this is just the logic of social democracy.
Venice, like many Italian cities, rinses foreign tourists when it comes to museums & galleries. Good for them.
Museums & galleries should be free for U.K. citizens & those with right to work/study but subsiding trips of foreign nationals while kids go hungry in London is insane.
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3) dozens of cities rose up, street protests brought the country to a halt, the opposition and armed groups United and refused foreign intervention and lower rank soldiers joined the revolution. Months of organised protests culminated in a sit in, in front of military HQ
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Gwrmany needs an entire army of psychoanalysts and psychotherapists to fix it.
The Antideutsch (German pro-Israel “Antifa”) being escorted by police while by-passers look on in horror.
Their chants reportedly included “bomb Gaza”
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8) The west and UAE, Saudi Arabia, intervened by forcing the opposition to accept w compromise with the military. This is when the reactionsry tools like Ben Norton and the folks at black agenda report got happy. Since then, the transitional government has included
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In Sudan brave protesters fight against the coup authorities waving Black Power and Rastafarian flags. This isn't the palatable image that's always shown. Will the world stand with their struggle like it has rightfully done with Ukraine? Will the Black Liberation movement?
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5) The streets were represented by the Forces for freedom and change, the organised opposition which included the communist party btw. The military and Bashirs (former dictator) own militia formed the TMC. The FFC had little to no international support.
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Too many people here hide behind their identities to be abusive to strangers. Very sad. US politics, which is exported everywhere (incl. here) revolves around guilt. Guilt is an invitation to be a punching bag. The troubled with an identity to hide behind WILL punch if invited.
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JC working overtime to let us know that Barnaby Raine is a pretty cool guy
The JC spent Holocaust Memorial Day secretly recording me, but I'm proud of every word I said and I'm struck once again that Zionists - like anti-Semites - are disgusted by cosmopolitan Jewish identities:
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6) The TMC was supported by UAE and Saudi Arabia (this is important, regarding the stupidity that Ben Norton is spouting). The sit in continued while the TMC was being bankrolled by those two countries. Negotiations continued between the streets and the detested TMC.
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Israel's PR policy for the past few days: "While it is certain we see Palestinians as human animals, rest assured we value (western) lives. It is a tragedy that those aid workers were not all brown, we too have the capacity to grieve for those (westerners) killed in Gaza."
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I just want you all to realise that right now this is the discussion the right are having. Their choices are either: antisemitism against a so-called Jewish elite, or philosemitism in support of a god-chosen so-called Jewish elite (and state). And they call us antisemitic?
Are Jews "overrepresented" among the corrupt ruling elite? Maybe, but they're also overrepresented in:
-Scientific discoveries
-Live-saving medical breakthroughs
-Musical, theater, literary, and film masterpieces
-Conservative groups fighting against the corrupt ruling elite
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@CultureCriticZ
@hayxtt
@RealJodieJoe
@sleepyuni2
alleged woman, it's possible that 'samara' doesn't exist.
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Somone at the UFTA (University of fascist Texas Austin) just forwarded me this insane email that was sent to her.
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Unsurprisingly, Iranian monarchists living in the diaspora are quite excited about the prospects of their country being bombed. Like the Shah, their problem isn't the oppressive boot, it's that the Iranian bourgeoisie aren't the ones wearing it.
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Read article I've written for
@JSTOR_Daily
about how black radicals once looked to Imperial Japan for inspiration. It was a contradictory fascination. These were anti-imperialists who dubbed a brutal empire the "leader of the Darker races" vía
@JSTOR_Daily
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9) a civilian side and military side. The military side call the shots, with the support of UAE and Saudi Arabia. They are the ones pushing the government to normalise relations with Israel. Needing to compromise, the civilians follow suit with fear of a full coup.
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Days ago 750 drowned in the Mediterranean and too many were okay with that. 200 alone were Pakistani refugees and the Greek Government let them drown. 2 Pakistani billionaires, and 2 others, paying $250k each, inspired history's biggest deep sea operation. We are a sick species.
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@esjesjesj
@sadhorse4
@InsaneCope
Imagine, 488 likes, and they think they are ridiculing you. And then remember that these people have the right to vote.
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And if you see unhelpful conversations, even if coming from legitimate grievances, don't engage. That def means, don't harass people airing legitimate grievances, because you too, by engaging , are also being an unwilling tool of forces greater than us all.
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@Rrrrnessa
Correct, there is a problem with any state which prioritises one kind of citizenship over another
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It's really important to me that somebody like CLR James existed. He was principled, unapologetically black, he interacted with and was respected by Black Radicals, but he never compromised on his beliefs, even when that put him odds with his comrades.
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We can not speak of a black radical tradition, absent of Marxism. I strongly recommend you read this article where
@ChardineTaylor
, demonstrates the Marxist-feminist roots of intersectionality, and the ongoing liberal campaign to hide them.
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@noname
That's the right approach! Really happy to read this. Be committed to a radical transformation of society but never let yourself be swallowed up by a political cult.
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@ItssAaliyaah
Reach out to the NUS/ the student union, reach out also to the UCU, considering that at least in my uni (Cambridge) there's a specific clause for extensions regarding the situation in Ukraine, your uni probably has that too. Call them out for being the racists they are
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@Deemadethisone
@daughter_ion
But also like the important characters, the historical and political context that shaped who they became, the turning points in their lives, the reason they decided to be a summoner and recruit guardians to help continue a family tradition of defeating sin, things like that.
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Lmao, the part where they were like, I think we need more barricade guys at the end aftee she gave her speech was comedy gold.
After seeing everything on the news, I decided to go and see for myself what is happening at UCLA. I went in with the intention of having honest conversations to try and truly understand each others pain and suffering . However, no one would speak to me . The only thing they
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Hi all, after a long absence, I'm back! For this month's column for black radicals for
@JSTOR_Daily
, I've written on the Zanj rebellion, when black slaves rose up against the Medieval Islamic caliphate of the Abbasids in late 9th century Iraq.
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