I really don’t mean to guilt trip anyone, but the word needs to be spread about Palestine and no major news outlets are covering it. Hundreds of Palestinians are being injured by the Israeli Occupation forces trying to defend their homes from settler violence and ethnic cleansing.
For the past month lynch mobs and anti-Palestinian pogroms have filled the streets of Jerusalem, this is an extension of over 70 years of ethnic cleansing, dispossession, occupation, settler colonialism, and murder that has effected Palestinians, and Israeli courts have ordered the eviction of 12 Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah and to hand over their land to Israeli settlers. If you are American, this is what your tax dollars are going to, the least you can do is spread the word and voice your support for us.
If you are able to donate, here are some donation links for Palestinians in need:
Palestinian activists and news networks are being censored across social media right now for recording and live-tweeting what’s happening in Sheikh Jarrah. Read through the #SaveSheikhJarrah tag and posts, so no one can lie to you and tell you this didn’t happen.
In a move that has sparked outcry from archaeologists, historians and locals, the Peruvian government has approved a multi-billion international airport near the famed site of Machu Picchu, Peru’s single most important tourist destination. Bulldozers have begun to clear millions of tons of earth for the project, which will be located in Chinchero, a picturesque Inca town.
Building the airport in this location will destroy an ancient landscape, one shaped by the Incan people with terraces and routes.
Critics also suggest that planes flying low over the nearby village of Ollantaytambo and its archaeological park filled with ruins and a massive Inca fortress with large stone terraces, would cause incalculable damage to fragile Inca ruins there and destroy the peace and beauty of the area.
The new airport will make access to the site much easier, and thus encourage greater numbers than ever before to visit.
But Machu Picchu is already overwhelmed by almost double the limit of tourists as recommended by UNESCO. [see also India’s Taj Mahal - an incredible site simply reeling under a relentless, ineffectively managed tourist, both domestic and international, onslaught]
It’s the constant battle between protecting the past and profiteering from it.
to be completely honest, there is probably nothing anyone can do about this at this point because it has been in the works since the 90’s. as you can most likely tell, our government is a fucking joke. still, this needs international attention. a lot of it. this is my country’s history, culture and one of the most beautiful things we have to offer at risk.
our best bet is at the very least causing somewhat global outrage to spread awareness and perhaps make this into something bigger amongst the middle and upper class people in the central cities as sadly the lower class and indigenous citizens (the majority of the country’s population) go widely ignored by the government and the former (middle and upper class) tend to also ignore shit unless they perceive it as affecting them directly
MY CAT IS GOING TO DIE IN 72 HOURS IF I CAN NOT PAY A VET
My wife and Is cat Yevgeny (Siamese on the left in the second pic) has been unable to urinate all day. He is howling and crying out in pain. Online and the vet ER says he HAS to be taken in or HE WILL DIE within a few days.
I cant handle this. All I want to do is to save him but I can not afford what the vet said is 140 consultation and then 75 percent of whatever the cost is which can be upwards of a few grand. Please I am begging anyone to help me take him in I would do anything. I have called every resource and I do not have anything. I am denied for care credit and scratch pay. PLEASE he is only 3 years old. Please boost this. I cant lose my baby. I’ve been sobbing all day hes in so much pain. I would do anything.
My cashapp is $micahsage
My venmo is @sicknng
My paypal is divynem@gmail.com
If anyone wanted to pay the vet directly that’s also an option. I have never been so scared in my life please help him
I have the 140 now so I’m taking him to the ER and will let you know the price.
He is admitted and checking vitals. Any payment will go directly towards his treatment. I will update with that amount as soon as I can but please boost and send to anyone you know.
He just got a new nickname, Salami. We were just having happy moments together. I want him to be okay.
600 to 800 WOULD GET HIM TREATED PLEASE BOOST
Hes home now they drained him to get him through the night and gave him a methadone shot but they said he WILL die if I dont get him in by tomorrow. They gave me an estimate, I have 500 out of the 800 if I get 300 more I can take him in here is a picture of him right now. Will post discharge information soon.
So he is being seen but they said he has a murmur that may be temporary but they dont know. Hes staying overnight so anything anyone sends will go towards him seeing the vet and getting treatment in the morning and if they tack on charges so please boost.
the fact that international celebrities are addressing the farmers protest better than the indian government never fails to astound me.
now the government considers that people talking about the farmers protests is a bigger problem than the farmers protest itself
indian “celebrities” are now talking about how “non-indians should not intervene” as if they or the government have been considerate about how the laws affect the farmers.
akshay kumar tweeted “let this not divide us and our nation”
so you think supporting the farmers against late stage capitalism and unfair laws divides us? fuck you.
kangana ranaut literally told rihanna to shut up. bitch you had the audacity. you WISH you were at her level.
rihanna is a humanitarian, and the news channels are now SLUT SHAMING HER and are talking about how much she paid for her fucking make up to portray that only “shameful women/people support farmers” while our “pious kangana ranaut is on the right side”
the thing is, people in india view the government to be this divine authority and we must accept what it does.
and like that is the total opposite of what a democracy is.
people don’t know that governments are supposed to be criticized, that a government is supposed to cater to the people’s needs, that our prime minister isn’t a fucking god and criticizing the government doesn’t make you an “anti-national”
the CAA protests (which was against a blatantly islamophobia law) was ignored and covid 19 caused the protests to stop, and nothing happened, nobody talks about it.
fuckers like kangana ranaut obviously called them terrorists or anti-national. the islamophobia in india is so rampant that apparently being a muslim makes you less of an indian.
the government expected the farmers protests to blow over, like the caa one. but it didn’t. they couldn’t stop the protests due to covid this time.
70 farmers died because of protesting. this was because so many of them were old and couldn’t handle the climate outside. people are labelling FARMERS as terrorists or anti-nationals.
the parallel between the farmers protests and blm is pretty clear. blm protests in america were peaceful and nobody wanted to listen to them?? and once it became violent, racists labelled blm protests as violent and don’t deserve to be listened to?? even if they haven’t been listened to since the very beginning??
its pretty much the same here.
the largest workers protests have been going on here and the government is trying to label the farmers as terrorists or too illiterate to understand the farm laws
and the police are building a wall in the capital to stop the protests. even some of the indo pakistani border isn’t this thick
greta thunberg extended her support and i am so so grateful for that, she also shared a toolkit to help the protests, (which unfortunately is deleted now)
and the indian news channels are trying to convince us that she doesn’t care about the farmer’s protests and she apparently wants to “dismantle the indian democracy”
india isn’t even a democracy anymore. the government now wants to obstruct freedom of speech by warning twitter of penal action if it doesn’t block the accounts which tweet about the protests.
please, this needs more attention. india is descending into fascism. “democracy” is just a blanket covering the chaos underneath.
All these bollywood celebs saying wE sHoUlDnT lEt pRoPaGaNdA dIvIdE uS have a special spot in hell. India against propaganda, it seems. There are people dying, and they’re sitting in their homes that are paid for by bjp. And the supporters are shaming Rihanna for being a victim of abuse and supporting Chris brown because they’d rather praise the perpetrator of a crime than a person trying to speak up about human rights issues. I’m just so angry at our fucking government and the people who think all the bullshit modi is pulling is okay
WHAT THE FUCK?? the media, modi and his fucking supporters are all bullshit. i am so angry.
How fucking delusional does one have to be to believe that RIHANNA. RIHANNA was paid to tweet about the protest. That GRETA THUNBERG is part of an “international conspiracy” to divide India. The audacity of right wingers never ceases to amaze me. They reach new lows every. single. day.
What else can you expect from them whose leader, our beloved Prime Minister- follows trolls who give rape threats to women- on Twitter.
India is on a path to ruin. Intolerance is at an all time high. FIRs are filed against tv shows, comedians are arrested for jokes they didnt make, acts of sedition and UAPA are slapped on student activists and journalists to keep them in jail and stop them from speaking the truth.
The mainstream media is rotting everyone’s brains, vilification of anyone who speaks against the govt reins supreme, and I am terrified. I am terrified of the future, scared of the people around me, and feeling extremely desolate.
Speak up, please. Raise your voice. Support the farmers. Our democracy has been in danger for while now, we need to step up before it’s too late.
Speak up.
non-indians can reblog this. we’d really appreciate it if you’d help spread the word.
