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10·15 days agoCitizens United broke America.
I showed this to my friend who is currently learning python and she said “It’s like a fun ex who also is a cunt.”
4·18 days agoTheir linked guide is a great summary. The archive.org link above is partially a workbook to help people figure out where to start with these things too with considering personal abilities and needs… There are so many options!! [email protected] too, is a form of praxis through the building of public knowledge, skills and to help inform policy. No matter what happens, there’s always something to do.
We all need each other. ❤️
Get involved and build resilience in your local community. It’s super beneficial for your mental health, social health and you can do something tangible that does make a difference. This resilience will help build and maintain and more importantly sustain the structural and social support for things like general strikes. It’s quite literally grounding in practice and people always need to eat. It’s a place to meet people that also care.
https://web.archive.org/web/20240105073255/https://effectiveactivist.com/zine/
It is only in the oppressor’s benefit to do otherwise. Remember these are the same people causing both issues.
Edit: Also check out [email protected] for inspiration. :)
1·19 days agodeleted by creator
Brother, it’s all explained in the first paragraph of the wiki article…
Death to America"[a] is an anti-American political slogan widely used in Iran,[1] Afghanistan,[2] Lebanon,[3] Yemen,[4] Iraq,[5][6] and Pakistan.[7][8] Ruhollah Khomeini, the first supreme leader of Iran, popularized the term.[9] He opposed the chant for radio and television but not for protests and other occasions.[1] The literal meaning of the Persian phrase Marg bar Âmrikâ (مرگ بر آمریکا) is “Death to America”. In most official Iranian translations, the phrase is translated into English as the less crude “Down with America”.[10][11] The chant “Death to America” has come to be employed by various anti-American groups and protesters worldwide.[12]
Curiosity is healthy, please embrace it.
It’s a materialist approach to deconstruct what it means. It’s always good to seek where information is coming from, who is saying it and why, otherwise it is easy to fall into reactionary behaviour ripe for and often bred from misunderstandings. In this case:
The slogan has historically been contextualized as a reaction to the U.S. government’s policies towards Islamic countries and merely an expression of outrage at those policies, not a wish for literal death for American people themselves.[13] In a speech to university students, Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei interpreted the slogan as “death to the U.S.'s policies, death to arrogance”.[14]
In other words… Before reacting to inflammatory phrases, it’s important to understand their actual meaning, cultural context, and who’s using them and why - things often get misunderstood across language/cultural barriers. America could certainly use the humility and self reflection.
Consider the phrase’s history and note it’s likely a mistranslation. It has a deeper meaning than it’s surface.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_to_America
Though I prefer the more colourful:
I hear you, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they perp walk him in a few hours. Fascists rely on their propaganda. Trump is doing a speech later today.
That last tweet is definitely a lie lmao, though the next guy might let them stick a fat military base there for the favour.
Fwiw- Message from the Colombian president. International actors are acting as if it’s real.
2·20 days agoI think I got it.
Your best is good enough. :)
Sorry about the source, but it’s hard to beat an open admission.
Good luck on your journey. ❤️