Violence is an Appropriate Response

Plenty of Politicians are already going out and saying ‘violence isn’t the answer” and to protest peacefully.

The flip-side of that is that they know that isn’t true. The Government’s default response to EVERYTHING is violence. Police and the military is nigh on the governments single largest expense. it has constantly defunded all other avenues of solutions to fuel its ability to increase the violence it inflicts.

They beg you for non-violence because that can be ignored. A whole apparatus has been constructed to make non-violence yield absolutely no tangible results.

Violence now stands as perhaps the only answer that remains, and they are working overtime to keep you from realizing it.

okay so............ they've had this PLANNED

Long live the Amsterdam taxi drivers (mostly morrocan and turkish background) who came out tonight and drove around the empty industrial estate, where we were dumped by the cops, to give free rides to the hundreds of scattered Palestine protesters!

The protesters were detained en masse at the banned pro-Palestine demonstration on the Dam, and were dropped off in the middle of nowhere by the Amsterdam riot police to be chased and beaten, away from the media.

More and and more taxis kept showing up, sometimes flying Palestinian flags, to big cheers and applause from the protesters each time. They were praising us as they drove up but they were the real heroes of today and this whole week. Remember these taxi drivers started handing out the beatings to the far-right zionist Maccabi Tel Aviv hooligans about a week ago. They really restored our hope after the fascist gaslighting spectacle being played out by the entire Dutch political and media class this past week.

Best chant of the night, shouted to the cops who kettled us and demanded that we leave: "Say 'Free Palestine' And We Go!"

…oh. Now you want to hear my plan?

Alright.

If you are working and if your workplace has a union, join it. And once you join, attend those meetings and push left. Get involved. Read underlying print. That Project 2025 shit is going to fuck your shit. The NLRB is about to be ruled unconstitutional and with that, you should return to pre-NRLB times. You may need to resort to very violent and unpleasant tactics.

If you are unemployed, seek out mutual aid. Bd I mean actual mutual aid. Those cop cities that Biden and Harris help erect across from he country are going to be very handy to Trump’s newly motivated police force.

There is no more relying on the democrats. They aren’t a safe haven anymore. Biden has allowed greedflation to go unchecked and that made every non-black person consider that things would be cheaper under Trump. And the democrats will not reconsider things.

Democrats could have packed the court. They could have pursued prosecution for inciting an insurrection. They could not just spat in the face of their base. But they failed. Voting is out the window now. Now you revolt.

It’s time to escalate. Activism is dead. The only way to beat this Fascist wave is through collective action through social revolution.

That’s my general plan. You can figure out the how and the where for yourselves. We are here now.

being mcr's ex-drummer and being homophobic is so funny. bc like 20 years ago you were seeing gerard way and frank iero sloppy making out during every show you played. and now you cant stand gay people. fair enough i guess

i've been working on this a:tla piece for such a long time and it's finally done! i'm thinking about selling prints of this, so keep an eye out for that if you're interested!

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(RNN) 53 martyrs and 99 wounded were reported as a result of the IOF's attacks on Lebanon, yesterday, Saturday. 3,186 martyrs and 14,078 wounded have been reported since October 8th, 2023.

As of dawn today, over 42 martyrs have ascended in Lebanon, including 10 paramedics (https://t.me/PalestineResist/67555?single) (7 in Deir Qanoun Ras Al-Ain). In the Almat massacre (https://t.me/PalestineResist/67608), 24 martyrs ascended, including 7 children.

In the Gaza Strip, 51 martyrs and 164 wounded were reported as a result of yesterday's attacks, while over 50 martyrs have ascended since dawn (https://t.me/PalestineResist/67641?single) today, most of them in the northern #Gaza Strip, including 36 in the Aloush family massacre (https://t.me/PalestineResist/67583?single) in Jabalia.

In Syria, at least 9 martyrs have ascended and 20 wounded in the massacre (https://t.me/PalestineResist/67644?single) that took place a short while ago south of Damascus.

Glory to the martyrs.

Matching for Reema

Reema (@reemagaza) is getting very close to reaching her campaign's goal, so I'm doing a donation match to hopefully get her there more quickly!

I donated $20 CAD (proof of my donation below the cut), but if you can't give that much, any amount is perfectly fine! If you can't donate yourself, then please share her campaign link with someone you know who is able. Reblog her posts and share them with others. Reema is currently at $25.5k/27k, and her goal is well within reach! Remember every little bit counts.

Here's the link to her GFM:

Whenever I see the sheer love that people still have for My Chemical Romance, the way that they made a single piano note so recognizable, I think of this Cracked article from 2006 and laugh and laugh and laugh

shoutout to C418 (one of minecraft’s composers) for just fucking snapping recently on twitter

Not socialist in a “I won’t have to work” type of way but socialist in a “I’ll still be working but I won’t be worried I won’t make the rent” type of way. In a “billions won’t be hoarded by one person” type of way. In a “janitors, fast-food workers, child care workers, preschool teachers, hotel clerks, personal care and home health aides, and grocery store cashiers, will live comfortably” type of way. In a “the sick and elderly will be cared for” type of way. In a “no child should work” type of way.

In the "my illness won't condemn me to an early, ignominious death" kind of way.

in a "everyone who wants to have children will be able to afford that" type of way

hey where’s that post about how it’s important to be aware before recommending/calling suicide hotlines that They Will Call The Cops On You. i have it saved somewhere but i can’t find it & i want to reblog it today For No Particular Reason

note that Trans Lifeline doesn’t call the police on actively suicidal people so if you’re trans that can be a good resource! and if you’re Catholic, priests aren’t allowed to break the seal of the confessional for any reason, and things said in confession are exempt from all mandated reporting in most U.S. states (and in the ones where they aren’t exempt, they’re mandated reporters of child abuse but not of suicidality AFAICT—still, worth checking your state laws in more detail first, I don’t know the details for every state). you can also go to confession as a non-Catholic but idk how they’d handle that, I never went before converting

if you’re not trans or Catholic you might be out of luck—most mainstream suicide hotlines (including the Trevor project) allow calling the cops on you if you’re actively suicidal (although the line for when they do this varies from organization to organization and volunteer to volunteer— it’s overall fairly unlikely ime but it’s a risk). followers feel free to add Suicidality Resources That Won’t Call The Cops No Matter What if you have any

also i’m aware this is very America-centric (<- American who mostly knows American resources and laws, writing this bc of the flood of posts aimed at Americans in crisis due to the American election) but if anyone has details on how non-American suicide hotlines work or the level of risk of cop involvement or forced institutionalization for various crisis options in other countries feel free to add that as well

[ID: An infographic titled "Warm lines that don't call the police:

Call Blackline: 800-604-5841 Centres BI&POC, LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens

Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860 (US), 877-330-6366 (Canada) Run by and for trans people

Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line: 888-407-4515 Trained peer supporters

StrongHearts Native Helpline: 844-762-8483 Centreing Native Americans & Alaska Natives

Thrive Lifeline: 313-662-8209 Trans-led and operated

LGBT National Help Centre: 888-843-4564

More resources: InclusiveTherapists.com/crisis" /end ID]

and I haven’t looked into it much but one of my uk followers says samaritans might be good for the UK!

(id credit to @identityarchitect, thank you!)

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