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collective-history: In 1980 and 1981, Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) prisoners in Northern Ireland’s Maze Prison carried out hunger strikes in an effort to regain the status of political prisoners that had been removed in 1976 under the preceding Labour government. Bobby Sands began the 1981 strike, saying that he would fast until death unless prison inmates won concessions over their living conditions. Thatcher refused to countenance a return to political status for the prisoners, declaring “Crime is crime is crime; it is not political”,but nevertheless the UK government privately contacted republican leaders in a bid to bring the hunger strikes to an end. After the deaths of Sands and nine others, some rights were restored to paramilitary prisoners, but not official recognition of their political status. Violence in Northern Ireland escalated significantly during the hunger strikes; in 1982 Sinn Féin politician Danny Morrison described Thatcher as “the biggest bastard we have ever known”.

collective-history:

In 1980 and 1981, Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) prisoners in Northern Ireland’s Maze Prison carried out hunger strikes in an effort to regain the status of political prisoners that had been removed in 1976 under the preceding Labour government. Bobby Sands began the 1981 strike, saying that he would fast until death unless prison inmates won concessions over their living conditions. Thatcher refused to countenance a return to political status for the prisoners, declaring “Crime is crime is crime; it is not political”,but nevertheless the UK government privately contacted republican leaders in a bid to bring the hunger strikes to an end. After the deaths of Sands and nine others, some rights were restored to paramilitary prisoners, but not official recognition of their political status. Violence in Northern Ireland escalated significantly during the hunger strikes; in 1982 Sinn Féin politician Danny Morrison described Thatcher as “the biggest bastard we have ever known”.

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Here’s a friendly reminder:

caffeinatedfeminist:

-You cannot be sexist toward men. Sexism is based on a system of oppression. You CAN be discriminatory, rude, inconsiderate, and/or prejudiced against men but you CANNOT be sexist toward them.

-You cannot be racist towards white people. Racism is based on a system of oppression. You CAN be discriminatory, rude, inconsiderate, and/or prejudiced against white people but you CANNOT be racist toward them.

This is not difficult.

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So the US wasn’t founded on biblical principles, but it was founded on principles from the Iroquois Confederacy.

eresbel:

This shit really needs to be taught in schools.

In 1987, Cornell University held a conference on the link between the Iroquois’ government and the U.S. Constitution. It was noted that the Iroquois Great Law of Peace “includes ‘freedom of speech, freedom of religion … separation of power in government and checks and balances.”


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Breaking: Republicans hear woman's testimony on coal pollution. Afterwards, attempt to have her arrested for child pornography.

Maria was going to show another picture to the House subcommittee yesterday, this photo, which is a photo of a five year old child bathing in that kind of brown, poisonous water. The child is naked, as you normally are when you bathe. I’d invite you to click that link, and think about what, if anything, distresses you about it… Maria was told that she would not be allowed to show that photo. It was not appropriate. She had the blessing of the child’s parents, but Republicans on the subcommittee alerted the capitol police (according to Spencer Pederson, a spokesman for GOP panel members), and after the hearing, the capitol police took Maria aside for questioning about “child pornography.”

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occupyallstreets: 100,000 Flee ‘Extreme Violence’ In Congo In Less Than Two Months Villagers and townspeople in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo are facing “extreme violence”, with mass executions, abductions, mutilations and rapes being committed almost daily, according to aid workers in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. Fighting between the government army, the FARDC, and a group of mutineers led by a fugitive UN war crimes indictee, Bosco Ntaganda, has escalated since April. Militias including the notorious FDLR, a Rwandan rebel group based in Congo, have joined the fray in a multi-fronted battle for territory, money and power. But the violence has received relatively little international attention. “The crisis in Congo is the worst it has been for years. The activity of armed groups has exploded, with militias making the most of the chaos to prey on the local population,” said Samuel Dixon, Oxfam’s policy adviser in Goma. “Large areas of Kivu are under the control of armed groups – some villages are being terrorised from all sides, with up to five groups battling for power. “Local people are bearing the brunt of extreme violence, facing the risk of massacre, rape, retaliation, abduction, mutilation, forced labour or extortion. In less than two months, more than 100,000 people in North Kivu have been forced to flee,” Dixon said. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said the violence had sent tens of thousands of refugees spilling over the border into Rwanda and Uganda, while many more people were internally displaced. Read More

occupyallstreets:

100,000 Flee ‘Extreme Violence’ In Congo In Less Than Two Months

Villagers and townspeople in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo are facing “extreme violence”, with mass executions, abductions, mutilations and rapes being committed almost daily, according to aid workers in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province.

Fighting between the government army, the FARDC, and a group of mutineers led by a fugitive UN war crimes indictee, Bosco Ntaganda, has escalated since April. Militias including the notorious FDLR, a Rwandan rebel group based in Congo, have joined the fray in a multi-fronted battle for territory, money and power. But the violence has received relatively little international attention.

“The crisis in Congo is the worst it has been for years. The activity of armed groups has exploded, with militias making the most of the chaos to prey on the local population,” said Samuel Dixon, Oxfam’s policy adviser in Goma. “Large areas of Kivu are under the control of armed groups – some villages are being terrorised from all sides, with up to five groups battling for power.

“Local people are bearing the brunt of extreme violence, facing the risk of massacre, rape, retaliation, abduction, mutilation, forced labour or extortion. In less than two months, more than 100,000 people in North Kivu have been forced to flee,” Dixon said.

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said the violence had sent tens of thousands of refugees spilling over the border into Rwanda and Uganda, while many more people were internally displaced.

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marshmalllowmegamama: quixotess: marshmalllowmegamama: ONLY 16 HOURS LEFT TO DONATE TO YOUTH MEDIA MAKERS IN DETROIT WHO ARE TRYING TO GET TO THE ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE!!! PLEASE DONATE BY CLICKING HERE. AND/OR REBLOGGING AS MUCH AS YOU HUMANLY CAN!!!!!!!!!!:D marshmallowmegamama: Support youth media makers in Detroit! DONATE HERE. Hey all. The Road to the Allied Media Fundraiser is only going to be running for about another 28 hours. So I wanted to make one master post with links to all the posts about the fundraiser! There is also brief testimonies from two youth, one who is in Detroit and *doing* the fundraising, and the other is from a youth who has *previously* fundraised to get *his* community to the Allied Media Conference! This has all be SO exciting to me—I’ve done fundraising for myself before, never for anybody else, I’ve been SO thrilled to see how receptive tumblr has been to youth media makers in Detroit!!! When I first mentioned this on tumblr, the youth had raised $1485—today they’re sitting at $2848!!!! I think with one last push, we tumblrers may even be able to get them past the $3000 mark!!!! I want to say thank you to the anonymous that matched my donation, and a HUGE thank you to all the tumbler folks that reblogged my relentless reblogging—and to anybody who donated! LET’S PUSH IT DOWN THIS FINAL 24 HOURS!!! I KNOW WE CAN DO THIS!!!!! DONATE HERE; And if you need a reason why to donate, check out the AWESOME TRANSFORMATIVE work these youth are doing in Detroit below!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!! Testimony: Moonlight Folly: I’m reblogging this because I’m a part of one of the organizations responsible for planning to send 60 Detroit youth to the Allied Media Conference. There is real life happening here in the D, and it’s good - but it ain’t free. So you should totally help support youth leadership, and justice in the D by donating here. ALSO CAN I JUST SAY THAT I’M SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS JUST RANDOMLY POP UP ON MY DASH. Posts: Real Media Youth: “Imagine how free we would be if…” Detroit Asian Youth project: “I am from…” Earthworks: Growing a Just and Beautiful World Earthworks Tour: We go take our violins and go for strolls in our gardens… East Michigan Environmental Action Council: Brainstorming Media Young Nation/The Ally Project: Youth mentorship through the decriminalization of Art 5e Gallery/Heru: Media Making SKillz that are Changing the World The Major Thing I Hope Tumblr Takes from this Fundraising More testimony: The Creator Is Brown: As a youth who did fundraising and worked hard to get my group of 8 folx to go to the Allied Media Conference, I know it is CRAAAZY hard. I know that it was also a beautiful experience to see a place like Detroit, and to be able to see how issues play out differently there than where I am from, which is Oakland. I know what it’s like to want to go to something to make your voice heard, and to need the support from the communities around you, near and far. So I support and will donate to these youth, and you should too! PLEASE HELP IN ANY WAY YOU CAN!!!! DONATE HERE Hey followers, if you’ve been seeing these on your dash and haven’t reblogged any of them, now would be the time! They’ve raised about $400 just in the last 10 hours! Keep it going! just SOME of the reasons why you should TOTALLY support YOUTH MEDIA MAKERS IN DETROIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

marshmalllowmegamama:

quixotess:

marshmalllowmegamama:

ONLY 16 HOURS LEFT TO DONATE TO YOUTH MEDIA MAKERS IN DETROIT WHO ARE TRYING TO GET TO THE ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE!!!

PLEASE DONATE BY CLICKING HERE.

AND/OR REBLOGGING AS MUCH AS YOU HUMANLY CAN!!!!!!!!!!
:D

marshmallowmegamama:

Support youth media makers in Detroit! DONATE HERE.

Hey all.

The Road to the Allied Media Fundraiser is only going to be running for about another 28 hours. So I wanted to make one master post with links to all the posts about the fundraiser! There is also brief testimonies from two youth, one who is in Detroit and *doing* the fundraising, and the other is from a youth who has *previously* fundraised to get *his* community to the Allied Media Conference!

This has all be SO exciting to me—I’ve done fundraising for myself before, never for anybody else, I’ve been SO thrilled to see how receptive tumblr has been to youth media makers in Detroit!!! When I first mentioned this on tumblr, the youth had raised $1485—today they’re sitting at $2848!!!! I think with one last push, we tumblrers may even be able to get them past the $3000 mark!!!!

I want to say thank you to the anonymous that matched my donation, and a HUGE thank you to all the tumbler folks that reblogged my relentless reblogging—and to anybody who donated!

LET’S PUSH IT DOWN THIS FINAL 24 HOURS!!! I KNOW WE CAN DO THIS!!!!!

DONATE HERE;

And if you need a reason why to donate, check out the AWESOME TRANSFORMATIVE work these youth are doing in Detroit below!!!!!

THANK YOU!!!!!!

Testimony:

Moonlight Folly:

I’m reblogging this because I’m a part of one of the organizations responsible for planning to send 60 Detroit youth to the Allied Media Conference. There is real life happening here in the D, and it’s good - but it ain’t free. So you should totally help support youth leadership, and justice in the D by donating here.

ALSO CAN I JUST SAY THAT I’M SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS JUST RANDOMLY POP UP ON MY DASH.

Posts:

Real Media Youth: “Imagine how free we would be if…”

Detroit Asian Youth project: “I am from…”

Earthworks: Growing a Just and Beautiful World

Earthworks Tour: We go take our violins and go for strolls in our gardens…

East Michigan Environmental Action Council: Brainstorming Media

Young Nation/The Ally Project: Youth mentorship through the decriminalization of Art

5e Gallery/Heru: Media Making SKillz that are Changing the World

The Major Thing I Hope Tumblr Takes from this Fundraising

More testimony:

The Creator Is Brown:

As a youth who did fundraising and worked hard to get my group of 8 folx to go to the Allied Media Conference, I know it is CRAAAZY hard. I know that it was also a beautiful experience to see a place like Detroit, and to be able to see how issues play out differently there than where I am from, which is Oakland. I know what it’s like to want to go to something to make your voice heard, and to need the support from the communities around you, near and far. So I support and will donate to these youth, and you should too!


PLEASE HELP IN ANY WAY YOU CAN!!!!

DONATE HERE

Hey followers, if you’ve been seeing these on your dash and haven’t reblogged any of them, now would be the time! They’ve raised about $400 just in the last 10 hours! Keep it going!

just SOME of the reasons why you should TOTALLY support YOUTH MEDIA MAKERS IN DETROIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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