Tag: Palestine
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Redacted.
I found this post from a few months back sitting in my draft folder. I’m not sure why I didnt post it then…but nothing has changed. Right now Australia is engaged in a █████ of its hate speech laws. There is some concern that increased powers will enable █████ to ██████ protesters and legitimate conversations…
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Poem: The din.
A poem by Caitlin Johnstone They’re designing park benchesso that homeless people can’t sleep on themand placing metal spikes beneath overpassesso they can’t be used as shelter. Jerry Seinfeld says Palestine doesn’t existand that sometimes socks go missing in the dryer,wocka wockaha ha hait’s funny because it’s a witty observationabout life’s everyday little goofy goofs.…
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Flag shagging is a thing now.
This is where “flag shagging” becomes useful language. It describes the performative, possessive, almost erotic obsession that some right-wing nationalists have with flags. They don’t treat the flag as a symbol of shared democratic values. They treat it as their property. And as weapon to wave at migrants, First Nations people, climate protesters, students, Muslims,…
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What the flip is happening to Australia?
This from the article: I saw a video of two cops pinning a kid in a keffiyeh face down on the ground and proceeding to punch him over and over again long after he’d been subdued. I saw another video of police repeatedly punching a middle-aged man who was holding his hands in the air until he fell to…
