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Gah help I wrote shitty protest poetry
I don’t know how much longer I’ve got
Life has fucked us over a lot
It may be a minute, it may be a millennium
All we’ve got left is alcohol and bottles of valium
And the feeling we’re wasting away
Nothing left to do but decay
We’ve got something to do, something to say
Everything to lose, no reason to stay
We may speak like we know a lot
But in the end we know our wit’s all we’ve got
We fight for our future, with all that we’ve got
We fight our future, because like it or not
We haven’t got much time and we haven’t got much money
We haven’t got much food and we don’t think that’s funny
We laugh away our lives to hide the pain
We live and we die, afraid to fade
Away into the nothingness or the afterlife
We use what we have left as a way to fight
We may get some shit wrong, it’s inevitable
Since birth we’ve been told we’re inimitable
But the world we live in tells us otherwise
Rich waging war while we slowly die
Dying takes forever for those afraid to die
I don’t care enough anymore to continue to lie
Pretend I have plans for a future so bright
When all that’s ahead is fire and knives
Gunpowder, teargas and broken minds
As we watch on the news as people like us die
When people who raised us tell us not to fight
To give up is a quiet death;
To fight for our future
When it’s a hopeless mess
They say I’m a pessimist but maybe I see
Something more than apathy
I look at people my age and see something inside
Something worth living for, for something to die
Fight for that future ‘til my final breath
Because I’ll be damned if I have a quiet death.
Hey y'all. Here's something for you.
Israel’s senseless slaughter leaves thousands of children orphaned. Palestine must be free! Don’t tire keep talking about what’s happening!
hey cis people! now more than ever gender-nonconforming behavior is an act of resistance! and it's one anyone can engage in!
They call "pro terrorists" to the people who are literally trying to spread awareness about a genocide... But sure, we are the bad guys 🙄
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If you're having trouble keeping up with what's going on in Palestine because of US news coverage of university protests, here are some articles you can read and a video you can watch:
While CNN & all the other mainstream media try to paint the university protests as "pro terrorism" (which they're not, they're literally anti-war protests.) Palestinians are being slaughtered by the minute.
Please don't stop speaking about Palestine.
This elderly woman was one of the leaders of demonstrations against the Vietnam War in 1968, when she was a student at Columbia University. Today, 56 years later, she returns to the same place and says, "Palestine must be free."
Hopefully this will just be like WattPad where no fan creators took the bait (that I know of, if they did there may be hope yet for those who behave I guess). But yeah, this is a really stupid fucking idea. I’ll definitely be taking part in the protest that’s happening on the 6th of August (12am US Eastern time, 24 hours log off). Dare I say, I’ll log out now. Hit them where it hurts. The Ad revenue.
Reblog if you: have no intention of using Post+ to put your content behind a paywall, and have no intention to pay to unlock any content hidden by Post+ either
I wanna see something.
Ukrainian song "Avtozak", released in 2021, was created in support of the Belarusian protesters during the mass protests that were ongoing at the time.
From a Punk-Rock group "Жадан і Собаки" (Zhadan and Dogs)
English translation for your enjoyment:
Re-sewn camo and a pair of unkillable military boots I have my afflatus and an old baseball bat I have my last 100 bucks, saved up Anyone have questions? *Choir answers* I have questions!!! Who rewrites laws and rules behind my back? I`m fucked all the time by the taxes payed by me Who are these weird passengers, building pedestals here? I would have stayed silent, but i`m sort-of fed up. Checked the pockets, ransacked the backpack! Progressive youth, has set the police vagon on fire! Because nothing is gonna fix itself in here Now we are gonna find out who the street belongs to! If you try really hard, you can piss off even saints Right now the Active with join in and the debate will start Right now on to the picket, will come the electorate from the gym Because the reform of courts is flares and fireworks Relay to the minister: someone has already brought the canister Activists have already chucked the flammable liquid Good Evening, Gentelmen, the flags are unreveling "Why The Fuck do i need a system that works against me?" Checked the pockets, ransacked the backpack! Progressive youth, has set the police vagon on fire! Because nothing is gonna fix itself in here. Now we are gonna find out who the street belongs to!
When the rest of the world looks at the united states right now, we see a government who sends billions to support genocide but cannot help their own people starving on the streets.
We see a police force who won't go in to save children from school shootings, but deploy at a rapid rate to arrest peaceful protestors using their right to free speech to protest a genocide
America, you are a war mongering snake eating your own tail. You will protect and support war criminals in another country but let your own people starve and die
To the students bravely protesting now, we see your strength. We see what we saw when students protested the Vietnam War. We have faith you will prevail
As the police escalate violence, beat and attack students and professors, and conduct mass arrests, student protesters should know their rights.
Here is the link to the National Lawyer's Guild booklet for protesters.
If you plan on going out to support the protests, please take some time to read through this and know your rights.
🇬🇪 Georgians protesting after their pro-russian government put EU integration on hold.
More information on the foreign agent law.
Our (Georgian as in the country) government quietly made new additions to the foreign agent law today.
1. The foreign agent law will affect not only organizations, but individuals. Failure to comply with the law causes a 5000 lari fine.
2. The law will allow the government all of your personal information including your political stance and sexual relationships. It makes every organization forced to comply with handing over all of our information to the government. If you are queer, have differing political views, or are part of a non-governmental organization against domestic violence, your anonymity is no longer guaranteed.
3. Only thing this does not include is country's secrets, nothing else is off the table.
So if you go downthread on the linked tweet here, people are saying there were up to 300,000 people at one night of protests in Tbilisi:
That's wild. Rooting for them.
Information about ongoing nationwide protests in Georgia
🇬🇪 Police brutality at protests in Georgia (Sakartvelo).
🇬🇪 The police are brutally cracking down protesters in Georgia (Sakartvelo). Georgians are protesting the draft of foreign agents bill (so called "russian law"), which would put their democracy at risk. In general, protests are also anti-government and against russian influence on their country. International news barely covers protests in Georgia, which allows police and government to act like this even more freely and without consequences.
When the anti "LGBT propaganda" law passed in Russia, all of you were going insane and cared. Give Georgia the same energy. If you can have sympathy for our oppressors on the basis of them being queer, you should keep the same energy for us, if not more.
If this law passes, every Georgian queer person I know is so severely fucked, myself included. If you make jokes about "being illegal in several countries" you better fucking care about the countries you're apparently illegal in, or going to be illegal in.
Make sure to spread this around. This is important.
How can I, someone outside of Georgia (the country), help fight the foreign agent bill?
For information about brands you can boycott and the summary of what the foreign agent law entails, click on the link above, which refers to my older post. The government's escalating use of force and intimidation techniques during and outside of protests, such as threat phone calls, jumping people in the street, paying sportsmen to physically assault people. The police force has been using methods such as physical violence, torture, tear gas, rubber bullets, and water streams. Along with boycotting, there is a big amount of Georgians emigrating from the country, and organizing protests in other countries. Think about the resources and skills you have that you can use to help demonstrations on the ground and spread awareness on the issue. This might include your graphic design or copywriting skills, a large social media following - aid the protesters by spreading the word. SHARE information that might be useful for protesters inside and outside of Georgia. And most importantly donate, speak to people around you, and attend protests closeby to where you live. Some details of protests outside of Georgia and donation links will be listed below: List of currently known international protests: 12/05 15:00 Venice Biennale Georgian Pavilion | Venice 12/05 15:00 Piazza Garibaldi | Naples 12/05 16:00 Placa de Catalunya | Barcelona 12/05 16:00 Consulado de Georgia | Madrid 13/05 18:00-20:00 Brighton 4th & broadwalk | New York 14/05 18:30-20:30 Place du Pantheon | Paris 17/05 17:30 EU Commission | Brussels 17/05 18:30 Embassy of Georgia | London (And keep an eye on gza.europe on Instagram, for any further news on protests in Europe) Donation links: Shame Movement - Provides gear for protests, organizing demonstrations. GYLA - Georgia's Young Lawyer Association, providing legal help to those detained at demonstrations. All we ask for, is to have you fight together with us.
Brands you can boycott to help Georgia (the country) fight against the foreign agent law +what you need to know about it:
[Image ID: Three logos of different international chains depicted on a white background. On top the bands presented are Wendy's and Subway. On the bottom, it's Dunkin' Donuts. End ID.]
The foreign agent law (also locally referred to as "the Russian law". On February 2023, the ruling majority of the parliament registered a draft law, addressing a completely made-up problem of transparency of non-governmental organizations. The law refers to non-governmental organizations that receive funding from abroad as "foreign agents." In Georgian, "foreign agent" carries the same meaning as "spy." Back in 2023, we managed to fight back against the law that would completely destroy student exchange programs, charity work, LGBT and disability organizations, etc. The law would also allow the government to persecute you for something inconsequential, such as an anti-government post on social media. If the law passes, it would cause most of Georgia to be locked out of international relations and would demolish most of our scarce support systems.
Those are not all of the brands that support the Russian law here, however they are the international ones that through their owners in Georgia support the passing of the law.
Additionally, the government has paid people outside the regions to protest in support of passing of the law, and has threatened them with losses of their jobs and the jobs of their family members.
The protests have been going for many days endlessly, and policemen have been getting more and more brutal. Utilizing things such as water jets, armor, shields, flashlights, smoke, gas, etc.
Please stay with Georgia and support it against the country that has endlessly colonized, genocided, and raped us.
Thank you, Sakartvelo. Keep fighting. We believe in you.
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HELLO! MY COUNTRY IS DESCENDING INTO AUTHORITARIANISM! PLEASE READ!
I'm too angry to formulate how many lines the government has crossed and how dangerous the situation has gotten… please read, and know the truth.
photo: tayray55
protest info
BTW, if you’re not going to do anything about the rise of fascism in the United States besides freak out on social media, you’re not that different from those who did nothing in Germany back in the late 1930s. I’ve been very proactive myself, protesting and getting the word out in public, a white supremacist even tried to take my protest sign away by force, but nobody seems to care until it’s convenient for them to. (Also, you get lees afraid of your life being put in danger when you have less to lose tbh)
This is pretty self-explanatory
I’m dead fucking serious. Our lives literally depend on it. We have no time to wonder if we should fight back or not. Because we absolutely should!
It’s getting worse to be trans in America, so I made this.
Guess who’s been writing “My body, my choice” on sticky notes and taping them in bathroom stalls at my school bc they’re angry with the world? 🤪
update: when I checked at the end of the day, at least two were gone, and quite possibly a third. So I did another in one of the stalls where it had been taken down and promptly ran out of tape ✌️
#Repost @gogreensavegreen
You might be more than one. You might be different ones at different times. 🫶🏽🫶🏽 you might not be one of these. There are more roles 💪🏽 but this is an amazing intro.
You can’t just like the idea and envision yourself in one of these roles you have to figure out how to be about it ♥️🫶🏽
Via @deiloh & @fablefulart
The World Of Becca Blake
Art by Dan Schkade