The Chinese are just as deeply xenophobic and racist as the rest of us.
Their leadership and corporate captains also require a uniformly obedient and docile population in which ‘deviance’ and the subscription to other values can be stamped out in favour of enshitification, mass production, and the lowest, cheapest, most discardable form of labour to run it so long as human labour proves necessary.
Good. The state #oppression of gay people and #LGBTQ+ people in general must be condemned and ended worldwide. Only then can true #freedom be achieved. ✊
Of course, the law did not JUST target gay people. "#Homosexual acts" were illegal so #bisexual people were not off the hook. #Homophobia almost always implies #biphobia and other -phobias.
As the Columbia University Gaza Solidarity Encampment enters its sixth day, organizers have called on the entire student body to walk out of class to ramp up pressure on the administration to divest from Israel. Breakthrough News will be covering the action LIVE from inside the encampment April 22, 12pm ET
"It is a violent circle of #oppression when you create the situation, and then when we go out to #protest the situation, you in turn exact more violence upon us. We are saying NO MORE."
Two days ago on #Dutch TV channel #VPRO I watched the documentary "Beyond Utopia", and it left a deep impact on me.
It shows both the terrible plight of all those people that have to flee #authoritarian regimes. Where on their perilous journey, every step is either towards doom or freedom.
And it also shows the unimaginable #oppression that can be laid down onto an entire population and still keep people in line, praising their glorious leader.
Time for Autonomous Action for Palestine: A Conversation with Within Our Lifetime
'We will also discuss the benefit of - and existing calls for - decentralized actions, de-occupations, assemblies and gatherings, public testimonies, research/writing, media-making and agitprop, mutual aid stations, trainings and teach-ins in the streets, roving shutdowns, disruptive poetry readings, sit-ins and slow downs, strikes and marches, singing and amplifying sound, painting walls, resistance parties, wheatpasting, and other happenings.
"Within Our Lifetime is not only a name, but a promise, a motivational cry, a rally, and a call to action. It is the steadfast belief that no matter what obstacles we will face, victory of the oppressed is inevitable."'
i know "every #homeless#person deserves compassion and #support regardless of their circumstances prior to becoming homeless" etc. etc. but it really is crazy hearing #stories from #people who were like, #workingclass or otherwise #homeowning people who had One (1) misfortune happen that caused them to become homeless. like that "you are one #financial#crisis away from #homelessness" thing is terrifyingly #real
So you force #Ukraine to give up their nukes, you don't follow up with your "security assurances" when #russia first attacked. It's 2 years after the full scale invasion, and the aid for Ukraine is paused, and now you have the audacity to tell Ukraine to not attack russian #oil refineries because "think of the oil #prices 🥺"
PSA: Imagination is not just for kids. The idea that adults shouldn't day dream, play, and just generally using their imagination is, imo, a tool of #Capitalist socialization and #Oppression to stunt the growth of #Revolutionary movements.
Workers unite! Form unions to gain collective strength against bosses. Recognize that harm to one worker reflects the systemic exploitation affecting all workers. We have a world to win!
Landlord: "Give me your money or I'll evict you and you'll die from being homeless."
Price Gouging Pharmaceutical CEO: "Give me your money or you'll die from going without the medication you need."
All three are using a threat of death to extort money from people. So why is the mugger seen as a monster while the other two are seen as smart businesspeople?
Only 30 years ago, #Germany removed §175 StGB. This article made same-#sex sexual activity between #men punishable by #prison. It was a remnant of the Kaiserreich, made worse under the #Nazi dictatorship and continued to exist WAY after the fall of Nazi Germany.
This #oppression was a great #evil and it's good that it's gone.