Well, considering that the US and Britain literally invented Israel, that tracks.
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Crankenstein@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•US prepares for No Kings protests against TrumpEnglish3·2 hours agoWell that’s incredibly disappointing. People today have forgotten what it means to protest.
Crankenstein@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•US prepares for No Kings protests against TrumpEnglish3·2 hours agoThat’s unfortunately all I expect these be in most localities.
They all seem to just be a “show up here for two hours and stand on the sidewalk”. The only one that has the potential to do something akin to a legitimate protest will be the one at the actual parade itself in DC.
Still, wish I could even get to one myself just to try and pass out some zines. They might not be anything more than screaming into the void, but they are also great chances to spread some information and find people.
Crankenstein@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•US prepares for No Kings protests against TrumpEnglish19·2 hours agoPissed that I have no transportation to get to one of the protests. Solidarity in spirit from a po’boy stuck out in the sticks.
Crankenstein@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Egypt blocks activists aiming to march to Gaza to draw attention to humanitarian crisisEnglish1·7 hours agoBecause this is a legal action of denying entry into their country, not a kidnapping in international waters with an illegal blockade.
Crankenstein@lemmy.worldto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL Erica Chenoweth et al. studied over 323 movements and found that in aggregate, nonviolent civil resistance was far more effective in producing changeEnglish12·2 days agoExcept it isn’t illegal to enslave people. It is 100% legal if used as punishment for a crime as decided by the state. It is literally encoded into the 13th Amendment
Those “successes” are simply concessions from the state to lull the population back into complacency.
Crankenstein@lemmy.worldto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL Erica Chenoweth et al. studied over 323 movements and found that in aggregate, nonviolent civil resistance was far more effective in producing changeEnglish18·2 days agoViolence is a tool. It is neither inherently good nor bad. It is how that violence is used and perpetrated and the context around why it was employed is where the heart of the matter lies.
Someone who is violent against Nazis or those of equivalent ideology in self defense? Absolutely and unequivocally justifiable.
Someone employing state violence to detain civilians because they were born on the wrong side of an imaginary line? Absolutely unjustifiable and deserves to be stopped, even if it means employing violence in self/community defense.
Crankenstein@lemmy.worldto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL Erica Chenoweth et al. studied over 323 movements and found that in aggregate, nonviolent civil resistance was far more effective in producing changeEnglish9·2 days agoPretty much what all anarchist theory has been proposing, at least when it comes to revolutionary action.
Crankenstein@lemmy.worldto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL Erica Chenoweth et al. studied over 323 movements and found that in aggregate, nonviolent civil resistance was far more effective in producing changeEnglish7·2 days agoThis is about what I expected of a study like this.
Crankenstein@lemmy.worldto Fuck Cars@lemmy.world•University of New Mexico study finds protected bike lanes significantly increase bicycle commutingEnglish9·2 days agoYou mean being able to have the confidence that you can ride a bike without being subjected potential bodily harm at the hands of an apathetic drivers means more people will choose to ride their bike?
Color me shook.
Crankenstein@lemmy.worldto Fuck Cars@lemmy.world•Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report saysEnglish10·2 days agoThey do that shit on purpose to piss off the car behind them for daring to “tailgate”. I’ve had former friends and family who brag about it.
Literally putting a random person’s life on the line for a small bit of petty revenge at a perceived slight.
The neoliberal forced dichotomy of “you have to choose to maintain the capitalist status quo that is actively getting worse with every day, otherwise you get the Big, Bad Boogeyman who is gonna do the same thing but at an accelerated pace” is so fucking infuriating.
Sadly, people do “want” this. They have been conditioned to want it their entire life, from a young age, through the media they consumed telling them it is what they want and then internalizing those notions without ever realizing it. Now as adults they hold onto those beliefs and are incapable of being introspective about the roots of their own desires to see that they are being manipulated.
The human mind is no different from the mind of an animal, and can be manipulated in the many of same ways. We live in a society that is a direct product of these manipulations.
Yes. They profit off of the service being provided, which is corralling the elderly in a place where others don’t have to be bothered by their existence, essentially “getting rid of them” on the pretense of providing care.
We exist under capitalism. Everything is presumed to be generating a profit. That’s a requirement under the current system. It is what they are profiting from that is in question.
Sarcasm doesn’t seem to be this sub’s forte.
Crankenstein@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Foreign Office staff told to consider resigning after challenging UK policy on GazaEnglish3·3 days agoThe law has been broken for a very long time. It’s been well past the time for a restructuring.
Crankenstein@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Athletes expose the reality of fighting for survival in the UFCEnglish4·3 days agoWhy is this in World News? Take it to a MMA, Sports, or other sub that’s actually relevant.
Crankenstein@lemmy.worldto A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•In One of the World’s Wealthiest Countries, More People Will Go Hungry3·3 days agoWhy the paywall? Give a link that is free or copy the article.
Crankenstein@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Map and List of Anti-ICE Protests Nationwide Following LA RiotsEnglish9·3 days agoYou say that as if there is anything wrong with rioting against a fascist organization seeking to do harm to those in your community.
Who has that pic of the two rocket volleys being fired at each other that says “my tax dollars” and “also somehow my tax dollars”?