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@glibli black windward feathers brush the air as the chosen rat silhouettes over, it's passing draped in a veil of mystery carried aloft from the tunnelled crooks of urban decay
Friend of the night, he will visit
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Some fortune cookie propaganda
It’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Never forget the Porjamos–the genocide of over a million Romani people by the Nazis.
Never forget the Farhud, a Nazi-inspired pogrom in Iraq, 1941.
Never forget the Nazis also killed Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews.
Never forget Aktion T4, a the so-called “mercy killings” (genocide) of those called “useless eaters” (disabled people). Never forget that this policy of eugenics was directly inspired by the USA’s eugenics movement and purposefully exported there.
Never forget that the parents of the first disabled child killed in Aktion T4 wanted their child dead.
Never forget the hundreds of Black Germans who were forcibly sterilized by the Nazis.
Never forget the “inverts” and “homosexuals” who were rounded up and sent to their deaths because they were deemed a threat to the “Aryan Race.”
Never forget the “nice Germans” who didn’t “care about politics” and silently watched their neighbors be taken away to be tortured and killed.
Never forget the Resistance.
Never forget the anti-fascists and the Partisans who were of many nations, including Jews, who fought the Nazis and rescued concentration camp survivors.
Never forget the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, an armed resistance of Jewish people that saved thousands of lives from the concentration camps.
Never forget the smaller acts of resistance like industrial sabotage practiced by those in the concentration camps to reduce their contribution to the Nazi war machine.
Never forget the communists, anarchists, trade-unionists, and other radicals who opposed Nazism and who were incarcerated and killed.
Never forget the Danish gentiles who saved 90% of its Danish Jewish population of 7,000 while under years of Nazi occupation.
Never forget that the United States of America’s xenophobic, racist, eugenicist, antisemitic, ableist, and anti-Romani immigration quotas policy condemned millions of people to death.
Never forget the fate of the M.S. St. Louis.
Never forget that Nazism was fairly popular in the USA until Germany declared war on it.
Never forget that antisemitism persisted during that time and was heightened during the McCarthyism.
Never forget the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party of Germany) who violently suppressed political radicals (including killing the Jewish communist Rosa Luxemberg and other members of the KPD) during the Wiemar Republic, inadvertently aiding the Nazis.
Never forget that this and their “lesser of two evils” strategy that led Hitler to become Chancellor.
Never forget Magnus Hirschfeld, a sexologist, Homosexual Transvestite*, and German Jew–and his Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Institute for Sexual Science). *his own terms
Never forget that the Nazis burned it and all the works in his library.
Never forget the “Masculunists” (the forerunner of today’s “homonationalists”), their hatred for Magnus Hirschfeld, and their support of the Nazis who later betrayed them in the Night of Long Knives after using them like the tools they were.
Never forget Willem Arondeus, a Dutch Homosexual gentile artist, writer, and resistance leader who led a group in bombing the Amsterdam Public Records Office on July 1st 1943 in order to hinder the Nazi round-up of Jews.
Never forget his final words: “Let it be known that homosexuals are not cowards.”
Never forget Chiune Sugihara who saves tens of thousands of Lithuanian Jews by disobeying orders and giving them (often false) visas.
Never forget that the city of Shanghai brought in tens of thousands of Jews, more than any USA city.
Never forget the USSR, not the USA or Britain, liberated most of the concentration camps and captured Berlin, ending the war.
Never forget the Japanese-Americans who liberated Dachau that USA textbooks never mention.
Never forget the Kapos.
Never forget that the world knew.
Never forget all the Holocaust survivors who escaped the concentration camps and arrived in Britain, the USA, and the USSR and told the world their stories.
Never forget the silence.
Never forget that the entire chain of command for the USA, including President Roosevelt, ordered the air force not to bomb the railways leading to Auschwitz and the gas chambers which would have saved thousands.
Never forget that it was the Tuskegee Airmen–a racially segregated, all-Black division–that disobeyed orders and bombed the railways to Auschwitz.
Never forget that Hitler’s plans of genocide were inspired by the United States of America’s genocide of its Indigenous Peoples.
Never forget Henry Ford and all the other American Nazi-collaborators.
Never forget the pogroms just after the Holocaust officially ended.
Never forget that never again means never again to anyone.
Never forget the betrayal.
Never forget the solidarity.
Never forget that “first they came for the Socialists.”
Never forget that an injury to one is an injury to all.
Taraf de Haïdouks — Ostinato & Romanian Dance
Béla Bartók reinterpreted by Romani traditional musicians.
wow ok so uhhh like i know i said i was gonna post this yesterday but i forgot so here she is
Συffεrιng is what this picture brings
🐟🐠🐬💙𝔣𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔣𝔱 𝔰𝔭𝔬𝔫𝔤𝔢 𝔞𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔠💙🐟🐠🐬
The Kurdish family of “Holholuk Koyu” picnicks above the Ataturk Dam on the Euphrates. According to the photographer, the dam, which will be finished by 1993, has already flooded some of this family’s land. Over 1,000 Kurd villages will be flooded before the project is completed, Ed Kashi.
Anytime reallyη
Gerdt von Bassewitz, Pips der Pilz, Ein Wald und Weihnachtsmarchen. Berlin: Hermann Klemm, 1920. Illustrations by Hans Baluschek.
🔥 California is on fire. 🔥 Washington is on fire. 🔥 Oregon is on fire. 🔥 Montana is on fire. 🔥 Utah is on fire. 🔥 Colorado is on fire. 🔥 British Columbia is on fire. 🔥 Nova Scotia is on fire. 🔥 Greece is on fire. 🔥 Brazil is on fire. 🔥 Portugal is on fire. 🔥 Algeria is on fire. 🔥 Tunisia is on fire. 🔥 Greenland is on fire. 🔥 The Sakha Republic of Russia is on fire. 🔥 Siberia is on fire. ⛈️ Texas is hit by Cat 4 hurricane and is underwater, as Cat 5 Hurricane Irma continues to build in the Atlantic. ⛈️ India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, experience record monsoons. ⛈️ Sierra Leone and Niger experience massive floods, mudslides, and deaths in the thousands. 🌡️Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia are in the grip of a triple digit heat wave (dubbed Lucifer). 🌡️Southern California continues to swelter under triple digit heat. 🌡️ In usually chilly August, the city of San Francisco shatters all-time record at 106 degrees, while it reaches 115 degrees south of the city.
Lovely
Woman costume of Shkodër, Albania.
to the grocery store to make homemade ramen 🚲
My anxiety: somethings off
Me: how so?
Anxiety: somethings wrong
Me: what
Anxiety: something
Me: like can you give me a general idea
Anxiety: somethings off
Breed dogs for intelligence
my mom has a friend who has a failed program-service dog and he’s literally my favorite creature
He’s a really smart lab, he learned all the commands, but he just has an affinity for doing them whenever he wants
So this lady’s dog literally turns on-off lights, opens doors, opens the fridge, etc… at his own wishes.
Her house looks like its baby-proofed, with kid safe locks on everything and stuff, but really she just has a dog that’s learned all the mobility service dog commands but has a mind of his own.
Antifascista Siempre!
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“Taylor you worked at a comic store for three years, what was your favorite?”
Honestly, imagine how many young people would be relieved by communal life. Where folks wouldn’t have to worry about paying off debt, buying a house, losing a job, or not affording food or water. Where even if things become scarce, you’ll always have others looking after you.
so 5 minutes after uploading this animation I made today of a rainbow colored cuttlefish, YouTube restricted it……. cos we can’t have the kiddies seeing this RAUNCHY lil cephalopod
#FightFor15 rally, 14 March 2016. Cleveland, Ohio. Organised by SEIU Local 1199.
The truth is, present life is impractical, complex and confused, and not satisfactory from any point of view. That is why there is so much misery and discontent. The worker is not satisfied; nor is the master happy in his constant anxiety over “bad times” involving loss of property and power. The specter of fear for co-morrow dogs the steps of poor and rich alike. Certainly the worker has nothing to lose by a change from government and capitalism to a condition of no government, of Anarchy. The middle classes are almost as uncertain of their existence as the workers. They are dependent upon the good will of the manufacturer and wholesaler, of the large combines of industry and capital, and they are always in danger of bankruptcy and ruin. Even the big capitalist has little to lose by the changing of the present-day system to one of Anarchy, for under the latter every one would be assured of living and comfort; the fear of competition would be eliminated with the abolition of private ownership. Every one would have full and unhindered opportunity to live and enjoy his life to the utmost of his capacity. Add to this the consciousness of peace and harmony; the feeling that comes with freedom from financial or material worries; the realization that you are in a friendly world with no envy or business rivalry to disturb your mind; in a world of brothers, in an atmosphere of liberty and general welfare. It is almost impossible to conceive of the wonderful opportunities which would open up to man in a society of Communist Anarchism. The scientist could fully devote himself to his beloved pursuits, without being harassed about his daily bread. The inventor would find every facility at his disposal to benefit humanity by his discoveries and inventions. The writer, the poet, the artist-all would rise on the wings of liberty and social harmony to greater heights of attainment. Only then would justice and right come into their own. Do not underestimate the role of these sentiments in the life of man or nation. We do not live by bread alone. True, existence is not possible without opportunity to satisfy our physical needs. But the gratification of these by no means constitutes all of life. Our present system of civilization has, by disinheriting millions, made the belly the center of the universe, so to speak. But in a sensible society, with plenty for all, the matter of mere existence, the security of a livelihood would be considered self-evident and free as the air is for all. The feelings of human sympathy, of justice and right would have a chance to develop, to be satisfied, to broaden and grow. Even to-day the sense of justice and fair play is still alive in the heart of man, in spite of centuries of repression and perversion. It has not been exterminated, it cannot be exterminated because it is inborn, innate in man, an instinct as strong as that of self-preservation, and just as vital to our happiness. For not all the misery we have in the world today comes from the lack of material welfare. Man can better stand starvation than the consciousness of injustice. The consciousness that you are treated unjustly will rouse you to protest and rebellion just as quickly as hunger, perhaps even quicker. Hunger may be the immediate cause of every rebellion or uprising, but beneath it is the slumbering antagonism and hatred of the masses against those at whose hands they are suffering injustice and wrong. The truth is that right and justice play a far more important role in our lives than most people are aware of. Those who would deny this know as little of human nature as of history. In every-day life you constantly see people grow indignant at what they consider to be an injustice. “That isn’t right,” is the instinctive protest of man when he feels wrong done. Of course, every one’s conception of wrong and right depends on his traditions, environment and bringing up. But whatever his conception, his natural impulse is to resent what he thinks wrong and unjust.
Alexander Berkman, What Is Communist Anarchism? (via leftslide)
Calligraphic Galleon
Calligrapher: 'Abd al-Qadir Hisari
Illustrated single work
dated A.H. 1180/ A.D. 1766–67
Geography: Made in Turkey
Culture: Islamic
Medium: Ink and gold on paper
Dimensions: H. 19 in. (48.3 cm) W. 17 in. (43.2 cm)
Credit Line: Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art and Rogers Fund, 2003
Accession Number: 2003.241
The hull of this sailing ship comprises the names of the Seven Sleepers and their dog. The tale of the Seven Sleepers, found in pre-Islamic Christian sources, concerns a group of men who sleep for centuries within a cave, protected by God from religious persecution. Both hadith (sayings of the Prophet), and tafsir (commentaries on the Qur'an) suggest that these verses from the Qur'an have protective qualities.
Flanked by two other galleons on the horizon, this carefully drawn imperial calligraphic galleon sits on a row of waves containing aphorisms. The imperial galleon with its wind-filled sails is an example of the sophistication of the Ottoman calligraphic tradition. The distinctive Ottoman imperial insignia (tughra), located on the stern of the square galley, dedicates the drawing to Sultan Mustafa bin Sultan Ahmed III (r. 1757–74) (38.149.1). The prow, deck, hull, and stern of the galleon are a calligram (an image made out of calligraphic phrases). It contains the names of the seven sleepers of Ephesus and their dog Qitmir (35.64.3). The standard on the stern of the boat contains the apotropaic Throne verse (2:255) from the Qur'an. The combination of Qur'anic verse and the names of prophets, saints, and heroes found in the Qur'an endows this calligram with amuletic, auspicious, and talismanic powers. In the sky, like a sun disk, the dated signature of the calligrapher reads: Abdu'l Qadir al-Hisari in Aksehir in A.H. 1180 / 1766 A.D. The frame is composed of Ottoman Turkish poetry venerating the Prophet Muhammad.
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