Shit Fascinasians Can't Say

"In the past few days, there have been at least 162 Islamophobic hate attacks in the UK, and nine..."

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:51:32 -0400

“In the past few days, there have been at least 162 Islamophobic hate attacks in the UK, and nine mosques have been targeted with kives, petrol bombs and graffiti. That’s a 900% increase, according to the tracking group Tell Mama UK. Petrol-bomb attacks on mosques are not reported as terrorism, and nor are individual acts of anti-Muslim violence; we are expected to understand this quasi-organised campaign of fear as something else, as a ‘backlash’.”

- In these Sour Times: Islamophobia and the Woolwich aftermath (via thepeacefulterrorist)

a long post where i vent and explain why black people hate white people as well as the race-spam

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:40:23 -0400

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

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THIS…ALL OF THIS..EVERY LAST FUCKING WORD. “YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT RACISM TIL IT’S AGAINST YOU.”

Well then…..

“black people dont hate white people because of slavery. they dont blame you for your ancestors/

they hate you because you show, in countless little ways time and time again, that you sincerely dont value us as human beings.”

ai-yo: agramisbetterthanadamn: maebugrunswithlions: anarcho-qu...

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:26:25 -0400

ai-yo:

agramisbetterthanadamn:

maebugrunswithlions:

anarcho-queer:

Elderly Pakistani Man Stabbed To Death After Leaving Mosque In Birmingham

A 75-year-old man stabbed to death yards from his home may have been targeted in a racially motivated attack, according to police.

Mohammed Saleem, who used a walking stick, was stabbed three times in the back as he returned home from prayers at his local mosque in Small Heath, Birmingham, on Monday night.

The blows were struck with such violence they penetrated to the front of his body.

The father of seven also had no defensive wounds in what has been described as a swift, vicious and cowardly attack by the man leading the murder investigation, Detective Superintendent Mark Payne of West Midlands police.

Officers want to trace a white man, aged 25-32, of medium height and build, spotted on CCTV footage running near the scene of the attack around the time it happened, just before 10.30pm.

Police also want to trace a seven-seat people carrier captured on CCTV, driving near the mosque with the two male occupants, both white and in their 30s, who are considered “significant witnesses”.

In an emotional family appeal on Thursday, two of Saleem’s daughters, Shazia Khan, 45, and Nazia Maqsood, 44, called for the attackers to hand themselves in. They tearfully described their father as a “widely respected member of the community” and “much-loved”.

For just a minute, can we talk about how fucking broadcasted this would be if it was a Christian walking out of church?

The dictionary definition of terrorism states it is “The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.”

So why aren’t anti-Muslim or anti-immigrant attacks ever referred to as terrorist attacks? They seem to fit the dictionary definition perfectly.

thank you

beinglazyfortherevolution: gadaboutgreen: sandandglass: Wayne...

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:25:23 -0400

beinglazyfortherevolution:

gadaboutgreen:

sandandglass:

Wayne Allyn Root - seriously, look his face in the last gif.

This makes me so sick.

these entitled, privileged bastards.

PSA

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:15:53 -0400

sugar-nextdoor:

entumecido:

massive fucking shout out to those with eating disorders who manage to hold down jobs, or school, friendships, relationships and function on a day-to-day basis. if you haven’t been told it yet today WELL FUCKING DONE FOR NOT LETTING IT TAKE EVERYTHING AWAY when we all know it would be much easier to curl up and isolate, well fucking done for holding it all together even though you deserve to crumble and everyone would understand why.

also shout out to those with any sort of mental health issue! be it depression, anxiety, schizophrenia or whatever else could make your life a living hell; you are fucking FANTASTIC for maintaining whatever it might be your struggling to withhold. keeping in touch with reality in any way, be it a parrot or a parent, a full time job or slowly studying from home. I’m proud to my motherf-ing bones and you are fabulous in every way

AMEN!

fairelectionsny: Are you coming to the lobby day on April 29th?...

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:23:53 -0400

fairelectionsny:

Are you coming to the lobby day on April 29th? Join us.

liberation-library: Frantz Fanon (1925 – 1961) was an author...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:12:58 -0400

liberation-library:

Frantz Fanon (1925 – 1961) was an author from Martinique, essayist, psychoanalyst, and revolutionary. He was perhaps the preeminent thinker of the 20th century on the issue of decolonization and the psychopathology of colonization. His works have inspired anti-colonial liberation movements for more than four decades.

In this book, Fanon provides an insight into the true nature of imperialism. He details the mental, economic and physical degradations that characterize the relationship between “the settler” and “the native” and how violence is a central feature of this relationship. Fanon explains how violence is central to the de-colonization process and the forging of a unifying consciousness amongst the colonized populace. He provides further insights into the organization of colonial struggle, the different roles played by town “elites” and rural people and also, very interestingly, the impact of the violence that characterized the colonial order on the mental health of everyone involved.

We all have that one mutual follower we try to impress with every post.

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:11:30 -0400

We all have that one mutual follower we try to impress with every post.

nitanahkohe: around this time last year people finally started...

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:50:56 -0400

nitanahkohe:

around this time last year people finally started taking notice of the food-related issues in the upper northern reaches of Canada; consider this your reminder that even since then, juice is still $26 in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, and that the predominately indigenous communities in Canada’s North are forced to pay extraordinarily exorbitant prices for basic groceries due to structural inequity and the contemporary effects of ongoing settler occupation.

"They always show the guys shouting “Death to America!!” Just once I wish the media would show us, I..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:59:26 -0400

“They always show the guys shouting “Death to America!!” Just once I wish the media would show us, I don’t know, baking a cookie. I’ve been to Iran, we have cookies, I swear. Just once, I want the media to be like, “Okay, we’re going to go to Mohammed in Iran” and then a guy would appear like “Hello, I’m Mohammed… and I’m just baking a cookie.””

- Maz Jobrani, an Iranian-American, on the way Middle Easterners are depicted in mainstream media. (via yourfriendlycomrade)

peaceshannon: The 1,000th Wednesday Protest. There was a lot...

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:51:51 -0400

peaceshannon:

The 1,000th Wednesday Protest.

There was a lot of ridiculous behavior displayed by the media at the 1,000th protest that got me super angry, but I’ll write about that in another post.

For now, I just want to write about how inspiring, passionate, and courageous these women are (my favorite Halmoni, Pak Ok-seon Halmoni can be seen in the top photo wearing a blue scarf).

They are in their 80’s and 90’s and they have been demonstrating in front of the Japanese Embassy every fucking week for 20 years. In the rain, in the snow, in the heat, in the wind, without fail. They’ve faced social stigma, being called whores and prostitutes, they’ve been asked by their families to not go public but they go out there EVERY FUCKING WEEK.

FOR TWENTY YEARS.

And they do it because they want the world to know what happened to them, what’s still happening in wars all across the globe, what’s happening across national borders, what’s happening in school campuses, churches, and pretty much every corner of this goddamn planet.

And that is sexual violence against women.

And when you ask them why they’re out there every week, they’ll tell you that yes, they want their apology from the Japanese government - they want someone to look them in the face and say yes, it happened and I. am. sorry. But they’ll also tell you that they’re out there because they don’t want what happened to them to happen to a single other woman, ever again.

And that, is fucking powerful people.

Japan's wartime brothels were wrong, says 91-year-old veteran

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:51:31 -0400

Japan's wartime brothels were wrong, says 91-year-old veteran:

peaceshannon:

lostintrafficlights:

SAGAMIHARA, Japan (Reuters) - When Masayoshi Matsumoto joined the Japanese army in 1943 and was sent to occupied China as a medic, he thought he was taking part in a righteous war to free Asia from the

Fuck you, Hashimoto.

gil won-ok halmoni and kim bok-dong halmoni are currently in japan speaking to audiences there about the experiences they suffered at the “comfort stations”.

for reference, a few posts i’ve written about “comfort women” below:

why i’m lucky to know the halmonis: http://peaceshannon.tumblr.com/post/14292230353/why-im-lucky-to-know-the-halmonis-first-off-i

the wednesday protests (ongoing for 20+ years, yesterday was the 1,075th): http://peaceshannon.tumblr.com/post/14208807748/the-1-000th-wednesday-protest-there-was-a-lot

going to the house of sharing: http://peaceshannon.tumblr.com/post/20780284207/peaceshannon

Building Power, Student-Style

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:01:27 -0400

youngist:

By Isabelle Nastasia

5 broken approaches to U.S. student organizing, and why we need real movement infrastructure to build real student power

You can keep up with Isabelle Nastasia on Twitter @IzzyNastasia

hamburgerjack: jenstansfield: smellslikegirlriot: Wonder...

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:40:22 -0400

hamburgerjack:

jenstansfield:

smellslikegirlriot:

Wonder Woman knows what’s up.

Beat him to death Diana. Beat him to death with the room.

Breaking News: Chicago School Board closes 49 schools, largest closing in US history

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:15:51 -0400

Breaking News: Chicago School Board closes 49 schools, largest closing in US history:

breakingnews:

Chicago Tribune: After hearing from aldermen, angry parents and community members in a meeting interrupted several times by protesters, the Chicago Board of Education approved a plan to close 49 elementary schools and one high school program.

The board voted 4-2 to close Von Humboldt…

rebekahloves: cooledskin: karnythia: masteradept: feministdis...

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:55:22 -0400

rebekahloves:

cooledskin:

karnythia:

masteradept:

feministdisney:

nattygism:

feministdisney:

xelamanrique:

look who’s finally joined!

look who got pushed to the side

would like to point out that this image has the intentions of showcasing the newest additions to the princess line up, so all the older princesses of course aren’t the center of attention.

of course, the placement of certain princesses could be better, but also consider this was probably purely unintentional. or in better words, not a conscious thing.

oh believe me, it is completely possible for racism to be subconscious.

I think it’s fairly obvious that the racial problems would be ammeliorated if they HAD arranged by sequence. That means Mulan would be in front of Snow White- Rapunzel and Jasmine would be in front of Sleeping Beauty AND Ariel- and Tiana would make her way to the front, past Cinderella and Belle.

I mean honestly it’s sort of laughable to look at this and decide that it’s arranged to display newer in the front, and older in the back. It’s actually only relevant to the frontmost two characters and no one else. So might want to come up with a better reason to justify racialized placement if you are really dead set against calling it out, since it’s harmful whether or not it’s “intentional.”

Especially since that’s really a consciousness in and of itself. People who care about this stuff consult others and listen to what they say. Very easily, anyone with an iota of understanding of what usual critiques against the princesses are, would have noticed that.

unintentional my ass. Shouldn’t all of the new ones be front and center, and old guard back right and back left? Don’t look that way..I see mighty white all front and center.

Yep, & if we’re going by newest that would mean Tiana standing next to Merida or Rapunzel. Instead she’s all the way in the back.

I fixed it!There. That’s what it would look like if this was actually a case of chronological placement.

i like the chronological order.

LOL CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

Plot twist: While Sasuke and Naruto fight over being the next hokage Sakura becomes the hokage.

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:48:32 -0400

Plot twist: While Sasuke and Naruto fight over being the next hokage Sakura becomes the hokage.

angrybrownbaby: Sigh. I need to ask a Tumblr favor. No money, just prayers. My friend found out she...

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:03:08 -0400

angrybrownbaby:

Sigh. I need to ask a Tumblr favor. No money, just prayers.

My friend found out she has a brain tumor. She has a two year old child. They are hoping the meds work but the first trial gave her severe side effects. She’s on her second trial of meds. They’re hoping they won’t have to operate so they’re trying medication first. If they operate, they’re not sure how it’ll affect her but all they know is that she’ll have random black outs (which is not cool since she is a SAHM).

Please pray that these rounds of medications work with minimal side effects. Here’s hoping that more hopeful voices means the prayer grows strong.

rhamphotheca: Help Our Turtle Friends!!!

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:47:51 -0400

rhamphotheca:

Help Our Turtle Friends!!!

thepeoplesrecord: randomactsofchaos: thepeoplesrecord: Richard...

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:36:24 -0400

thepeoplesrecord:

randomactsofchaos:

thepeoplesrecord:

Richard Berman: if you see this man in public, please spit on him. If you serve him food ever in any restaurant, please do the people of the world a favor and defecate in it.
April 29, 2013

Yesterday we reblogged something from HumaneWatch.org, which was criticizing (& representing straight-up lies) against the humane society. One reader was kind enough to inform us that HumaneWatch is one of the many misinformation projects of Richard Berman’s. All of the above organizations are various projects run by Berman and Company, paid for by the ruling class, intended to spread misinformation & lies for the benefit of the ruling class.

Richard Berman is a Washington, D.C.-based hired propagandist who uses front groups to defend his corporate clients against the public interest. Using his lobbying and consulting firm, Berman and Company, as a revenue vehicle for his activities, Berman runs at least 23 industry-funded projects, such as the Center for Union Facts, and holds 24 “positions” within these various entities.

Make a mental note of the above organizations and keep in mind these brands. Never reblog (like I did) Berman and Company’s propaganda.

It was suggested to me that Charity Navigator is an honest & useful tool for actually evaluating how charities are spending their money. Here’s their information on The Humane Society of the United States. They have a 4 star rating.

The information in that post against the humane society was wrong, but it got 800+ notes (and we contributed to that count in a big way). Please reblog this & do some more reading/post your own posts about the propaganda campaigns Richard Berman is running to combat the misinformation.

I’m sorry we posted the original post, but let’s not allow this opportunity to expose this terrible organization go to waste.

http://bermanexposed.org/

I also took down the original post and apologize for the misinformation - I should have done some research first.

Sorry readers, but I’m gonna be like a dog-with-a-bone reblogging this one, in hopes that I can see this post get more notes than the original misinformation.