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Jesse Foley-Tapia

@almostlevi

Writer | 2x Cal grad | @ucbsoj '23 | jessefoleytapia.com

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Marc Lamont Hill puts every interviewer to shame by forcing Israels former Foreign Minister to admit that Israel is deliberately starving and bombing a captive civilian population to get what they want. A War Crime. Not one British journalist has done this x.com/deonteleologis…

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Western governments are criminalizing solidarity with Palestine because they know that people of conscience all over the world will not tolerate the unfolding Israeli genocide that they have funded, armed, and endorsed. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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Wow, the NFL on some bullshit. "We witnessed a terrorist attack on Israel..." Tough to watch a sport that consistently shows its white supremacy and is pro-war and anti-Black.

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CNN’s Sara Sidner is confront by someone in the West Bank, who shouts: “You are genocide supporters! You are not welcome here! Genocide supporters! Fuck CNN!”

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Stop calling the United States "America." This is some elitist language that refuses to recognize South and Central America.

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“This struggle does not only exist for having the capacity to exist, but for existing as Mayan people, as a culture, and the train, what it has done is to become a projectile in the heart of Mayan culture,” says Uc Be. Read more here: crushingcolonialism.org/community-memb…

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Las Amazonas de Yaxunah are a group of Indigenous Mayan women who play softball barefoot and in traditional dress as a form of resistance towards traditional and cultural gender norms that restricted women’s participation in sports. Photo essay here: crushingcolonialism.org/strong-women-w…

Las Amazonas de Yaxunah are a group of Indigenous Mayan women who play softball barefoot and in traditional dress as a form of resistance towards traditional and cultural gender norms that restricted women’s participation in sports.

Photo essay here:
crushingcolonialism.org/strong-women-w…
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Las Amazonas de Yaxunah are a group of Mayan women who play softball barefoot and in traditional huipil dress. The group formed as an act of resistance to traditional cultural values that didn’t accept women playing sports.

Las Amazonas de Yaxunah are a group of Mayan women who play softball barefoot and in traditional huipil dress. The group formed as an act of resistance to traditional cultural values that didn’t accept women playing sports.
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I recently had the opportunity to do some reporting on Las Amazonas de Yaxunah and I'm happy to share the end result. Their story is not only inspirational but beautiful.

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"I have no affiliation, no connection to these people, other than the fact that I'm a human being." Well said. It's literally all it takes.