yes, Columbia evicted students last night, 2wks after Vanderbilt did the same. they arrested students for “trespassing” on the campus they pay tuition at, a strategy we’ve seen at other schools including Pomona. this is what the strategy on Palestine campus suppression *has been*

Yesterday, in Chicago, there were Palestinians present at a police board hearing to push for the firing of the CPD officers who killed Dexter Reed, a Black man.

A lot of big news never report on solidarity and people who say solidarity doesn't exist never show up to shit.

So we are clear, Columbia & Barnard are un-housing student activists w/o any plan for their relocation bc they are…protesting a genocide. At night. In NYC.

This behavior is UNHINGED. All faculty everywhere should be speaking up about this gross abuse of students.

#cu4palestine

On May 20th I'm scheduled to get a total hysterectomy. Removal of my uterus, cervix, ovaries & fallopian tubes. Fibroids & Endo has caused debilitating chronic pain for me for decades. I truly appreciate any support as I recover since I won't be able to work my jobs until I heal.

Artist Asmaa AlJueithni shares picture of the only thing that survived a destructive strike on her home in Gaza that left it in ruins: one of her paintings.

We San Francisco Public Defender's Office condemn law enforcement’s intimidation tactics of booking the Golden Gate Bridge protesters on unfounded felony conspiracy charges as a means to keep peaceful protesters detained for nearly 48 hours during a jail lockdown. 🧵

So many people who don’t like kids were raised by people who also didn’t like kids

It’s so painful to be raised by people who didn’t actually like kids. It’s an inherently neglectful childhood where you learn to police yourself b/c you’re seen as a burden for being a child

I need to bring attention to something re: Toronto Police.

2 out of 3 of the last recent arrest warrants against pro-Palestine activists include charges against masks/facial coverings, During a GLOBAL PANDEMIC. TPS is laying charges for wearing MASKS.

“Black folk: Please protect our stories, communities, organizations/coalitions, hearts/souls from white supremacist exploitation+extraction in this moment. . . '

- Talila A. Lewis, June 2, 2020

Palestine isn't something that just happens 'over there'--

This genocide is manufactured, paid for, & fueled by the US war machine and cultural projects. This is an American genocide.

And what happens 'over there' is intimately tied to the fate of freedom struggles 'over here.'

palestine isn’t a metaphor. palestine doesn’t exist to ‘free’ you. palestine is not a theory. palestine isn’t a career boost. palestine isn’t a graveyard. palestine isn’t a laboratory. palestine isn’t loveless or desperate or lifeless & neither are palestinians.

Meanwhile Rutgers University undergrad student body becomes latest to overwhelmingly vote for divestment from Israel (80.42%). No wonder grown ass adults are hysterical, they know they’ve lost the future.

#Gaza #Genocide #Nakba

Spain, Ireland, Norway, Malta and Slovenia to recognise Palestine statehood this month.

I think one thing I really love about Toni Morrison is that she really wasn’t in the business of explaining, and over explaining, herself especially to people who are committed to misunderstanding you. She was very, let them continue to think small, what’s that got to do with me?

This rips at my heart. Indigenous peoples were not viewed as human. Our children were massacred, stolen, violated. Those who survived became our great-grandparents, our grandparents.

Never again means NEVER AGAIN.
For ANYONE. These beautiful little spirits are owed dignity.

Here’s what I try to remind myself: Disabled people shouldn’t have to carry the responsibility of explaining how others should behave, though we often do. We deserve to have breaks, to set boundaries, to decide how much or how little we give to others.

I cannot stress enough how necessary it is for all of us to wake up every morning & believe and insist that we can and must live in a world where children aren't drone-striked at a playground. Israel is counting on your fatigue and hopelessness.

Israeli just bombed a playground, killing 11 children instantly and wounding dozens more. I feel like I am losing my mind in how this simply doesn't break through to mainstream media or electoral politics. It is brushed aside as business as usual.

Y’all can learn more about radical disability politics by reading this transcript ‼️ (with special attention to commentary from Talila "TL" Lewis

stillmyrevolution.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/radica…

Withers, A. J., Ben-Moshe, L., Brown, L. X., Erickson, L., da Silva Gorman, R., Lewis, T. A., ... & Mingus, M.

“Well (the Black Panther Party) philosophy is basically what we call intercommunalism. We’re not nationalists, we don’t believe in nationalism. Nationalism or nationhood … is akin to superiority, is akin to racism, is akin to sectarianism.”– Bobby Seale