📍ktaqmkuk, dawnland 🪶☘️ • queer anti-racist & anti-zionist human rights defender 🌈 • decolonial socialist • lover of people, land & sea 🌊 • 🇵🇸🌺🇭🇹🇨🇩•
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My heart is with the people of Sudan, specifically El Fashir, and all the people of the Darfur region. Empty words about peace from so-called leaders are not enough. The Sudanese people have suffered long enough, and been ignored. sudansolidarity.com
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Canadian received Bell Canada text saying 'Welcome to Palestine' while visiting Jerusalem nationalpost.com/news/canada…
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Abolishing the Indian Act while also passing bill C5 while also declaring mines and pipelines projects of natural interests ... Carney's plans to strip Indigenous people of their rights over traditional territory could not be more obvious.
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we can excuse the support for genocide and the endless legal harassment of various women but we draw the line at cheating
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I feel like when I say I'm anti-death penalty, ppl assume I don't think anyone deserves to die. This is false. There are absolutely ppl who deserve death. I simply don't think any government can be trusted with the right to kill.
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We are alarmed about a recent document published by Public Safety Canada which describes anti-Zionism wholly as a form of antisemitism. We reject this claim as a dangerous attack on legitimate political speech, and urge the Canadian government to immediately retract it.
This latest conflation does not come out of nowhere. For years, we have warned that the controversial IHRA definition of antisemitism, adopted by the federal government in 2019, effectively targets speech that is critical of Israel and Zionism. Canada’s IHRA handbook, issued by Canadian Heritage in 2024, identified speech about Zionism as alleged examples of antisemitism. The new document from Public Safety is the most explicit conflation of these concepts yet from the federal government.
By regarding anti-Zionism entirely as a form of antisemitism, Canada is creeping towards the censorship of speech and activism in support of Palestinian human rights. This is the intended result of the relentless pressure from pro-Israel lobby groups, which have been lobbying for anti-Zionism to be treated as synonymous with antisemitism in order to shut down debate about Israel’s escalating crimes against the Palestinian people.
To be clear, Zionism is the political ideology behind the creation of the state of Israel. Like all nationalist ideologies rooted in colonialism, it is not simply benign. Zionism is experienced by Palestinians as dispossession and oppression, due both to the historic planned mass ethnic cleansing of historic Palestine by Zionist forces and the continued violence throughout the occupied territories. Zionism continues to be the ideology that justifies Israel’s system of apartheid that oppresses and dominates the Palestinian people as a whole, as recognized by a virtual consensus of major human rights organizations
We affirm that anti-Zionism is a legitimate form of political, philosophical, and academic expression against concrete injustices, both historical and contemporary. By defining opposition to Zionism as inherently antisemitic, Public Safety Canada is itself engaged in systemic racism against Palestinians and attempting to silence legitimate debate about apartheid and genocide. This perpetuates a climate of political persecution and erodes the ability of Canadians to engage with urgent matters of human rights. This is the very opposite of public safety.
We echo the demands of @IndJewishVoices, the United Jewish People’s Order, and @FacultyJewish, who want the federal government to: 1) clarify that anti-Zionism is not a form of antisemitism; 2) acknowledge the harm that conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism does to Palestinian and Jewish communities; and 3) affirm the legitimacy of anti-Zionism as part of political debate and criticism concerning Palestine and Israel.
almost can't believe this is real but why wouldn't it be at this point
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alberta seperatism is an american psyop??????????? no.... no way... really??? they would do that???
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"A Globe and Mail investigation has found that Republican political operatives were on the ground in Alberta this year to assist the separatist campaign in its bid to leave Canada, while harbouring their own aspirations for the province to secede.
The Globe also found that when Alberta separatist leaders went to Washington to meet with the U.S. State Department, they offered up key assets from the province’s resource portfolio, including access to fresh water and royalties on crude oil, in exchange for help transitioning to independence."
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As this story goes viral, it's my responsibility as a residential school historian and expert on denialism to point out: the evidence about large numbers of child death and unmarked burials at residential school is already freely, publicly available: nctr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2…
Sooke brewery owner terminated after ‘Show Me the Evidence’ shirt sparks backlash on Truth and Reconciliation Day ctvnews.ca/vancouver/vancouv…
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Her name is HIND RAJAB💐🌷
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And She was more brave than every single one of you at ESPN
Kyrie Irving has offered to pay Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair's $11,941 fine for having the name of a Palestinian girl killed in Gaza written on his eye black during Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills. spr.ly/6012BGpQce
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The Macklemore/Ed Sheeran thing is just a reminder that some people hate the courageous but almost everyone hates the cowardly.
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Macklemore "every child deserves to live"
Ed Sheeran "this is hurtful to a lot of people"
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Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters slams Ed Sheeran over Macklemore’s removal from tour:
“I just have a little message for you: there are two kinds of people in this world, Ed. There’s people who do the right thing — the rapper Macklemore would be one of those people. And there’s people - many of them, sadly - little f… excuse me, I nearly used the F-word then… pricks like you who do the wrong thing!”
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I’ll take care of his fine
#Texans Pro Bowl middle linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair fined $11,492 for unauthorized message on eye black Sunday vs. #Bills
Hind Rajab was a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli military firing several bullets along with six family members in Gaza City on January 29, 2024. Audio recordings of Hind calling for help sparked international outrage. In August, Israeli military confirmed soldiers fired on the vehicle and ordered an internal criminal investigation into the incident.
Al-Shaair was previously fined $11,593
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“aid in the region” is very international wording. netanyahu about to get a direct deposit
Robert Kraft announces he and Ed Sheeran are donating $2 million each to “aid in the region to fight this humanitarian crisis” following Macklemore’s donation to Palestinians:
“Earlier today, before Macklemore challenged me to match his donation, Ed called me and asked me to commit $2 million to match his donation to aid in the region to fight this humanitarian crisis. Ed now plans to reach out to other venue owners and our goal is to continue to work together to build bridges.”
the fact that he insists on calling it a ‘conflict’ should tell you enough about what he believes
Ed Sheeran breaks his silence on Macklemore being dropped from his tour over "Free Palestine" speeches, saying "it was the promoter's decision and it was not mine."
"I am appalled by the conflict between Israel and Palestine. The suffering and pain caused on both sides is a human tragedy. There are too many wars across the world causing immeasurable pain, none of which should be tolerated. Macklemore asked to join my tour last year and I agreed, because I respect him as an artist. As with all my support acts, I agree that they play a setlist of their choosing.
After Macklemore's performances at my New Jersey shows, venues on my upcoming tour dates communicated that they would pull the shows if he was still supporting. I was informed that this stance was based on how Macklemore conveyed part of his message during his performance, rather than on everything that was said. I spoke with the venues at length all week to try and build a bridge. One of those people was Robert Kraft. I was also involved in direct talks with promoters along with activists on both sides to try and find a mutual resolution for all, but the venue's and promoter's decision was final.
Macklemore coming off tour was the promoter's decision, it was not mine. Macklemore's contract for the tour was with the promoter, not me. I would never let down the fans who had made plans, nor would I abandon the touring crew and the other support acts and musicians who rely on me for work and to make a living.
I have always used my platform and music to bring people from all backgrounds and cultures together and this won't ever change. Those who have been to one of my shows will know that they are about unity, joy, escapism, love, and a place for everyone to feel welcome.
I am not complicit. I have my personal views on this devastating conflict. Just because I choose not to speak publicly, it doesn't mean I don't have them, and it doesn't mean I don't care. Nor does it mean I don't support causes in my own, personal way.
There is a reason I do not use my professional platform for politics - my audience includes young people, often children, of all backgrounds. Those who come to my shows do not expect a political forum. I respect Macklemore's strength of purpose to stand up and shout for what he believes. However, there is room for multiple approaches to the same end: peace. I choose to use my fame and platform to be a place of safety and sanctuary, to maintain diplomacy and keep conversations open, not closed. If we only focus on shouting the loudest, nothing will ever change. There are different approaches to being an advocate for change.
I have spent this week trying to build bridges, to find a solution and unfortunately, was unable to do so. I know who I am, both as a person and as an artist, and those who know my heart know my values too."
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