Read #VanessaWilliamson: `Since the end of the Confederacy, the cult of the “taxpayer” has provided a socially acceptable veneer for racist attacks on #democracy.` https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-austerity-politics-of-white-supremacy
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#bipartisan #raceMaking #whiteSupremacy #whiteness #SouthCarolina #Reconstruction #histoDon #agnotology #publicOpinion #history #taxes #politics #USPol #deficit #taxpayers #Redeemers #racism #Trumpism #GOP #suffrage

New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman had a piece that compared the targets of US bombs to vermin. It’s the sort of metaphor that propagandists have historically used to justify genocide.
#FAIR: https://fair.org/home/action-alert-friedmans-vermin-analogies-echo-ugly-pro-genocide-propaganda/ via @FAIR

#raceMaking #NYT #media #racism #ThomasFriedman #columnist #NewYorkTimes #manipulation #warCrimes #USWars #coloniality #propaganda #genocide #callToGenocide #reputation #whiteSupremacy #manufacturingConsent

#Toolkit: #Protest #safety tips from #Greenpeace

"Protest is a powerful strategy to demand #justice. Greenpeace has been holding and supporting protests around the world for nearly 50 years. Because of this, we’ve received requests and messages asking for advice on protest tactics, digital, and physical security against #militarized #police forces. While we have compiled this from a US point of view where this Greenpeace team is based, we hope some of what is here is helpful beyond the US.

"We are continuously learning, learning from mistakes, learning from each other. The #activists that make up our Greenpeace community, also come from many protest practices and methods, including #Indigenous-led resistance to #FossilFuel #extraction, the #ImmigrantRights movement, the Movement for Black Lives, [#BLM] and others. We wanted to share some of our learnings so that you can join us in protests that demand systemic changes from fighting for #ClimateJustice to dismantling #WhiteSupremacy. We support you and are fighting with you.

"We want to acknowledge that there are many different types of protest tactics, and that this is not an exhaustive list. We also want to acknowledge that communities of color, especially Black communities and other non-Black Indigenous and communities of color, are policed differently than white communities.

"When we protest we have an opportunity to demand the world we need and to understand how the issues we face are interconnected. As we fight for environmental justice, we show up for racial justice, Indigenous rights, immigrant rights, disability rights and more. While this guide focuses on protests, even if you are not able to join us in the street you can support those who are protesting by providing supplies, donating to bail funds, providing rides, having important conversations with your coworkers, friends, families, and neighbors.

"Also, we want to remind you that we are not your lawyers. This is not legal advice, any tips contained here are only to assist you in thinking through how to engage in protest activity. We urge you to connect with your local organizing and legal community for additional support."

https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/toolkits/protest-safety-tips-from-greenpeace/

#DigitalFreeSpeech #ACAB #DirectAction #Fascism #CriminalizingDissent #WaterProtectors #ForestDefenders #EnvironmentalActivists #ClimateActivists #ClimateJustice #SilencingDissent #CorporateColonialism #EcoActivists #Censorship #HumanRightsViolations #Article20 #RightToProtest #SlowMarch #BigOilAndGas #SLAPPs

Doco: "How Israel won the west"

Once the Jews come to Palestine, they start imagining themselves as being representatives of the west in the orient.

And, to a certain extent, they succeed in persuading the west that they are the western island in the sea of Muslims, Arabs, all these oriental "others".

"The Jews" become westernized in a political, imperialist, colonialist project called Zionism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTxoFvVqDoo

#Israel-Palestine #USPol #UKPol #WhiteSupremacy #Zionism #Racism ..

Doco: "How Israel won the west"

Once the Jews come to Palestine, they start imagining themselves as being representatives of the west in the orient.

And, to a certain extent, they succeed in persuading the west that they are the western island in the sea of Muslims, Arabs, all these oriental "others".

"The Jews" become westernized in a political, imperialist, colonialist project called Zionism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTxoFvVqDoo

#Israel-Palestine #USPol #UKPol #WhiteSupremacy #Zionism #Racism ..

Interview: Ruth Ben-Ghiat: "Trump’s Dehumanizing Rhetoric Is Adopting Franco’s Language of Fascism & Violence"

"Trump’s use of the hallmarks of fascism & violence, including dehumanizing rhetoric, profane & crude discriminatory language & threats to the enemy within, echoes the rise of midcentury fascist rulers like Francisco Franco & Adolf Hitler."

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/10/29/2024_election_fascism_authoritarianism

#Trump #Fascism #USPol #Racism #Franco #WhiteSupremacy .