Before 82 people were arrested at the Virginia Tech encampment for Palestinian solidarity and subsequently banned from campus, the encampment was the most diverse and welcoming place I had ever been. Black, brown, queer, disabled, Muslim, Jew, pagan, Indigenous--wearing hijabs, tattoos, combat fatigues or coats and ties, singing, praying, feeding each other--the war mongers broke us up, but we will not forget the solidarity.
Another group of folks who have the same occupation but otherwise look pretty different from each other are delivery drivers. I scooted around an icy sidewalk where a young Black man was unloading boxes of produce for a restaurant, and I said, "Thanks for moving the world!" He smiled and said, "We try!" Made my day.
No doubt influenced by Trump and his fascists we have the 'Bishop' of a faux christian church here in NZ equipping his followers with jackets bearing a very large cross logo on the back gang patch style, - and the words 'Man Up' on their Tee shirts. He sent them out to break up a pride event where a drag artist was reading stories to children in a library. Library staff were punched and beaten as the mob poured into the building. Fortunately though some library staff were able to get the pride people, parents and the completely terrified children into a secure room and lock the door before the mob could get to them. Also fortunately the Police were quickly on the scene and cleared the mob out of the library building. Its highly likely that charges are going to be laid, - very much helped along by all the photos the mob took of themselves and posted on their church's website.
That is absolutely horrific, Anne- thank you for bringing this to my attention! Is there a trusted news source from New Zealand that covered the story?
Something we agree on. Canada is doing a better job than the U.S. and I like to see that. I hope you guys manage to diversify your exports away from the idiots in the U.S. soon just to show them a lesson. The same for Mexico. The best way to stop the U.S., is to stop their money. Shut off nearly all exports to the U.S. and stop buying their exports. Once the money runs out, so will the current government. They will run as fast as they can, leaving the other 97% of us behind. Then maybe things might balance out again. let's hope this happens soon for all of our sakes.
Totally agree. Our power is in our numbers but only if we unite.
Before 82 people were arrested at the Virginia Tech encampment for Palestinian solidarity and subsequently banned from campus, the encampment was the most diverse and welcoming place I had ever been. Black, brown, queer, disabled, Muslim, Jew, pagan, Indigenous--wearing hijabs, tattoos, combat fatigues or coats and ties, singing, praying, feeding each other--the war mongers broke us up, but we will not forget the solidarity.
And that's the way it has to be to secure change for the future. That's a great example to share around as much as you can!
Another group of folks who have the same occupation but otherwise look pretty different from each other are delivery drivers. I scooted around an icy sidewalk where a young Black man was unloading boxes of produce for a restaurant, and I said, "Thanks for moving the world!" He smiled and said, "We try!" Made my day.
No doubt influenced by Trump and his fascists we have the 'Bishop' of a faux christian church here in NZ equipping his followers with jackets bearing a very large cross logo on the back gang patch style, - and the words 'Man Up' on their Tee shirts. He sent them out to break up a pride event where a drag artist was reading stories to children in a library. Library staff were punched and beaten as the mob poured into the building. Fortunately though some library staff were able to get the pride people, parents and the completely terrified children into a secure room and lock the door before the mob could get to them. Also fortunately the Police were quickly on the scene and cleared the mob out of the library building. Its highly likely that charges are going to be laid, - very much helped along by all the photos the mob took of themselves and posted on their church's website.
That is absolutely horrific, Anne- thank you for bringing this to my attention! Is there a trusted news source from New Zealand that covered the story?
RNZ News is a trustworthy source Sam.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542089/auckland-council-slams-destiny-church-for-library-protest
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/542026/destiny-church-protesters-went-too-far-luxon
Thank you!
Something we agree on. Canada is doing a better job than the U.S. and I like to see that. I hope you guys manage to diversify your exports away from the idiots in the U.S. soon just to show them a lesson. The same for Mexico. The best way to stop the U.S., is to stop their money. Shut off nearly all exports to the U.S. and stop buying their exports. Once the money runs out, so will the current government. They will run as fast as they can, leaving the other 97% of us behind. Then maybe things might balance out again. let's hope this happens soon for all of our sakes.