"if it's free then you are the product" is an important thing to remember when it comes to websites and apps. you don't have to pay to use facebook, but other companies are paying facebook for data and advertising. there is no company under capitalism that can maintain itself purely on generosity towards users. this business model is also how many modern tech monopolies are able to evade antitrust laws.

also, "if its free then you are the product" doesnt mean that just because you buy a service/product, you are safe from data harvesting. i have seen people use this phrase to justify the pricetag on a freemium service (aka the paid tier of an otherwise free website) and believe that they have protected themselves for $5 a month. you might not be getting served ads, but ads are not the only form of invasive data practice that services make their money on.

also true‼️

The Red Lines Policy

This is from 2018.

And precisely because Israel was never held accountable for this then, it is now blocking all food, water and aid from entering Gaza and causing millions of people in Gaza to face catastrophic levels of starvation, while it continues to enjoy the same level of impunity.

a few places to donate to help the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Honor these 25 black women who died in police custody.

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as israel baselessly accuses palestinians of mass sexual violence again, i feel the need to remind everyone that white americans also made black and native people out to be animalistic rapists, not because it was true but because they were insanely racist.

this is a textbook colonial tactic that most people are unfortunately oblivious to. this is why looking back at history is important. emmett till is a good place to start if you want to see examples of this tactic.

but let’s also not ignore the countless palestinian men, women, and children who have been sexually abused and assaulted while detained by the iof for decades! their voices are rarely heard and their outcries buried by israel.

Brown University is doing everything they can to make sure the press doesn’t cover the fact that 19 of their students are on hunger strike calling for Brown to divest from weapons manufacturers. Let’s make sure the story gets out:

Israeli airstrikes on a home in Beit-Lahia (north Gaza), casualties and wounded reported. There are still many Palestinians in north Gaza, it is not empty.

Reminder that the US bombed Iraq a day ago. Reminder that this attack has killed 16 Iraqis, many of whom were civilians. Reminder that Iraq has already suffered enough at the hands of US imperialism, that to this day it’s recovering from the aftermath of being defamed to the world as terrorists, from its cities being destroyed under the guise of “exterminating ISIS” (an echo of Israel decimating Palestine to “exterminate Hamas,” interesting), that the US has so many ulterior motives to continue encroaching upon Iraq that have nothing to do with their seemingly noble rationale, and that it does all this while funding Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians (which are basically doing their dirty work of pushing further in on Arab territory). It’s jarring that this is all happening on a world stage & yet nothing is being done to stop it. Hands off Iraq. Free Palestine. Hands off Iraq. Free Palestine.

Y'all remember "cops aren't supposed to kill guilty people, either", right?

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve to die beneath the rubble of their homes.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve to be shot with expanding bullets that cause massive tissue damage leading to amputation.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve to have their flesh burned away with white phosphorous.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve their fishing boats blown up.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve to see their husbands and fathers executed in front of them along evacuation routes.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve an anonymous phone call threatening to destroy their lives and families.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve to be detained for years without charges.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve to be tortured, starved, and sexually assaulted in prison.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve to be deprived of water.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve their olive trees to be uprooted while they look on.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve sixteen years of blockade.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve to be prevented from traveling for lifesaving medical care.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve this genocide.

Adding to OP:

Palestinian children do not deserve to get kidnapped by the occupation forces and get labeled as "prisoners".

there was a free palestine moko jumbie at trinidad carnival i am in tears :,) 🇹🇹🇵🇸

(photography by maria nunes)

for people that don’t know: moko jumbies are protective spirits in afrocaribbean folklore, particularly in trinidad and tobago. they use their height to keep an eye out for danger that regular people cannot see. they watch over us and keep us safe :)