We are so disconnected from the living world that we can live in the midst of a mass extinction, of the rapid invasion everywhere of new and noxious species, entirely unaware that anything is happening.
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“particularly in the US, to talk about race is to be seen as racist. You become the problem because you bring up the problem” — Race, the final frontier - The Boston Globe
Jean Toomer (Dec. 26, 1894 - 1967)dominickbrady:i12bent
1895 Puck cover, satirizing the movement of women out of traditional roles.
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gaza:
11:30am Saturday December 27th 2008.
One year ago today Operation Cast Lead or מבצע עופרת יצוקה or مجزرة غزة began, over the following 23 days:
- 1,417 Palestinians killed, 313 of them children
- 13 Israelis killed, 0 of them children
- 5,303 Palestinians injured, 1,606 of them children
- 140 Israelis injured, 0 of them children
- 4,000+ houses destroyed, 16,000+ damaged
- 36 UN schools damaged
People of Gaza: WE are WITH you.
Read Palestinian Centre for Human Rights’ report: 23 Days of War, 928 Days of Closure
Joe Sacco’s gripping, important book “Footnotes In Gaza” about two long-forgotten mass killings of Palestinians in Gaza stands out as one of the few contemporary works on the Israeli-Palestinian struggle likely to outlive the era in which they were written.
They Planted Hatred in Our Hearts via gaza
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