Art by Saroh

These side-by-side images show the striking similarities between Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic 1963 March on Washington and the 2020 March on Washington led by his son and Rev. Al Sharpton on Friday.

Just gonna go ahead and put out a message regarding this video, because I’m so sick and tired of hearing about this so called “controversy” it stirred up.

If you are one of those people who are complaining that Arthur is spreading “BLM propaganda” or “indoctrinating children” by spreading an anti-racist message, then I have news for you.

YOU. ARE. A. RACIST.

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Lukashenko has been in power for 20+ years which means he has had enough time to put his people in every part of state. He is believed to have rigged all elections except the first one he won. He stopped THREE people from registering as candidates for this election, and this by arresting them or driving them out of the country. Tsikhanouskaya's husband is one of them and he's been framed and in prison for months. She had to move her children out of the country for safety, she went into hiding a few days before the election in fear some individuals were monitoring her apartament. Multiple people from her campaign management have been arrested, some also released.

Come election day and the results were out of this world, obviously faked. People are so sick of it that they posted the actual results from polling stations (brave people and workers, mind you, they risked their job and lifes!). People created ways prior to the election so that it would be transparent how they voted (folding the voting papers into 5-6 times, using an app to take pictures of their bulletin). Incredible organization. Yet, their leader was detained the next day, presumably held hostage (maybe also being threatened with her kids safety and husbands life) for a few hours to read some piece of paper calling an end to the protests while also calling for people to accept the results. She has escaped since then and is now in Lithuania.

Protests started peacefully! But the actual army men were called in! To what! To attack citizens and pull them into black vans! 7k people have been arrested the last few days, at least two people died. One was run over by a truck! Multiple injured. Kids, teenagers, adults. Police didn't care who was in front of them.

Their internet was cut off, means of communications completely halted. In 2020 Europe. Videos have come up with protesters arrested and beaten being held up along a wall like they were some kind of criminals, these were published on NATIONAL TELEVISION to induce fear in people to stop protests. Lukashenko is fighting with full force in fear of losing power.

People are still protesting. Some policemen have been removing their uniforms and throwing them into the trash.

Please look over what is happening. Its terrifying. You might think how can this be possible, its so obvious what is happening, why aren't there people doing smt, but a dictator controls all parts of state. He is the state. There needs to be extreme external and internal pressure for him to even think of standing down. Extreme: companies, the EU, the US, most international partners.

I’ve been MIA from Tumblr for the past week and just wanted to post let you know that I’m ok. I wanted to thank everyone who has checked in with me and checked up on me and my family and has continued to do so over the past week. It has meant everything and has reminded me that there are a lot of wonderful humans out there and that a lot of them– we’re lucky– are in our fandom.

For those of you who don’t know, I live in Beirut, and just one a week ago we lived through one of the worst events anyone could ever imagined. A huge explosion rocked the city– reaching a far beyond the city– and it has left our already struggling capital in absolute ruins.

I’ve lived through several wars, bombings, missiles, assassinations, all of it, but I have never lived through anything like this.

I was sure I was going die.

I ran into the family just so I can see my family for what I was sure was the last time. I knew nothing in that moment except that there was no way death wasn’t a few moments away.

Luckily I was wrong. By some miracle, we survived. but so many others didn’t. Thousands are injured. Hundreds were killed. Almost a hundred people are still missing.

And I cannot even begin to recount the economic damage and the physical damage to the city.

There is nothing left.

I’m still in shock. I am heartbroken. I am sad. I am scared. I am angry.

I have nightmares every time I close my eyes.

Every day at 6:07pm I have a panic attack.

I break down and cry randomly every single day.

And I am so fucking angry.

This explosion was caused by our government. This explosion was caused by our politicians. By their greed. By their corruption. By their treachery. By their bloodthirst. By their depravity. By their vileness. By their barbarity.

My own government destroyed my city and killed my people.

And not a single one has shed a single tear, or offered a single word of empathy, or paid a single dollar to help us, or taken an ounce of responsibility.

The citizens are the one on the streets lifting the debris and rubble, cleaning the homes, offering shelter to the 300,000 left homeless, rebuilding homes, helping the injured and trying to salvage whatever is left of this once beautiful place.

It has taken me some time to come and talk about it here– I have been more active on twitter and IG– but Tumblr has always felt more personal and I had found the words or the strength to post about it until now.

I am so fucking angry.