Yes, it is bread we fight for — but we fight for roses too

Anton Seder. Die Pflanze in Kunst und Gewerbe /The Plant in Art and Industry. vol.2. ca. 1887-89. The apotheosis of the root vegetable.

air travel is a mess? shortage of air traffic controllers - for some mysterious reason

logistics a mess? shortage of truck drivers - for some mysterious reason

public transit can't meet demand? shortage of bus drivers - for some mysterious reason

We even mysteriously have shortages of doctors, nurses, teachers... FOR SOME MYSTERIOUS REASON

As some of you know, I live in Venezuela. For the last hour or so bombs have been falling over my city, Caracas. Some people say it's a coup d'etat, others that it's the US military. We are not yet sure what is happening.

A bomb fell over La Carlota, a military air base a few blocks away from my apartment. We can still see the smoke through the window. As I understand, bombs have also fallen on "strategic places" like Fuerte Tiuna and Miraflores.

The neighbors are speaking about leaving but me and my parents haven't decided what we are going to do. We don't really have a place to go. I'll keep you updated if I can. Thank you for taking the time to read.

That the reason Israel gets to do everything they do is because they're a jewish state so they can always claim the victim card.

And I feel like that is misleading. Like yes the Israeli state does use that excuse, but in the end it's really just propaganda.

The real reason Israel gets to do what it does is that it's beneficial to the west. Western countries have done all the same things.

It's not a product of Israel being given too long a leash. Because I can pretty much guarantee that this was the intent from the start.

It doesn't feed into some grand conspiracy that jews control the world. Because, well. They don't, at all.

The second Israel isn't beneficial to the west, and especially the US, then Israel is done for.

Like don't let yourself get hooked into anti-semetic talking points just because you hate Israel and want the palestinian people to live. Keep to the facts remember your love for people, and remember that many many jews across the globe and even in Israel oppose the regime. Remember that the world doesn't suddenly love jews. It's just been given an excuse to openly annihilate another group they hate, which in this case are the arabs.

—The fact that there were people saying things like “getting arrested while interfering with the military would have carried federal charges” as though that automatically meant that it was literally impossible to interfere and so people might as well not be told that the military was loading the ship (rather than “people should be told about what is going on and also informed of potential risks to interfering”)—

—I also thought of a panel on actions to take to combat the genocide in Palestine wherein not one but several white-collar professionals said things such as “we can’t forget that it’s a privilege to be able to protest, peoplr who are early career can’t speak out,” as though taking the risk of losing your career is one which it is literally impossible to take on—

Do you understand what this is? Do you understand what we’re in? Do you understand how the world works? Do you have any idea what’s going on? Do you have any idea of the conditions people all around the world are living in? Do you care that these atrocities prop up your sense of “safety” and “comfort”? Do you have any heart or brains or guts in you at all?

Communists and revolutionaries and activists and freedom fighters the world over accept the risk of prison and torture and death. Colonised people the world over have no choice but to face the reality and possibility of prison and torture and death.