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https://www.change.org/p/department-of-land-and-natural-resources-protect-pololu-valley

I saw this on Tiktok and thought it needed to be passed on. Pololū Valley is sacred land currently at risk of being developed into yet another "scenic tourist attraction" for profit. Activists like @/melemaikalanimakalapua on Tiktok are fighting to have this petition seen by as many people as possible in order to prevent the senseless destruction of this land.

Note that the petition says not to donate to change.org--donations to change.org do NOT protect Pololū Valley.

I hope that by spreading this to tumblr, I can help it reach more people. Please sign this and reblog it if you can!

https://www.change.org/p/department-of-land-and-natural-resources-protect-pololu-valley

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Capitalist innovation 😩👌

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“I wish I dried up

I wish every drop of my milk slipped passed those pink lips and nourished the ground

Where the bones lay

Of my babies

Starved while I feed their murderer

I wish I dried up

So the missus babies would dry up too

And be brittle

So I could crumble them to dust

Return them to the ground

Where all children of my bosom lay equal”

—Hess Love

Can we talk about the fact that African-American mothers have only been able to actually parent their children for less than 160 years? Before then, their children belonged to someone else. These children were stolen from their mother’s arms, used as servants, killed or maimed at the whim of their slave owner. And at the same time, those same black mamas had to nurse the children of the people who enslaved and killed hers.

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“Quisiera quedar seca

Me gustaría que cada gota de lecha se pasara de esos labios color rosa y que nutrieran el piso

Donde se encuentran

Los huesos de mis bebés.

Quienes morían de hambre

Mientras que yo alimentaba a su asesino

Quisiera quedar seca

Y que los bebés de mi señora quedaran secos también

Y que queden frágiles.

Para que pueda convertirlos en polvo.

Y devolverlos al suelo

Donde todos los niños de mi seno se encuentran por igual.”

—Hess Love

¿Podemos hablar acerca del hecho de que madres afroamericanas han tenido la oportunidad de criar a sus hijos hasta hace 160 años? Antes de eso, sus hijos le pertenecían a alguien más. Estos eran niños robados de los brazos de sus madres, usados como sirvientes, asesinados o mutilados al antojo de sus dueños.

Y a la vez esas mismas madres negras tenían que darle de amamantar a los hijos de las personas que habían esclavizado y asesinado a los suyos.

Spanish translation by Long Live Blackness Traducción al español por Long Live Blackness

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‘Race and racism is a reality that so many of us grow up learning to just deal with. But if we ever hope to move past it, it can’t just be on people of color to deal with it. It’s up to all of us – Black, white, everyone – no matter how well-meaning we think we might be, to do the honest, uncomfortable work of rooting it out. It starts with self-examination and listening to those whose lives are different from our own. It ends with justice, compassion, and empathy that manifests in our lives and on our streets.’ — Michelle Obama

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I said what I said

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It's March 2021.

Breonna Taylor was murdered by the police on March 13, 2020.

Breonna Taylor has not received justice.

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COME ON, PEOPLE! WE'RE BANNING THE CONFEDERATE FLAG!

Video by the guy that started it below.

-fae

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y’all things are actually serious here in Texas, tons of people are without power and temperatures are at record lows. it’s supposed to snow again tonight and a lot of people are stuck where they are with limited, if any, resources and food.

I’m linking a few mutual aids below, please consider donating if you’re able and/or share this!! if there are other orgs y’all know feel free to add them!

Houseless Organizing Coalition Feed the People Dallas Mutual Aid Kick The Cold - Austin Mutual Aid Mutual Aid Houston Southern Solidarity

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This some beautiful art man💙😍

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Not often political on the main but... this is sickening.

People sang and peacefully protested in hopes of a better life. Those people were shot, tear gassed, and abused relentlessly by authority figures.

People storm the Capitol, with confederate flags mind you, and then... nothing. Some even fought with police. The “authorities” watch? They call them protestors too, this seems a lot more like a mob performing a terrorism act but sure... they’re just “protesting.”

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Trump supporters cannot condemn the storming of the Capitol alone without bringing up BLM, which to me, implies that they think it’s fair that Trump supporters stormed our nation’s Capitol because BLM destroyed a Target. It doesn’t even compare, and shows that they don’t care about protesting unless a black person or a person of color does it, then it’s “too violent” or “taking it too far” (when all they’ve done is walk the streets). It’s really bizarre mental gymnastics that these Trump supporters are doing. As if to say that it’s unfair that Trump supporters are receiving backlash from political leaders for storming the Capitol building because “nothing happened to BLM when they destroyed businesses”? When it’s been shown countless times over and over that they’ve been shot at and tear-gassed and kidnapped by police, that political leaders all over the country were tearing BLM apart for protesting - which BLM were in the right do - against police brutality? They’re saying, “Well Dems didn’t condemn what happened over the summer, why are they condemning this?” as to say THEY SHOULDN’T CONDEMN THIS? The insurrection of our nation’s Capitol, endorsed by our own goddamn President, who sat back and GLEEFULLY watched the whole thing before being BANNED from social media for encouraging his supporters? 

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White privilege at its finest. Storm the Capitol, get sent back home peacefully and having a SWAT team hold your hand while walking down the stairs.