#Diaspora contribution

[remittancesday]

Migrant workers' remittances a 'win-win solution'.

IFAD chief said remittances sent by migrant workers are a "win-win solution" as they benefit both host countries and the workers' countries of origin.

[zorciarkrildrush]

Chag sameach!

I think I now get what I was missing in Enlightened Terminally Online Leftist Discourse, with help from this post. (I'm leaving out a good bit in the chain about American education because that part's really not my problem, but it is interesting)

People have decided their politics are an identity and not an ideology. That's why they think antisemitism is just opt-in! If they don't identify as antisemitic, if they don't look at their arm and see a red band with a swastika on it, then they can't be The Bad Guys. They're safe! The reason a lot of Jews don't talk to them anymore is irrelevant, and I bet those guys are (again! as an identity that defines who they are as a person, in every facet!) Zionists anyway so who cares. There's no reason to talk to them, or regard them as human, they aren't Part Of Us, The Good Guys. While there, why ever study what Zionism is or what it means to Jews? You don't need to do any research, just sharing emotional social media posts that tell you what to feel and conform with your Good Identity is good enough. Those guys definitely know what's up. If they tell you someone is Necessarily Bad, that's just the way it is - and it conforms with your identity so it feels good.

If Jewish concerns are only because of The Bad Guys - (Only ever The Dastardly White Supremacists, nobody else, right?) Then surely you, certified Good Person that you are, have no obligation to care about them more than anything else. Just punch Nazis and move on, right? It's all good! And listen to marginalized people. As long as their opinions conform with your identity. Otherwise they must be... not marginalized, actually. Not worthy of protection, actually.

And again, and I can't stress this enough, people legitimately think antisemitism and pervasive anti-Jewish sentiment, well-hidden behind popular causes, started and stopped with the holocaust. It happened once, it basically happened for no reason, and it was done solely by Bad Guys holding The Bad Opinions. You, since you don't identify as bad, can't be part of the same problem. Surely people will know that? That you're necessarily good, that their worries are unfounded? The Jews in your life and your circles definitely know you mean fascism specifically when you talk about Zionism... right? The decades of popular and arbitrary use of "Zionist" as a a more publicly acceptable replacement for "Jew I want to die but be righteous about it" don't factor in... right? A social media post told me it's fine. Or someone who says they're a Jew says it's fine. So my identity is secure, surely.

The fact you identify as anti-racist and antifascist is well and good. It is! But unlike other identities, where deciding to identify as such is the only validation required - this one requires actual work. Listening to other humans, even if you decided they don't share your identity, should not be difficult to you. If your reaction to Jews celebrating their cool holiday that has doughnuts and candles and songs, or how unsafe they feel right now, is to immediately talk about how Some Jews Are Good But Some Are Bad And We Must Always Watch Out And Exclude And Condemn The Bad Ones (they hide in plain sight don't you know), you aren't actually furthering any agenda - except, you know, the anti-Jewish agenda. You aren't gaining allies or changing anyone's mind for the better. It doesn't matter if this doesn't conform with your identity! You might still do it anyway! Anybody can!

And it will be with the best of intentions. That's how it works.

[tinta--branca--art]

I took my sweet time playing through @diasporatheblog these past few months and finally brought myself to finish it yesterday (so sad it's over sobs)

[jvzebel-x]

"only other Hawaiians ever make me feel not Hawaiian enough--"

"Hawaiians from the islands are racist--"

"Hawaiians from the mainland have REAL aloha spirit everyone up here is just Hawaiian, no matter how much blood you got--"

okay but you understand that every single portion of what you just said is rooted in colonialism&the attempted murder of our people+culture, right. like you GET why kānaka from the islands have to be so protective of things as they are on the frontlines watching both our culture&our land get chunked for the proft of those who have no right to any of it, right. like you KNOW that hawaiian homelands requires a 50% blood quota to even get on the list&a 25% quota from anyone you leave that land to post mortem, &that the list is STILL decades long because the vast majority of the homeless kānaka back home MEET that requirement, right-- that the homeless demographic in the islands has the largest percentage of us left in one grouping in the world&it isn't surprising the families who maintained a higher blood percentage are also too poor to leave the islands even while dying on the streets, right. like you are CAPABLE of conceptualizing what all of that would do when confronted with someone from the diaspora who "doesn't understand why the aloha spirit is dead in the islands". right. like you can SEE&HEAR how it sounds when you say the nonhawaiian people&legacy of the colonizers that tried to obliterate your ancestors are the only ones who make you feel hawaiian now that they as a group have successfully taken up the primary position on what makes a good hawaiian. right. like you KNOW why there's even a push to properly exemplify kānaka maoli after literally hundreds of years of our people having to save us from cultural obliteration, &that the push to be a "real hawaiian" definitely didn't start with us, the people who you are trying to reconnect to&identify with. right.

like, i get feeling like the expectations are too high-- there isn't any right way to be kānaka, &there are most definitely kānaka who are shitty about that-- but coming back with, "BUT THE HAOLES VALIDATE MY HAWAIIAN-NESS" is just fucking WILD, like i don't know how to explain to you the haoles thinking they have a right to validate fucking anything in relation to us&our struggle&our people is just...

blood doesn't matter, but obviously not in the way you seem to think, lmao.

[psychosodomy]

i like that post about cultural homogenization, bc i get what they mean abt a mythos of homogeneity. but the visibility of nonwhite immigrant communities affects the mythologies of the states we immigrated from just as well— im from an ongoing imperialist project in africa where good or bad migrants can make it to the fabric of the state culture. But i find that the factors of violent state-making that brought me here are negligible to americans except as vague details (bc africa itself is still one country of Black people to the west keep in mind), and are attempting to be erased by ethiopia. This heavily influences how i view culture and participate in it. i see that happening to palestinians when they get called arabs. its not just that my being non-white adds a level of complexity that is separate from Mr. Joey Gabagooleys experience of being denied his italian-ness but while Mr. Joey Gabagooleys experience of assimilation occurs thru participating in American white privilege, my experience of assimilation is defined by experiencing America as a racialized person, as an indigenous person watching an imperialist state project my family isnt from, and all of these things do go hand in hand.

[easterneyenews]

US-based Indian activist applauds initiative allowing diaspora contributions to Ram Mandir

Social activist Prem Bhandari had earlier appealed to prime minister Narendra Modi to allow members of the Indian diaspora across the world to contribute to the development of the Ram Temple in Uttar PradeshAsserting that there are over 3.5 crore Non-Resident Indians and Persons of Indian Origin around the world, he said that many of them would like to contribute to the development of the temple.

Read more- https://www.easterneye.biz/us-indian-activist-applauds-diaspora-contributions-to-ram-mandir/

[natinalpartisan]

The Irish Connection: Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon Voices in the American Civil War

The Irish Connection: Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon Voices in the American Civil War" delves into the remarkable stories of Irish immigrants who played a significant role in the American Civil War. This captivating exploration highlights the unique experiences and contributions of individuals hailing from Armagh, Banbridge, and Craigavon. From the bustling streets of Armagh to the thriving communities of Banbridge and Craigavon, the Irish diaspora left an indelible mark on one of America's most defining moments. This narrative uncovers the trials, sacrifices, and triumphs of Irish soldiers, illuminating their courage, resilience, and unwavering commitment. Discover the intertwining threads of Irish-American heritage and history as we unveil the untold stories of these valiant men and women who shaped the course of a nation at war.

[all-turkic]

What is the History and Community of Turkish Americans?

Major Waves of Turkish ImmigrationTurkish Americans CommunityTurkish Americans ContributionsConclusionVideo: Turkish-American Day Parade held in ManhattanYou may also like Turkish Americans are Americans of Turkish descent or who hold Turkish citizenship. Turkish immigration to the United States started in the late 19th century. Small number of Turks, mostly from the Ottoman Empire, came as…

[etz-ashashiyot]

I know I'm gonna regret posting this, but I just can't not say something: I'm so sick of people who are actively contributing to the ongoing oppression of and violence against Palestinians calling themselves "pro-Palestinian."

In the same way that so many people in the anti-abortion movement are actually pro forced birth rather than pro-child, there are a lot of you who aren't pro-Palestinian, you're just violently antisemitic or in it for yourselves.

If you aren't:

Also angry with the other countries that abuse their Palestinian populations, refuse them citizenship, keep them in displaced person camps under horrific conditions, and/or close their borders entirely to them;

In support of genuine grassroots movements that aim to create some kind of stability, peace, and safety through diplomatic relationships and community building, because that's ""normalization"";

Willing to condemn antisemitism in the diaspora, which helps fuels right-wing rhetoric in Israel;

Willing to shut down lies, propaganda, and disinformation even if it "supports" Palestinians in theory, because lying repeatedly associates the Palestinian movement with lying and makes it harder for survivors to tell their actual stories and be believed outside of the far left movements (and also the truth is bad enough - there's no need to lie);

Willing to focus on practical problem solving over political posturing, especially when it will save Palestinian lives;

Willing to condemn Hamas, which started this most recent disaster, steals aid meant for civilians, uses civilians as human shields, and has been torturing dissenters for years;

Willing to work with Israeli leftists who hate their current government and want peace and full equality for Arab Israelis and their Palestinian neighbors, and also have the best shot at making that change happen; and/or,

Willing to learn about Palestinians as living human beings and value their lives over using them as a political cudgel, whatever that looks like on the ground;

.............then maybe you're more interested in looking radical and jerking off to some fantastical version of The Revolution, and/or hurting Jews than you are in promoting peace, safety, dignity, and self-determination for Palestinians.

Like seriously with "friends" like these, do they even need enemies??

Anyway you should call out the Israeli government for its very real abuses of Palestinians and nothing in this post should be construed otherwise. But if you genuinely care and aren't just in it for internet cool points or leftist cred or feeding your Jew-hate boner or whatever, you gotta prioritize solutions that have a realistic shot at short-term relief and long-term possibility over whatever fits some idealistic goal that will only ever end with more dead Palestinians.

[zabadi]

i don’t think it’s 100% anti blackness that palestine is getting comparatively more “attention” right now they are both genocide yes but there are a lot of differences btwn the one in palestine & the one in sudan that contribute to a lesser understanding/awareness abt sudan. Chief among them being that for 75 yrs there has been a focused relentless campaign on the part of palestinians both at home & in the diaspora in the pursuit of a clear & singular goal. there’s no comparable movement for sudanese people there’s no infrastructure for getting other people to join the cause. i could spend another 10k words exploring the reasons sudan doesn’t get the same type of attention but honestly at the end of the day what’s the point? one of the reasons IS anti blackness i’m not interested in exonerating people in the imperial core of that.

i don’t want to be reductive about this ive spent weeks thinking abt it. But just because things in sudan are very complicated or unfamiliar just bc they don’t fit as easily into a simple political worldview doesn’t mean you don’t owe it to the sudanese people to try to understand & advocate for them. Palestinians have worked for 75 yrs to make the world see them as human & stil this is happening to them what else can they do? it’s not their fault the whole world is anti black. but if you live in the imperial core if you’re not being bombed every day if exploitation of the third world happens for your benefit then there actually isn’t any excuse for you to not show up. the least You can do is to take the lesson that palestine taught you & not force every other colonized people to spend 75 years teaching you the same one!

[former-leftist-jew]

“Jews are willing to give up land for peace.” Bull fucking shit!!! Have you seen what’s happening to the West Bank??? Are you aware of how many Palestinians have lost their homes to Israeli settlers? In settlements that are internationally recognized as illegal!!! This isn’t just an Israeli thing either. Diaspora Jews are being recruited to move to the West Bank but Israeli real estate agents.

“We are NOT willing to bare our necks before the executioner's axe just because Islamists demand it.” But you expect Palestinians to bare their necks for the executioner’s axe because Israel demands it.

Jews are not the fucking victims here. I know Jews have been the victims of a lot of violence throughout history but the situation in Palestine is perhaps the one time in history Jews are the perpetrators.

I see you didn't read or watch a single source I gave to back up my claims, and didn't cite any sources to back up your claims either.

Since you're not going to bother to read, I'll keep it brief:

Are you aware of how many Palestinians have lost their homes to Israeli settlers?

And are you aware of how many Jews were violently driven out of their homes due to Islamic aggression after WWII--mostly in retaliation for Israel being formed?

Are you aware that Jews were living in and around the "West Bank" (historically Judea and Samaria) for centuries before Arab Jordinians invaded and violently expelled all the Jews living there in 1948?

Are you aware that most so-called "illegal settlements in the West Bank" are places where previous Jewish communities were forcibly expelled by Arab armies or militia, and many "Israel? (Or slaughtered, like Jewish community of Hebron in 1929?)

Are you aware that about 2 out of 9 million Israeli citizens are Israeli Arabs--most of whom are descended from Arabs who chose not to leave to make it eas

Meanwhile, most of Israel's current 2.2 million Israeli Arabs are descended from Arabs who chose not and annexed

But you expect Palestinians to bare their necks for the executioner’s axe because Israel demands it.

No, I just want them to stop attacking and trying to kill all Israelis/Jews already.

Like the so-called "moderate" Palestinian Authority's infamous "pay to slay" Martyr Fund, which incentivizes West Bank Arabs to attack and kill Israelis/Jews, since they get more money for every act of violence they commit against "the state of Israel."

Like Hamas firing rockets Israel non-stop after the latter completely withdrew from Gaza and effectively gave them a Palestinian state to run as they please, without Israeli.

Jews are not the fucking victims here. I know Jews have been the victims of a lot of violence throughout history but the situation in Palestine is perhaps the one time in history Jews are the perpetrators.

I want you to stop and think about that for a moment.

What logical sense does that make? "Yeah, Jews were victims of violent persecution throughout history, but THIS TIME all the evil things people say about you and do to you are totally justified!!"

a) Isn't that what antisemites say every time they attack Jews?

b) Have you ever considered that maybe the said extensive history of violent antisemitism might have contributed to Palestinian Arabs being complete hostility towards and refusal to accept a Jewish homeland?

For example: After the Ottoman Empire lost against the European Allies in WWI and ceded territory to the victors, France gained control of "Greater Syria" while Britain gained control of Palestine and Mesopotamia (now Iraq).

About the same time that Britain thought about dividing Mandatory Palestine into an Arab State for the Arab Muslim majority to the east and a Jewish state for the (existing) Jewish minority to the west...

France was ALSO dividing Greater Syria into a larger Arab State for the Sunni Muslim majority, and a smaller state for the Maronite Christian and Druze minority.

Yet, no one ever questions why Arabs grudgingly accepted a state for the Maronite Christian/Druze minority, but threw a raging bitch fit against a homeland for the Jewish minority?

No one ever accuses Maronites/Druze of "stealing Syria land!" but they do constantly accuse Jews of "stealing Palestinian land!"

Speaking of, roughly 3/4 of the original Mandate for Palestine became what is now Jordan, yet no one ever accuses Jordan of "stealing Palestinian land"?

IF NOTHING ELSE, I would like you to AT LEAST read this detailed and well-researched article about historical attitudes and treatments towards Jews in Islamic lands, and how those same attitudes and treatments carried over into the Islamic world's reaction to Jews emigrating to and eventually creating Israel.

[remittancesday]

Recovery and resilience through digital and financial inclusion.

The International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (A/RES/72/281) and observed every year on 16 June.

Panel Discussion on International Day of family Remittances 2021.

[determinate-negation]

you’ve probably already heard of this group, but if not, Librarians and Archivists with Palestine (librarianswithpalestine.org) collects and shares information resources relating to Palestine and the Palestinian diaspora. One of their smaller projects that really interests me is they are asking for researchers and regular archives users to contribute to a list of archival collections that feature Palestine and the Palestinian diaspora. Their reports on the damage Israel has done to Palestinian libraries is also important.

i have heard about this but posting it publicly because its a cool project people should know about. and definitely contribute if you can

[germiyahu]

There's such an intricate interplay between antisemitism and islamophobia from the slacktivist left. For every reason they can think of to delegitimize the Jewish People's connection to Eretz Yisrael, it's propped up by some Noble Savage presumptions about Palestinians/Arabs/Muslims.

Since Jews in America are seen as a model minority, seen as having accessed whiteness and privilege, and "antisemitism" is at worst having to explain what Hanukah is to clueless Christians, the Left is confused as to exactly why Jews care about Jerusalem and the Land of Israel so much. Shouldn't they be above such petty and barbaric and outdated concerns such as a dusty old book from 2,000 years ago?

They should be more enlightened than that. They're all rich suburban secular Democrats. They're the leftist religion, according to bloggers on this very platform. There is no room for Judaism to be a religion, there's no acknowledgment of ancient customs, rituals, and the deep mysticism that's still alive and well in the Jewish community. There's no attempt to understand Jewish history and culture and why a group of people you think shares your vaguely atheistic vaguely liberal (and not in the Tankie sense) vaguely smug detached Western worldview... is more complex and unique than that.

Jews should be happy living in Diaspora because clearly the problem of antisemitism is fixed now, and never really was a problem in America. There must be something sinister behind a desire to reestablish a country by and for Jews. There must be something colonial, oppressive, European and White about it. Because why else would they do it? They have it good here. And no we won't acknowledge where Israelis primarily descend from because that requires us to do research and have a shred of nuance and integrity when it comes to Jews. No thanks!

A lot of the modern left is nonconsensually dragging Jews kicking and screaming from their own unique demographic toward the banal Norm. To themselves. But not totally. See they think they relate to Jews and vice versa, but not enough that when they think Jews should "know better," or haven't "learned their lesson," from the Holocaust, it engenders a deep seeded disgust and mistrust and rage that's not felt for actually privileged mainstream dominant society.

Conversely, the slacktivist Left sees Arabs as savages. Silly desert people who eat sand and worship a big black cube and cover every inch of their bodies for some reason. How quaint! When the Palestinian/Arab/Muslim cause explains that Jerusalem is important to them, the White Western Leftist nods sagely and says "Your culture is so valid queen," because they don't care. They just accept that Muslim society would be willing to fight over an ancient city proscribed as holy in dusty old tomes. Because that fits the narrative already surrounding Muslims.

They're seen as backwards, but the Left, reacting to their conservative parents and the Bush era, see "Muslims are backwards," and says not "No actually they're modern groups of people with practical geopolitical goals," but instead "Yeah and that makes them better than us!" Especially with this new crop of baby Leftists who think Islamo-Fascist "Feudalism" or whatever the best term would be, is aspirational or at least harmless... because it's not capitalism :)

So Muslims are infantilized and condescended to because the Western Leftist is still just as racist as their parents, but they feel guilty about their parents without considering their contribution to White Supremacy and the Post Bush surveillance state. And all the while Jews are reprimanded and held to an impossible standard because the Western Leftist, again, rejects their conservative parents' philosemitism, and decides that Jews Must be Punished when they step off the pedestal that Suffering the Shoah placed them on.

Jews should be above nationalism, Jews should know that demurely suffering pogroms and ethnic cleansing and genocide and general inequity and humiliation will earn them their divine reward in the end. Muslims should not be above nationalism, because they're not capable of being above it, and can't we throw them a bone, after all Obama was the worst president in history because of the Drone War and let's not mention George W Bush at all :0

Hot take, but I believe this is an essential underpinning of where the average disaffected White millennial/zoomer Leftist's head is at with regard to Israel and Palestine. They won't acknowledge it of course, but I can generally see through things like this.

[spacelazarwolf]

If Jews are God's chosen people in the sense that "their mission is to repair the world", then... isn't antisemitism completely justified?

You guys had about a millenia as your own kingdom, then two more millenia as a diaspora spread over the world. What did you do as a community during this time to make the world a better place? Nothing! Surely, there were few exceptional Jews like Marx or Einstein who had sufficiently contributed toto humanity's advancement... but these are individuals and not representative of Jews/Judaism as a whole. Fucking Genghis Chan alone had made more work to "repair the world" than your people.

I think, if God gave your people a mission, and you are failing it for three millenia, then the rest of humanity (aka us goyim) have a full moral right to hate you.

happy new year y’all i see goyim will not be taking this opportunity to stop being fucking insane abt jews.

[applesauce42069]

Is it insensitive to wish my Jewish friends both online and in person happy Hanukkah while supporting Palestine? I saw your post saying "If you want to wish Jews a happy Hanukkah but you don’t believe that Jews have a right to exist in their historical, ethnic, and religious ancestral homeland, then don’t. " And wondered immediately how to interact in general with the Jewish community at this time as I'm pro Palestine but also genuinely want Jewish ppl to have a good holiday. Can I say happy Hanukkah in a post and reblog menorahs I find pretty while also reblogging about Palestine being under genocide and supporting freedom? I'm neither Jewish or Palestinian so I'd rly like your opinion on this since your post struck me! X

Supporting Palestine does not contradict supporting Jews. Many Jews, like myself, are supporters of a Free Palestine.

However, antisemitism does in fact contradict supporting Jews (for obvious reasons) so my questions to you are: do you take active steps to avoid antisemitism in your activism? are you aware of common antisemitic tropes and do you steer clear of them? do you excuse violence against Jews? have you taken steps to understand the jewish people and their history/culture, so that you do not participate in their distortion? do you make sure not to spread misinformation that endangers jews in diaspora and in israel? do you deny jewish people self-determination? do you deny jewish people rights and freedoms that you support for others?

In short, Jews do not want empty allyship. We feel like we have been largely abandoned by gentiles and we deal with antisemitism everyday. Having people wish us a Happy Hanukkah while contributing to said antisemitism is just a punch in the face. So, if you can't materially support Jews while we face rising antisemitism, demonization, distortion of our history, calls for our genocide, etc. then we just don't want to hear it.