#Russian flag

[taimonromance]

Sullivan with flag of my country.

Still love this cartoon so much 💙💙💙

[cf-12]

Графический триколор (2022)

Russian flag, with colors represented through geometric patterns

[targetedru]

Russia Day

Today is the national holiday in Russia: Russia Day. One of the tallest buildings in the world in Dubai, UAE looks like Russian flag:

[telavivdelhi2]

[touchaheartnews]

Police Disperse Russian Flag-Waving Protesters in Katsina

On Monday, August 5, a group of protesters waving Russian flags and chanting “Hunger is killing us” in Hausa, took to the streets of Katsina, sparking a swift police response. The protesters, whose affiliation and motivations are unclear, were met with teargas and pursuit by policemen aiming to disperse the crowd and maintain order.

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[immaculatasknight]

Musicians at work

[degeneratedworker]

“Glory to the courage and heroism of the Palestinian fighters!” Raev S.B. Soviet Union 1982

[metalobrukht]

"I took this photo of the Ukrainian flag which turned red and black from the blood of a Ukrainian soldier, on February 13, 2015, in the surrounded Debaltsevo.

The blood and the vest belong to my friend and countryman Serhiy "Malyok" Karpo, who comes from the village of Koroviy Yar, Lymanshchyna, Donetsk region.

One of my brothers in arms told me that I immortalized the memory of Malyok with this photo. I did what I could, Friend!

Rest in peace, the real son of Ukraine, Serhiy Karpo, on the pseudo Malyok!

We remember!

Happy Ukrainian Flag Day!…"

[hussyknee]

I just want to make one thing very clear. Black and brown people, especially Muslims right now, don't owe white people for your allyship in racial justice. Not even those who are themselves systemically marginalized in some way. Not white Jews, not white queers, not white disabled, not white working class, not white poor.

Whiteness is the most lethal kind of oppression because it built the current colonial capitalist, imperialist world order. Every white person benefits from and is complicit in its systems in some way because white supremacy is global. Whatever marginalization has white people in it can be and is easily weaponized against the mellanated. When charged with your racist, exclusionary and oppressive behaviour you hold up Black and brown people of the same marginalizations as tokens. This is the only time they are ever visible; more often than not you profit off their labour, hoard their gains, throw them under the bus and make them part of your iconography for liberal progress points once they're dead and have no inconvenient opinions about your conduct.

This is why it's very hard for Black and brown people to take accusations of bigotry towards you in good faith. We also have a duty of care towards others but more often than not it feels like you want us to do what you want while holding a knife to our necks. Even when you don't do it directly, you issue demands like "if you don't do x and y you clearly don't care about my people and deserve the worst!!!" without considering for a moment that the full brunt of that policing will always fall on Black and brown people, because punitive justice exercises itself first and foremost on the vulnerable. If your demands for allyship carry disproportionate punishment for Black and brown people should we refuse, you're just on some power trip and never needed our help in the first place. This also obfuscates the needs and disenfranchisement of BIPOC Jewish, queer, poor, disabled and Global South people, because without racial justice, few of your gains will ever materialise in their lives. It's always trickle down liberation for the rest of us.

Your allyship is supposed to be the work of conscience, a recognition of injustice and a drive towards privilege equal to your own. For white people, it's an individual reparation on your part. It is not an act of kindness, or benevolence, or a transaction that must be repaid in kind. The worst of us deserve the same rights the worst of you already have. That's the meaning of equality. If you're willing to let us get fired, deported, or brutally murdered for bad behaviour, then not only were you never an ally, you were also just waiting for the opportunity to use that weapon you claim you never wanted. There is no justice in an asymmetry of power.

[city-flag-tournament]

✯ Round 5 ✯ Match 7 ✯

The current flag of Kanepi Parish, Põlva County, Estonia

Propaganda:

KANEPI MEANS WEED IN ESTONIAN IT'S LITERALLY A WEED FLAG FOR THE WEED PARISH

vs.

The current flag of Anadyr, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation

Propaganda:

Cutest bear ever

Tournament Policies: ✯ Choose the flag that's more meaningful to you! ✯ Be respectful of place names and cultural symbols in your commentary! ✯ If you want to submit propaganda, you may do so at the submission form linked in the pinned post. It will only be included if it is submitted before the next post with that flag is drafted and will be included in all subsequent posts the flag is featured in.

[transmascpetewentz]

"even if you don't agree with a war you have to respect the people that fought and died for our flag" actually i'm not interested in that performatively nationalist bullshit. american soldiers are people too. if they are so strong and amazing and brave and not made of glass, then they should be subject to criticism for their actions just like every other person. unfortunately for the american empire, we have the right to free speech here and that includes criticizing soldiers for their actions.

[mewlabu]

"Russian athletes are innocent and shouldn't be punished and barred from the Olympics! They may not support the war!"

*Russian athletes after the Olympics last year*

[tomorrowusa]

🦉 🌎 🌍 Happy Earth Day 2024! 🌏 🌻 🐝

Earth Day originated in 1970 when pollution was the biggest environmental concern. Air and waterways are undoubtedly cleaner 50+ years later. It demonstrates that progress can be made when there's a concerted effort.

A current problem which gets overlooked is the amount of environmental damage which the Russian invasion has caused in Ukraine. Environmental activist Greta Thunberg has called Putin's environmental destruction "ecocide".

Greta Thunberg denounces 'ecocide' in Ukraine

Just about every aspect of the environment has been worsened by Putin's illegal military action.

After Two Years of War, Ukraine Sees Deepening Environmental Wound

A consortium of agencies called EcoDozor has put together a map graphic showing the environmental consequences of the invasion.

Ecodozor

I feel strongly that Russian state assets should be impounded to pay for the damage. Contact your representative at your national parliament and insist that Russian assets be seized to be used to repair environmental damage done in Ukraine by Putin's Russia.

On a historical note, here's a cartoon done by American-Australian underground artist Ron Cobb. It gave rise to the use of the Greek letter Theta 𝚹 to symbolize environmental protection.

In turn, high school students in Springfield, Illinois were inspired to turn that into into a flag for the first Earth Day.

This Homemade Flag From the ‘70s Signals the Beginning of the Environmental Movement

Being mindful of the power of semiotics, it might be useful to revive Theta as a symbol of environmental action. It already exists as an emoji and most of us have devices which can access a Greek font. And at Tumblr we can make stuff green. 𝚹 Θ

[grayparus]