Today 9 years ago - after the Sept. 3 #DAPL dog attacks, Native people and their allies from all around the world began flocking to Standing Rock.

UR's original on-the-ground 9/04/16 tweet text:

"100s gathering for prayer near burial sites disturbed yesterday by Dakota Access workers. #noDAPL #NativeLivesMatter"

Authors of The Resistance is elevating the story of Christian Vasquez, a seventeen-year-old Indigenous young man from Utqiagvik, Alaska.

#nojusticenopeace #landback #indigenousrightsarehumanrights #nativelivesmatter #nomoredisrespect #respectnativecultures #decolonizenow #nomorestolen

I'm traveling so I don't have an orange shirt I can wear today but I still want to acknowledge the harm that was done to Indigenous children and their families.

#orangeshirtday #nativelivesmatter #everychildmatters

Exclusive: listen to Paul Mason’s pro-Starmer/Israel meltdown in full

Via SKWAWKBOX (SW)

26/03

Hack, whose emails to security service-linked contacts about taking down left news outlets were leaked, misquotes left activist to smear her with antisemitism and defend friend-of-genocide Starmer at local meeting - but it backfires hugely

Faux-left hack Paul Mason's reputation imploded when the Grayzone revealed leaked emails showing him plotting with right-wing, security-service-linked contacts to take down left-wing news sites - along with an infamous chart of his imagined links between left groups and China/Russia. Mason did not directly deny the authenticity of the emails, saying only - and bizarrely - that they 'may' be 'altered or fake'.

And his shredded reputation disintegrated further last night after he posted to Twitter claiming that one speaker at a 'Kensal and Kilburn Better 2024' debate had accused Starmer of being 'an agent of Israel and Labour is full of Israeli supporters'.

Mason put the comment in full quotes, indicating that this was an exact quotation. It wasn't - Mason had grotesquely misquoted her, claiming her criticism of Israel and Starmer's complicity was aimed at Jewish people. Fortunately, one attendee (@urbandandy) recorded the whole thing and kindly provided the audio to Skwawkbox, of which the relevant parts can be heard, or the subtitles read, below:

Mason's claim that the woman's comments 'soured the atmosphere' is genuinely and darkly funny once the audio is heard - the 'sour atmosphere' was entirely a reaction to his smear.

Wrongly quoting someone and presenting it as an exact quote is a huge journalistic sin. But Mason's links to the security services and right-wing journalists - and his toadying to Keir Starmer, despite Starmer's support for Israel's genocide in Gaza, in apparent hope of selection for a parliamentary seat - meant that his attempt to smear a left activist quickly and hugely backfired, espite Mason's feeble attempts to cover himself this morning, as an avalanche of derision landed on him and critics pointed out Israel's already-proven interference in UK politics and the antisemitism of conflating Israel and Jews, as Mason did. A few examples are below:

Just imagine what @paulmasonnews would say about a left-wing Labour MP filmed discussing a £1M slush fund with an official from the Russian Embassy who was subsequently expelled from the country for plotting to take down MPs critical of Russia. https://t.co/Aw950cTvfs

— Frank Owen's Legendary Paintbrush🥀🇵🇸🇾🇪 (@OwenPaintbrush) March 26, 2024

your response sounded genuinely insanely antisemitic by the way pic.twitter.com/l9RmqNh0P0

— Thom (@DefMasks) March 26, 2024

Two-fifths of Starmer's cabinet have received funds from pro-Israel groups, Declassified UK findshttps://t.co/3kWHNYrCqL

Trevor Chinn donated £50,000 to @Keir_Starmer’s leadership campaign.

— James Foster (@JamesEFoster) March 26, 2024

So @paulmasonnews posts an accusation about being sick of antisemitism after a woman spoke out against Labour[sic] support for Israel. Unluckily for Paul, there was a transcript. Spot the ‘antisemitism’ in what was said. #ItWasAScam #TheLobby pic.twitter.com/7NREFDhCN1

— Jayne Doherty (@jayneb64) March 26, 2024

I’ve just read a report of the meeting. “Why don’t to you just say Jew? Because that’s what you mean is it?” No that isn’t what she meant, otherwise she would’ve said Jew! How dare you try telling people what they mean 😠 Conflating Judaism with Zionism is antisemitic. For your… pic.twitter.com/LTUZud3WhB

— Mani Isna La #NativeLivesMatter 🇵🇸 🇨🇺🕊 (@mikecoulson48) March 26, 2024

Yesterday, @paulmasonnews was evidenced to have purposely lied, in a disgraceful attempt to weaponise antisemitism. Thankfully, a recorded transcript categorically proved Mason made false allegations about a conversation. This fraud should be nowhere near Labour, nor UK politics. https://t.co/nhl0PcNyxw

— Red Collective (@RedCollectiveUK) March 26, 2024

Where on earth did she get that idea? #TheLobby #LabourFriendsOfGenocide pic.twitter.com/DJo9LHUGfB

— Jayne Doherty (@jayneb64) March 26, 2024

I note that you exlude your response.

Because you know it was antisemitic, which is why you made a big song and dance of your lies, to cover your own racism.

For the record, this is how paul mason responded. pic.twitter.com/EfjAqZYwoZ

— vob (@voblat) March 26, 2024

Paul Mason is sick of left antisemitism......

We are all sick of Mason and the rest of the lying smearers, who weaponise antisemitism against the left!

What the woman said was factually correct, and NOTHING she said was antisemitic!

You should apologise! 🤬

— Susan Rees 💙💙💙💙 (@bobbybobbyrees) March 26, 2024

@workingclasshistory
TRIGGER WARNING

It was one of several coordinated horrible genocides in Humboldt County that day.
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/genocide-and-extortion/Content?oid=2130748

And the tragedies continue today.
https://www.nativewomenswilderness.org/mmiw

https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2020/08/unsolved-missing-indigenous-women/

#Tuluwat #Wiyot #MMIW #Indigenous #genocide #history #humboldtcounty #humboldt #norcal #NativeLivesMatter

Some shit cannot be fixed.

From @abearlaw on the birdsite:

"A 12 year old Indigenous boy with autism handcuffed and pinned down by Vancouver Transit Police. Imagine if his mom wasn’t there to record them, how far would they go? Canadian law enforcement treats our children like criminals. Se full video on his mom’s TikTok Mia Brown."

✨️ Original link:
https://twitter.com/abearlaw/status/1619044820328284160?t=xAWSWWXIhmR3fk6sU1R6Xg&s=19

(Will add the tiktok link in a reply when/if I find it.)

#AbolishThePolice #DefundDisarmDismantle #DefundThePolice #FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #IndigenousLivesMatter #NativeLivesMatter #Autism

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