First they came for the trans community and I spoke out. They said I was deviant, they said I hated women, and they tried to silence my voice.

Then they came for the immigrants and I spoke out. They said I was unamerican, they said I hated my country and they threatened me with deportation.

Then they came for the judges and I spoke out. They said I was a traitor to law and order, they called for my job, and they threatened me with jail.

Then they came for the journalists and I spoke out. They branded me fake, they spat the word enemy and they put my name on death lists.

Then they came for the Senators, the Mayors, and our elected representatives and I spoke out. They said I was inciting violence, they said I was promoting chaos, and they sent armed soldiers in tanks to my city.

Then they came for the teachers, the librarians, and the protestors and still I spoke out. They pushed harder. Arresting, banning, deporting, murdering. Because democracy is dangerous when it does not serve them, and a democratic voice that will not be silenced the most dangerous of all.

Eventually they will come for you. And there will be nobody left to speak out.

Palestinian child Razan Abu Zaher is one of thousands of Gazan children suffering from acute malnutrition, as Israel continues to block all crossings and prevent humanitarian aid from entering.

Five-year-old Razan weighs less than 5kg and urgently needs medical treatment abroad.

#Starvation
#Gaza #SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BDS
#palestine #Israel #Politics #Genocide #PeaceNow #StopTheWar #CeasefireNow @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel @palestine@lemmy.ml

Timothy Snyder:

The people described as "undocumented" or "denaturalized"
(and other categories sure to be invented soon)
are portrayed as criminals.

If the Trump regime tries to enslave such people on a large scale, there will be a court case.

But waiting for the Supreme Court to do the right thing is, to put it gently, no substitute for action.

It would be good if there were explicit legislation banning slave labor in all circumstances -- But such a law is unlikely without a movement behind it.

The government is putting before us the temptation to cooperate in fascist dehumanization on a grand scale -- But that does not mean we must do so.

This is an area where actions by individuals, by civil society, by the professions, and by companies can be decisive.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/concentration-camp-labor

I don't know how else to reach you, so I'm asking you - maybe they'll hear us this way.
Please share these photos. Show them to your politicians. This is the Kyiv metro.
Every night, Ukrainians hide here from Russian missiles. Families sleep on the cold floor with their children.
Please, help us. Close the sky over Ukraine.

📷Yan Dobronosov