The world as we know it is entirely dependent on oppression: of the poor and the disenfranchised, of those whose bodies don't fit the prevailing cultural ideal, of those who suffer ill health including addictions, of women, of LGBTQI people, of those of different (usually darker) skin colour from those in power, of those who come from elsewhere, of those who speak differently, of those who worship differently, of those who learn differently.
The world as we know it is dependent on their oppression.
You can respond to this realisation by deciding that oppression is therefore necessary and just (and you can celebrate this decision or you can lament it).
Or you can decide that the world must change. And act.
[Repost] Five years since the Burmese military’s attempted coup in Myanmar
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Today marks five years since the Burmese military’s violent overthrow of an
elected government in Myanmar, and subsequent commission of war crimes,
crimes ...
5 days ago


Hear, hear!
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