Ghassan Abu Sitta is the new rector of our university. He gave one of the most memorable talks about the necessity of resisting the Israeli genocide I have ever heard - one full of hope, solidarity and condemnation against all forms of racism. This happens at a university 1/

The new Rector of University of Glasgow Ghassan Abu Sitta finished his address with the immortal words of Bobby Sands MP… “Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.” 🇵🇸🤝🇮🇪

“Tomorrow is a Palestinian day.” Now is a good time to read Ghassan Abu Sitta’s full speech from his Rectorial Instillation last night. Transcript published by Progressive International. progressive.international/wire/2024-04-1…

All the attacks and the distractions they make aim at hiding the fact that they find 14,000 murdered Palestinian children ungrievable

Proto fascism

"Brazil was born of the rape of Indigenous women" Nyg Kaingang, from the Kaingang people in Brazil, explains how violence against Indigenous women is linked to centuries of genocide. Across Brazil, Indigenous women are uniting to say: “Enough’s enough!”

UN experts are "horrified" at the mass graves unearthed in the Gaza Strip -- 390+ bodies at Nasser & Al Shifa hospitals, including of women and children, "many reportedly showing signs of torture & summary executions" and potentially "people buried alive.” ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

This guy, with absolutely spot on answers. Genuinely surprised this even aired.

This is a “Reindeer Cyclone”. A swirling mass of threatened reindeer stampeding in a circle making it impossible to target an individual. The weakest and fawns are in the middle..

Lavender Iris, 1951 by Georgia O'Keeffe #WomensArt

At this point, you are either pro-humanity or pro-genocide, there is no in-between.

Israel commits a massacre in #Rafah this evening, dropping several 2,000 pound bombs on civilian tents and #UN compounds, murdering dozens of civilians seeking shelter. This was Israel’s response to the CIJ_ICJ ruling Friday that it must halt its offensive on Rafah.

🧵 The UN, via UN Human Rights, has released the following statement: “Palestinians with disabilities subject to unbearable consequences of the ongoing hostilities and violence in the OPT.” Here are some key excerpts:

Disabled Palestinians, particularly woman and children (21,000 with learning disabilities) are disproportionately impacted by ongoing genocide. They make up a huge proportion of those injured and slaughtered by occupying forces ohchr.org/en/statements/…

Huge congratulations Teresa! Such an important book.

“If disabled people were represented in politics according to their proportion of the UK population, there would be about 136 disabled MPs. There were, in fact, just five in 2021.” Lucy Webster theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

How the Nuseirat Massacre unfolded: Israel used the US-built ‘humanitarian pier’ to sneak in a unit of Israeli soldiers, and reportedly American soldiers. The soldiers boarded a humanitarian aid truck and drove to Nuseirat refugee camp. Once inside, they were discovered by

BREAKING: The Lancet has just published this article "conservatively" estimating that the death toll in the Gaza genocide could be 186,000 people or more. That's 8% of the population, obliterated. These are apocalyptic figures. thelancet.com/journals/lance… thelancet.com/journals/lance…

scientificamerican.com/article/the-u-… An essential read