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1 year ago

in a week I’m going into surgery to get my tonsils out if anyone has any fic recs to pass the time please drop them in the comments!! My favourite is angst but I’ll take anything for Naruto spy x family bdg3 or young Justice :)


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2 years ago
Anyone who used Facebook in the last 16 years can now get settlement money. Here's how.
cbsnews.com
Application to collect part of Meta's $725 million settlement is simple, requiring only a few minutes to fill out.

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Time Sensitive- Apply before August 25th, 2023 (8/25/23)!

Filing a claim takes less than ten minutes, and can be done HERE

Excerpt from article:

Anyone in the U.S. who used Facebook in the last 16 years can now collect a piece of a $725 million settlement by parent company Meta tied to privacy violations — as long as they fill out a claim on a website set up to pay out money to the social network's users. 

The settlement stems from multiple lawsuits that were brought against Facebook by users who claimed that the company improperly shared their data with third-party sources such as advertisers and data brokers. The litigation began after Facebook was embroiled in a privacy scandal in 2018 with Cambridge Analytica, which scraped user data from the site as part of an effort to profile voters.

Meta denied any liability or wrongdoing under the settlement, according to the recently created class-action website. However, the agreement means that U.S. residents who used Facebook between May 24, 2007, and December 22, 2022, can file a monetary claim as long as they do so before August 25, 2023. 

Please reblog to signal boost this! As many people as possible should know about this to make their claim, if you don't do anything you don't get anything. It takes less than ten minutes to file and pick your payment option including pay/pal and ven/mo .


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10 months ago

URGENT: FUNDRAISING FOR BREAST CANCER TREATMENT

I have tried my absolute best not to seek financial help online, especially when our collective focus should be aimed towards the welfare of our Palestinians, Congolese, and Sudanese brothers and sisters. I truly have considered countless options before resorting to asking for monetary assistance but I no longer have the means to keep myself alive and my little family afloat. Following my father's death almost three years ago due to colorectal cancer, I was diagnosed late last year with Stage 2A breast cancer.

There's an even elaborate explanation on the fundraising page that I will be attaching in this post. Please, take some time to read it. I am our family's breadwinner, and I am only asking for monetary assistance because I no longer have a job/source of income nor is my previous company willing to shoulder my medical expenses. I am left to fend for myself and I have used all of my savings to afford numerous physical/health examinations and the prescribed medication.

I am going to attach photos of how disfigured my right arm now is, the evident lumps/tumors on my armpits and if you want proof of how the cancer affected my breasts, please directly message me. I don't think I can explicitly share the photos here. But to put enough context, my left breast shrunk into at least 1/3 of its original size.

I am sincerely sorry for being a bother, but if you have the means to donate to my fundraising post, please do. I badly needed all the help I can get so I won't be summoned to court and would be able to afford surgery on time. If you cannot donate, please kindly share this post. If you have any other questions, please reach out to me through direct messaging. This is my only account (I will probably reblogged this on my side blog as well) so please, if you see someone using my photos, alert me. Thank you. Please understand, too, that I will take a bit of time to respond because I am struggling to grasp my phone/only typing using my left hand. Thank you, and please consider helping me.

URGENT: FUNDRAISING FOR BREAST CANCER TREATMENT
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URGENT: FUNDRAISING FOR BREAST CANCER TREATMENT
URGENT: FUNDRAISING FOR BREAST CANCER TREATMENT

URGENT: Fundraising for Hospital Expenses (Battling Breast Cancer)
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We are trying to make a heartfelt appeal to gather enough monetary assistance for my niece, Alex, who is currently battling stage 2A breast

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2 years ago

♥︎⋆。゚☁︎⋆⁺₊⋆MUTUAL AID REQUEST˚♥︎⋆。゚☁︎⋆⁺₊⋆

i'm a homeless afro indigenous person in need of help getting into an apt

i am a houseless young non binary person in the state of texas where there's not only anti abortion laws but anti trans law as well. while i work i am paid poorly and am currently looking for a better place of work. i stay in a hotel when i can afford it. i cannot go back to my hometown because i have an obsessive father who has come all the way to a different state before to knock on my door and harass me. my mother's house isn't an option either because she is bipolar and becomes violent when she is unmedicated.

as a visibly queer afro indigenous person who still wears their mask every time i'm in public i get targeted and discriminated against in work and social settings. this was surprising to me too. texas is religiously anti mask. no one down here even thinks to accommodate for immunocompromised people. there's a lot of places that have rejected my applications in a few hours because of my ethnic sounding name. this state is a hell hole.

i am actually hoping to relocate after a short lease if i can raise enough funds. i will need funds for temp housing (private room or motel) and deposit and move in fees.

i am hoping to raise about $3500 total towards this. even meeting half of the goal would help me out with move in. please share this far and wide i dont want to end up on the streets again.

cashappₒ⋆:°* ₓ˚. $vcashmaniii

venmo♡︎˙ᵕ˙⋆。°✩goobersfunds

paypal-- ✩ -- ✩ imaniw131

MUTUAL AID REQUEST
MUTUAL AID REQUEST

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2 years ago

$60/$3500!!!!! THANK YOU GUYS <333

Please keep reblogging and liking it would really help me reach my goal faster and get into a home of my own!!

♥︎⋆。゚☁︎⋆⁺₊⋆MUTUAL AID REQUEST˚♥︎⋆。゚☁︎⋆⁺₊⋆

i'm a homeless afro indigenous person in need of help getting into an apt

i am a houseless young non binary person in the state of texas where there's not only anti abortion laws but anti trans law as well. while i work i am paid poorly and am currently looking for a better place of work. i stay in a hotel when i can afford it. i cannot go back to my hometown because i have an obsessive father who has come all the way to a different state before to knock on my door and harass me. my mother's house isn't an option either because she is bipolar and becomes violent when she is unmedicated.

as a visibly queer afro indigenous person who still wears their mask every time i'm in public i get targeted and discriminated against in work and social settings. this was surprising to me too. texas is religiously anti mask. no one down here even thinks to accommodate for immunocompromised people. there's a lot of places that have rejected my applications in a few hours because of my ethnic sounding name. this state is a hell hole.

i am actually hoping to relocate after a short lease if i can raise enough funds. i will need funds for temp housing (private room or motel) and deposit and move in fees.

i am hoping to raise about $3500 total towards this. even meeting half of the goal would help me out with move in. please share this far and wide i dont want to end up on the streets again.

cashappₒ⋆:°* ₓ˚. $vcashmaniii

venmo♡︎˙ᵕ˙⋆。°✩goobersfunds

paypal-- ✩ -- ✩ imaniw131

MUTUAL AID REQUEST
MUTUAL AID REQUEST

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2 years ago

♥︎⋆。゚☁︎⋆⁺₊⋆MUTUAL AID REQUEST˚♥︎⋆。゚☁︎⋆⁺₊⋆

i'm a homeless afro indigenous person in need of help getting into an apt

i am a houseless young non binary person in the state of texas where there's not only anti abortion laws but anti trans law as well. while i work i am paid poorly and am currently looking for a better place of work. i stay in a hotel when i can afford it. i cannot go back to my hometown because i have an obsessive father who has come all the way to a different state before to knock on my door and harass me. my mother's house isn't an option either because she is bipolar and becomes violent when she is unmedicated.

as a visibly queer afro indigenous person who still wears their mask every time i'm in public i get targeted and discriminated against in work and social settings. this was surprising to me too. texas is religiously anti mask. no one down here even thinks to accommodate for immunocompromised people. there's a lot of places that have rejected my applications in a few hours because of my ethnic sounding name. this state is a hell hole.

i am actually hoping to relocate after a short lease if i can raise enough funds. i will need funds for temp housing (private room or motel) and deposit and move in fees.

i am hoping to raise about $3500 total towards this. even meeting half of the goal would help me out with move in. please share this far and wide i dont want to end up on the streets again.

cashappₒ⋆:°* ₓ˚. $vcashmaniii

venmo♡︎˙ᵕ˙⋆。°✩goobersfunds

paypal-- ✩ -- ✩ imaniw131

MUTUAL AID REQUEST
MUTUAL AID REQUEST

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2 years ago
help an black queer SW stop being homeless, organized by anonymous  please
gofundme.com
hi you can call me nee i’m a 22 year old black sex worker and i’m house… anonymous please needs your support for help an black queer SW s

made an official gofundme for this please feel free to donate using this link or

paypal: imaniw131

cashapp: $vcashmaniii

venmo: goobersfunds

♥︎⋆。゚☁︎⋆⁺₊⋆MUTUAL AID REQUEST˚♥︎⋆。゚☁︎⋆⁺₊⋆

i'm a homeless afro indigenous person in need of help getting into an apt

i am a houseless young non binary person in the state of texas where there's not only anti abortion laws but anti trans law as well. while i work i am paid poorly and am currently looking for a better place of work. i stay in a hotel when i can afford it. i cannot go back to my hometown because i have an obsessive father who has come all the way to a different state before to knock on my door and harass me. my mother's house isn't an option either because she is bipolar and becomes violent when she is unmedicated.

as a visibly queer afro indigenous person who still wears their mask every time i'm in public i get targeted and discriminated against in work and social settings. this was surprising to me too. texas is religiously anti mask. no one down here even thinks to accommodate for immunocompromised people. there's a lot of places that have rejected my applications in a few hours because of my ethnic sounding name. this state is a hell hole.

i am actually hoping to relocate after a short lease if i can raise enough funds. i will need funds for temp housing (private room or motel) and deposit and move in fees.

i am hoping to raise about $3500 total towards this. even meeting half of the goal would help me out with move in. please share this far and wide i dont want to end up on the streets again.

cashappₒ⋆:°* ₓ˚. $vcashmaniii

venmo♡︎˙ᵕ˙⋆。°✩goobersfunds

paypal-- ✩ -- ✩ imaniw131

MUTUAL AID REQUEST
MUTUAL AID REQUEST

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2 years ago

♥︎⋆。゚☁︎⋆⁺₊⋆MUTUAL AID REQUEST˚♥︎⋆。゚☁︎⋆⁺₊⋆

i'm a homeless afro indigenous person in need of help getting into an apt

i am a houseless young non binary person in the state of texas where there's not only anti abortion laws but anti trans law as well. while i work i am paid poorly and am currently looking for a better place of work. i stay in a hotel when i can afford it. i cannot go back to my hometown because i have an obsessive father who has come all the way to a different state before to knock on my door and harass me. my mother's house isn't an option either because she is bipolar and becomes violent when she is unmedicated.

as a visibly queer afro indigenous person who still wears their mask every time i'm in public i get targeted and discriminated against in work and social settings. this was surprising to me too. texas is religiously anti mask. no one down here even thinks to accommodate for immunocompromised people. there's a lot of places that have rejected my applications in a few hours because of my ethnic sounding name. this state is a hell hole.

i am actually hoping to relocate after a short lease if i can raise enough funds. i will need funds for temp housing (private room or motel) and deposit and move in fees.

i am hoping to raise about $3500 total towards this. even meeting half of the goal would help me out with move in. please share this far and wide i dont want to end up on the streets again.

cashappₒ⋆:°* ₓ˚. $vcashmaniii

venmo♡︎˙ᵕ˙⋆。°✩goobersfunds

paypal-- ✩ -- ✩ imaniw131

MUTUAL AID REQUEST
MUTUAL AID REQUEST

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2 years ago

♥︎⋆。゚☁︎⋆⁺₊⋆MUTUAL AID REQUEST˚♥︎⋆。゚☁︎⋆⁺₊⋆

i'm a homeless afro indigenous person in need of help getting into an apt

i am a houseless young non binary person in the state of texas where there's not only anti abortion laws but anti trans law as well. while i work i am paid poorly and am currently looking for a better place of work. i stay in a hotel when i can afford it. i cannot go back to my hometown because i have an obsessive father who has come all the way to a different state before to knock on my door and harass me. my mother's house isn't an option either because she is bipolar and becomes violent when she is unmedicated.

as a visibly queer afro indigenous person who still wears their mask every time i'm in public i get targeted and discriminated against in work and social settings. this was surprising to me too. texas is religiously anti mask. no one down here even thinks to accommodate for immunocompromised people. there's a lot of places that have rejected my applications in a few hours because of my ethnic sounding name. this state is a hell hole.

i am actually hoping to relocate after a short lease if i can raise enough funds. i will need funds for temp housing (private room or motel) and deposit and move in fees.

i am hoping to raise about $3500 total towards this. even meeting half of the goal would help me out with move in. please share this far and wide i dont want to end up on the streets again.

cashappₒ⋆:°* ₓ˚. $vcashmaniii

venmo♡︎˙ᵕ˙⋆。°✩goobersfunds

paypal-- ✩ -- ✩ imaniw131

MUTUAL AID REQUEST
MUTUAL AID REQUEST

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2 years ago

♥︎⋆。゚☁︎⋆⁺₊⋆MUTUAL AID REQUEST˚♥︎⋆。゚☁︎⋆⁺₊⋆

i'm a homeless afro indigenous person in need of help getting into an apt

i am a houseless young non binary person in the state of texas where there's not only anti abortion laws but anti trans law as well. while i work i am paid poorly and am currently looking for a better place of work. i stay in a hotel when i can afford it. i cannot go back to my hometown because i have an obsessive father who has come all the way to a different state before to knock on my door and harass me. my mother's house isn't an option either because she is bipolar and becomes violent when she is unmedicated.

as a visibly queer afro indigenous person who still wears their mask every time i'm in public i get targeted and discriminated against in work and social settings. this was surprising to me too. texas is religiously anti mask. no one down here even thinks to accommodate for immunocompromised people. there's a lot of places that have rejected my applications in a few hours because of my ethnic sounding name. this state is a hell hole.

i am actually hoping to relocate after a short lease if i can raise enough funds. i will need funds for temp housing (private room or motel) and deposit and move in fees.

i am hoping to raise about $3500 total towards this. even meeting half of the goal would help me out with move in. please share this far and wide i dont want to end up on the streets again.

cashappₒ⋆:°* ₓ˚. $vcashmaniii

venmo♡︎˙ᵕ˙⋆。°✩goobersfunds

paypal-- ✩ -- ✩ imaniw131

MUTUAL AID REQUEST
MUTUAL AID REQUEST

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2 years ago

WHO WANTS TO BE THE FIRST DONOR?🫰🏾

♥︎⋆。゚☁︎⋆⁺₊⋆MUTUAL AID REQUEST˚♥︎⋆。゚☁︎⋆⁺₊⋆

i'm a homeless afro indigenous person in need of help getting into an apt

i am a houseless young non binary person in the state of texas where there's not only anti abortion laws but anti trans law as well. while i work i am paid poorly and am currently looking for a better place of work. i stay in a hotel when i can afford it. i cannot go back to my hometown because i have an obsessive father who has come all the way to a different state before to knock on my door and harass me. my mother's house isn't an option either because she is bipolar and becomes violent when she is unmedicated.

as a visibly queer afro indigenous person who still wears their mask every time i'm in public i get targeted and discriminated against in work and social settings. this was surprising to me too. texas is religiously anti mask. no one down here even thinks to accommodate for immunocompromised people. there's a lot of places that have rejected my applications in a few hours because of my ethnic sounding name. this state is a hell hole.

i am actually hoping to relocate after a short lease if i can raise enough funds. i will need funds for temp housing (private room or motel) and deposit and move in fees.

i am hoping to raise about $3500 total towards this. even meeting half of the goal would help me out with move in. please share this far and wide i dont want to end up on the streets again.

cashappₒ⋆:°* ₓ˚. $vcashmaniii

venmo♡︎˙ᵕ˙⋆。°✩goobersfunds

paypal-- ✩ -- ✩ imaniw131

MUTUAL AID REQUEST
MUTUAL AID REQUEST

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11 years ago

The problem of the uncomfortable!

The problem of the uncomfortable, is not the goal, it is the journey. Even in project management, there is a lot of energy put towards identifying risks and mitigating them. Another metaphor for this same journey is a Dungeons and Dragons quest.

The Man Kind Project looks at the uncomfortable through many processes, but one identified in the article is "Stretches". Stretches, or SMART Goals, are the steps in the project plan to walking the journey and achieve the goal.

Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic Time Bound

While these steps, ask you to look at the best case scenario outcome, we often forget to examine the worst case scenario outcomes, that most project managers look at on a daily basis.

Dependencies Risks Issues Assumptions Unknowns

For many people, the only worst case scenario they consider is, "Being hit by a train!" They never consider that they might be hit by a body part of someone else's worst case scenario. Or even worse, someone's best case scenario being to push someone into their worst case scenario. (- Sorry, it's a little gruesome for role playing effect! -)

"No strategy survives contact with the enemy.", Helmuth von Moltke the Elder. It is only in recognizing patterns that we find the path of least resistance to the goal. Many Jujitsu students study how to navigate their partners counters to eventually submit them. Chess students also study chess patterns to build strategies.

Like Jujitsu students, members of the Man Kind Project, study processes that help men explore their worst case scenarios. Processes for looking at risks. Holding men accountable to agreements. Ways to cleanly express upset and wants, while acknowledging why those things are important. Seeing judgement and beliefs for what they are .. walls. Understanding that sometimes we have to give up something to get something. and more ...

A process I use and can share from Directed Dreaming, is this: What is the issue? What is causing the issue? What are solutions for this issue? How do I feel about this issue? What do I do when this issue comes up? Can I live with this issue? What am I getting now with things unchanged? What would I get if things changed? What would I have to give up if things changed? What do I want?

The Journey. Not the goal is where the uncomfortable lies. Crossing the mountain through mud and snow. Over treacherous bridges and glide lines. Climbing sheer faces with 1000 foot drops, or being chased by a bear. These are all possibilities on a journey through a mountain pass. Until you meet a troll under a bridge. Or come a cross a home that smells of candied cakes. Or maybe a something else from the Grimm Fairy Tales.

Face your fears and you will conquer the world.


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If I almost choke to death because the teenage boys at my high school are wearing too much axe, is that considered assault with a deadly weapon?

Is it appropriate to retaliate by swinging an axe at their throats?

If I Almost Choke To Death Because The Teenage Boys At My High School Are Wearing Too Much Axe, Is That

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11 months ago

Spheal Crocheted Plush Giveaway: Save Hazem's Family

Hi all, you all are familiar with Hazem (@hazempalestine) now. He is a dentistry student who left home in 2018 in order to secure a better future for his family, and has since then not returned home. His family is still living in Jabalia camp in North Gaza, where they face frequent bombardments from iof planes and drones on top of food scarcity.

He is vouched for by Bilal (@bilal-salah0) who is his childhood friend and vetted (family #281 on the vetted spreadsheet).

my friend who crocheted the Magikarp plush is back with a Spheal crocheted plush giveaway! Every entry into the raffle is €5 (if you donated €15, you would be entered into the raffle three times), so please donate for the chance to win this cute friend (roughly the size of a basketball) for yourself! Because of my friend's geographic restrictions, this raffle is open for U.S. donors only.

there's been no donations in the past 30 minutes. we desperately need to evacuate all of Hazem's family together. please donate and enter this crocheted plush raffle. share with your pokemon-loving friends too, help a family and win something in the process.

we are only halfway to the campaign goal. we cannot afford to slow down. €25,810 raised of €50,000 goal as of August 30. any donation goes a long way.

Spheal Crocheted Plush Giveaway: Save Hazem's Family
Donate to Help my family in Gaza reach safety, organized by Hazem Khalil
gofundme.com
My name is Hazem, and I am from Gaza. Since 2018, I have not been able to see my fami… Hazem Khalil needs your support for Help my family in

please also check out the handmade bracelet (with freshwater pearls!) raffle hosted by @a-shade-of-blue for people in the UK!


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11 months ago

this doesn’t have many notes yet!!! make sure to make this reach the farthest corners of tumblr!

Hi,

I’m Alaa Hilles, and I’m reaching out in a time of desperate need. I lived in Gaza, where I ran three clothing stores and built a life with my family. Sadly, the ongoing conflict has destroyed everything. We’ve been forced to move seven times, lost our home and businesses, and suffered the tragic loss of my nephew.

Hi,
Hi,

I fled to Egypt alone, hoping to eventually bring my wife, six children, and elderly parents to safety. The distance is heart-wrenching, and they are still in constant danger.

I’m asking for your support to help reunite my family and bring them to safety. Your donation will cover travel, legal fees, and initial costs for setting up a safe home here in Egypt.

Hi,
Hi,

Any assistance you can offer would mean the world to us. Your generosity could bring us the hope and safety we so desperately need.

Thank you for considering our plea.

Warm regards,

Alaa Hilles

Donate to Help Alaa Hilles Reunite and Save His Family, organized by Alaa Helles
gofundme.com
Hello dears, My name is Alaa Hilles from Gaza, and I am reaching ou… Alaa Helles needs your support for Help Alaa Hilles Reunite a

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1 year ago

For my followers living in the UK—it is extremely likely that members of parliament will convene on Wednesday, November 15th, to vote once and for all for whether or not the UK should join the majority of the world's states and vote for a ceasefire to protect the citizens of Gaza.

This is historic. The UK is one of the most powerful nations in the world and on the UN council, and it is one of the few that had been staunchly opposing a ceasefire for the past month. If the UK supports a ceasefire, it would go a long way in securing peace and dignity for the Palestinians.

Please, please write to you MP and demand that they support the ceasefire. Organisations are asking people to implement the idea of "No Ceasefire, No Vote"—let those in power (especially MPs who may not support the idea) know that they will not be voted for in the coming elections if they stand against this.

This is a link that sends the email for you. It takes less than a minute. If you would like to edit it to add your own reasons, do that. And if you're not British, share the hell out of this post.

Free Palestine!


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1 year ago
Email your MP: #StopArmingIsrael #CeasefireNOW
Palestine Solidarity Campaign

URGENT: Please email your MPs using the above link, you just need your name and postcode. Pressure the UK to stop arming Israel. If you are not a British citizen please share this.

"I’m writing as a constituent to ask you to join parliamentary calls for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza by signing EDM 1, and for the UK to stop arming Israel by signing the newly tabled EDM 177.

On Tuesday 12th December at 2.30pm there will be a Westminster Hall debate on the UK’s arms trade with Israel – this is an opportunity for parliamentarians to demand the government ends its complicity in supplying Israel with the weapons and military equipment used to kill and repress Palestinians. This includes in the ongoing bombing of the Gaza Strip, which has so far killed over 16,000 Palestinians – 40% of whom are children. Please attend and speak at Tuesday’s debate.

Over 80% of the population of Gaza has now been displaced. More than half of all homes have been destroyed, and there are only 14 hospitals out of 36 that are even partially functional. Nowhere in Gaza is safe. There is no effective protection for civilians, and meaningful humanitarian operations are impossible under the current conditions. International scholars and Palestinian human rights organisations have been warning of the possibility of genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The sheer number of civilian deaths, the targeting of hospitals and civilian infrastructure, and tactics such as using white phosphorus, can leave no doubt that war crimes are being committed. The only way for this to stop is with a full ceasefire now, and for the UK to stop arming Israel. Over quarter of a million people have signed a parliamentary petition calling for a ceasefire, and an end to Israeli occupation. This petition has triggered a Westminster Hall debate on Monday 11th December at 4.30pm. Thousands more, from a diverse and broad demographic, have peacefully demonstrated in our streets calling for a ceasefire now. Please reflect the 76% of the public who want a ceasefire by making this demand during the Westminster Hall debate on Monday. The UK has a responsibility to uphold international law and prevent war crimes taking place, which includes by not providing the weapons and equipment used for committing those crimes. Before the current atrocities in Gaza, Palestinians have long document how Israel uses its military to imposes a system of apartheid – a crime against humanity – across all the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel. Forensic documentation from organisations such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, UN experts, and the Israeli organisation B’Tselem, provide overwhelming evidence that this is the case. The UK is deeply complicit in these crimes against Palestinians through our ongoing arms trade. This must end. Since 2015, the UK has approved the export of over £474 million worth of arms to Israeli forces. This includes licences covering components for military aircraft, helicopters, drones, bombs, missiles, military technology, armoured vehicles, tanks, ammunition and small arms. The true figure of UK military support is actually far higher. This is because the figure published by the government doesn’t include open licences, whereby the transfer of unlimited quantities of listed military items are authorised, with no requirement to report what is transferred. An example of this is the UK’s significant contribution to the US F-35 combat aircraft which are currently being used by Israel to bombard Gaza. The Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, under which all arms exports are assessed, states that export licences should not be issued if the government “determines” that there is a “clear risk” arms exports might be used in a “serious violation of international humanitarian law”. Despite longstanding concerns that UK-supplied arms and components have been used in violations of international law, exports to Israel continue. By licensing the export of weapons to Israel, likely to be used in its violations of international law, the government is breaking its international obligations - including those in the Arms Trade Treaty (Article 6) and the Geneva Conventions. The UK is fuelling Israel’s militarised violence against Palestinians through our arms trade. The only acceptable response to the catastrophe in Gaza right now is for parliamentarians to call for a ceasefire – as has been urged by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Please use your voice in the debates this week to call for a permanent ceasefire and for the UK to stop arming Israel. Please also register your support for these demands by signing EDM 1 and the newly tabled EDM 177."

Arms to Israel - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
edm.parliament.uk
That this House notes with deep concern that UK-made military equipment and technology is being used by Israel, including in its most recent
Protecting civilians in Gaza and Israel - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
edm.parliament.uk
This House utterly condemns the massacre of Israeli civilians and taking of hostages by Hamas; agrees with the United Nations Secretary-Gene

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1 year ago
Email your MP: Vote for #CeasefireNOW
Palestine Solidarity Campaign

URGENT: Please email your MPs using the above link, you just need your name, address and postcode. Pressure the UK to vote for a Ceasefire. If you are not a British citizen please share this.

"On Wednesday 21st February, parliament will vote on whether or not to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. There is no acceptable excuse for MPs to do anything but vote in favour of this. The ongoing slaughter in Gaza is insufferable. As your constituent, I remind you that we are in an election year - and that the public are closely monitoring how MPs will vote on Wednesday. This is an issue close to the heart of the electorate, and I urge you and your colleagues to do everything in your power to end Israel's massacre of Palestinians. Well over 28,000 Palestinians have now been killed - almost half of them children. The entire population is living with crisis-level hunger. Over 70% of buildings and infrastructure has been destroyed. The International Court of Justice has ruled there's a plausible case that Israel is committing a genocide against Palestinians, and has ordered legally binding provisional measures to stop the killing and ensure humanitarian assistance is provided. Third states - such as the UK - have a legal obligation to uphold these orders. This can only be achieved by supporting an immediate and permanent ceasefire now, which I ask you to vote for on Wednesday. Shamefully, the position of the UK has instead been to continue supplying Israel with weapons - in clear contravention of its own Strategic Export Licensing Criteria given that the highest court in the world has ruled there's plausible evidence Israel is committing genocide. The government has also chosen to suspend funding to UNRWA, the principle international agency providing humanitarian aid and upholding the rights of Palestinian refugees. This couldn't be more urgent. I ask you to take immediate action by:

Voting for an immediate ceasefire on Wednesday 21st February, and against any amendments that seek to water down this urgent demand.

Calling on the government to suspend all arms sales to Israel, and begin steps to end the bilateral arms trade.

Demanding the government reinstates funding to UNRWA, and increases UK aid to Gaza.

I would appreciate a response on how you will vote on Wednesday."


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1 year ago
Emergency Lobby of Parliament: #CeasefireNOW
Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Emergency Lobby of Parliament

Related to my last post, if you can please go and lobby at Parliament anytime between 11:30am-4pm on Wednesday 21st February 2024 then please enter your postcode at this link to register to join the lobby and receive further instructions to guide you through the process of lobbying. Anyone can go and pressure their MP to vote for a Ceasefire, regardless of political expertise.

If you are not a British citizen or cannot attend please reblog this post anyway.


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2 years ago

how badly do you think the timeline would be affected if i went back to the 1500's and handed some peasants a laptop with peggle on it


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