The wave of racist attacks taking place around the UK is, in part, the consequence of right-wing billionaires acquiring control of social media. After Elon Musk bought Twitter, he reinstated the accounts of Tommy Robinson and many other fascists. One of Tommy Robinson's key henchmen posted the video that contributed to setting off this wave of attacks. Musk has continued to stoke the fires.

While liberals may respond by calling for more crackdowns on "extremism" on social media, such crackdowns would inevitably target the anti-fascists who represent the last line of defense against despotism. Instead, let's start by asking what it is that billionaires like Elon Musk stand to gain from scapegoating immigrants and promoting civil war, then consider what it will take to stop them.

https://crimethinc.com/twittercanary

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/tiananmen-protest-china-campus/

一篇关于在一个当局正在镇压异见的国家纪念六四的文章。

A protest tent from an adversarial state is preserved as a symbol of courage at a US museum; a similar object is criminalized when it challenges establishment power in this country. The contradiction exposes the bounds of American freedom. To reclaim the legacy of Tiananmen for emancipatory ends, not just against the oppressive Chinese regime but against oppression everywhere, one must release it from the distortion field of Cold War politics and place it in a longer, larger history of struggle.

来自敌国的抗议帐篷被保存在美国的博物馆里作为勇气的象征，而当类似的帐篷被用来挑战美国当局的时候，就变成了一个罪证。这种双重标准将美国“自由”的局限性暴露了出来。如果我们纪念六四是要纪念反抗压迫，争取自由解放的精神，那就必须将六四的记忆从冷战政治的扭曲中释放出来。

The Nation

Grieving Tiananmen as US Cops Crush Campus Protests

To reclaim the legacy of Tiananmen for emancipatory ends, we must release it from Cold War politics and place it in a longer, larger history of struggle.

! TO ALL EUROPEAN CITIZENS IN THIS CHANNEL !

Ban on conversion practices in the European Union

"Objectives :

We call on the European Commission to propose a binding legal ban on conversion practices targeting LGBTQ+ citizens in the European Union:

Conversion Practices are interventions aimed at changing, repressing or suppressing the sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression of LGBTQ+ persons.

Such practices, due to their discriminatory, degrading, harmful and fraudulent nature have been qualified as torture by the United Nations, and are currently being banned in a growing number of States.

The EU plays a key role in the protection of fundamental rights and should take actions to fight against all inhuman practices. The Commission should propose a directive adding conversion practices to the list of euro-crimes and/or amend the ongoing directive on equality (2008) to include a ban on these practices.

Furthermore, to fight against the legislative moratorium, the Commission should also enforce a non-binding resolution calling for a widespread ban of conversion practices in the EU.

Finally, we call on the Commission to amend the Victims’ Rights Directive to establishes minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of conversion practices.

All member states should introduce a ban on conversion practices or review their current ones."

Link : https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home

eci.ec.europa.eu

European Citizens' Initiative

Give your support !

抗议营地里的学生们还在坚持，但营地之外也不乏鄙视、嘲讽的声音。出于原则，我会永远站在抗议者那一边，但我也不知道这轮抗议运动最后会带来什么。

With chants of “Disclose, Divest, We will not stop and we will not rest”, the courageous students, unionists and peace activists here have raised the flags, set up the tents and formed the human chain (to shield other participants who are praying), in defiance of the threats from the police and the administration. ?? Long Lives Palestinian Freedom and Glory to the Student Revolution! ??

https://www.instagram.com/p/C6NKJ0otiBK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

If you are in Madison WI area, the protest for divestment and for Palestine solidarity will be on Monday April 29 9:00 am at Library Mall. If you plan on joining, please wear a mask to protect yourself against both covid ? and cops?‍♂️.

If you live in one of the 5 US states that are holding spring election tomorrow and you are eligible, please don’t forget to vote! I know that the presidential primaries are already settled, but the local elections, the county councils and school boards, are also very important and might affect the life of yourself and your neighbors.

https://t.me/syndiegram/1574

Judith Butler：在我眼里，“酷儿”或者“性少数”从来就不是一种简单的身份认同，而是一个反抗恐同歧视的社会运动。我们的运动从一开始就旨在对抗那些将身份规范强加于人的力量，这其中就包括了警察暴力。

（这句话翻译得不是太好…）

原文：https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/sep/07/judith-butler-interview-gender

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46532674/chapters/117173149

一个好玩的网文：一些现代人转生异世界去当奴隶主贵族，但John Brown也转生了，而且打算继续他在Harpers Ferry未竟的事业…

archiveofourown.org

His Soul is Marching On to Another World; or, the John Brown Isekai - Chapter 1 - CabbagePreacher - John Brown (abolitionist) [Archive…

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

https://t.me/EmporioAlessandrino/26375

“在1948年的巴勒斯坦种族清洗中，我祖父母被从故土驱逐到了黎巴嫩。后来我家为了躲避黎巴嫩内战迁到法国。我祖父逃离祖宅时只带走了钥匙和一张他和我祖母在房子前面的合影。他总是喜欢跟我讲雅法的橘子，他的老房子，还有地中海的风光。我从小一直对这些有些好奇，于是2017年时我联系当地巴勒斯坦人找到了那间房子，看到了当年的厨房窗户。作为性少数，唯一一次骄傲旗让我感到愤怒和悲哀，就是当我看到它飘扬在我祖父母当年被夺去的房子和土地上的时候。”

来自Queering the Map （https://www.queeringthemap.com/ ）