Saturday, March 16, 2019

Some Tweets from Margaret Kimberley

  1. Good reads in . ADOS, police brutality in Chicago, sex work in South Africa, Russiagate, slave trade, reproductive slavery, US imperialism
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    ADOS Shrinks Reparationist Politics to Fit the Cramped Horizon of Tribalism by Bruce A. Dixon ADOS , deprecates solidarity, ignores racist empire and capitalism. But without eliminating those, reparations will be impossible to achieve.
  3. The trans Atlantic slave trade lasted until the civil war. Read all about it in this week.
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    Check out this week's fantastic , featuring Sharla Fett’s “Recaptured Africans” and Alys Eve Weinbaum’s "The Afterlife of Reproductive Slavery”:
  5. The trans Atlantic slave trade lasted until the civil war. Read all about it in this week.
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    Freedom Rider: Justice and Paul Manafort by Margaret Kimberley Now that Trump’s sleazy associates are facing prison, lots of Democrats that never gave a damn about mass Black incarceration are self-righteously blasting the criminal injustice system.
  7. A good read from on the problem with in this week's .
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    Tell they look foolish for being afraid of . It is a beautiful country with loving people who want peace. Don't support US intervention for oil.
  9. Is the Venezuela march in Washington on live stream?
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    Don't believe US lies about . They're drumming up fear to justify war. We feel as safe in Caracas as in any large city. We went for a walk just now to show you things are normal. We saw some peaceful pro-Chavista rallies yesterday. Is this scary?
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    BAP was on this U.S. peace delegation to Venezuela.
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    FRSO Member, Sara, is part of a delegation in . Proud of her and the everyone down there!!
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    About to give the statement on behalf of at rally in DC because Ajamu is stuck in .
  15. President Maduro’s message to a U.S. and Canadian peace delegation. My friends were among them.
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    Check out what the U.S. peace delegation BAP participated in learned 👇🏿
  17. F**k these democrats! They may stand up for a minute but then they come crawling back when they feel a little heat.
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    Media are asking why New Zealand intel agencies didn't know about the fascist white supremacist mass killer/s in Christchurch? Answer - they were too busy squandering counterterrorism resources spying on , & activists like me:
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    Members of our US Peace Delegation tried to leave today but cancelled all flights in fear of attack. The only ones we are afraid of here in Caracas is the United States. Witness the Bolivarian militia's revolutionary spirit.
  20. My friends are in Venezuela!
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    I have been warning people for seven years that NZ's counterterrorism resources weren't being used to target terrorists. I was spied on for journalism and non-violent activism. was spied on for suspected copyright infringement! But an actual terrorist with guns wasn't.
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    The U.S. intervention in Venezuela isn’t about democracy or human rights--it’s about recolonizing Latin America, which the United States sees as its “backyard”. Read 👇🏿
  23. Angelic? They mean white.
  24. New Zealand killer wrote a 70-page manifesto. The rest of us struggle with writer’s block and procrastination. But crazy people don’t stop. BTW I’m not making a joke. Just an observation.
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    I suspect there will be many more statements from "Western" governments condemning the massacre in without mentioning Muslims or Islamophobia. Why? Because Islamophobia has been a powerful tool for them and they're not ready to ditch it.
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    The nerve of this guy, a self-identified white guy of European stock, his ancestors came to Australia and New Zealand and took the land from the natives, and he is killing people to "defend" his land from immigrants.
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    Many of the politicians who will express shock and horror at the massacre in New Zealand will be among those who shamelessly incited, encouraged and benefitted from Islamophobia and racism for years. They too are responsible.
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    Many pointed to mass incarceration that targets black people to show the hypocrisy of Paul Manafort's sentencing. But are they mad about the racist criminal justice system, or about Trump? is back on Waking Up with now
  29. We hear endless talk about anti-Semitism but Muslims are targets of state terror and terrorism from self-identified whites.
  30. My dear Muslim sisters and brothers, I am so sorry for this terrorist act committed against your people in New Zealand. You have my deepest condolences.
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    Meghan McCain's whole life is a legacy admission.
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    BAP is on this delegation 👇🏿
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    I didn't hear a single concrete political or policy related statement. Beto's campaign is going to be one long Ted Talk parody.