I forgot to post these when I got them in, but my Vaccine Queens pins from @savannahalexandraart came in! I got Miss Pfizer since that’s the vaccine I got, but had to get Miss Moderna too, because I love Dolly Parton. 🥰 These are SO cute, I love them! #vaccinequeens #savannahalexandra #misspfizer #missmoderna #saintdolly #fullyvaxxed #supportartists #pinup #kawaiiaf
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Massive Attack cancel Liverpool gig to boycott arms fair at venue | Massive Attack | The Guardian
Del Naja said the gig, which was supposed to be putting into effect the carbon reduction methods the band researched with the University of Manchester, can be rearranged.
He said: “The one-off testbed show planned for Liverpool involved design, planning and relationship building on a scale that dwarfs any conventional tour, so it’s really disappointing that for reasons way beyond our control we can’t pull it off. But showing solidarity with the people of Liverpool at this crucial moment supersedes that.
“We can rearrange a testbed show, but applying a wider focus, I can’t imagine a more graphic example of the psychosis of the systems we live by than what’s playing out in Liverpool.”
Del Naja added: “On the eve of a global event that’s totally critical if we’re to avoid a catastrophic extinction event, arms barons are shop-windowing technologies that inevitably harm and incarcerate people; often in the hands of states already acknowledged to be human rights violators.
“The International Red Cross says that the impacts of climate emergency seriously increase the risks of armed conflict, by exacerbating existing social, economic and environmental factors. In what world is that an ‘opportunity’ worth promoting? As artists, we cannot travel along with that.” …
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A decade of protesting finally achieved this! SMH
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On this day, 11 September 1973, right-wing general Augusto Pinochet launched a coup against the elected left-wing government in Chile of Salvador Allende. Allende had appointed Pinochet as head of his armed forces the previous month, and used the position to orchestrate the coup. (Content note: this post contains graphic descriptions of violence and sexual violence)
On day one, the new government began rounding up thousands of people – mostly working class activists and left-wingers – in the national stadium, killing many. The brutal military dictatorship, which was backed by western powers like the US and UK, implemented the harsh right-wing economic ideology of the neoliberal Chicago Boys.
While international observers heralded the resultant “economic miracle”, in reality living standards declined for the vast majority of the population, with wages falling and spending on healthcare, education and housing being cut.
Any workers who attempted to resist were murdered, tortured, imprisoned or “disappeared”. A popular method of execution by the regime was to throw civilians to their deaths from helicopters into the ocean or over the Andes mountains. Many of the alt right today celebrate these murders with “helicopter memes”.
Over the next 17 years, more than 3,000 people were murdered by the regime, with more than 37,000 others illegally imprisoned or tortured. Many prisoners, men and women, were systematically raped and sexually abused by guards, with women a particular target. In addition to being violated by guards, some women were sexually assaulted with dogs, rats and spiders, and forced to have sex with male family members. Many children of those killed were given to the Catholic church, or adopted, with the children either not informed or told their parents had died in accidents. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1805168589668283/?type=3
we really don’t talk enough about the fact paris hilton’s sex tape opens with a dedication to 9/11???
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