Be not hasty in making friends; and do not cast off those whom you have made.
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| — | Solon, in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius (via philosophybits) |
On this day, 14 July 2011, the Israeli “tent protest” movement began when Daphni Leef pitched a tent in central Tel Aviv after learning that she could not afford a flat. Within 24 hours, dozens joined her and over the coming fortnight a nationwide protest movement against housing prices, high cost of living and social inequality emerged: the largest predominantly Jewish protest movement in Israel’s history. However, the movement was stifled by Israeli nationalism. This is an interesting short account and analysis of the movement: https://libcom.org/library/israels-%E2%80%98tent-protests%E2%80%99-chilling-effect-nationalism https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1166571513527997/?type=3
Thread by @SankofaBrown
I myself am currently reading This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed and it’s very enlightening. Brilliantly illuminates how the actual Civil Rights Movement was a melding of non-violent direct action with disciplined, armed self-defence.
Miniature Coffin of Tutankhamun
The interior of the alabaster canopic chest of King Tutankhamun was divided into four compartments, each holding a miniature gold coffin containing the viscera of the king, wrapped in bandages.
These mummiform coffins were decorated inside with texts and outside with a feather design inlaid in carnelian and colored glass and the titles of the king. Each coffin was under the protection of one of the four sons of Horus. This one was dedicated to Hapi and to Nephthys.
From the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 60688
