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Who are the Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary forces who have provoked an escalating civil war with the Sudanese government?
Known as the Janjawids, these mercenaries accumulated arms, funds, and recruits as shock troops in conflicts throughout the region. Sudanese dictator Omar Al-Bashir was one of their chief funders. They began by crushing a rebellion in the western region of Darfur and went on to play a role in violence in Yemen and elsewhere. In 2019, after demonstrators successfully toppled Al-Bashir, the Rapid Support Forces carried out a massacre to regain control of the capital, #Khartoum.
We documented their rise in this text:
https://crimethinc.com/2019/06/14/sudan-behind-the-massacre-in-khartoum-the-perpetrators-and-the-backstory
Now the Rapid Support Forces are fighting against the Sudanese military, at great cost to ordinary people in Sudan.
The militarization of a society does not benefit anyone in the long run, not even the rulers.
#Sudan
Known as the Janjawids, these mercenaries accumulated arms, funds, and recruits as shock troops in conflicts throughout the region. Sudanese dictator Omar Al-Bashir was one of their chief funders. They began by crushing a rebellion in the western region of Darfur and went on to play a role in violence in Yemen and elsewhere. In 2019, after demonstrators successfully toppled Al-Bashir, the Rapid Support Forces carried out a massacre to regain control of the capital, #Khartoum.
We documented their rise in this text:
https://crimethinc.com/2019/06/14/sudan-behind-the-massacre-in-khartoum-the-perpetrators-and-the-backstory
Now the Rapid Support Forces are fighting against the Sudanese military, at great cost to ordinary people in Sudan.
The militarization of a society does not benefit anyone in the long run, not even the rulers.
#Sudan
https://youtu.be/aREfr2cDLGA
Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone.
😅😢🤷♂🔥🧊 we're doomed
Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone.
😅😢🤷♂🔥🧊 we're doomed
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U.N.'s Dire Climate Report | The Daily Show
Maybe the U.N. should lower their expectation that we take "collective action"?
Watch new episodes of #TheDailyShow Monday to Thursday at 11 p.m. ET on CTV Comedy Channel: https://www.ctv.ca/shows/the-daily-show
Watch new episodes of #TheDailyShow Monday to Thursday at 11 p.m. ET on CTV Comedy Channel: https://www.ctv.ca/shows/the-daily-show
Forwarded from Ministry of good ideas
Good idea: create equality.
1. Small individual bias → Large collective bias.
When someone says a culture is shapist, they're not saying the individuals in it are shapist. They're not attacking you personally.
2. The past haunts the present.
Your bedroom floor doesn't stop being dirty just coz you stopped dropping food all over the carpet. Creating equality is like staying clean: it takes work. And it's always a work in progress.
3. Demand diversity near you.
If small biases created the mess we're in, small anti-biases might fix it. Look around you. Your friends, your colleagues, that conference you're attending. If you're all triangles, you're missing out on some amazing squares in your life - that's unfair to everyone. Reach out, beyond your immediate neighbors.
https://ncase.me/polygons/
1. Small individual bias → Large collective bias.
When someone says a culture is shapist, they're not saying the individuals in it are shapist. They're not attacking you personally.
2. The past haunts the present.
Your bedroom floor doesn't stop being dirty just coz you stopped dropping food all over the carpet. Creating equality is like staying clean: it takes work. And it's always a work in progress.
3. Demand diversity near you.
If small biases created the mess we're in, small anti-biases might fix it. Look around you. Your friends, your colleagues, that conference you're attending. If you're all triangles, you're missing out on some amazing squares in your life - that's unfair to everyone. Reach out, beyond your immediate neighbors.
https://ncase.me/polygons/
Parable of the Polygons
A playable post on how harmless choices can make a harmful world.
Ein kleiner, aber wichtiger Schritt:
EU-Parlament beschliesst «grösstes Klimaschutzgesetz aller Zeiten» https://www.watson.ch/!220371180
EU-Parlament beschliesst «grösstes Klimaschutzgesetz aller Zeiten» https://www.watson.ch/!220371180
watson.ch
EU-Parlament hat sich mit dem «grössten Klimaschutzgesetz aller Zeiten» hohe Ziele gesetzt
Das EU-Parlament hat ein Paket zum Klimaschutz verabschiedet. Kernstück ist eine Verschärfung des Emissionshandels, die durch einen Sozialfonds abgefedert wird.
Forwarded from CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
Atlanta Police and Georgia State Patrol Are Guilty of Murder
https://crimethinc.com/Atlanta2023
Yesterday, three months after the police murdered Manuel Paez Teran—known in Weelaunee forest as Tortuguita—the Dekalb County Medical Examiner finally released the results of the autopsy conducted on January 19. At last, it is plain for all to see how little evidence there is that Tortuguita shot at the officers, despite the allegations of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Drawing on the autopsy and other evidence, we debunk the police narrative about the events of January 18 and explore what the police stand to gain from lying.
#StopCopCity
https://crimethinc.com/Atlanta2023
Yesterday, three months after the police murdered Manuel Paez Teran—known in Weelaunee forest as Tortuguita—the Dekalb County Medical Examiner finally released the results of the autopsy conducted on January 19. At last, it is plain for all to see how little evidence there is that Tortuguita shot at the officers, despite the allegations of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Drawing on the autopsy and other evidence, we debunk the police narrative about the events of January 18 and explore what the police stand to gain from lying.
#StopCopCity
Heute ist es wieder soweit und der diesjährige Bounce Cypher findet statt. In einer mehrstündigen Sendung battlen sich Schweizer Newcomer, alte Freestyle-Recken und CH-Rap-"Superstars" aus allen Teilen des Landes und in allen Landessprachen. Hier der Trailer: https://youtu.be/-VwJh_U3pzw
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Bounce #CYPHER23 – Trailer und Reveal von Pablos Co-Host | SRF
Bounce #CYPHER23 here we come! Der grösste Live-Rap-Event der Schweiz geht dieses Jahr am Donnerstag, 20. April, über die Bühne – und zwar mit einem neuem Co-Host neben Altmeister Pablo. Die beiden machen sich bereits jetzt fit für sechs Stunden fette Punchlines…
Hier https://www.srf.ch/cypher23-der-bounce-cypher-2023 oder auf youtube gehts zum Livestream. Leider vermisse ich in der Vorankündigung ein paar illustre Namen wie KT Gorique oder Steezo. Dafür sind CH-Rap-Pionier "Black Tiger, Freestyle-Grössen wie Milchmaa oder Knackeboul oder Lo & Leduc, und ein paar meiner momentanen CH-Lieblingsrapper wie Sulaya, Xen, Dezmond Dez, Ali und Mimiks mit von der Partie.
Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)
#Cypher23 - Der Bounce Cypher 2023
Live ab 16 Uhr: Das jährliche Klassentreffen der Schweizer Rapszene – mit Lo & Leduc, XEN, Luuk, Gigi & Co.
SRF Bounce Cypher: Diese 9 Artists batteln um Ruhm und Ehre https://www.watson.ch/!831225337
watson.ch
SRF Bounce Cypher 2023: Diese Rapper reimen sich heute um Kopf und Kragen
Einmal im Jahr versammelt sich die Crème de la Crème der Schweizer Rap-Szene in den SRF-Studios. Wir stellen dir 9 Künstlerinnen und Künstler vor.
Cleopatra erscheint demnächst als Dokudrama auf Netflix. Nun hagelt es aus Ägypten "Blackwashing"-Vorwürfe gegen Produzentin Jada Pinkett-Smith. Als Gal Gadot 2021 für eine Neuverfilmung als ägyptische Herrscherin im Gespräch war, lautete der Vorwurf noch "Whitewashing". Das eigentliche Problem liegt jedoch woanders: "Während nämlich Angelina Jolie und Gal Gadot ohne Probleme auch einmal eine ägyptische Königin verkörpern dürfen, „Exotik“ und Anderssein als Spiel ihrem Repertoire hinzufügen können, ist es für Schwarze Frauen kaum möglich, von der ihnen zugeschriebenen Hautfarbe abzusehen."
https://geschichtedergegenwart.ch/kleopatra-schwarz-oder-weiss-hintergruende-einer-schwarzweissen-debatte/
https://geschichtedergegenwart.ch/kleopatra-schwarz-oder-weiss-hintergruende-einer-schwarzweissen-debatte/
Geschichte der Gegenwart
Kleopatra – Schwarz oder Weiß? Hintergründe einer schwarzweißen Debatte
Braucht es wirklich eine Neuverfilmung von Kleopatra? Paramount meint ja und hat als Hauptdarstellerin die israelische Schauspielerin Gal Gadot verpflichtet. Regie führt Patty Jenkins und das Buch...
Forwarded from Colourful Voices antira
@colourful_voices Antira Mag