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31, it/whatever, te āti awa kiritea māori. bad brains + disabled. games and media over at @vieragender.bsky.social 🇵🇸 free palestine 🇵🇸

Today, 144 years ago, 1600 Crown troops invaded a pacifist settlement that was the centre of resistance against British colonialism. The leaders were arrested, the settlement sacked, the people violated. For many in Aotearoa, November 5th is Parihaka Day, or Te Rā o te Pāhua: The Day of Plunder.

A black and white photograph of a settlement, Parihaka, with a great snow capped mountain (Taranaki Maunga) in the background

cis women voting for sexual assault for their cis and trans daughters to access female sports is going to bring back a forgotten classic of feminist analysis: the ways in which mothers oppress and control their daughters

We've seen what happens to US military bases now. And the US doesn't defend them - just lets them, and their local vassals, get bombed whenever they start a stupid war (which seems to be every few months). Why take that risk? Kick the yanks out.

I've been doing some volunteer work transcribing submissions on the Homosexual Law Reform Bill in 1985. It's striking how many subs supporting the bill speak about the difficulty in finding a community of peers under such an oppressive regime Makes me think about banning under 16s from social media

Jesus fucking Christ. Opportunity’s deputy advocating for compulsory military service in Aotearoa. Based on ISRAEL’s military service. Get in the bin opportunity. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 #nzpol

Mountain Tui@mountaintui.bsky.social · 4w ago

Opportunity Party's Deputy David Eb on the "great Kiwi cohesion project" #NZPOL Same guy who said he would vote National if not OPP this election archive.is/PiE25#select...

Israel is an extreme example. It's social cohesion policy is designed to support a cycle of seemingly endless war. But, politics aside, there are lessons there too. Half of the nation's school-leavers spend up to three years serving in the Israeli Defence Force, leaving with subsidised tertiary study or business loans. The country sits in the desert, wedged among enemies and lacks natural resources, yet leads the world in start-ups per capita and has 60+ NASDAQ listed companies. This entrepreneurial spirit is often attributed to national military service, where young Israelis develop a variety of skills, practice initiative & responsibility and fast-track their careers through military-to-business networks.
Our great Kiwi cohesion project should be a national year of service, built around our best asset; young New Zealanders.

Palestinian skateboarder in Gaza doing a kickflip over an unexploded US-made (in Garland, Texas) Mk. 84 2000lb aerial bomb, provided to Israel as one of many tens of thousands of aerial bombs in the 1,000 and 2,000lb class included in US military assistance.

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