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"Theirs was a political and intellectual partnership from the beginning. King married a feminist intellectual freedom fighter with unflinching determination, and he could not have been the leader he was without her. Scott King’s activism—her understanding of the evils of racism, poverty, and militarism—started before her marriage, complemented and influenced her husband’s work, and extended well beyond his assassination, in 1968."

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/coretta-scott-king-wrong/682305/

Content warning CW: child protection, colonialism, foster care, racism, indigenous children in care

Hello all, please consider signing this petition to pressure the Conservative Party of Canada to drop Aaron Gunn as the North-Island--Powell-River riding.

> A residential school apologist with a history of sexist and transphobic positions is running for the Conservatives in North Island—Powell River — and the polls have him in the lead.

https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pierre-poilievre-remove-aaron-gunn-as-the-candidate-for-north-island-powell-river

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"On my way to the that says revises and makes the country look inaccurately , I saw a painting from 1946 called “Frightful New York,” in which the female painter, , expressed how jarring it felt to reach the big city after spending three years forcibly incarcerated in an along with 120,000 other innocent under orders from a U.S. president. That painting was made 79 years ago, so don’t tell me that we’re rewriting into history, it has always been there."

https://web.archive.org/web/20250406015618/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/02/trump-art-corrosive-smithsonian-executive-order/

People ask, "What can be done?"

Become aware & act:

The Palestinians are indigenous to Palestine.

The British empire gave most of Palestine to Zionists from Europe to colonise. Out of racism, the British didn't consult the Palestinians.

Now that the US is greenlighting the final ethnic cleansing of Gaza & the West Bank, & Europe is helping, the only thing that can save the Palestinians is mass protests & strikes across the world.

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Analysis: "Musk has a simple diagnosis of what’s ailing America: It’s being destroyed by empathy."

"Musk has argued that empathy is a suicidal trait that is a driving force behind civilizational extinction".

The west should get tough: "bar its doors to immigrants of a certain type & endure temporary hardship so the woke mind virus will die"

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/elon-musk-cant-take-the-heat-wisconsin-supreme-court-empathy-doge/

Psychopathy is marked by lack of empathy &, hence, conscience

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"Organizers of the , one of the largest events for women worldwide, announced that individuals identified as “” will not be permitted to participate in this year’s march, set for June 28.

In a public statement, the group said it has formally added opposition to "" to its list of core principles, citing a commitment “to the community’s values against Zionism, and anti-LGBTQ hatred.”

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hk624lcpyl