To mothers everywhere who know horror but continue to fight for love, justice, and peace.
Please read through for some history on this holiday (yet another hijacked by Hallmark capitalism) and a letter from @munira_elnajar in Gaza 🙏🙏
It was a harsh day for our annual kite flight for Palestine with @mopslubbock and @ttusjp
A really windy, gusty Lubbock day.
But it really goes to show, that to stand in solidarity you must show up, no matter which way the wind is blowing.
So grateful to the moms and community members of this place, who have been showing up.
With their kids, with handmade kites, with snacks, and with signs of support.
Even when it’s hard.
Even when it seems that no one else is doing it, that no one else cares.
Even when you know your government is complicit in these crimes, and the media is biased.
Even when you still see people suffering, caught in limbo, unable to reconstruct and rebuild, still in tents and broken buildings in G4za.
Even when you see people still getting gunned down in Ramallah, or their homes bulldozed and taken over by settlers.
Even when the sun is scorching and the wind bites your skin.
Even when the wind pushes you in one direction, your moral compass still shows true north.
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Free Palestine until Palestine is free. 🍉
Please consider our friends, send some love ❤️ and donations 💸 if you are able—
@ahmed_alsabe@quietlight2024@heba.aysh
It was a proper Lubbock windy day for our kite flight yesterday 😂 🌪️
But thank you SO MUCH to everyone who came and gave it their all. 🪁🪁🪁
Truly love you guys. 💗
Because it’s Free Palestine until Palestine is free ✌️🇵🇸
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Come and join us on Sunday, April 26, 3-5pm at MacKenzie Park (see last slide for exact location) to fly kites in solidarity!
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Please share! See you out there!
Mark your calendars for the 3rd annual Lubbock Kite Flight in solidarity with Palestine! We will be meeting again at MacKenzie Park on Sunday, April 26 from 3-5pm.
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Bring your own kite, if you have one. If not, please come out and we will have some extras on hand!
📆Sunday, April 26
⏰3-5 pm
📍MacKenzie Park (same spot as last year— off of E. Broadway, where Santa land is)
Hey everyone! We're hoping to spread some good energy in early April by doing another mutual aid run for the unhoused community in Lubbock.
Back in late January before the huge winter storm, with the help of @eastlubbockarthouse , @defenddemocracylbk , and many other community members and groups, we were able to distribute aid to over 50+ Lubbockites thanks to the communities donations of money, clothes, and other supplies. We were able to make 25+ care packages, give out warm chilli, hot chocolate, and pizza, and distribute warm clothing/blankets around the Southeast, Downtown, and Heart of Lubbock throughout the morning before the storm. And the most important part, this all was organized in under 48 hours!
With your help, we can do this again, but with more time to prepare. We'll need donations of clothes, blankets, and hygiene essentials. If interested, DM us, and we'd happy to pick up donations from you! Other ways you can support is by donating on Venmo, and that money will go towards meal distribution and more assemblies of care packages. We're always open to having extra hands for our distribution, so if you'd like to be apart of it on the day of April 3rd, please message us and we can give you more information on how to volunteer.
🚨Christians: If your pastor is twisting theology to to justify this evil, find a new church. (@shane.claiborne )
First slides are an excerpt from a comic by @ellenogradyart explaining the colonial ideology of Christian Z1onism, which is held by some of the most powerful and influential leaders in our government.
Our military members are reporting that commanding officers are calling this a “holy war”!!
Christians of clear moral convictions—STAND UP AND SPEAK OUT AGAINST THIS! Challenge your leaders and keep watch against this dangerous eschatological ideology!!
Lubbock community, join us this weekend in solidarity with Minnesota!
The violence of the state is expanding with the increase of I.C.E terror squad presence across our communities. Now is the time to stand together in the struggle against I.C.E. forces that are plaguing our schools, hospitals, workplaces, and streets. We must unite in solidarity with everyone who has been kidnapped, maimed, murdered, and separated from their loved ones by American fascism.
The general strike in Minneapolis on Friday, January 23rd was only the beginning, with another general strike being called nationally for Friday, January 30th. We demand justice for Keith Porter, Renee Good, Alex Pretti, Heber Sanchaz Dominguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Parady La, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, Geraldo Lunas Campos, and everyone who has been killed/harmed by the state through intentional neglect and abuse.
It is our duty to stand up for our neighbors and against the American death machine. From Palestine to Minneapolis to Lubbock, militarism against the oppressed must be challenged and defeated.
Last minute mutual aid effort! The storm coming in tomorrow is going to be intense, and we want to provide any support we can. Drop off any donations at East Lubbock Art House by 7pm tonight, or message us (@ttusjp ) if you need us to pick it up. Warm clothings is of highest priority, so dig through your closet and find stuff you no longer use, and we'll give it out. Stay warm out there!
“This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.” —Aaron Bushnell
Thank you @defenddemocracylbk for mobilizing for justice for Renee Good and the others who have lost their lives at the hands of the goon squad. As I told my kids, it’s important that we speak out when things are wrong.
@mopslubbock
