This is another iconic moment from the toppling & disposal of the monument to slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol, UK.
(Photographer not identified)

Kashmiris should not have to put up with any crap from nationalists on my wall but every once in a while they make a run on my wall to spew their hate. If I don’t catch them, let me know they’re lurking here like ugly trolls so I can set them packing on the end of my foot. There’s nothing to be learned from tolerance of their rubbish. We have to preserve our adrenalin for life’s real battles with nationalist forces, not fritter it away on little piss-heads with a computer. You know what I mean?

If we do not stand with the Rohingya, they will continue to be turned away from ports, will continue to drown, will continue to live in camps with no internet, no education, no work, no hope, will continue to be dumped on Bhasan Char in the middle of nowhere with no ability to earn a living & no ability to escape, will continue to suffer genocide in Burma. They are our brothers & sisters & one of our most urgent human rights concerns.
#Black4Rohingya

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/malaysia-turns-away-boat-carrying-around-300-rohingya/1874122?

In response to some who apparently think me too tolerant of stone pelters in Palestine & Kashmir, even encouraging of them: In 1983, I was in Belfast & Derry, Northern Ireland because the hunger strike had just ended. British occupying forces constantly ran convoys of armored vehicles throughout the cities with rifles on turrets swiveling to point directly at children on their way to school, young mothers with their baby strollers, & elderly pedestrians. When I put my camera up to take a picture of a gunman, he aggressively directed his rifle right at me. At one time in Derry, a convoy drove up & dozens of soldiers rifles in hand climbed out encircling me in their operation, heedless of my fear or safety.
A group of small boys between 8 & 10 toured me through the Catholic neighborhood in Belfast to show me the many murals put up to honor the hunger strikers like Bobby Sands. Every time a convoy of armored vehicles passed by, the boys would pummel them with rocks. I was terrified & struck by their courage. The boys may have been showing off a bit to a Yankee coward but this was in fact their ritual. I understand stone pelting. I understand its motivation. I understand the class it comes from. At least I think I do. But mostly, I would never condemn youth who stand unarmed against oppression for choosing the only weapon at their disposal. Stone pelting isn’t antisocial behavior against a colonial occupation. The oppressed have the right to defend themselves by any means necessary.
(Photo is the stone pelters of Belfast, 1983)

You can be #Black4Rohingya in several ways: by posting an article about their struggle; with a simple meme saying #Black4Rohinga; with memes demanding Bangladesh restore the internet in the camps or allow children to be schooled & their parents to work; by posting a selfie of yourself in black; or just by posting a photo of their sweet little kids. Today is a special day to declare our solidarity with them against genocide & oblivion. As Kashmiris, Palestinians, Uyghur, West Papuans know too well, there can be no solidarity if no one knows about the hell of your oppression.

Johannesburg, South Africa #Black4Rohingya

Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh #Black4Rohingya

Kashmiri human rights supporter Asif Amin Tibet Baqual is #Black4Rohingya.

After such a long period when Kashmiris were being censored & bounced right & left off social media followed by the telecommunications lockdown when they were silenced, it’s a great pleasure to see lots of them back on Twitter. They have a lot to say & they say it in a no-nonsense way, often using my favorite genre of sarcasm. It’s really worth following them so if you have trouble finding them, let me know & I can give you some of their addresses.

Posted on June 13,, 2020