"Those with the clearest view are the ones bearing the brunt of such attacks. Whether it’s the sheriffs, police, or Border Patrol, “it was brutal violence,” said Ron Gochez, a community organizer, who was part of the protests. “What they didn’t think was going to happen was that the people would resist.” Over eight hours on Saturday, he said, after a battle with Border Patrol—“and it was a battle, because there were people throwing back tear gas, people throwing anything that they could to defend themselves and to defend the workers that were being surrounded”—the Border Patrol retreated. “And the hundreds of workers that were in the factories around them were able to escape,” Gochez recounted. “They were able to go to their cars and go home. That was only thanks to the resistance that allowed them to go home that night.” If any community was going to fight back without apology, it was this one."
newrepublic.com/article/196328…
newrepublic.com/article/196328…
The Los Angeles Protests Are an Act of Self-Defense
Residents of L.A. aren’t merely protesting ICE; they’re attempting to protect their communities from ICE’s raids.The New Republic
![Sony Thang
@nxt888
A century back?
Glad you brought it up.
Because a hundred years ago, there was no "Israel."
There was only Palestine.
And Palestinians — Muslims, Christians, and Jews — living side by side under colonial rule.
Then came the Balfour Declaration: a promise made by an empire that didn’t own the land, to a movement that didn’t live on it, while the people who did were treated as if they didn’t exist.
Then came British rifles. Zionist militias. Imported settlers.
A project that saw the native not as a neighbor, but as a problem to be solved.
Massacres didn’t begin on October 7th.
They began in Deir Yassin. Tantura. Lydda. Safsaf. Al-Dawayima. Kafr Qasim.
Places you erase because you know memory is your greatest threat.
The Nakba wasn’t a war.
It was ethnic cleansing wrapped in a flag no one recognized.
You say "go back a century" like it’s a warning.
But history is not on your side.
Because the more we rewind, the clearer it gets:
Palestinians didn’t invade anything. They were invaded.
They didn’t erase anyone. They were erased.
So yes, let’s go back.
All the way back.
Because the further we go, the louder the truth becomes.
And the quieter your myth gets.
2:52 AM · Jul 9, 2025 · 76.6K Views
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William Ernstoff
@ernstoff
And if you go back a century? I dont think you want to play this game, buddy
2:17 AM · Jul 9, 2025 · 3 Views](https://friendica.eskimo.com/photo/preview/640/7950246 "Sony Thang
@nxt888
A century back?
Glad you brought it up.
Because a hundred years ago, there was no \"Israel.\"
There was only Palestine.
And Palestinians — Muslims, Christians, and Jews — living side by side under colonial rule.
Then came the Balfour Declaration: a promise made by an empire that didn’t own the land, to a movement that didn’t live on it, while the people who did were treated as if they didn’t exist.
Then came British rifles. Zionist militias. Imported settlers.
A project that saw the native not as a neighbor, but as a problem to be solved.
Massacres didn’t begin on October 7th.
They began in Deir Yassin. Tantura. Lydda. Safsaf. Al-Dawayima. Kafr Qasim.
Places you erase because you know memory is your greatest threat.
The Nakba wasn’t a war.
It was ethnic cleansing wrapped in a flag no one recognized.
You say \"go back a century\" like it’s a warning.
But history is not on your side.
Because the more we rewind, the clearer it gets:
Palestinians didn’t invade anything. They were invaded.
They didn’t erase anyone. They were erased.
So yes, let’s go back.
All the way back.
Because the further we go, the louder the truth becomes.
And the quieter your myth gets.
2:52 AM · Jul 9, 2025 · 76.6K Views
[quote]
William Ernstoff
@ernstoff
And if you go back a century? I dont think you want to play this game, buddy
2:17 AM · Jul 9, 2025 · 3 Views")
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