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I just keep thinking of all the people who voted for Gary Johnson for president, a man who didn’t even know Aleppo was a city, or where it was, or what was happening there.
FYI you don’t need to be either Syrian or Arab to feel their pain
Aleppo, Syria within the past 8 days:
260 airstrikes, 110 artillery strikes
18 missiles and 86 bombs
At least 253 civilians, including 49 children, have died in shelling, rocket fire and air strikes in Aleppo since the surge in fighting, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group.
Please, at least signal boost this to let the world become more aware of the travesties that the people of Aleppo and throughout Syria are going through. Erase the silence. Erase the world’s blindness towards the people of Syria.
Guys, Direct Relief (directrelief.org) is one of the highest-rated charities with 99% of donated money going directly to their programs. As I’m sure you’ve heard, Aleppo is about to be completely destroyed. DO is assisting with the Syrian Refugee Crisis and can use all the help they can get. If you are in a position to donate, please do so.
Wherein Teen Vogue runs circles around the NYT in journalistic integrity.
Teen Vogue and Cosmo aren’t pulling any punches on reporting on Barron’s Dad. Remember when Cosmo also tried to ask tough interview questions to Ivanka and she hung up on them?
Who says young women’s magazines are still useless and trite?
Fuck the NYT, I might subscribe to Teen Vogue instead.
Teen Vogue also ran stories about culturally appropriated trends by modeling them on girls of the ethnicity they were stolen from (cornrows, “boxer braids,” jelled baby hairs, etc) AND they recently ran an interview with two young Native American women who are at Standing Rock to inform their subscribers of what’s really going at the DAPL protests. Teen Vogue is fucking KILLING it in journalism rn
A leak in the Belle Fourche Pipeline has spilled “more than 176,000 gallons of crude oil” into a nearby Belfield, North Dakota creek.
The leak occurred just 150 miles from where members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and their allies have been camping.
The leak was discovered last week by a landowner rather than the monitoring device which should have detected it.
Wendy Owen, a spokesperson for True Cos., the company that owns the pipeline, told CNBC that it has not yet determined why the equipment didn’t detect its own leak. Read more
On December 12th, over 100,000 people in East Aleppo were trapped in a 5 square kilometer range as they were being bombarded by airstrikes from Russia and the Syrian government to attempt to overtake the rebel-held area. “The Russia-backed ground offensive, which began on November 26, followed an intensive aerial bombing campaign that knocked out most of the medical facilities, targeted civil defence and municipal vehicles and blocked roads with rubble.” The world is sitting and watching a genocide happen before their eyes as civilians are being massacred. Families posted on various social media platforms to say their final goodbyes.
Donate to:
Syria Relief: They work to provide many life-saving essentials including food, medicine and medical care, winter provisions including warm blankets and bedding, as well as an orphan support programme. 88.8% of your donation goes into relief, the remaining go into raising money, and a small portion into admin.
Save The Children: Provides food and water, helps repair water systems, supports hospitals, helps schools, and provides emotional help for children. They have helped over 500 000 children in besieged areas so far. 88% of your donation goes into relief, the remaining goes into fundraising efforts.
Islamic Relief Worldwide: They distribute food packs, clothes and medical supplies to communities under siege within Syria and displaced people along the Turkish border. They are also running or supporting camps and providing livelihood programmes, education and psychosocial support for refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq. 90% of your donation goes into relief and development, the remaining goes into delivery of relief, campaigning, and generating future income.
Karam Foundation: An NPO that develop Innovative Education programs for Syrian refugee youth, distribute Smart Aid to Syrian families, and fund Sustainable Development projects initiated by Syrians for Syrians. They distribute clothes, food, water, flour, blankets, infant formula and other basic necessities. 100% of profit goes into building programs, providing relief, and sustaining development.
