Antifascist Omar Mukhtar was born on this day in 1862. He fought colonialism for nearly two decades.
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/356919
‘Omar al-Mokhtar is considered the great symbol for the Libyan resistance (Jihad) against the Italian occupation. In 1922 he reorganized the Mojahideen and re-ignited the resistance against Italy after World War I when the [Fascists] thought that they succeeded in silencing the Libyan resistance. Omar Al-Mokhtar was ill [a] couple of times and many of his comrades asked him to retire and leave the country; he was [nearly] 80 years old. But he refused and kept fighting and he deserved a name given to him as “The Lion of the Desert.” On 16 September, 1931 the [Fascists] hanged Omar Al-Mokhtar in the city of Solouq and they forced the Libyans to watch their hero be hanged. No consideration to Omar Al-Mokhtar's old age, no consideration to international law and no consideration to world war treaties.’
([Source.](https://archive.is/20121216130041/
How to make Iced Latte
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/429490
-Two large tsps of instant coffee
-Dissolve with hot water in the bottom of the cup
-Stir, add milk
-Put ice in glass, move coffee to your glassCheaper than Starbucks
I'm gonna try this with ground coffee and different types of milk. Overall the coffee sets the taste and intensity while the milk sets the texture of the coffee. (Make coffee in a cup then move it to a glass when milk is added to avoid breaking the glass)
Definitely
Well yes poverty in North Korea is real, but not because she said so
This is probably true
Taliban Rewind the Clock: ‘A Woman Is a Helpless and Powerless Creature’
Nearly a year since the Taliban seized power, new restrictions have reshaped the social fabric. Schools and jobs are again off-limits for women, music has been banned, and beards are mandatory for men — just like in the 1990s.
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What's wrong with the compiler Rust already has
I mean, you'd have to be evil to support the invasion, regardless of being a socialist or not.
Announcing /c/Armenia
Welcome to our wonderful little community. Please join the Matrix chat because it's very active and welcoming.
Geopolitics Matrix Chat
I've officially created a geopolitical discussion group on Matrix. I would like to affiliate it with this Lemmy community.
It's crap, I can tell you that. My cousin studies in Moscow and came back for the summer. He visited us today and he was telling us how he hates it there because the entire system is messed up. He also kept saying there isn't a more racist and Nazi country on Earth than Russia.
Wow, Lemmy without federation? That doesn't sound like Lemmy! :)
When are we getting stickers?
Gosh why even fork Lemmy?
Russia is the real source of fascism. As I mentioned elsewhere, today I met with an old colleague who lives in Russia. He repeats any/all political propaganda he sees on TV. Somewhere in-between his going on and on about how Obama's administration is comprised of a bunch of homosexuals, he mentions at one point that the Ukrainian government is full of Nazis. Then the next thing he starts talking about right after that is that western civilization is coming to an end because whites are not reproducing enough and as a result are being replaced by non-whites in USA and Europe.
Really it was an intriguing though horrifying confusion of ideas, courtesy of Russia.
Corrections
There are some problems with the title and description of this community. First of all, Kashmir is not a part of India, so the Indian flag should not be displayed in the title. Second, the description falsely claims that Free Kashmir is "occupied" by Pakistan, when in fact it is India that is occupying Kashmir. India's occupation is violent and has made Kashmir one of the most heavily militarized zones in the world.
It may be all she has in life
I'm sorry to see people somewhere on the Internet coming out against Lemmy. First of all, let me say that I sympathize with the China issue. I'm a Muslim and I have been concerned about the Uyghurs for a very long time. This is not some bandwagon that I am jumping on, and I have ties to the region as well. I moderate the Uyghur sub on Reddit, created #uyghur on matrix.org, and on lemmy.ml I have registered communities like c/uyghur and c/xinjiang. I did that mainly to promote the welfare of Uyghurs and guard against whitewashing of the situation in Xinjiang. Obviously I am pro-Uyghur, and I feel that the admins of lemmy.ml have been gracious enough to respect me as a user and a mod. I have also not seen them engage in censorship of opposing viewpoints on this issue, and we have at least once that I can remember disagreed on China's Uyghur policy here on the site. This did not result in any problem.
Please don't cancel Lemmy, because the software is amazing and the creators really are nice. I don't have to agree with them on politics in China. As long as they're not crazy about it, the situation is manageable. So far they've always been fair.
Even suppose that one day they implement a policy on lemmy.ml that says they won't allow anyone to post pro-Uyghur things. So what? It's their Lemmy instance, they can decide what's on it. I can go start my own instance. I really don't think lemmy.ml has any obligation to do what the community wants. They've already done enough by creating the software and making it FOSS.
Besides, you know how many people posted pro-Uyghur content on c/uyghur since I created it? None. So if you're concerned about how the issue is being represented on this site, maybe you could come post something sometime, or argue in the comments.
Anyway, at present I'm not recommending any other Reddit alternative and probably won't.
Iranian artist @alihayati_ depiction of the skies of Palestine.. From rocks to rockets with a little help from the Persians
Round Palestine Flag Icon
If you want you can use this image for the Lemmy community as well. There is a site that makes these for all country flags, and i prefer this version because compared to "flat" flag images, it's got a little bit of shading to make it visually pleasing. The file size is also impressively small.
Matrix Chat
Glad to see someone already created this sub. I hope it is managed well. I wanted to announce that I created the group "Free Palestine" on matrix.org
Hopefully we can collaborate with this community.
As historic buildings are demolished, some residents of Dushanbe mourn lost memories while others embrace change.
Opinion | ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran Has Failed
A return to the nuclear deal is the first step out of the morass.
Iran belatedly takes delivery of 700,800 AstraZeneca doses as its vaccination programme lags and cases rise.
Iran and U.S. Agree on Path Back to Nuclear Deal
In indirect talks in Vienna, the U.S. and Iran agreed to try to synchronize Washington’s lifting of sanctions and Iran’s limiting of uranium enrichment.
Chinese film "A First Farewell" blurs the lines between narrative and documentary as it chronicles the lives of Uyghur children.
With every aspect of Uyghur life under threat in Xinjiang, China, young Uyghurs in the diaspora have rallied to connect with their culture and each other
Tajikistan has managed to bend Facebook to its will by getting it to register with the local taxman
False dilemma, no?
I think it helps provide a counter-balance to the more right leaning groups trying to avoid mainstream social media.
I think this point is important regardless of political spectrum. Lots of really nasty people have migrated to alternative platforms so that they can be nasty, but I'm glad Lemmy makes it clear enough that it's not one of their nasty spaces.
