We can’t give up. Live life intensely and with purpose 🇵🇸

Matt Nelson self-immolates in front of the Isr.aeli embassy in Boston. Thank you for using your voice for Pal.estine, thank you for protesting the inhumane and unbearable conditions and ongoing slaughter of civilians.

The Empire Raised Me

A Poem from Anansi’s Library

I was a soldier for her before I knew her name

Raised to die before I fully knew mine Crafted by hand for eternal war

Raised for combat as the empire’s ward I was raised a soldier

I was built for bowing down

To drop to my knees and worship at the sound of

Blood money capital and oil king’s crown

Obey our enforcers, pray to our flag

Our god is the state and war is her ballad

And you were raised a soldier

Stay your tongue child keep silent I beg

Don’t you know that our god can look into your head

See thoughts and images

Fears and dread and shape it all into will

Ask too many questions

Look through the fog

Set truth to deception and raise up the mob

The beauty of our weapons pointed

In the end this state knows no loyalty

For we were both raised soldiers

Peer through the windows and watch every street

Heed George Jackson’s words

Watch the pigs and never sleep

A muzzle in tall grass

A flashbang in the dark

Soon the fires will start

A stalker in the nighttime

A predator

A drone

Tear gas and flames

Jack boots in your home

Door-to-door searches

To your knees dropping atone

Fearful and wordless we all look on

Toward the burning of Rome this can only progress

Toward panic in the streets

Police violence and unrest

Desperate riots to escape the cruelty

While the guilt is placed square on the shoulders of those in need

Fighting for justice is the greatest of sins

Punished by death since the empire began

And I was raised a soldier

Now the muzzle is at my back

The boots are at my door

The guns are all racked

And like my ancestors before

A hail of bullets will set me free

Express one day delivery

From your state god to thee

Expect from your lord no loyalty

For I was raised a soldier

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The precise circumstances of Aaron’s death were, of course, exceptional. But suicide itself is not an unusual cause of death in the United States. This is an important fact that must not be overlooked.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/03/14/zofj-m14.html

I keep on watching the video and I can’t Help but think about how fucking stupid this guy is. A lot of people around me are talking about how brave he is and I just can’t help but think Aaron’s death may be the single dumbest death ever

Levi Pierpont - Aaron’s Friend Sharing his Life with us , more links below 👇

ARTICLES:

Levi’s Personal Blog Post: LEVIPIERPONT.COM | Aaron 🕊️ https://levipierpont.com/2024/02/27/aaron/

The Palestine Chronicle | US Killing ‘Large Numbers of Palestinians’ in Gaza – What Did Aaron Bushnell Know? https://www.palestinechronicle.com/us-killing-large-numbers-of-palestinians-in-gaza-what-did-aaron-bushnell-know/

The Guardian | Aaron Bushnell was my friend. May he never be forgotten https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/02/aaron-bushnell-death-washington-gaza

Independent Co UK | Inside the Christian commune where an airman who self-immolated for Gaza grew up https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/aaron-bushnell-israel-embassy-childhood-b2503351.html

Middle East Monitor | Soldiers' views on war shifted, says friend of US soldier who self-immolated https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240229-soldiers-views-on-war-shifted-says-friend-of-us-soldier-who-self-immolated/

Times News Global | Air Force Member Inspires Movement for Justice and Conscientious Objectorship https://timesng.com/air-force-member-inspires/

INTERVIEWS:

Democracy Now! | The Life & Death of Aaron Bushnell: U.S. Airman Self-Immolates Protesting U.S. Support for Israel https://youtu.be/6f8MYAF1L9M?si=GL3HnERYRm-RDUa8

The Daily Moth | Interview with Levi Pierpont (ASL) https://youtu.be/sensErE-uxw?si=otRck2rqsGIC9Tkg

CGTN | Bushnell’s friend: Aaron used his own life to send a message https://youtu.be/WH62XOkaFPE?si=UCv8xJl_Z3_mSqrb