An estimated Twenty-seven ships to set sail for Gaza from multiple ports to break Israel’s siege on the enclave.
This will be activist Greta Thunberg’s second mission, having been taken captive by Israel earlier this year when her ship and fellow crew members were sprayed with illicit chemicals and boarded unlawfully in international waters. The Handala and her crew also suffered a similar fate earlier this summer.
Dozens of people gathered on Saturday at the port of Barcelona where a flotilla will set sail for Gaza on Sunday. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is hoping to break… the naval blockade imposed by Israel along the coast of the Gaza Strip since 2007… (AP video and production by Hernan Munoz)
Additional information:
The Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza: Everything you need to know
Largest flotilla for Gaza hopes to pressure Israel to end blockade
She has powerful energy. She is the type of personality that will actually change this world, not internet complainers like you and me.
We are “complaining” on a revolutionary decentralized app that is challenging evil corporations and their monopoly on information. Everyone can do his part, upvote serious threads like this one and help lemmy grow
Nah, dude, you aren’t doing shit here. Stop justifying ineptitude and reluctance. She’s out there making tangible changes, you are here tapping buttons.
Playing the blame game and shaming people isn’t going to suddenly motivate or inspire anybody to do better.
Advancing discourse and raising the consciousness of others on a decentralized platform is doing something, especially in a landscape where public discourse is regularly stunted and manipulated on centralized platforms.
Shit-slinging only makes a mess, but so often that is where discourse goes on most platforms. And to what end? So people can get more hateful and angry? So we can cry ourselves to sleep more frequently because of the state of the world and our collective learned helplessness?
I see people forging more productive discussions and healthy communities on the fediverse and I’m certain there is immense value in that.
You don’t recognize that as enough, which is fine, but instead of blaming and shaming others for what you perceive as inaction, I’d suggest including a direct call to action in your postings - if you feel it is relevant to the discussion you are participating in. Bonus points if it is actionable for a wide audience. Or don’t, your choice - no judgement here.
While you make some good points, have you heard the expression ”talk is cheap”? There’s no lack of talk.
There certainly is a lack of talk. The bulk of Trump supporters only get ‘news’ from a curated rightwing media source. They do not know about the situation in Gaza or the U.S. support for it. They do not know that Trump is threatening Canada’s sovereignty. They are not all inherently evil for supporting the right wing, they are ignorant of reality. Communication and education is key. And we can’t beat the billionaires unless we find a way to allow truthful communication to actually happen.
The billionaires are probably pretty content with people trying to figure out ”truthful communication” while the people who stormed the Capitol keep winning.
Of course actions speak louder than words, but very few people know how to act in the interest of the common good effectively - I’d argue even fewer know how to share their methods and drive, while also being capable of reaching and inspiring others to find their own answers.
We need to have conversations about effective action organically, many times over, instead of being led like the donkey in the carrot and the stick metaphor when it comes to facing and solving the problems we face as a society, species, and world.
Don’t project it on everyone else, not everyone is here tapping buttons, some people are having serious discussions and sharing quality content. Lemmy is a social media that can be used to make positive change in the world, use it to do good.
This is how you justify inaction. Pretending shitposting is a revolutionary act, what a joke. And almost 40 basement dwellers agree.
We’re fucking cooked and some of you think you’re actually fighting.