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It makes me sad to say, but part of why I post these pictures is fear that America is about to attack Iran, destroying a place and a people that I love dearly.
I hope Americans can learn how their governments’ policies are damaging other nations.
I hope Americans can learn how their governments’ policies are damaging other nations.
No people should ever need to be “humanised”- but I think Americans have gotten so used to the idea of bombing the Middle East that they forget there are real people and places they’re obliterating.
And living today in Iran in the shadow of US war, I see so few ways to stop it
And living today in Iran in the shadow of US war, I see so few ways to stop it
It’s not just war- US sanctions have thrown Iran’s currency into free fall, leading to shortages and pushing millions into instant poverty.
A nation is being obliterated piece by piece, while Trump watches in glee. It’s hard to describe how hopeless and overwhelmed Iranians are
A nation is being obliterated piece by piece, while Trump watches in glee. It’s hard to describe how hopeless and overwhelmed Iranians are
The other day a friend came to my house distraught. She was walking over and saw an old man having a seizure.
As she tried to help, he said he ran out of seizure medicine -because of US sanctions, prices had doubled. He said the seizure was minor enough he wouldn’t use medicine
As she tried to help, he said he ran out of seizure medicine -because of US sanctions, prices had doubled. He said the seizure was minor enough he wouldn’t use medicine
At my local grocery store they’ve rationed basic foods like cheese and rice, and people wait in line for hours for subsidised meat. It’s so sad to see
US sanctions have transformed Iran into a war economy almost over night
#NoWarWithIran
US sanctions have transformed Iran into a war economy almost over night
#NoWarWithIran
I feel like these stories of how much Iranians are suffering because of US sanctions have so little effect on Americans. It really scares me.
But maybe, just maybe, if we remind them that there are pretty churches in Iran, they won’t allow Trump to bomb us to shreds
But maybe, just maybe, if we remind them that there are pretty churches in Iran, they won’t allow Trump to bomb us to shreds
Do you think if every time they launched a war, Americans were forced to ration basic food and medicine and wait in lines for hours to buy meat. Would they be this trigger happy about invading other countries?
The privilege of being an empire and not even realising it
The privilege of being an empire and not even realising it
The reality is that this is what actually happens in the US: billions of money for war abroad, and yet so little money for medicine and education!
