<A thread for #25November> Today is a day of revolutionary martyrs. Our chosen ancestors.
25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence, marks the day in 1960 that the Mirabal sisters were assassinated in the fight to see the Dominican Republic liberated.
25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence, marks the day in 1960 that the Mirabal sisters were assassinated in the fight to see the Dominican Republic liberated.
25 November, the day in 1994 that the Koothuparambu communist student activists were gunned down in Kerala, India.
25 November, the day that our comandante Fidel left us four years ago — defying the hundreds of attempts by Empire on his life, during his life.
A big blessing and joy I have as a militant is to make images to remember where we come from, to know where we are going. Here are some images for 25 November, and women leaders we’ve lost to violence. Marielle. Berta. Qiu Jin.
Compa #Maradona—the people’s player of the beautiful game—I am already thinking about the drawing I can do to send you off, as you join our comrades.
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