as far as i’m concerned all image generative ai does is steal other people’s labour with no compensation or recognition.

(text generative ai that generates “stories” fits in this category too)

if one very badly wants to make a point in the form of a political comic, then commission an artist instead.

rather than legalized i think the better word is “uncriminalized” with the sort of support that any workers have. Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights was a good read that helped me gain more understanding

fellow border abolitionist! i recommend people to read Borders by Thomas King. Borders are not real. It’s past time for land back

it’s so upsetting to me that so many people don’t realize how bad things are (even with all the proof in the world) UNTIL they are directly affected. so upsetting

very upsetting to find out this comic is ai generated. i wanted to comment on how people like comparing the current us regime to Nazi Germany but never seem to realize that the us itself was founded on the genocide of the Indigenous Peoples.

if you are interested in books for the mostly ignorant may I recommend instead: Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide by Ben White

Ten Myths about Israel by Ilan Pappé

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 by Rashid Khalidi

For more on israel’s crimes: The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé

The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World by Antony Loewenstein

Environmental Warfare in Gaza: Colonial Violence and New Landscapes of Resistance by Shourideh C. Molavi

Gaza Unsilenced edited by Laila El-Haddad and Refaat Alareer

you may have heard of Refaat Alareer, a prominent Palestinian writer and poet who was assassinated (very much the same way Ghassan Kanafani was) in December 2023. There is a collection of his poems and writings released in memory of him in 2024 called If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose that is also worth a read. There are also way more books, fiction or nonfiction, by Palestinian authors that are very much worthwhile once one gets a better understanding of the history of settler colonialism.

GOOD FOR THEM. I AM SO PROUD OF THEM

Perfect Victims And The Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd