Report from San Paulo: Massive Police Violence Against Nonviolent Protesters
Photo above: Turkish solidarity - “Resist Brazil. We’re together in this fight.”
The protests in Sao Paulo, Brazil started with the bus fare hikes but have become about many things, including police violence. It is really a protest about the poor transportation in the cities. Urban mobility is a human right and the people are asserting their rights. I went on Tuesday night and the police were aggressive but not as bad as on Thursday. When the police started firing tear gas, the protesters stood their ground for a while and chanted, “Thursday will be bigger.” It most certainly was. There is a new protest planned for Monday about 15 minutes away from my house. I have already started rescheduling my classes so I can go. I might have a front row seat to history being made.
Below are 18 photos and videos that show the protesters in Sao Paulo, Brazil will not back down.
Once again, social media proves to be a better news source for revolutions around the world than the mainstream media.
Incredible tumblrs and websites have been popping up documenting what is happening here in São Paulo and why.
http://oquenaosainatv.tumblr.com/
http://saladuprising.tumblr.com/
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This is the clearest lake in the world. And a very fine lake it is. Klaus Thymann captured this and other stunning photos of New Zealand’s Blue Lake, 95% as clear as distilled water. Its source is filtered by mountain rocks and it’s above the treeline, so it misses out on most runoff.
Via The Guardian
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16-year-old Cherie Currie of The Runaways
(Source: queens0fnoise, via bitter-feminist)
The contained sea
scalds my furry legs
as I ease into the tub
each movement of each limb
curling the water to the outskirts
of the porcelain walls.
I let the water fill my collarbone
and dream of different days
in different lands
and different oceans.
-Eryn
tw self harm
I’m sorry for posting this, it’s just I always see pictures on here of girls with flowers drawn around their cuts or pictures of blood in the shape of hearts or people rebloging pictures of scars and saying “I don’t support self harm but for some reason this looks really beautiful” and it really fucking annoys me
self harm is a real problem faced by real people, you may not be meaning to but posts like those mentioned glamorise it and trivialise it and its just not right.
pictures. of. cuts/scars. are. not. cute.
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