First they came for sex workers.
Then they came for trans people.
Then they came for birth control.
Then they came for sex education.
Then they came for marriage equality.
Now they come for women deciding at all whether to give birth.

But first they came for sex workers.
Please remember that.

Because they're still going, and if they succeed, they've made clear what their path is.

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Source of the screencap, exclusively for transparency, because I certainly do not recommend reading its 💩: `georgemagazine.com/what-usha-vances-pregnancy-news-tells-us-about-men-and-women-in-america/`
(Just to prove the above point... the "article" goes on to blame pornography. Of course it does. Sigh.)

#FirstTheyCame #USA #BodyAutonomy #Feminisms

Try forwarding this to your #2a #trump friends and see if it makes a dent?

#civilrights #constititon #firsttheycame

The yellow version will probably hang from a window next to my front door soon.

#LeoniekeBorduurt #borduren #PointDeCroix #CrossStitch #embroidery #FiberArts #LTA26 #FirstTheyCame #ReallyCrossStitch

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@ErikUden
In Israel, it's enough to be Arab for your life not to matter to anyone.

Yinon levi Shot Awdah Hathaleen, and this premeditated execution was documented from many angles.
He went home. Nothing happened to him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Awdah_Hathaleen

In Israel, #Firsttheycame for Arabs, and it's stupid to believe it ends there
( e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Givat_Shaul_shooting )

[there's also the genocide in Gaza, but let's not get distracted]

> Watch | Israeli occupation forces open fire on Palestinian students inside the campus of Birzeit University in Ramallah.
https://t.me/QudsNen/204377
#birzeituniversity #BirZeit
#firsttheycame #לא_השמעתי_את_קולי

The reason? Plotting a ... protest:

> [translated] The moment Israeli army forces confiscated equipment belonging to student movements at Birzeit University, which was intended for an event in support of prisoners.
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/183WctJdNK/
#birzeituniversity #BirZeit
#firsttheycame #לא_השמעתי_את_קולי

Now at #birzeituniversity #BirZeit

> Heavily armed Israeli forces stormed Birzeit University, leaving around 41 people injured, including 9 shot with live ammunition, during the violent raid on the campus.

https://x.com/RamAbdu/status/2008500340480729587

#לא_השמעתי_את_קולי
#firsttheycame

RE: https://social.mondoweiss.net/@mondoweiss/115844501218931169

#לא_השמעתי_את_קולי #firsttheycame #את_כל_השאר_עכשיו

Today I've had the honor to drum in solidarity with #aymangharayeb outside the court at Ofer prison.

From the judge's comments, it appears he intends to accept the 6 month arrest warrant requested by the prosecution in full.
#freeayman
#firsttheycame
#לא_השמעתי_את_קולי
#את_כל_השאר_עכשיו

A #recommended 2min video explaing the #PalestineAction story
#firsttheycame #לא_השמעתי_את_קולי
https://youtu.be/K1A5beQ8J8Y

RE: https://tooot.im/@zvinj/115622035864799173

Tel Aviv University is severely restricting public activity

> For the first time in the university's history, holding a cultural event that is not part of regular academic activity requires approval from the Police

There's a lot more [Hebrew] at https://zoha.org.il/141716/

#firsttheycame

Palestinian activist Ayman Ghrayeb was forcibly disappeared by Israeli forces on 17.11; now he is hospitalized and facing administrative detention.

Ayman Ghrayeb, a prominent Palestinian grassroots activist based in the Jordan Valley, was arrested by Israeli Occupation Forces on Monday, November 17, and disappeared for two days before his lawyers were given any information about his whereabouts.

#לא_השמעתי_את_קולי
#את_כל_השאר_עכשיו
#firsttheycame
#palestine
#aymangharayeb
#freeayman
1/4

@villebooks

I did the math:

* An attack every 20 minutes
* An attack attributed to #IDF every 30 minutes

24/7

https://tooot.im/@zvinj/115496715505463336

#firsttheycame

Israeli attacks on olive harvest ‘threaten Palestinian way of life’
https://archive.md/diZRU
UNRWA says October ‘on track to be the most violent month’ since it began tracking settler violence in 2013.

#firsttheycame #לא_השמעתי_את_קולי

"Germany Tried to Silence Me, a UN Official, for Talking About Israel’s Genocidal War in Gaza" — Francesca Albanese
https://zeteo.com/p/germany-tried-to-silence-me-a-un

#firsttheycame
#לא_השמעתי_את_קולי

> The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Monday that Abu Safia was among five extra names added to the list of Palestinians from Gaza to be released.
...
> But as of the end of Monday, the doctor has not been freed.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/13/calls-grow-for-release-of-gazas-dr-hussam-abu-safia-after-ceasefire-deal

He's not the *only* hostage kidnapped and tortured without charge but that's one of the most infuriating cases of such abuse. Shame on those MKs who boasted his [yet to happen] release was "a gesture of good will".
#firsttheycame #לא_השמעתי_את_קולי

Australian on pro-Palestinian aid flotilla told she will be ‘indefinitely detained’ by Israel unless she signs waiver

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/10/australian-woman-on-pro-palestinian-aid-flotilla-will-be-indefinitely-detained-by-israel-unless-she-signs-waiver

#firsttheycame
#לא_השמעתי_את_קולי

@villebooks
For those who believe occupation remains in #gaza / #westbank / #lebanon / #syria — no one is safe.

#firsttheycame