• roopa • 🍉🇵🇸
@radroopa.bsky.social
Taking all the lessons learned from BLM and TRC from my 15 years on Twitter. Applying that anti-racist + anti-colonial lens to the Palestinian struggle against the settler colonial occupation of Israel. FREE PALESTINE. Decolonize. Resist. ✊🏽🇵🇸
Two years ago, as I was horrified by the carnage in Gaza in just seven days, I spent hours making this chart to make sense of what I was witnessing on my phone.
As someone with a lot of knowledge about colonialism in Canada, the comparisons were palpable…and the learning curve was steep.
As someone with a lot of knowledge about colonialism in Canada, the comparisons were palpable…and the learning curve was steep.
October 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Two years ago, as I was horrified by the carnage in Gaza in just seven days, I spent hours making this chart to make sense of what I was witnessing on my phone.
As someone with a lot of knowledge about colonialism in Canada, the comparisons were palpable…and the learning curve was steep.
As someone with a lot of knowledge about colonialism in Canada, the comparisons were palpable…and the learning curve was steep.
Israeli settlers blocking aid trucks bound for Gaza chanting, “May Palestine’s name be wiped out.”
Imagine having to endure this for 77+ years?
Imagine having to endure this for 77+ years?
August 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Israeli settlers blocking aid trucks bound for Gaza chanting, “May Palestine’s name be wiped out.”
Imagine having to endure this for 77+ years?
Imagine having to endure this for 77+ years?
“Every boss who censored an employee.” Mmmhmmm.
I’m just gonna highlight that part and let you infer from that what you will.
ALL YOUR HANDS ARE BLOODY.
If you’re reading this and think it’s about you, it is.
I’m just gonna highlight that part and let you infer from that what you will.
ALL YOUR HANDS ARE BLOODY.
If you’re reading this and think it’s about you, it is.
July 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“Every boss who censored an employee.” Mmmhmmm.
I’m just gonna highlight that part and let you infer from that what you will.
ALL YOUR HANDS ARE BLOODY.
If you’re reading this and think it’s about you, it is.
I’m just gonna highlight that part and let you infer from that what you will.
ALL YOUR HANDS ARE BLOODY.
If you’re reading this and think it’s about you, it is.
“Hitler won. He changed us. He made us like him.”
A chilling statement by British Jewish actress, Miriam Margolyes.
A chilling statement by British Jewish actress, Miriam Margolyes.
July 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
“Hitler won. He changed us. He made us like him.”
A chilling statement by British Jewish actress, Miriam Margolyes.
A chilling statement by British Jewish actress, Miriam Margolyes.
I am so wholly disgusted by Israel starving the people of Palestine: it’s unconscionable, it’s depraved, it’s utter cruelty.
Free Palestine, especially its children, from the terrors of Israel.
Free Palestine, especially its children, from the terrors of Israel.
July 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I am so wholly disgusted by Israel starving the people of Palestine: it’s unconscionable, it’s depraved, it’s utter cruelty.
Free Palestine, especially its children, from the terrors of Israel.
Free Palestine, especially its children, from the terrors of Israel.
I’m old enough to remember when I was lied to about brown Muslims having weapons of mass destruction to manufacture consent to bomb the shit out of them.
It’s not 2001 anymore. I’m not 21 anymore.
Israel wants more land for its “Greater Israel” plan and it needs unrest in the M.E. to do so.
It’s not 2001 anymore. I’m not 21 anymore.
Israel wants more land for its “Greater Israel” plan and it needs unrest in the M.E. to do so.
June 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I’m old enough to remember when I was lied to about brown Muslims having weapons of mass destruction to manufacture consent to bomb the shit out of them.
It’s not 2001 anymore. I’m not 21 anymore.
Israel wants more land for its “Greater Israel” plan and it needs unrest in the M.E. to do so.
It’s not 2001 anymore. I’m not 21 anymore.
Israel wants more land for its “Greater Israel” plan and it needs unrest in the M.E. to do so.
If there’s ONE lie I’m asking you to stop believing, it’s this: “Palestinians are inherently antisemitic.”
No. Palestinians hate their occupier…who happen to be Jewish. Palestinians did NOT choose their occupier.
Are Palestinians not allowed to hate this? (See attached screenshots) Wouldn’t you?
No. Palestinians hate their occupier…who happen to be Jewish. Palestinians did NOT choose their occupier.
Are Palestinians not allowed to hate this? (See attached screenshots) Wouldn’t you?
June 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
If there’s ONE lie I’m asking you to stop believing, it’s this: “Palestinians are inherently antisemitic.”
No. Palestinians hate their occupier…who happen to be Jewish. Palestinians did NOT choose their occupier.
Are Palestinians not allowed to hate this? (See attached screenshots) Wouldn’t you?
No. Palestinians hate their occupier…who happen to be Jewish. Palestinians did NOT choose their occupier.
Are Palestinians not allowed to hate this? (See attached screenshots) Wouldn’t you?
YOU: “ZOMG! What happened to Greta and the climate cause? Suddenly she cares about Gaza? What an antisemite!”
ME:
ME:
June 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
YOU: “ZOMG! What happened to Greta and the climate cause? Suddenly she cares about Gaza? What an antisemite!”
ME:
ME:
“Seven wounded after dozens of Israeli settlers set homes, cars alight in West Bank, authorities say” ~Haaretz
Imagine dealing with this terrorism for 77 years?
Imagine dealing with this terrorism for 77 years?
June 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
“Seven wounded after dozens of Israeli settlers set homes, cars alight in West Bank, authorities say” ~Haaretz
Imagine dealing with this terrorism for 77 years?
Imagine dealing with this terrorism for 77 years?
GENOCIDE. ETHNIC CLEANSING. SETTLER COLONIALISM.
Straight from the horse’s mouth.
Israel is a rogue nation state.
Btw, are *sure* you want to call me an antisemite for saying this disgusting colonial project is heinous? Are you *sure* you want to be equating all Jews to THIS??!
Straight from the horse’s mouth.
Israel is a rogue nation state.
Btw, are *sure* you want to call me an antisemite for saying this disgusting colonial project is heinous? Are you *sure* you want to be equating all Jews to THIS??!
May 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
GENOCIDE. ETHNIC CLEANSING. SETTLER COLONIALISM.
Straight from the horse’s mouth.
Israel is a rogue nation state.
Btw, are *sure* you want to call me an antisemite for saying this disgusting colonial project is heinous? Are you *sure* you want to be equating all Jews to THIS??!
Straight from the horse’s mouth.
Israel is a rogue nation state.
Btw, are *sure* you want to call me an antisemite for saying this disgusting colonial project is heinous? Are you *sure* you want to be equating all Jews to THIS??!
Palestinian artist, Sliman Mansour, painted this for a cover of a magazine in the ‘80s - likely before Hamas even formed.
So, yeah, the world didn’t start on Oct 7, 2023.
So, yeah, the world didn’t start on Oct 7, 2023.
May 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Palestinian artist, Sliman Mansour, painted this for a cover of a magazine in the ‘80s - likely before Hamas even formed.
So, yeah, the world didn’t start on Oct 7, 2023.
So, yeah, the world didn’t start on Oct 7, 2023.
Got my copy of GENOCIDE BAD by anti-Zionist Jewish author, @simkern.bsky.social, published by the only Palestinian-owned publisher in the U.S., @interlinkbooks.bsky.social.
Thanks, Sim, for all the educating you’ve been doing on your social media accounts.
Thanks, Sim, for all the educating you’ve been doing on your social media accounts.
April 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Got my copy of GENOCIDE BAD by anti-Zionist Jewish author, @simkern.bsky.social, published by the only Palestinian-owned publisher in the U.S., @interlinkbooks.bsky.social.
Thanks, Sim, for all the educating you’ve been doing on your social media accounts.
Thanks, Sim, for all the educating you’ve been doing on your social media accounts.
This is the name of the book and podcast by Palestinian Christian pastor and theologian, Munther Isaac.
April 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is the name of the book and podcast by Palestinian Christian pastor and theologian, Munther Isaac.
Y’know what?
Israel is not just committing a genocide and ethnic cleansing.
It’s committing a holocaust.
Yes, a holocaust.
No, this word is not reserved for one event in history alone.
Look at the definition of holocaust and tell me the images of Palestinians being burnt alive aren’t this:
Israel is not just committing a genocide and ethnic cleansing.
It’s committing a holocaust.
Yes, a holocaust.
No, this word is not reserved for one event in history alone.
Look at the definition of holocaust and tell me the images of Palestinians being burnt alive aren’t this:
April 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Y’know what?
Israel is not just committing a genocide and ethnic cleansing.
It’s committing a holocaust.
Yes, a holocaust.
No, this word is not reserved for one event in history alone.
Look at the definition of holocaust and tell me the images of Palestinians being burnt alive aren’t this:
Israel is not just committing a genocide and ethnic cleansing.
It’s committing a holocaust.
Yes, a holocaust.
No, this word is not reserved for one event in history alone.
Look at the definition of holocaust and tell me the images of Palestinians being burnt alive aren’t this:
More and more, my hair is starting to look like Winona Ryder’s in REALITY BITES.
My 14yo self is squealing in delight!
My 14yo self is squealing in delight!
March 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
More and more, my hair is starting to look like Winona Ryder’s in REALITY BITES.
My 14yo self is squealing in delight!
My 14yo self is squealing in delight!
I’ve had mine by @mishiikenhkwe.bsky.social for about five years now. The painting matching my 20-year-old IKEA lampshade was a total coincidence.
March 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I’ve had mine by @mishiikenhkwe.bsky.social for about five years now. The painting matching my 20-year-old IKEA lampshade was a total coincidence.
Hey, @citynewstoronto.bsky.social - it wasn’t a “surprise attack.” It’s well documented by reputable sources that Israel knew *a year in advance* of the attack.
And we’ve known this since *at least* November of 2023.
Try doing some actual journalism, please.
And we’ve known this since *at least* November of 2023.
Try doing some actual journalism, please.
March 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Hey, @citynewstoronto.bsky.social - it wasn’t a “surprise attack.” It’s well documented by reputable sources that Israel knew *a year in advance* of the attack.
And we’ve known this since *at least* November of 2023.
Try doing some actual journalism, please.
And we’ve known this since *at least* November of 2023.
Try doing some actual journalism, please.
Tweets from Zachary Foster, a Jewish historian on Palestine and the Middle East with a PhD from Princeton - and a real mensch!
March 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Tweets from Zachary Foster, a Jewish historian on Palestine and the Middle East with a PhD from Princeton - and a real mensch!
The nation state of Israel claiming it “made the desert bloom” when Palestine is literally in a region called “The Fertile Crescent.”
The is a cousin of the terra nullius notion of “a land without a people for a people without a land” rhetoric.
All meant to erase the Indigeneity of Palestinians.
The is a cousin of the terra nullius notion of “a land without a people for a people without a land” rhetoric.
All meant to erase the Indigeneity of Palestinians.
March 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The nation state of Israel claiming it “made the desert bloom” when Palestine is literally in a region called “The Fertile Crescent.”
The is a cousin of the terra nullius notion of “a land without a people for a people without a land” rhetoric.
All meant to erase the Indigeneity of Palestinians.
The is a cousin of the terra nullius notion of “a land without a people for a people without a land” rhetoric.
All meant to erase the Indigeneity of Palestinians.
March 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“We have no other land. It’s our land, that’s why we suffer for it.”
Stills from the Oscar-winning documentary, NO OTHER LAND, about the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
The Palestinians have “no other land” as they are the Indigenous peoples of the region.
Stills from the Oscar-winning documentary, NO OTHER LAND, about the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
The Palestinians have “no other land” as they are the Indigenous peoples of the region.
March 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“We have no other land. It’s our land, that’s why we suffer for it.”
Stills from the Oscar-winning documentary, NO OTHER LAND, about the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
The Palestinians have “no other land” as they are the Indigenous peoples of the region.
Stills from the Oscar-winning documentary, NO OTHER LAND, about the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
The Palestinians have “no other land” as they are the Indigenous peoples of the region.
What else is there to say?
March 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
What else is there to say?