Today we remember the liberation day from the nazi-occupation.
We remember all those whose names are buried under the amnesia of time,
who stood up against the nazis,
to do what is right,
without getting credit for it.
We remember the teachers who refused to teach the kids the nazi curriculum.
We remember the Norwegian police officers who refused to collaborate with the nazis,
and instead made fake passports for jews,
and was sent to concentration camps because of it.
We remember all the women who resisted, with guns, with radios, with any means necessary.
We remember all those who endured gestapo’s torture, not to snitch on comrades and their loved ones.
We remember all those who saw suicide as the only way out.
We comemmorate all those who are imprisoned today, fighting the same fascist ideology as back then.
How is our world of today different from the times of world war 2? In terms of the need to stand up and resist the horrors resulting from the majority’s ignorance?
Some say world war 3 has long begun.
Ask the people of Palestine, Sudan, Yemen, Congo, Kurdistan, Lebanon, Ukraine, Myanmar, Libya, Iran, Afghanistan, or those living on and defending indigenous territories.
Ask the people who drown under a dinghy (whats that?), trying to flee from western bomb rain.
Ask the people who survive under modern slavery.
Ask the thousands of species at the brinknof extinction. (cant ask those thatvare extinct)
Ask the pigs and chickens in mega slaughter-factories.
Ask the beings that are stuck in climate disasters.
Ask the future children of the world, who are fighting over the crops that didn’t fail.
Ask the people who sleep on the rough streets in the imperial core,
Ask those who don’t like to sleep on a privileged white pillow soaked in exploited blood from the imperial periphery.
Ask the people who think nobody is free until everybody is free.
If you’ve ever wondered what you would have done during world war 2 … you’re doing it now.