Tired Armenian Jew

29/09/2023

PDX area friends - Coming up October 7th we have a community gathering and bazaar. There will be a raffle with all profits going to All for Armenia, an org which is feeding, clothing and meeting other immediate needs of displaced Artsakhtsis being forced to flee their homes right now after months of starvation under blockade by the occupation.

There will be SWANA and BIPOC vendors at the event, some of the raffle goods will be coming from their shops! Western friends, I still don't see any real support from you towards the SWANA region ravaged as a result to western imperialism and greed. It's never too late to show your solidarity & support for those experiencing ethnic cleansing and genocide. Shukran and Shnurakaletsyun ahead of time to everyone who shows up.

20/09/2023

I have been numb all day, all month, all year. What is there left to say, what is there left to process. How do we get people to see us as human, as deserving of a peaceful life. We want our people to live, we want to see our people grow old and not lose another generation to the cruelty of occupiers.

Last night I woke up feeling something was wrong, and shattered after seeing the news. Watching my family’s ancestral home torn to shreds again. Not knowing who is alive. Not knowing what happens next. There is not much more to say that has not already been said. Making art is the only thing I can do to resist, to soothe, to take down history.

We will remember every room which was silent and turned its head away from our people asking for an ounce of solidarity. As the occupiers work together in their goals of ethnic cleansing, our people build solidarity to resist. Glory to the martyrs. Free Artsakh, Free Palestine, may azerb*ij*n and isr*el drown in flames.



Copied text from IG post yesterday.

20/09/2023

PDX friends, show up. Even if you are not Armenian. This space is intended for Armenians to be able to hold each other and grieve and for any allies to hear us and learn. Artsakh has been handed over to occupier Azerb*ij*n with no guarantees of indigenous Armenian safety. After 9 months of starvation, the people were under nonstop attack and b*mbing. There are mass evacuations. Mass human rights violations. Continuous Genocide. Some refusing to hand over weapons and will continue resistance to their last breath.

Bring a poster, bring yourself and a friend. I will have flyers to hand out. I am so sick of hearing excuses, like I heard during the protests for the POWs, like I heard during the protests for Armenia under attack, for Artsakh under attack, for the blockade, and even for Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. We are all busy, we all have things. Make the time. I have nothing else I can say or give.

Long live Armenian resistance. Today and always, Artsakh is Hayastan.

04/07/2023

Stop participating in colonial holidays which glorify ultra nationalism, patriarchy, capitalism, and oppression. “bUt fiReWorKs pReTtY” is not an excuse to participate in colonizer or imperial holidays.

I think it’s great to utilize these days off from work to spend time with your loved ones, rest, and educate family members who have bought into the colonial conditioning! F**k colonial “independence,” my cat agrees and hates the loud yelling and fireworks. Have a safe flag burning day.

24/04/2023

We remember, we resist, and we demand justice. Every waking moment, every breath we take as Armenians is resistance against genocide. Every action we take is in honor and memory of our ancestors and their survival, a continued fight against occupation, a continued demand for Armenian liberation which goes hand in hand with our Palestinian siblings liberation.

Today we remember all the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek lives lost and the horrors survived at the hands of Turkish genociders. To this day Turkey continues to deny the Armenian Genocide while openly celebrating the nightmares which so few of our great grandparents and grandparents survived, and the nightmares which our parents and siblings endure at the hand of Turkey and Azerbaijan to this day. This is why we continue to march, protest, resist genocide denial, resist cultural theft and erasure, and demand justice. I will continue to demand justice as long as I have oxygen to do so.

22/01/2023

“A Letter from the Front” by Mariam Aslamazyan. I absolutely loved this museum of Aslamazyan sisters and their work in Gyumri. I had no idea it existed and glad my friends at Newmag brought me on my last day in Armenia in November. Of the two sisters Mariam is my favorite artist. This painting is of Armenian women dressed in clothing of different regions’ of Armenia receiving a letter. They appear to be reluctant to open it. Women receiving bad news from the front is nothing new for our nation. The pain in their faces remains in us. Women always appear to endure the cruel world created by men, sacrificing their children to it.

21/01/2023

16/01/2023

PDX Armenians, SWANA friends, and anyone who cares about human rights and justice - mark your calendars! Thursday Jan 19th @ 5pm! Meet in front of PDX city hall, we will be walking so wear comfy shoes! Bring an umbrella and a mask, make posters and cover with tape to prevent rain damage! Please reach out if you are planning on attending and need more information, or need me to send you the back end document with sources, as well as some poster and hashtag ideas. (If you need to reach out with questions I will respond much faster on Instagram)

A little rain is nothing compared to what those under siege are going through, and nothing compared to what Armenian POWs are still going through - show up for the Armenian community under constant threat, constant occupation, and constant ethnic cleansing. See you Thursday!

13/01/2023

Why is nobody talking about Keenan Anderson, a 31 year old father and teacher who got executed by LA pigs in broad daylight? He was held down and shocked with 50,000 volts over and over, it was 100% racially motivated.

Oh right I forgot the American “left” only cares when it’s a fad to care about human rights. Same people staying real silent about the ongoing ethnic cleansings in Artsakh and Palestine, funded & armed by Americans and Europeans.

11/01/2023

It has been A MONTH of Artsakh being held hostage by occupiers. Starvation is a tactic used by occupiers and cutting resources is a tactic used by occupiers in order to weaken a population while enacting further ethnic cleansing and land grabs. Many parts of Artsakh are already fully occupied, and fully ethnically and culturally cleansed. The occupiers are targeting the remaining indigenous Armenian population.

We are so tired. We are tired of the west funding our people’s suffering. Those of you silent or changing the subject as fast as possible or acting like bringing this up is “annoying to you,” we see you and we will not be forgetting your lack of empathy.

My ancestral home is being ravaged by occupiers. My great grandparents graves have been bulldozed over. Berdzor, Shushi, Hadrut - my family’s ancestral homes all stolen while the world watched and sent strongly worded letters. They behead our elders, rap* and mutilate captured women on camera while laughing, and torture POWs - the world offers strongly worded letters. Now the remaining villages are being starved out, while the world watches and writes strongly worded letters again. Silence makes you complicit. Not wanting to offend the oppressor so “just staying out of it” makes you complicit.

10/01/2023

Posted • Armenia's Foreign Ministry is warning that the risk of famine within Artsakh is now "tangible." With the humanitarian situation deteriorating rapidly, a group of more than a dozen nongovernmental organizations has warned that all conditions for ethnic cleansing by Azerbaijan for the region are now in place.

Several Western nations have stepped up to seek an end to the blockade, but the European Union needs to do more over humanitarian concerns. Since the EU is a significant buyer of energy coming from Azerbaijan, their involvement on the increasingly serious situation is vital for the people of Artsakh’s future.

If they don't do it, who will act?

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06/01/2023

Today marks Christmas for Armenian communities. Wishing all those who are celebrating much warmth today, and for the 120,000 Armenians of Artsakh being held hostage to be liberated and live peacefully once again on our ancestral lands. 🧡

04/01/2023

Artsakh has been under blockade for almost a month now by occupiers who are starving and freezing people out. 120,000 people are being held hostage.

«Завершается 23 день блокады.
Сегодня пошёл к другу домой, чтобы поздравить его и его семью с Новым годом. Посидели, пообщались... Когда уходил, его супруга дала мне... 4 яблока, они поделились ими со мной... Завтра дам эти яблоки моей знакомой, у которой дома два малыша, витамины детишкам нужней...» Альберт Восканян.

01/01/2023

Happy new year, here have some homemade Armenian memes on the house. This is my present to all the SWANA, Central & South Asian babes, (and also the comrades in southeastern Europe affected by turkish fascism). And don’t forget while you all celebrate the solar new year that 120,000 indigenous Armenians of Artsakh are being starved out under blockade from the rest of the world by the occupying Azeris, going on day 21 now.

May all invading occupiers drop like flies in the upcoming solar year. Long live YPG, YPJ, ASALA, and Armenian, Kurdish and Palestinian resistance against occupation.
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22/12/2022

We are approaching 11 days of the inhumane blockade of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) from Armenia and the rest of the world. People are running out of food and medical supplies. This is yet another humanitarian crisis started for land grabs. After international pressure, the Azeri occupiers turned the gas back on after days of denying a basic resource in the middle of freezing winter condition, to the already vulnerable population of Armenians in Artsakh. This is a tactic of ethnic cleansing and Genocide. Not only have the Azeris still not faced consequences for their war crimes against the indigenous Armenian population, previous gas cuts, and land grabs, they are now emboldened to continue these crimes due to the overwhelming silence.

To all the non Amenians - speak up as if it was your family being frozen out of their home. Speak up as if it was your parents captured and still held as POWs, tortured for over 2 years. Speak up as if it was your newborn child that doesn’t have access to life saving medication they need. Speak up as if it was your neighborhood being starved out by invaders. Speak up. While you sit with your families or friends this holiday season, eating and drinking in the warmth, bring this up. I don’t want to hear any “oh this is such a depressing topic, I don’t wanna think about it.” Your western governments are funding genocide, if you think of yourself as a decent person, don’t stay silent. There are many ways to help our people resist, and if you need help figuring out what you can do, listen or ask.

To all the Armenians - you are so loved. We will get through this. Our people are strong and survivors. You don’t owe anyone online your space or energy, be kind to yourself. 💜

14/12/2022

Posted • Azerbaijan has blocked the road connecting Armenia and Artsakh for over 48 hours.

Artsakh is isolated, blocked from receiving humanitarian aid, and gas supplies are still cut.

A few ways to support the Artsakh population by donating for solar water heaters and following the ANCA(), ANC Canada(), and to see how you could send action alerts to your local government leadership in the US, Canada, and Europe.

13/12/2022

Azerbaijan’s dictator has cut off gas to 120k people to freeze them out after closing the only road that brings humanitarian assistance to Nagorno-Karabagh. This is a war crime. Spread the word. Posted • BREAKING: Azerbaijan Cuts The Natural Gas Supply To Artsakh, Depriving 120,000 People The Ability To Heat Their Homes In The Winter
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Azerbaijan has cut off the supply of natural gas to the Republic of Artsakh, depriving over 120,000 people of the ability to heat their homes in the Winter.

The Armenia-Artsakh gas pipeline passes through the territory under Azerbaijani control.

The Artsakh Government labeled the move “humanitarian and economic terrorism.”

The halt of natural gas comes one day after fake Azerbaijani “environmental activists” blocked the only roadway linking Artsakh with Armenia.

In March 2022, the natural gas supply to Artsakh from Armenia was halted several times following a suspicious explosion to a section of the pipeline passing through Azerbaijani-controlled territory.

29/11/2022

28/11/2022

“Excellent work by in producing a great parody video of Aliyev's tourism promotion campaign. Indeed, lets take another look at the fascist regime in Baku led by .”

24/11/2022

Today is a day of mourning, uplifting Indigenous voices of occupied Turtle Island, funding the needs of our Indigenous comrades, and dispelling the american “thanksgiving” myth.

Please follow @ lilnativeboy
Their venmo is @ salwayallen
They are the author of the important piece in these slides, please read their words! Also follow along other indigenous mutual aid needs they will be posting about today.

May all colonial and occupier systems based on oppression, genocide, and thievery fall.

23/11/2022

TW - content about Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs, clips of transphobic rhetoric.

Politicians exist to serve the people, not corporations, not to fill their own pockets, or serve their own egos. Their job which they get hired for, is to represent people -we are their employers. When they spout hateful rhetoric which incites violence, it’s time to let them go from their job. People “representing” you should not be pushing to harm you.

When people in positions of power, influence, who are “celebrities” cause hatred and violence through their words or actions, Hold Them Accountable. When they use their large platforms to harm a targeted minority population or marginalized community, Hold Them Accountable. Q***r communities can see who is here for us truly, who we can trust and who we cannot trust.

Also, I have not made a post (for IG) about the rampant antisemitism flamed up even higher by “influencers” yet - it’s a truly triggering topic that keeps being too overwhelming every time I start researching or getting some art together. Just know that Jews who have not spoken up publicly are not doing so because we “don’t care” about the hate towards our people, some of us are having a hard time processing and watching people we know feed into the antisemitic rhetoric. But trust me we can see who is stepping up and here for us even if we are not saying anything publicly.

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20/10/2022

We often see patterns of the same behavior from occupying forces. They like seeing us arguing each other instead of working together or discussing our similar goals of decolonization. And this type of isolation through gaslighting affects our communities, our mental health, our physical health, and every aspect of our connection. Awareness of their tactics is the first step to dismantling oppressive regimes.

These are only a few of the tactics I have experienced and seen that fit in this post, more will be displayed in future posts on this topic. There are SO many tactics it was difficult to pick which to showcase first. I’m tired of seeing the same suppression and gaslighting tactics be used over and over against us on social media, in the news, and in person.

10/10/2022

10/10/2022

Happy Indigenous people’s day. May all genociding oppressors and their monuments be toppled.

F**k crustypher columbtch. Stop celebrating genocide.

10/10/2022

The time to shake lemons at god for a week is upon us 🍋

Happy Sukkot to all my Jews, may you shake the lemons and leaves well. Hag Sameach on this Erev Sukkot! ✨