On this day in 1999, the first NATO airstrikes of Yugoslavia began, initiating a wave of violence that killed 1,500 people, damaging hospitals, schools, cultural monuments, and private businesses alongside military targets. The bombings lasted until June 10th of that year.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) bombing campaign was its first military action taken without the endorsement of the U.N. Security Council. James Byron Bissett, former Canadian ambassador to Yugoslavia, called the campaign a "war crime", and Noam Chomsky referred to it as an act of "terrorism".
Supporters for the campaign claimed the bombing was necessary to stop a genocide of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo and to remove Slobodan Milošević from power, although claims made by the Clinton administration along these lines were later found to be highly exaggerated.
Approximately 500 of the people killed were civilians, and the bombs damaged many civilian structures alongside legitimate military targets. Chomsky has argued that the main objective of the NATO intervention was to integrate Yugoslavia into the Western neoliberal social and economic system.
In 2000, Michael Parenti authored "To Kill a Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia", which argues that the bombing was predicated on capitalist rather than humanitarian interests.
A Review of NATO’s War over Kosovo - Noam Chomsky :chompsky:
Michael Parenti - To Kill A Nation :parenti-hands:
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I live nalear a bit of urban woodland where there's been a homeless camp for years but kinda solidified into one group who has been growing food and now has fucking chickens and a turkey. They're pretty cool people but like, at what point of settlement would you stop calling it homeless? There's talk about building log cabins.
This is in the middle of a capitol and big college town. Just a fucking mideval village slowly springing up.
That's fucking sick
Ehhh. They're homeless
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They won't be or if they are it'll draw too much attention and the city will tear it down The livestock on the sidewalk is going pretty far already
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I hope rent goes down. Unfortunately it's just not gonna be the case. Winter is ending and the homeless that could tske up hotel shelters paid by the city are gonna be back out as well and the always on the street homeless population is gonna go up more than double and the city has been cracking down on diy solutions since covid 'ended'.
Yes, but homeless people can do sick shit sometimes
Oh yeah, all credit there for sure. The situation that they need to do this is awful and sick in the bad way but turning a butnof woodland into the best dang shiny town you can is absolutely cool and admirable. But ykmow, none of them WANT to be doing this, as badass as it may be.
Lmao you're on a communist site comrade nobody here thinks homeless people want to be homeless or don't think homelessness is a cruel, degrading, lethal tragedy
Yes, and they're my personal friends living under these conditions. So yeah, they're doing the best they can and I can applaud that but it's not 'sick' or something to laug your ass off over. They spent -40c nights in a tent this winter.
Nobody is laughing at them. Nonconsentually building housing on city property because your neoliberal hell hole refuses to house its populace is fucking badass and I'm not going to pretend it isn't
Cool, go do it yourself then. It's badass but it's so they don't have to live in a tent next winter and the city will shut this down before next winter if they build anything remotely permanent
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Canada
Trudeauvilles :kelly:
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More importantly, where can I get me one of these “fucking chickens”?
Don't fuck chickens, but if you want a chicken pal they are very cheap and locally easy to find. :im-vegan: so I don't condone keeping them to eat or for eggs (the chickens nom those eggs back up themselves if unferilized and if they can't they're constantly malnourished. So yknow, only get one for a friend. They are pretty cute and fun.
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Well, if the cops stop trying to chase them out and start trying to tax them... .