Geriatric Gardener<p>Powerful and moving. A *must read*!</p><p>“Letter to Refaat Alareer”</p><p>by Chris Hedges on Substack</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span></p><p>“A year ago on Dec. 6, 2023 Israel murdered Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer in Gaza. His poems, however, remain, condemning his killers and beseeching us to honor our shared humanity”</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/chrishedges/p/letter-to-refaat-alareer?r=27oltk&amp;utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/chrished</span><span class="invisible">ges/p/letter-to-refaat-alareer?r=27oltk&amp;utm_medium=ios</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Alereer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alereer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SettlerColonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerColonial</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zionism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Barbarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Barbarism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BloodLust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloodLust</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Empire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Empire</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Repression</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Silencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Silencing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IfIMustDie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IfIMustDie</span></a></p>