Greta Thunberg speaks before departure of flotilla carrying aid to Gaza
apnews.com
Dozens of people gathered on Saturday at the port of Barcelona where a flotilla will set sail for Gaza on Sunday.

An estimated Twenty-seven ships to set sail for Gaza from multiple ports to break Israel’s siege on the enclave.

This will be activist Greta Thunberg’s second mission, having been taken captive by Israel earlier this year when her ship and fellow crew members were sprayed with illicit chemicals and boarded unlawfully in international waters. The Handala and her crew also suffered a similar fate earlier this summer.

Dozens of people gathered on Saturday at the port of Barcelona where a flotilla will set sail for Gaza on Sunday. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is hoping to break… the naval blockade imposed by Israel along the coast of the Gaza Strip since 2007… (AP video and production by Hernan Munoz)

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    • mrdown@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      2 days ago

      Let not just make it sbout Greta, she is great but other volunteers are also as valuable

      • wheezy@lemmy.mlEnglish
        12·
        2 days ago

        Zero coverage on Chris Smalls from the corporate media. Dude was literally tortured by the IOF.

        I respect Greta. Don’t get me wrong. It’s actually amazing that someone that came from a wealthy family did not just end up being another shitlib telling us to stop using plastic straws to save the planet.

        It’s a testament to her moral compass that it lead her to be radicalized.

        If the liberals avoid talking about you and the conservatives hate you then you’re doing something right.

        But Smalls has always been ignored by the Liberals (unless they could use him as a winning point after the fact). Greta was meant to be a symbol of the liberals form of climate change inaction (but she didn’t play ball and was largely dropped). They can’t avoid talking about her as easily because the conservatives hate her.

        Conservatives hate Smalls but they largely just don’t know who he is. So the liberals can ignore him more easily.

        • unconsequential@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
          7·
          2 days ago

          Absolutely. The media bias is terrible.

          I believe the Freedom Flotilla site posted an interview he did with ABC News where he was able to briefly recounts the horrific racism and assault he endured at the hands of the Israelis. Thanks for raising his name again. More people need to hear what he experienced.

          Anyone who hasn’t seen it should go give it a watch and a listen.

          Edit: to add to your expanded post. I agree Smalls is largely ignored by liberal media but I think his action and involvement reaches to others that Greta can’t. Greta is also selectively called upon when it suits their bias. We need everyone. He took on extra inherit risks and he deserves every bit of credit and validation for that fact. And I think he’s exposed more Israeli lies about how “tolerant” and “progressive” they are socially. Completely ignoring they have massive problems with racism and homophobia in their ranks and society.