While I hope that I’m wrong, there is at least a very real possibility that in the immediate future, the US empire will launch an unprovoked and immoral attack on a socialist state (Venezuela) in order to secure that country’s resources. It is understandable that, should that happen, many of you will be feeling extreme anger at these acts and post about it here.

In light of that, the admins and mods of Hexbear figured we’d remind everyone:

No fedposting

That includes, but is not limited to, talking about threats of violence against people or groups of people; including if you add “in minecraft” or “[redacted]”.

We really don’t need to come under fed scrutiny (or worse). Ultimately, fed posting doesn’t even serve much purpose other than “blowing off steam” – and that comes at the cost of potentially putting the site and its users in legal jeopardy. There are more productive ways to vent that anger.

Also, if you end up having a comment removed for fed posting, I’d urge you to not take it personally.

And saying this as a user, not an admin: a little revolutionary optimism never hurt anyone. We must have clear eyes about reality, but as socialists we also should have faith in the power of people to resist oppression.

(Edited for grammar)

Edit 11/28: Another Hexbear user also wants to match, so up to the first $500 we are both matching, so every dollar donated means $3 in to total goes to who you donate to.

On behalf of the admin & mod teams, I’d like to announce our second Hexbear’s Gaza Donations Drive. Like last time, we'll keep it going for the next couple days at least.

As mentioned before, our friend and comrade @MohammedTheCommunistPalestinian@hexbear.net and others have brought several folks in Gaza who need help to Hexbear. Below are links to their fundraising sites. Please donate as and if you are able. AND, I was able to dig through my couch cushions and am able to match the first $500 in donations again this time. Just DM me the amount you donated and who you donated to. If anyone else wants to get in on matching let me know and I will add your info in this post. It was really awesome how several of you also wanted to match.

Mahmoud – Help me build my future and build my family home

Aya Mohamed - Support Mohamed’s family to reach safety outside Gaza (A special thanks to Mohamed for reaching out again)

Yamen Nashwan - Help Yamen Evacuate his Family from Gaza and Save Their Life

Ibrahim hema - Getting food for my brothers

Lubna & Munir (from electric_nan@lemmy.ml) - Direct to Lubna Family Relief and Support

Mahmoud - Help Mahmoud Find Hope Amid Crisis in North Gaza

Sara and Ahmed - Help Rebuild Sara and Ahmed's Lives After the Gaza War

Rana - Help Rana and her family escape Gaza

Also, IF YOU AREN'T ABLE TO GIVE YOU CAN STILL HELP! Last time we kept this on Hexbear. But it would be awesome if some you can post this to various friendly subreddits like r/TheDeprogram or mention it on Twitter/Bluesky (I don't have any social media). Also welcome to cross-post with Lemmy instances we are federated with.

Last time we raised at least $2,800 in direct aid. I say "at least" because that's only me counting what was DM'd to me, I'm sure there were other donations made outside of this.

As a bonus this time, my 6 year old asked if she could make "thank you" drawing and I post it; so I'll that to the comments some time.

Love and solidarity to you all!

Edit 11/27: comrade @Mantikora@hexbear.net has provided me with an additional list of folks who need help:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-heba-and-ahmeds-survival-in-gaza

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-taghreeds-family-evacuate-gaza

https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/99Sok63hQ9

https://www.spotfund.com/story/50e29b37-5a06-4282-9d3d-a1376f4b13ae

https://4fund.com/help-hisham-s-and-ghadeer-s-family-survive-in-gaza

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-anwar-and-her-family-from-the-war

https://www.gofundme.com/f/get-out-and-survive-the-genocide-in-gaza

Just wanted to make sure everyone knew, through our donations drive we raised $2,700 in total for our friends in Gaza. Possibly more, that’s just what people messaged me about.

Thank you all so much! Really great to see what this community can accomplish. In the future, you can find the post under my profile if you want to access those gofundme links again.

Free Palestine!

On behalf of the admin & mod teams, I’d like to announce Hexbear’s Gaza Donations Drive. For the next 24-48 hours, this will be the only pinned post on the site to give this visibility (links to the mega threads at the bottom of this post).

Our friend and comrade @MohammedTheCommunistPalestinian@hexbear.net has brought several of his friends in Gaza who need help to Hexbear. Below are links to their fundraising sites. Please donate as and if you are able. Further, I (@IgnusNilsen@hexbear.net ) will match the first $500 in donations. Just DM me the amount you donated and who you donated to. If anyone else wants to get in on matching let me know and I will add your info in this post.

Mahmoud – Help me build my future and build my family home

Aya Mohamed - Support Mohamed’s family to reach safety outside Gaza

Yamen Nashwan - Help Yamen Evacuate his Family from Gaza and Save Their Life

Ibrahim hema - Getting food for my brothers

Lubna & Munir (from electric_nan@lemmy.ml) - Direct to Lubna Family Relief and Support

Mahmoud - Help Mahmoud Find Hope Amid Crisis in North Gaza

While donating to organizations like PCRF, MAP, and UNRWA are good things to do in normal times, the reality is that these organization are currently challenged in their ability to help due to the ongoing US/Israeli genocide. Giving directly to individuals in Gaza is, at the moment, the most effective way to help.

Love and solidarity to you all

Edit #1: Our comrade @Kolibri@hexbear.net would also like to match the first $500. So for every $1 you donate, you'll actually be sending $3 to the recipient! Triple combo! Also, we're already past $200 in total donated in just 2 hours.

Edit #2: WE ALREADY HIT $500 NOT EVEN 3 HOURS IN! I'm not able to match any more at the moment but I'm gonna see what other money I can scrounge around, and whatever I can put together I will update here and let you know if I can match more.

Edit #3: @stink@lemmygrad.ml has agreed to match the next $500, so please send me your donation information and I will pass it on to stink. So we're back to double matching!

Edit #4: I have to sign off for the night. By my reckoning we currently stand at about $2,235 donated including matches. Thank you everyone so far! See you on the flip side.

Edit #5: As of now (~14:30 PST on Tuesday) we've maxed out the matching, but still please give as you are able. If anyone else offers to match giving I will make another update.

Edit #6 (Nov. 10): Added the sixth donation link and removed the mega thread links.