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Tuesday Cartoons: They Dance Alone

Posted: March 11, 2025 | Author: | Filed under: just because |7 Comments

So, the dictator Trump is disappearing people now.

That is a move usually done by horrible dictators, like Pinochet. As the image up top illustrates, the women of the disappeared in Chile during the reign of Pinochet could only protest by dancing in silence with the photo of the missing pinned to their clothes. I wonder if this will become a form of protest here, but I get the feeling Trump would not even allow that.

Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.

— Max Kennerly (@maxkennerly.bsky.social) 2025-03-09T22:30:05.578Z

Trump takes credit for Mahmoud Khalil's arrest by ICE:

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona.bsky.social) 2025-03-10T17:10:35.145Z

A federal judge in NY has blocked any effort by the Trump administration to deport Mahmoud Khalil – whose arrest and imminent deportation Trump celebrated on Turth Social today — until further proceedings play out. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us…

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2025-03-10T21:11:56.122Z

⚠️ ADL supports the illegal disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil by the Trump administration:

— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social) 2025-03-10T02:50:20.066Z

In other fascist news:

This shit is as mortifying as it is dangerous. And Hasset’s smirk makes it all the more infuriating. Haha! We’re threatening war with a longtime ally and the country with which we share the longest border in the world! These assholes should never, ever be allowed to live this down.

— Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) 2025-03-09T23:11:59.401Z

America apparently now doing the Russia-style "secret [ie totally made up] chemical labs in your country justifies the cross-border menacing we were already doing" move.

— Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social) 2025-03-09T15:27:13.346Z

There are only two things that stand between Trump and being a dictator — the courts and elections. Trump wants to send a clear message to law firms that he will go after them. It is ok to be afraid, the question is what do you do. Do you hide and cower in fear or stand tall and say it is wrong?

— Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) 2025-03-10T23:00:24.010Z

I’m sick of all this shit.

Stay safe…

They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)’ appears on the 1987 album ‘Nothing Like The Sun’. The track, which was about the Cueca, a dance that the “Mothers of the Disappeared” used to do to remember their missing loved ones was banned in Chile and had the ignominy of being the first Sting solo single not to chart in the UK. Despite this it remains one of Sting’s most enduring and powerful songs and one of his most overtly political. 

They Dance Alone (Gueca Solo)

Why are these women here dancing on their own?
Why is there this sadness in their eyes?
Why are the soldiers here
Their faces fixed like stone?
I can’t see what it is that they despise
They’re dancing with the missing
They’re dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They’re dancing with their fathers
They’re dancing with their sons
They’re dancing with their husbands
They dance alone, they dance alone

It’s the only form of protest they’re allowed
I’ve seen their silent faces they scream so loud
If they were to speak these words they’d go missing too
Another woman on the torture table what else can they do
They’re dancing with the missing
They’re dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They’re dancing with their fathers
They’re dancing with their sons
They’re dancing with their husbands
They dance alone, they dance alone

One day we’ll dance on their graves
One day we’ll sing our freedom
One day we’ll laugh in our joy
And we’ll dance
One day we’ll dance on their graves
One day we’ll sing our freedom
One day we’ll laugh in our joy
And we’ll dance

Ellas danzan con los desaparecidos
Ellas danzan con los muertos
Ellas danzan con amores invisibles
Ellas danzan con silenciosa angustia
Danzan con sus padres
Danzan con sus hijos
Danzan con sus esposos
Ellas danzan solas
Danzan solas

Hey Mr. Pinochet
You’ve sown a bitter crop
It’s foreign money that supports you
One day the money’s going to stop
No wages for your torturers
No budget for your guns
Can you think of your own mother
Dancin’ with her invisible son
They’re dancing with the missing
They’re dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They’re dancing with their fathers
They’re dancing with their sons
They’re dancing with their husbands
They dance alone, they dance alone

7 Comments on “Tuesday Cartoons: They Dance Alone”

  1. Mama Lopez's avatar Sadhbh (Sigh-ve) says:
    March 11, 2025 at 8:50 am

    what more do you need as proof that we are living in a fascist state?

  2. bostonboomer's avatar bostonboomer says:
    March 11, 2025 at 11:18 am

    Am I nuts to take this seriously?

    https://open.substack.com/pub/malcolmnance/p/urgent-warning-trump-is-planning?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=inut

  3. dakinikat's avatar dakinikat says:
    March 11, 2025 at 2:47 pm

    March 10, 2025 – Ottawa, Ontario – Department of Finance Canada

    In Budget 2024, the Government of Canada reiterated its commitment to maintain liquid foreign reserves at or above three per cent of nominal gross domestic product.

    To support this commitment, the Government of Canada today announced its intention to launch a US-dollar-denominated global bond tomorrow, March 11, subject to market conditions.

    Launching a global bond provides funds to supplement and diversify Canada’s liquid foreign reserves, which serve as a source of prudential liquidity and help promote orderly market conditions for the Canadian dollar in foreign exchange markets.

    This US-dollar global bond will further strengthen the stability of Canada’s foreign currency reserves while meeting investor demand for high-quality assets backed by Canada’s triple-A credit ratings from most major credit rating agencies.Quick facts

    • Canada holds its liquid foreign reserves in the Exchange Fund Account (EFA).
    • Foreign exchange reserves provide a general source of prudential liquidity and help promote orderly conditions for the Canadian dollar in foreign exchange markets.
    • Global bonds are one source of funding that Canada uses to purchase foreign currency assets for the EFA.
    • The Government of Canada last issued a US-dollar bond on April 23, 2024 worth US$3 billion.

    https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/03/government-of-canada-plans-to-issue-us-dollar-global-bond.html

    • dakinikat's avatar dakinikat says:
      March 11, 2025 at 2:48 pm

      This is shrewd. If they start dumping dollars it will drive interest rates up. It will also impact the Loonie/Greenback exchange rate.

      I’m glad that I put what I have in my 403Bs into the Euro assets like fall.

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