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Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽<p>Canada is not on this list. Has former banker PM Carney chosen a blood economy and trade with genocidal zionists and reversed Canada's traditional role as a common member of international peacemaking groups, esoecially when a genocide.</p><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/spain-and-ireland-join-more-20-states-declare-concrete-measures-against-israel" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">middleeasteye.net/news/spain-a</span><span class="invisible">nd-ireland-join-more-20-states-declare-concrete-measures-against-israel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GenocideEnabler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenocideEnabler</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ZionistGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZionistGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LestWeForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LestWeForget</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MarkCarney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkCarney</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a></p>
CharlotteHukvari<p><a href="https://etalenta.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://etalenta.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://etalenta.social/tags/Sudan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sudan</span></a> <a href="https://etalenta.social/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a> <a href="https://etalenta.social/tags/Myanmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Myanmar</span></a> <a href="https://etalenta.social/tags/SouthPapua" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthPapua</span></a> <a href="https://etalenta.social/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yemen</span></a> <a href="https://etalenta.social/tags/Haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haiti</span></a> <a href="https://etalenta.social/tags/lestweforget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lestweforget</span></a></p>
Long Live Rock N Roll<p>"16 years old when I went to the war,<br>To fight for a land fit for heroes,<br>God on my side, and a gun in my hand,<br>Chasing my days down to zero,"</p><p>Today 1st July, marks the anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LestWeForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LestWeForget</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mot%C3%B6rhead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>motörhead</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/C_jU0EkhlAQ?si=Rn0FVKBfn8KHlU9s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/C_jU0EkhlAQ?si=Rn0FVK</span><span class="invisible">Bfn8KHlU9s</span></a></p>
Blake Hamilton<p>On this day 81 years ago, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy.<br>We remember the courage and sacrifice that helped liberate Europe.</p><p>Il y a 81 ans aujourd’hui, les Alliés débarquaient en Normandie.<br>N’oublions jamais leur bravoure.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DDay</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LestWeForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LestWeForget</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/JourJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JourJ</span></a></p>
Tim Stickland<p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/DDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DDay</span></a><br>Towns all along the Normandy coast will be flying the flags of the many Allied countries who sent their young soldiers to start the defeat of the Nazis.<br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/LestWeForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LestWeForget</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Normandy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Normandy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Normandie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Normandie</span></a></p>
CharlotteHukvari<p><a href="https://etalenta.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> <a href="https://etalenta.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://etalenta.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://etalenta.social/tags/Sudan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sudan</span></a> <a href="https://etalenta.social/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yemen</span></a> <a href="https://etalenta.social/tags/Myanmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Myanmar</span></a> <a href="https://etalenta.social/tags/SouthPapua" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthPapua</span></a> <a href="https://etalenta.social/tags/Haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haiti</span></a> <a href="https://etalenta.social/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a> <a href="https://etalenta.social/tags/lestweforget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lestweforget</span></a></p>
Oliver<p>Rewinding my lifeline back to July 2021, I (once again) visited Belgium and especially the region of Flanders where my interest in Flanders Fields was born years ago.<br><br>Hill 60 was a low rise south-east of Ypres made from the soil removed in digging a cutting for the Ypres to Comines railway.<br><br>It is told to had excellent views over both Ypres and Zillebeke, and was captured by the German army during the first Battle of Ypres in November 1914. On 17 April 1915, in one of the first tunnelling operations by the British Army, six mines exploded under Hill 60, which was then quickly captured with minimal casualties.<br><br><a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/inflandersfields" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#inflandersfields</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/travellingthroughtheworld" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#travellingthroughtheworld</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/history" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/battleofmessines" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#battleofmessines</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/lestweforget" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#lestweforget</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/commonwealthwargraves" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#commonwealthwargraves</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/hill60" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#hill60</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/commonwealthwargravescommission" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#commonwealthwargravescommission</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/messines" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#messines</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/flandersfields" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#flandersfields</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/johnmccrae" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#johnmccrae</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/respect" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#respect</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/thanks" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#thanks</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/ig_belgium" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#ig_belgium</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/ypres" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#ypres</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/ieper" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#ieper</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/thegreatwar" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#thegreatwar</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/flanders" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#flanders</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/ww1" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#ww1</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/poppies" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#poppies</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/trench" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#trench</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/gravesite" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#gravesite</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/trenchwarfare" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#trenchwarfare</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/trench" rel="nofollow noopener" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#trench</a></p>
Euromaidan Press<p>On 8 May, Ukraine pays tribute to the victims of World War II on the Time/Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation, and on 9 May Ukrainians remember the Allied defeat of Nazism in World War II. </p><p>Millions of Ukrainians died in that war. </p><p>Today, as Russia wages a brutal full-scale invasion, the words “Never again” echo with painful irony.</p><p>We remember all who gave their lives—then and now. The red poppy is the symbol of these days.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LestWeForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LestWeForget</span></a> </p><p>Art: Yermolenko</p>
ProjectFearlessness<p>This VE day, watching the 98 year old British WWII veteran Ken Turner driving a Sherman tank over a Tesla to crush fascism, again, has got me feeling suddenly patriotic. I could almost wave a union jack.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/LestWeForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LestWeForget</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/BoycottTesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottTesla</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/lw4ZjhOukwU?si=0qct1-K1XtkWln8O" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/lw4ZjhOukwU?si=0qct1-</span><span class="invisible">K1XtkWln8O</span></a></p>
Euromaidan Press<p>May 8–9 marks the Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for those who lost their lives in the Second World War. </p><p>It was the alliance between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that unleashed unimaginable suffering upon the world in 1939. Ukraine lost up to 10 million people -soldiers, civilians, and deportees. </p><p>As Russia wages a new war, still denying past crimes, Ukraine remembers the cost of imperial ambition and says: </p><p>“Never Again!” (Ніколи знову!)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LestWeForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LestWeForget</span></a></p>
Jack Yan (甄爵恩)<p>In my blog<br>Granddad’s war stories</p><p><a href="https://jackyan.com/blog/2025/04/granddads-war-stories/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jackyan.com/blog/2025/04/grand</span><span class="invisible">dads-war-stories/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LestWeForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LestWeForget</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WWII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WWII</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
FKA ZOG<p><a href="https://jauntygoat.net/tags/LestWeForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LestWeForget</span></a></p><p>some words from a WWI veteran..</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a</span><span class="invisible">_Racket</span></a></p>
chestas<p>I don't want to belittle those who have given their lives in wars. But using the Remembrance slogan "Lest We Forget" seems pointless now, as it appears we have well and truly forgotten the sacrifice that previous generations made. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/ANZACDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ANZACDay</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LestWeForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LestWeForget</span></a></p>
Matěj Cepl 🇪🇺 🇨🇿 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/timothydsnyder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>timothydsnyder</span></a></span> </p><p>Anatoly Marchenko, (translator Paul Goldberg), To Live Like Everyone (Henry Holt &amp; Co., New York, 1989)</p><p>The most chilling testimony I have read from the Soviet times. Not for the level of cruelty (even “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” is enough for that), but in the level of hopelessness of his situation. You cannot imagine the true depths of hell until you are there.</p><p><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/LestWeForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LestWeForget</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/KGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KGB</span></a></p>
bonitazarrillo<p>Yesterday we paused to recognize Vimy Ridge Day at the Port Moody Legion. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LestWeForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LestWeForget</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VimyRidge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VimyRidge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VimyRidgeDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VimyRidgeDay</span></a> </p><p>Vimy Ridge Day is a day to commemorate the deaths and casualties of members of the Canadian Corps in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which took place during the First World War. The non-statutory observance has been designated to occur annually on 9 April since 2003. 🙏🙏 To the Port Moody Legion.</p>
Ken S<p>What happens in Israel does affect Australians.</p><p>It also affects what other foreign forces consider appropriate during ‘War’.</p><p>Many Australians were protected by ‘Rules of War’ during WWI and WWII, among many other conflicts.<br>We are currently witnessing the deterioration of those international rules. </p><p>That… is bloody scary. What rules will remain when we enter the next world or regional war?<br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusVotes2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusVotes2025</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LestWeForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LestWeForget</span></a></p>
AnnieBuddy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chris</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@davidakin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>davidakin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@akurjata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>akurjata</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@pennydaflos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pennydaflos</span></a></span></p><p>Canada turned away a boatload of Jewish refugees in WWII.</p><p>This is the stuff we were not supposed to forget.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LestWeForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LestWeForget</span></a></p>
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸<p>It's always full today.<br>My son was proud to be playing in the band. His last time having that privilege.<br><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/portalberni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>portalberni</span></a> </p><p> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/endfascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endfascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/lestweforget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lestweforget</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/remembranceday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>remembranceday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/veteransday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>veteransday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/armisticeday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>armisticeday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a></p>
Brent Toderian<p>On <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RememberanceDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RememberanceDay</span></a> in Canada we say <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LestWeForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LestWeForget</span></a> because forgetting means we fail to honour those who gave their lives defending freedom from fascists and nazis. And all those who still defend us today.</p><p>It’s also because if we forget, we’re doomed to repeat.</p><p>That’s more relevant now than any other time in my life.</p>
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸<p>And for my Valencian Abuelo Jose Alemany who resisted against Franco. He was unsuccessful and his family and country were subjected to that dictator’s rule. But eventually it was cast off and now the people in Valencia today have the freedom to protest and resist again as right wing extremists try to use catastrophe to pull them back to fascism. <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/mazondimision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mazondimision</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/endfascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endfascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/lestweforget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lestweforget</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/remembranceday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>remembranceday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/veteransday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>veteransday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/armisticeday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>armisticeday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a></p>