Bulletproof Backbone Quotes

“Israel ends invasion, war ends - Palestine ends resistance, Palestine ends.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Statement on Hamas (October 10th, 2023)

When Israel strikes, it's "national security" - when Palestine strikes back, it's "terrorism". Just like over two hundred years ago when native americans resisted their homeland being stolen, it was called "Indian Attack". Or like over a hundred years ago when Indian soldiers in the British Army revolted against the empire, in defense of their homeland, it was called "Sepoy Mutiny".

The narrative never changes - when the colonizer terrorizes the world, it's given glorious sounding names like "exploration" and "conquest", but if the oppressed so much as utters a word in resistance, it is branded as attack, mutiny and terrorism - so that, the real terrorists can keep on colonizing as the self-appointed ruler of land, life and morality, without ever being held accountable for violating the rights of what they deem second rate lifeforms, such as the arabs, indians, latinos and so on.

After all this, some apes will still only be interested in one stupid question. Do I support Hamas? To which I say this. Until you've spent a lifetime under an oppressive regime, you are not qualified to ask that question. An ape can ask anything its puny brain fancies, but it's up to the human to decide whether the ape is worthy of a response. What do you think, by the way - colonizers can just keep coming as they please, to wipe their filthy feet on us like doormat, and we should do nothing - just stay quiet! For creatures who call themselves civilized, you guys have a weird sense of morality.

Yet all these might not get through your thick binary skull, so let me put it to you bluntly.

I don't stand with Hamas, I am Hamas, just like, I don't stand with Ukraine, I am Ukraine. Russia stops fighting, war ends - Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine ends. Israel ends invasion, war ends - Palestine ends resistance, Palestine ends.

However, I do have one problem here. Why do civilians have to die, if that is indeed the case - which I have no way of confirming, because news reports are not like reputed scientific data, that a scientist can naively trust. During humankind's gravest conflicts news outlets have always peddled a narrative benefiting the occupier and demonizing the resistance, either consciously or subconsciously. So never go by news reports, particularly on exception circumstances like this.

No matter the cause, no civilian must die, that is my one unimpeachable law. But the hard and horrific fact of the matter is, only the occupier can put an end to the death and destruction peacefully - the resistance does not have that luxury.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“In some circles, I am called a genius,
Yet the only genius I know of is service.
In other circles, I am branded fraud,
Yet the only fraud I know of is prejudice.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Corazón amable es corazón valiente,
Corazón valiente es corazón amable.
Amabilidad y valentía van de la mano,
Corazón cruel es corazón cobarde.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Wie kommt es, dass wir bessere Wege finden können, um einander zu töten, aber nicht um den Frieden zu bewahren!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Memo to The States of Earth

All through time, the conquerors have been writing history. But no more! The conquerors are no longer the supreme emperor of the narrative, even if all the spineless governments take their side. Because guess what - society is no longer a property of the state. You ask us to vaccinate, we shall vaccinate - you ask us to follow traffic rules, we shall follow traffic rules - you ask us to file our taxes, we shall file our taxes - because that's the civilized thing to do. But if you ask us to support your rich moron of a friend in his exploits of conquest and domination, you shall not have a government to begin with. Remember that.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“إسرائيل توقف الغزو، وتنتهي الحرب - فلسطين توقف المقاومة، وتنتهي فلسطين.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Russia stops fighting, war ends - Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine ends. Israel ends invasion, war ends - Palestine ends resistance, Palestine ends.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“I don't stand with Hamas, I am Hamas, just like, I don't stand with Ukraine, I am Ukraine. Russia stops fighting, war ends - Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine ends. Israel ends invasion, war ends - Palestine ends resistance, Palestine ends.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“When Israel strikes, it's "national security" - when Palestine strikes back, it's "terrorism". Just like over two hundred years ago when native americans resisted their homeland being stolen, it was called "Indian Attack". Or like over a hundred years ago when Indian soldiers in the British Army revolted against the empire, in defense of their homeland, it was called "Sepoy Mutiny".

The narrative never changes - when the colonizer terrorizes the world, it's given glorious sounding names like "exploration" and "conquest", but if the oppressed so much as utters a word in resistance, it is branded as attack, mutiny and terrorism - so that, the real terrorists can keep on colonizing as the self-appointed ruler of land, life and morality, without ever being held accountable for violating the rights of what they deem second rate lifeforms, such as the arabs, indians, latinos and so on.

After all this, some apes will still only be interested in one stupid question. Do I support Hamas? To which I say this. Until you've spent a lifetime under an oppressive regime, you are not qualified to ask that question. An ape can ask anything its puny brain fancies, but it's up to the human to decide whether the ape is worthy of a response. What do you think, by the way - colonizers can just keep coming as they please, to wipe their filthy feet on us like doormat, and we should do nothing - just stay quiet! For creatures who call themselves civilized, you guys have a weird sense of morality.

Yet all these might not get through your thick binary skull, so let me put it to you bluntly.

I don't stand with Hamas, I am Hamas, just like, I don't stand with Ukraine, I am Ukraine. Russia stops fighting, war ends - Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine ends. Israel ends invasion, war ends - Palestine ends resistance, Palestine ends.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“You cannot do the right thing till you know what you've been doing wrong - you cannot be human till you know what's inhuman.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“How come Hitler is a bigger villain than the British monarchy, when Hitler invaded only 11 countries, while the British empire invaded 90 percent of the globe, that is, over 170 countries, and caused multiple times the massacre than the Nazis did!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Black History is World History, we are all offsprings of Africa.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“It's impossible to control people when they no longer fear each other.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“This prehistoric world has an instinctual affinity to black and white concepts – to binary concepts – and a gigantic blind spot for grey areas. Justice is too grand an exercise to be contained by the primitive dualistic nonsense of violence and nonviolence.

Let me put this into perspective. Bullets are an act of violence, silence is an act of nonviolence – but there is a third option – the option of the slipper. Slippers are more effective in fighting bugs, than bullets – bullets make martyr of the bugs, slippers put them in their place. When the slippers of a nation’s civilians combine, even the mightiest of tyrant is bound to fall – be it a state head, court judge or law enforcement officer.

Whenever a bunch of bugs turn the courts into a cradle of animal masculinity – whenever a bunch of bugs turn the parliament into a cradle of fundamentalism and bigotry – whenever a bunch of bugs turn the police stations into a cradle of badge-bearing barbarism – grab hold of that household bug-repellent you wear on your feet, and put them to some good, wholesome use. Treat the corrupt and bigoted like your children, and do with them as you would your own child when they go astray.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Corazón amable es corazón valiente.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“My soldiers don't need guns,
My soldiers don't need bombs.
Their backbone is power enough,
To electrify their struggle upward.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Spirituality is supposed to be an act of self awareness – an act of self-discovery - instead it has become a domain of new-age superstitions.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“When you raise terrorists, you are bound to have terrorism - most of which is democratically glorified as patriotism.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“No matter the cause, no civilian must die, that is my one unimpeachable law. But the hard and horrific fact of the matter is, only the occupier can put an end to the death and destruction peacefully - the resistance does not have that luxury.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“I don't need to write in all these languages of the world - those who care, will find a way. I write in more than one language because I want to. I want to leave at least something extremely personal for every culture in the world - that is, for as many cultures as I humanly can.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“I don't need to write in all these languages of the world - those who care, will find a way. I write in more than one language because I want to. I want to leave at least something extremely personal for every culture in the world - that is, for as many cultures as I humanly can.

However in the end, the universal spirit of love, light and oneness transcends language and culture, and finds a home in the heart of every conscientious human being - and that's what counts. It's the bridge that counts, not the shape it comes in.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Un mundo sin fronteras es un mundo sin miedo.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“El patriotismo es el mayor crimen contra la humanidad.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Agua, water, pani, todo lo mismo.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“¡Soy la Justicia absoluta!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Donde hay humano, hay amor - donde hay humano, hay libertad - donde hay humano, hay justicia.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“La educación es la política de defensa definitiva.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“El tamaño de tu bolsillo no determina tu destino, el tamaño de tu dedicación sí.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Ni los combustibles fósiles ni la inteligencia artificial son el problema: el peligro real es la codicia.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch