Tag Archives: colonialism
10 Reasons Why Defunding Police Should Lead to Defunding War
“Just as the U.S. was created by taking over the lands of Indigenous peoples by force, so America as an empire uses war to expand access to markets and resources”
Chris Hedges: The Zionist Colonization of Palestine
“This project is about the ongoing seizure of Palestinian land by the colonizers. It is about the rendering of the Palestinians as non-people, writing them out of the historical narrative as if they never existed and denying them basic human rights.”
DN!: “Our Very Existence Is the Resistance”: An Hour w/ AOC, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib & Ilhan Omar
REP. ILHAN OMAR: I think, to the point that Rashida was talking about, about us not being divided, but disconnected, is truly how I think about the thing that is wrong with the formation of our foreign policy, is that when we engage in the creation of our foreign policy, we are truly disconnected from the foreign nations that it will impact and the humans who are going to be impacted by our foreign policy.
The Conflict of Our Time: U.S. Imperialism vs the Rule of Law, by Nicolas J S Davies
Half the Earth’s population of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles has already disappeared in the past 40 years.
Freedom Rider: The Legacy of 1918, by Margaret Kimberley
Donald Trump is a racist boor, but the European leaders he snubbed are unreconstructed imperialists whose nations have enslaved and slaughtered tens of millions. “They relinquished colonies in Africa and Asia but kept them dependent through a variety of means.” Margaret Kimberley Black Agenda Report November 14, 2018 Donald Trump’s boorishness and stupidity always ruffle feathers […]
The Battle for Paradise: Naomi Klein reports from Puerto Rico
PUERTO RICANS AND ULTRARICH “PUERTOPIANS” ARE LOCKED IN A PITCHED STRUGGLE OVER HOW TO REMAKE THE ISLAND
The Defeat of US Imperialism is a Strategic Necessity, not a Single Issue by Danny Haiphong
US imperialism has become a single issue, with many leftists choosing to express solidarity with Palestinians but not for Syrians, Iranians, or Iraqis.
Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, “Loaded” (Video)
In her eye-opening study of the Second Amendment, Dunbar-Ortiz exposes the racist roots of America’s gun culture.
Racism and Colonization with Meleiza Figueroa at the Democracy Convention (Video)
Racism deconstructed in 10 minutes: recommended
Lessons on Political Culture and Consciousness From Struggles of the Global South
Some complain that the Women’s March lacked direction, but more limiting was its lack of shared experiences and knowledge that could rationalize a political objective.
Andre Vitchek: The Empire Is Crumbling. That Is Why It Needs War
Let us make sure that it goes away, crumbles, step by step, without destroying the world, without dragging it into WWIII.
Let us unite, individuals and nations, movements and parties. At least until the most dangerous period passes.
The Indiscriminate Compassion of Haneen Zoabi and Response: The Right to Resist
The overall context of Israeli action is that of occupation and terrorism. The overall context of Palestinian action is a legitimate struggle against occupation. —Israeli Knesset member Haneen Zoabi By Alexander Reed Kelly truthdig.com Jul 13, 2014 Israeli Member of the […]
Declaration from the Indigenous People’s Conference at Rio+20
DECLARATION FROM THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S CONFERENCE AT RIO+20 Posted by Peter Rugh, Editor on June 20, 2012 ear to earth From the Indigenous Peoples Global Conference on Rio+20 and Mother Earth: We, the Indigenous Peoples of Mother Earth assembled at the site of Kari-Oka I, sacred Kari-Oka Púku, Rio de Janeiro to participate in the United Nations […]
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