"By the end of the German campaign, in 1908, more than 65,000 #Ovaherero, more than two-thirds of the population, and 10,000 #Nama, around half the population, had been killed. Their ancestral lands were not returned to the survivors. [..] In 1902, less than 1 per cent of South-West Africa was owned by Europeans; after the #genocide the figure was more than 20 per cent."
The #antiquities trade has been accused of incentivizing #theft & #looting, especially in unstable parts of the world, and an ecosystem of private collectors, dealers, auction houses and museums has sprung up to handle items of dubious origin. A number of recent U.S. and Europe-based cases have centered on #falsified paperwork.
In #Yellowknife, #Indigenous people make up about 28% of the city population but about 95% of the #unhoused population. For the past week, temperatures have been one side or the other of -40C with wind chill making it one side or the other of -50C. #colonialViolence#Housing#Canada
An Israeli real estate company Harey Zahav, that specializes in developing settlements, posted this pic of destroyed #Gaza with homes and the title 'Wake up, a beach house is not a dream!" (Circulating) @israel@palestine
🇨🇦 If you want to understand the level of #censorship of Canadian news media right now, read about CTV (our biggest private broadcaster) banning the word “Palestine.” #journalism#media