An activist who criticized Morocco’s decision to normalize relations with Israel was sentenced to five years in prison, as some of the Arab world’s largest pro-Palestinian protests continue to sweep the country. Abdul Rahman Zankad of Mohammedia, Morocco was arrested in March after posting on Facebook about the Israel-Hamas...
📖 In a paper published on The Journal of Architecture, Marta Macedo and Ricardo Costa Agarez compare two Portuguese #AgriculturalColonisation projects: Vila Fernando, in #Alentejo, and the penal colonies in #Angola. 🇵🇹 🇦🇴
"...despite their differences, metropolitan and imperial projects can be addressed using the same analytical framework as they share an allied set of practices, cultures, technologies, and agents..."
The Destruction of Palestine Is the Destruction of the Earth
The last six months of genocide in Gaza have ushered in a new phase in a long history of colonization and extraction that reaches back to the nineteenth century. To truly understand the present crisis, Andreas Malm argues, requires a longue durée analysis of Palestine's subjugation to fossil empire.
"As the world watches Israel’s military onslaught on the Gaza Strip, there’s one development that’s received close to zero attention: Israel’s granting of 12 new licences for gas exploration. But Palestinians say much of it falls within their maritime borders, under international law."
🗣 The IHC is one of the institutions organising the seminar "Ecologies of Movement: Retracing Empire & Dynamics of Resistance", whose call for participants is open until 15 April.
"There is so much love in Palestine " the Makdisi brothers talk with Dr. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
An impressive podcast with Dr. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian talking about the colonisation of Palestine, the crimes of IL, the body and body parts, power, necrocapitalism, and the life and affirmation of Palestinian life that grows out of all this.
Singapore’s stunning architecture shows influences & styles from different periods. Eclectic styles & hybrid forms from the colonial era to the more modern architecture inspired by trends from around the world. One never ceases to be amazed by both heritage & innovation.
Time for Autonomous Action for Palestine: A Conversation with Within Our Lifetime
'We will also discuss the benefit of - and existing calls for - decentralized actions, de-occupations, assemblies and gatherings, public testimonies, research/writing, media-making and agitprop, mutual aid stations, trainings and teach-ins in the streets, roving shutdowns, disruptive poetry readings, sit-ins and slow downs, strikes and marches, singing and amplifying sound, painting walls, resistance parties, wheatpasting, and other happenings.
"Within Our Lifetime is not only a name, but a promise, a motivational cry, a rally, and a call to action. It is the steadfast belief that no matter what obstacles we will face, victory of the oppressed is inevitable."'
Watchdog examining claims key details have not been disclosed about altar tablets it is facing calls to return The British Museum is being investigated by the information watchdog over claims it has been overly secretive about some of the most sensitive items in its collection – a group of sacred Ethiopian altar tablets that...
#Lakota Youths Raising Voices for #Palestine -- 'Our Liberation is Linked'
By International Indigenous Youth Council, Oglala Lakota Chapter via #CensoredNews, March 29, 2024
"In a world plagued by injustices and oppression, the youth of the #OglalaLakotaNation raise their voices in support for Palestine. As descendants of a people who have faced centuries of systemic violence and displacement, we intimately understand the pain and suffering inflicted by colonialism and genocide.
Just as our ancestors fought to preserve our way of life and sovereignty, we stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people as they resist occupation and defend their right to self-determination. The parallels between our struggles are undeniable, rooted in a shared history of dispossession, displacement, and cultural erasure.
The ongoing atrocities committed against the Palestinian people, including the recent escalation of violence and displacement in #Gaza, serve as a reminder of the urgent need for global solidarity and action. We refuse to remain silent in the face of oppression and injustice.
"Together, we raise our voices to condemn the brutal acts of violence and state-sanctioned discrimination perpetrated by the Israeli government. We demand an end to the illegal occupation of Palestinian lands and the immediate cessation of all forms of violence against civilians.
"As Oglala youth, we recognize that our liberation is intricately linked to the liberation of all oppressed peoples around the world. By standing in solidarity with Palestine, we reaffirm our commitment to justice, equality, and human rights for all.
"Let us unite in our struggle against #colonialism, #imperialism, and #genocide. Together, we can create a world where every individual and community can thrive in freedom and dignity."
Buried: how we choose to remember the transatlantic slave trade – documentary #TheGuardian
"The remote island of St Helena, a British overseas territory, is best known for Napoleon's tomb – the island's biggest tourist attraction. However, while overseeing the construction of a long-awaited airport on the island, Annina van Neel learns that the remains of thousands of formerly enslaved Africans have been uncovered, unearthing one of the most significant physical remaining traces of the transatlantic slave trade in the world."
“Against Alienation” - Lara Sheehi and Stephen Sheehi on their book Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine
"In this conversation Lara & Stephen talk about the historical relationship between psychoanalysis and colonialism, and how power relations and epistemology structure those relations.
Upending those relations of course are anti-colonial or decolonial theories of psychoanalysis and in this context relationships forged between Palestinian clinicians and their Palestinian clients. Both are subjected to the same settler colonial apartheid regime that necessitates a national liberation struggle.
Along the way they talk about the different forms of every day and extreme oppression faced by Palestinian people, we talk about the work of Palestinian clinicians to confront that harm, and how confronting that requires transgressive acts, organization and ultimately resistance."
Where will all the microbats go when the NSW forests are logged and clear-felled?
Decline of rare UK bat linked to tree felling for British empire’s fleets
"Rife deforestation 500 years ago aligns with western barbastelle slump, finds study of bat DNA."
"The examples of flora and fauna disappearing because of human excesses over the past 50 years are manifold, but research has found that the decline of a characterful bat began in the UK when its trees were felled for shipbuilding 500 years ago."
"“These bats usually roost in mature oak and beech trees, and move around every few nights – so they benefit from areas with substantial woodland cover. Our findings reveal that the northern and southern British populations have declined over several centuries, beginning about 500 years ago. This coincides with a period of widespread tree-felling to supply wood for colonial shipbuilding. It is likely that the decline we found was triggered by this loss of woodland – which has continued since that period.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/14/decline-of-rare-uk-bat-linked-to-tree-felling-for-british-empires-fleets
Whether it’s through her #poetry or while in conversation at home making homemade mayonnaise, Rebecca Thomas of Lennox Island #FirstNation has a lot of powerful insights to share.
"I Place You Into The Fire", a new #documentary by #Indigenous filmmaker Stephanie Joline, gives Thomas the space to share personally emotional stories about intergenerational trauma, the impacts of #colonialism, performative #reconciliation and #healing.
Tonight, I light up 4 white candles for my brothers/sisters who passed away, after spending almost their whole lives - trying to fight back against multiple #BCgovernment & multiple #GovernmentOfCanada abuses & exploitation & ongoing divide/conquer evil #colonialism.
If things keep going the way they are now - I'll be joining my now deceased fellow family of lifelong activitists. We know odds are stacked against us. We just can't live without trying to change what we can, while we're alive.
When US responded to #ICJ ruling of plausible case, by stripping all funding from #UNRWA, I argued that was active US execution of #Genocide against #Gaza. New spending bill defunding it until 2025 outstrips that in viciousness & scope.
ALSO NOTE her citation of CNN reporting from 3 wks ago: UN clearly says Israeli govt used torture on UN staff to extract false confessions.
Today in Labor History March 23, 1931: The authorities hanged Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar for killing a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian Independence movement. Singh was a anti-colonial revolutionary, from Punjab, who was inspired by both Bolshevism and anarchism.
A Moroccan activist was sentenced to 5 years for criticizing the country’s ties to Israel (apnews.com)
An activist who criticized Morocco’s decision to normalize relations with Israel was sentenced to five years in prison, as some of the Arab world’s largest pro-Palestinian protests continue to sweep the country. Abdul Rahman Zankad of Mohammedia, Morocco was arrested in March after posting on Facebook about the Israel-Hamas...
British Museum investigated over Ethiopian artefacts hidden from view for 150 years (www.theguardian.com)
Watchdog examining claims key details have not been disclosed about altar tablets it is facing calls to return The British Museum is being investigated by the information watchdog over claims it has been overly secretive about some of the most sensitive items in its collection – a group of sacred Ethiopian altar tablets that...