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Keyah (banned era) @sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social · 14h

Interesting how the Indigenous woman kidnapped from the Conscious flotilla isn't getting a fraction of the attention as white participants. Even articles aren't naming her! Her name is Mskwaasin Agnew.

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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 2d

Phew, don't I fuckin know it. Every time I bring up pre-colonial lifeways someone accuses me of doing Retvrn shit. But just because the fash has attempted to co-opt reuniting with nature doesn't mean it's not still essential. They did it with socialism too. It just means we need to be louder

root rot @rootrot1519.bsky.social · 2d

gonna be real hard to make this case - even lefty people reject this b/c they see it as a call to return to subsistence farming or whatever, rather than a call to interact with nature in a way that could sustain us all

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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 25d

Etc etc. Actively reconnecting with our place in and dependence on nature and each other as one of many urgent decolonial practices is a very important topic that I care a lot about. It's not my idea, it's what I've learned from my Indigenous colleagues and comrades, and I will keep talking about it

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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 25d

Much like how people are also naturally drawn towards spirituality and end up in Christian cults because of it, we can observe the appeal that these things have and their core benefits, and try to offer our own options that aren't founded on hierarchy, control, and patriarchal/racial dominance

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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 25d

The fact that influential right-wing grifters weaponize people's natural instincts towards wanting to be in the forest and desire to "go back" to what they see as a simpler, less shitty version of society than the one we live in is a problem, but it's one that reveals opportunities for the left

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Bodhisattva Comrade Spacemonkey @bodhisp4cem0nkey.bsky.social · 25d

...the experience of a culture of relatedness between the Land and the People and are only looking at it on a conceptual level is hard. Settler colonialism literally has tried to destroy Indigenous Peoples' Ways and connection to the Land. That's not some made up 'replacement theory'. 2/2

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Bodhisattva Comrade Spacemonkey @bodhisp4cem0nkey.bsky.social · 25d

Settler colonialism and the European ties between 'Volkishness' and ethnonationalism/ecofascism make this subject super tricky. A colonized people trying to retain their connection to the Land and their Ways is not the same as 'Blood and Soil'. But making the distinction to people who don't have 1/2

Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 25d

The fact that influential right-wing grifters weaponize people's natural instincts towards wanting to be in the forest and desire to "go back" to what they see as a simpler, less shitty version of society than the one we live in is a problem, but it's one that reveals opportunities for the left

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Anna Luisa @anlumaves.bsky.social · 2d

AND as this time saviours of Jewish victims in the very act of exterminating their so-presented modern-day enemies.

Ralf Michaels @ralfmichaels.bsky.social · 2d

"In the context of Germany, the problem of appropriation becomes ethically fraught as non-Jewish Germans — the beneficiaries of Nazism and the Holocaust — can, through experiencing the exhibition, in fact imagine themselves as a Jewish victim."

BR (Benjamin Ratskoff): When Jews in the United States appropriate the exhibition’s experience of victimization for themselves, there’s a problem of collapsing the real distance between their own lives and the conditions that they live in with those who were victimized on October 7. In the context of Germany, the problem of appropriation becomes ethically fraught as non-Jewish Germans — the beneficiaries of Nazism and the Holocaust — can, through experiencing the exhibition, in fact imagine themselves as a Jewish victim. In this way, they can shed the burden of post-perpetrator responsibility and claim the moral privileges of victimhood — without actually having to experience violence or suffering, of course. And by occupying the position of Jewish victims, by “communing with Jewish suffering” (a term I borrow from Adam Sutcliffe), they can make accusations of antisemitism against others.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d

Trey Reed, a student at Delta State University in Mississippi, was found hanging from a noose. Mississippi police ruled the death a suicide. Now an autopsy reportedly concludes that he suffered extensive blunt force trauma across his body before he died, meaning he was beaten before he was lynched.

Kaepernick-Funded Autopsy Reportedly Finds Trey Reed Didn’t Die by Suicide — Family Attorney Ben Crump Hasn’t Confirmed

According to a source who isn't authorized to comment publicly, the autopsy of Trey Reed reveals that his death was not caused by a suicide.

www.blackenterprise.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 5d

It'll never be lost on me that a particular subset of the liberal commentariat in both North America and Western Europe were deeply infatuated with this woman up until the very moment she decided to talk about that one issue you're still basically not allowed to talk about lol.

Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 5d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Anna Luisa @anlumaves.bsky.social · 5d

"Despite Netanyahu's insistence on likening Palestinians to Nazis and portraying Gaza as post-war Germany, the reality remains that Israel, as a settler-colonial project, treats Palestinians as natives who must be eliminated, either through genocide or subjugation, to make space for the new state."

The Palestine Project @palestineproject.bsky.social · 5d

Modelled on Allied policy in post-war Germany, the plan falsely conflates colonial resistance with Nazism, demanding nothing less than the Palestinians' unconditional surrender

Netanyahu-Trump plan: A blueprint to dismantle Palestinian identity

Modelled on Allied policy in post-war Germany, the plan falsely conflates colonial resistance with Nazism, demanding nothing less than the Palestinians' unconditional surrender

www.middleeasteye.net

Anna Luisa @anlumaves.bsky.social · 7d

Eternal/beyond history vs. Historicized/finite. And these seem to be co-constituitive in the very making of a memory culture centered around singularity and redemptive, eternal, colonial statehood.

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Anna Luisa @anlumaves.bsky.social · 7d

not least of colonial/Indigenous genocide, which would never find a similar centrality in any national conscience and will not—not because of lacking severity but bc colonialism is ongoing. The temporal premises & stakes in memorialization are different, almost oppositional, because of that.

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Anna Luisa @anlumaves.bsky.social · 7d

I always wanted to counter that, with respect, not pushing my opinion on ppl’s perceptions/hopes. But it dawned on me & is being brutally confirmed in recent years why all that praise is unjustified. Why hopes are being abused bc Germany’s culture of affirmation always entailed an inherent denialism

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Anna Luisa @anlumaves.bsky.social · 7d

Something I’ve pondered on for years is how often I heard First Nations individuals express-in different contexts-a respect for Germany’s affirmative stance in atoning for the Holocaust, sometimes followed by a desire for similar commitment & long-lasting approach by Canada for its genocidal sins.

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Anna Luisa @anlumaves.bsky.social · 8d

www.3cr.org.au/yillamin/epi...

liberalism: the political and social framework that defines everyday life in so-called Australia

yillamin host Keiran Stewart-Assheton shares analysis on the frameworks of liberalism, explains why liberalism is the foundation of the colonial system, and provides examples of how liberal ideology m...

www.3cr.org.au

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Anna Luisa @anlumaves.bsky.social · 8d

Vertriebene und Verfolgte sind eine (!) moralische Rechtfertigung, eine menschliche Ressource, ein Schutzschild der Staatsform und seiner politischen Ideologie selbst, um eine eigentlich auf Unrecht basierende Existenz, in genau dieser Form, aufrechtzuerhalten. Punkt.

Anna Luisa @anlumaves.bsky.social · 8d

Ein Siedlerstaat wird nicht zum solchen, weil Menschen vertrieben oder verfolgt wurden/werden und einen Staat brauchen. Ein Siedlerstaat wird gegründet, weil verschiedene Akteure koloniale Interessen verfolgen und über die Generationen einen Rechtfertigungsrahmen dafür brauchen u./o. schaffen.

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Anna Luisa @anlumaves.bsky.social · 8d

Wer sagt Hebh Jamal bescheid, sie soll ihren Doku-Film umbenennen? Und generell Palästinenser:innen in Deutschland: sie haben leider vor lauter Betroffenheit den wahren Gehalt der Staatsräson und dessen logische Konsequenzen fehlinterpretiert.

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Deborah Feldman @deborahfeldman.bsky.social · Jul 7

As someone raised by traumatized holocaust survivors it is unspeakably painful to witness the descendants of their tormentors weaponize their suffering against new victims, defeating all my hopes in human redemption. Germany is as Germany was. There is truly nothing else left to say about it.

Jens-Christian Wagner @jcwagner.bsky.social · Jul 7

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Derzeit werden Mitarbeiter:innen der Gedenkstätte Buchenwald wegen einer Handreichung zum Umgang mit rechtsextremen und/oder antisemitischen Codes in Social Media z.T. wüst beschimpft. Dazu möchte ich folgendes sagen: Die Angriffe auf meine Kolleg:innen weise ich mit Nachdruck zurück.

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Yellowhead Institute @miskoaki.bsky.social · 22d

September 30th is National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. As we approach this day, how can we avoid symbolic performances of reconciliation and equip ourselves to work toward transformative change? Check out these resources and more on our website: yellowheadinstitute.org. Linked in bio.

A red text box at the top reads: "Education Resources". Title text reads: "How Do You Like Your Reconciliation?" A venn diagram demonstrates 4 overlapping circles. The circles include 1. Symbolic: Centres "efforts" by Canadians. 2. Easy: Low-hanging fruit, quick wins. 3. Transformative: Centres Indigenous self-determination, 4. Impactful: Empowers Indigenous peoples.

Overlapping with Symbolic, easy, and impactful is: renaming
Overlapping with symbolic and impactful is: contrition: accountability + apology.
Overlapping with Easy, impactful: funding, data transparency, sharing power.
Overlapping with easy, impactful, and transformative: non-existent.
Overlapping with impactful and transformative: justice for Indigenous peoples, land back.
Overlapping with easy and transformative: Settler fantasy.
Overlapping with symbolic and easy is: exploitative, performative "allyship", and inclusion.

A dotted line separates the diagram and text that reads: "As we approach National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, consider where the actions you’re taking or observing fall according to this diagram. Are they transformative, impactful, symbolic, easy or somewhere in-between?"

A yellow text box reads: "Map / Education Resource". Title text reads: "The Yellowhead Treaty Map" A star designed by Michelle Sound is displayed. Next to it, text reads: "Covering every treaty since 1763, the Treaty Map depicts three eras of Treaty Making in Canada, Pre-Confederation, Confederation, and "modern". Each treaty contains descriptions on the context, terms, negotiation, and implementation of the treaty." A yellow text box contains the URL: treatymap.yellowheadinstitute.org.

A dotted line separates text at the bottom that reads: "When you recite a land acknowledgement, are you actually engaging with what it means to occupy stolen land? Are you encouraging your audience to learn about how the territories you live on were dispossessed and remain contested?"

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Bryson The Gaytive @brysonthegaytive.bsky.social · 9d

Today is #TruthandReconciliation day today.

People often talk as if residential schools are a thing of the past. They aren’t.

They are still causing damage to this day. People who deny that they happened are still causing damage to this day.

Survivors are still alive to this day.

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Anna Luisa @anlumaves.bsky.social · 9d

Was hier weiter existieren "dürfen" und nicht infrage gestellt werden soll, sind Unterdrückungssysteme. Solche, die nachweislich Existenzen auslöschen. Ironic, isn't it?

Anna Luisa @anlumaves.bsky.social · 9d

Israel ist special, deshalb Existenzrecht, aber Achtung "sogenannte Siedler" in der Neuen Welt, ihr seid auch bald dran. Die Ideologie der Terror-Aktivisten-Akademiker will euch auch zur Auslöschung freigeben. So fucking unserious, aber in Deutschland die vermeintliche Speerspitze der Vernunft.

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Anna Luisa @anlumaves.bsky.social · 9d

Israel ist special, deshalb Existenzrecht, aber Achtung "sogenannte Siedler" in der Neuen Welt, ihr seid auch bald dran. Die Ideologie der Terror-Aktivisten-Akademiker will euch auch zur Auslöschung freigeben. So fucking unserious, aber in Deutschland die vermeintliche Speerspitze der Vernunft.

Anna Luisa @anlumaves.bsky.social · 9d

Wenn man sich einmal den Argumentation von Leuten wie Elbe, Lelle oder ihren englischsprachigen Vorbildern folgt, wird es offensichtlich, dass das Getue um Israel und Existenzrecht ein Feigenblatt ist, was andere "bedrohte" Staaten mit ähnlichem "Vorwurf" (geschichtlicher Fakten) immer mitschützt.

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