Decolonization

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Harsha Walia on Anti-Oppression, Decolonization, and Responsible Allyship

 

Harsha Walia is a Vancouver (coast salish territories) based South Asian community activist organizing in various migrant justice, indigenous solidarity, and anti capitalist, anti colonial movements.

She is speaking at City is a Sweatshop on February 21st, 2009

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#DecolonizeHistory: Storytelling & Resistance

 

“I started writing because there was an absence I was familiar with. One of my senses of anger is related to this vacancy – a yearning I had as a teenager… and when I get ready to write, I think I’m trying to fill that.” –Ntozake Shange

 

#DecolonizeHistory is about storytelling that disrupts space to present narratives that have been actively silenced or neglected. 

 

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“Colonialism set the foundation for all other ‘ism’s’”

– Krysta Williams

 

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Can We Recognize?

For so many people of European heritage, the process of decolonization begins with the deep recognition of some powerful understandings. You have ancestors. And those ancestors go back for thousand…

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Why Decolonize?

“Do you know the people you come from?” This is the one question most commonly asked by the world’s Indigenous peoples to people of European heritage.

 

…decolonization is a powerful process that allows us to:

  • http://smragan.com/2011/11/03/lens-cap-clip-mod/ Re-connnect with the places we come from, and the ways of life that shaped our ancestor’s experience and continue to live hidden within ourselves;
  • Yeni Suraxanı Reawaken the identity of who we are in a line of people from ancient ancestors to future generations;
  • Restore a sacred way of life through relationships with the animals, plants, and other living relatives who made our lives possible;
  • Become more effective allies in anti-racist action, solidarity work, and resistance struggles of Indigenous people and other people of color;
  • Make healing of historic traumas possible for ourselves, and for Indigenous people who suffer from colonization and genocide.”

See on awakeningthehorse.wordpress.com

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6 books to decolonize your mind

“In that practice of striving to disrupt oppressive-repressive discourses and decolonize the mind, I’ve decided to post 6 books that changed my life–some of these are banned from being read by high school students in Arizona. I realize many of these are pretty much a no-brainer for those of us who are already attempting decolonial praxis in our daily struggle, but nevertheless I feel deeply indebted to these authors for impacting my life with their radical words, ideas, and their overall activist approach towards writing.”
See on discoursedisruption.wordpress.com

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The Taino genocide

“The Taino genocide (1492-1518) is where the Spanish wiped out most of the Tainos (Arawaks), the native people of the northern Caribbean (present-day Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, etc). Columbus himself set it in motion and oversaw it till 1500.

According to one estimate, genocide and disease wiped out 3 million of the 3.5 million Tainos – 85%. Most were already dead when smallpox arrived in 1518.

 

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Community Village‘s insight:

 

I read about this in a community college history book.

See on abagond.wordpress.com

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Migration is Beautiful

Migration is Beautiful symbolizes a commitment from the creative community to see, show, and celebrate the humanity of the migrant story. See on migrationisbeautiful.com

“Fences and borders can’t stop the flow of rivers, migration of butterflies, or the movement of people, and won’t stop the spirit of freedom.”
– Tania Willard, Indigenous Secwepemc artist

 

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The Colonizer and the Colonized

The Colonizer and the Colonized

Confiscated by colonial police throughout the world since its 1957 publication, The Colonizer and the Colonized is an important document of our times, an invaluable warning for all future generations.–The Los Angeles Times

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

I found this book listed at decolonization.wordpress.com

 

Follow Decolonization on Twitter @dies_journal

 

@getgln

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Nican Tlaca University Inauguration | Mexica Movement

This is the statement of purpose behind the launching of the Nican Tlaca University online project by the Mexica Movement.

Community Village‘s insight:

 

This video is hella repetitive, but I love her idea and passion.

all power to the people!

PS – Kudos to YouTube, Facebook, WordPress, Scoop.it, and all other free media platforms!

@getgln

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