#Colonization

Surya Kanegaonkar

suryakane

Friends, maybe. Family, no. The US/EU would be well placed to appreciate that India will not necessarily conform to a Western template for democracy and embrace foreign “liberal” orthodoxies. That’s

Stephanie Balkwill

StephBalkwill

1/ I’ve been thinking about the #gatekeeping discussion in Sinology as it pertains to Buddhist Studies. Amitabha knows that it's a discussion we should have. My thoughts below. 2/ In

Marsin Alshamary مارسين الشمري

MarsinRA

A common narrative of the 1920 Revolution - amongst Iraqis & some historians - is that it would not have been possible without Grand Ayatollah Shirazi (chief marjaa at the

try jesus, don’t try me

zarimx

I can see the point about xenophobia, but I don’t think Black Americans descendant from US chattel slavery getting recognized for our unique history in this country is a bad

Adam Toy

Adam_Toy

#HappyCanadaDay, if you're celebrating it today. And if you view this country's history of colonization & racism a reason not to celebrate the anniversary of the Constitution Act, fair point.The

Maureen Murphy

maureenclarem

My quick thoughts on the big and welcome news that an ICC pre-trial chamber has affirmed that the court has jurisdiction in the West Bank and Gaza: Asking for a

Judicaelle Irakoze

Judicaelle_

A thread on Sankara: his life, his death, his wife Mariam Sankara and his two sons Philip Sankara and August Sankara.Three words to describe Sankara: Decolonization - Pan Africanism -

c0nc0rdance

c0nc0rdance

In 1887, a group of white plantation owners formed the Committee of Safety in Hawai'i. They hired an all-white militia (the Honolulu Rifles) and forced King David Kalākaua to sign

☀️ Shiiba, The White Mage ˎˊ˗

HappyShiiba

White people and 'White Culture' are two separate things. White culture was birthed out of a chain of exploitative and violent feudal systems that aren't historically unique. It's just the

((counterapparatus))

walmas

In March, there was a certain popular nihilism expressed in the rolling wave of cancellations. Presented with the option not to continue on, people chose not to continue on. I

Leah

9BillionTigers

White women, in the absence of racialization, sometimes racialize womanhood itself, deliberately ignoring that many womanhoods are already racialized. The phrase "white feminism" calls this out as white, rather than

Brandon Bayne

brandonbayne

Visiting the border wall at Alamo, Texas is the perfect culmination to this presidency. It displays maximum violence to the people whose families they separated, called rapists, and labeled animals,

آية 𓂆

ayaghanameh

thread on zionism and the settler colonization of palestine. annexation is a symptom, not the problem (1) I know this is long - it’s long because it has to be.

vakibs

vakibs

It is such an important historical fort and landmark, which is defaced by a stupid road for motor vehicles. We in India are really exceptionally dumb in how we ruin

Historica Canada

HistoricaCanada

August 1st marks the day slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire, freeing enslaved people in Canada. Racial inequality and anti-Black racism are legacies of enslavement. Mark #EmancipationDay by learning

Scott Hickle 🌐

ScottHickle

1/ Working in climate, I’m often asked why I care about climate change. My honest answer: because there are no aliens.Yes, I’m serious. Time for a thread. 2/ It

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