i am reposting this horrific news, without commentary except to say that obviously i do not share the authors’ insistence on nonviolence, but equally obviously that is not the most important thing here in this post. Sexual violence, from India to Turtle Island, has always been used by the powerful …
Counterinsurgency hype [tripe] from one of Canada’s white warriors: Conditions ripe for major aboriginal uprising, academic says Young first nations people are largely poor, uneducated, prone to crime and live near vulnerable resource areas, ex-Forces officer argues By Barbara Yaffe, Vancouver SunMarch 11, 2010 Canadians and their political leaders are …
The following is an important statement from Adoptees of Color, regarding the current hype about [mostly white] people in imperialist countries rescuing Black and Brown people in the neocolonies, in the current instance Haiti. Statement on HaitiJanuary 25, 2010 This statement reflects the position of an international community of adoptees …
Before I begin this poem, Iād like to ask you to join me in a moment of silence in honor of those who died in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001. I would also like to ask you to offer up a moment of silence …
CBC News – Montreal – Natives want PM to screen northern Quebec projects
What follows is a rough version of a talk i gave at Montreal’s Native Friendship Center, at the Anti-Colonial Thanksgiving organized by Frigo Vert last night. Many of the articles and documents referenced here are also referenced on the new Kersplebedeb H1N1 page. Iām here to say just a few …
“We [Canadians] have no history of colonialism.”—Stephen Harper at the G20 in Pittsburgh Gee,what a relief. Someone should go tell the Indians, i s’pose. (thx to Firewitch for posting this.)
Ā The above is a video recording of Ward Churchill Speaking On Colonialism as Genocide at Concordia University in Montreal last Wednesday, recorded by Maximilian Forte on Vimeo. i was tabling so i missed the talk, which makes me extra-grateful to have this video available. i certainly don’t agree with …
The following important news comes via No One Is Illegal Montreal: [Included below are links and the text of some recent articles concerning Katenies and her refusal to recognize the jurisdiction of Canadian colonial courts and the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA). Katenies again refused to recognize the jurisdiction of …
An excellent response to Prime Minister Harper’s recent “apology” to Indigenous people on behalf of the canadian state: An Historic Non-Apology, Completely and Utterly Not Accepted The Maze of Rhetoric We hope our title is sufficiently unequivocal to convey our reaction to the events of Wednesday June 11, 2008. Maybe …