Under-Talked

12/09/2024

It is time we unify our voices and really speak up. For those of us that are able to vote in the US, THIS IS THE TIME TO USE YOUR VOICE.

We all watched the presidential debate yesterday, and it was a disgrace. The most shameful part of which is the feedback to the question of the “Israel-Gaza war” which American media anchors refuse to call it as it is: A Genocide.

Harris, the democratic candidate, showed NO TANGIBLE PLAN or even intention to stop the genocide, in fact she re-iterated her support to Israel. That, in it of itself, is unacceptable. And we cannot give her our votes with this position! We have to rally to change that. Adding, that during the current presidency, which Harris is its VP and have clearly showed her intentions to continue the current administration’s approach on most issues, we have witnessed THE CRUMBLING OF ALL DEMOCRATIC VALUES in the US: i) institutionalising censorship - through Congress sponsoring legislation to silence those speaking to stop the genocide - not to mention the silencing on college campuses and more; ii) allowing dark money to play a role in removing our honourable and popular legislators: more than 35 million dollars were spent by pro-Israeli groups to defeat TWO PROGRESSIVE BLACK members of Congress whom advocated for the righteous positions; iii) the disregard of the democratic process to seek Congress’ approval for sending arms or money to Israel; iv) the disregard of US domestic laws that serve to ensure arms sent are not violating Human Rights - which clearly is not the case with Israel; and v) the ignoring of expert opinions within the the State Department which resulted in several members of staff resigning. Furthermore, vi) her candidacy, in it of itself, is omitting the democratic process, where democrats DID NOT get to vote for her in primaries, she was just pushed on us. If we truly care about the US democracy, American civil rights, democratic freedoms, and more, then WE CANNOT GIVE HER OUR VOTES.

On the other hand, we all know Trump’s approach to presidency. HOWEVER, Trump didn’t mention any of those plans during the debate. Furthermore, when asked about the “Israel-Gaza War” or more accurately the Genocide on Gaza, he said he wouldn’t have started the war… but unfortunately didn’t expand and diverted to other issues. This is a STRONG indication that he’s shifting slightly, but not enough, to win our votes, which means OUR VOTES THIS TIME are MORE VALUABLE than ever and CAN sway the results.

So IT US OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO USE OUR VOTES WISELY. It is time we speak up loud and clear for what we truly believe in. We should pledge to ONLY GIVE OUR VOTES to the candidates that call for stopping the genocide, or in US policy terms, ceasefire. And as of now, it is only third party candidates, and the stronger candidate of which is Jill Stein. This pledge will give us NEGOTIATING POWER to STOP THE GENOCIDE in Gaza, which is now extending to the West Bank.

Don’t underestimate the power of your voice, and let’s all use our voices to promise victory for the candidate that stops the genocide. We can sway the results.

Pledge to dedicate your voice to STOP THE GENOCIDE and preserve US democracy for our own benefit in the US and abroad.

Linda Sarsour Arab American Institute Marc Lamont Hill Noura Erakat Institute for Middle East Understanding ( IMEU ) Jewish Voice for Peace Students for Justice in Palestine at City College Students for Justice in Palestine at Hunter College Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) University of Nebraska at Omaha Students for Justice in Palestine Carleton CODEPINK: Women For Peace Medea Benjamin Visualizing Palestine

21/12/2023

“Learn the lessons of history: they say those colours represent terror, but they said that about the Kenyans and about Indians. They said it about South Africans and about the heroic people of Vietnam.

When the poorest and most oppressed and most exploited people in the world say: we want to be free; they say: you’re terrorists. We say: it’s a projection; we say: colonial power which brutalises and savages all over the world calls other people savages. The only savages are the people in the offices and the headquarters of corporations and states in London and Washington who plan massacres all over the world.

We say: the Palestinian flag represents human freedom” Barnaby Raine.

03/12/2023

The intersectionality of indigenous people across the US and Palestine.

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23/11/2023

Today, on the US Thanksgiving holiday, the Native Americans mourn for the loss of their ancestral land. The US holiday plays a part in erasing the real history of colonisation and ethnic cleansing of that land. But Monro and other members of the United American Indians of New England (UAINE) lead a ceremony to honor that real history and revive the true story. They gather in Plymouth, Massachusetts to hold their National Day of Mourning.

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Indigenous leader Mahtowin Monro speaks about how the National Day of Mourning offers a corrective to US settler myths.

18/11/2023

The pretext of colonialism was always: “get off your land or die.” We’ve seen it with Native Americans, Aboriginal Australians, and many more. Today we re-watch it clearly with Palestinians.

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16/08/2023

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/8/9/the-murders-of-indigenous-activists-mark-the-death-of-the-planet

Amid capitalism’s war on the environment and its defenders, we need Indigenous communities more than ever.

16/08/2023

16/08/2023

A reminder.

23/02/2022

Indigenous people are continually forced our of their land. Support us in stopping it.

Urgent: Thousands of us could face eviction from our ancestral lands. Please help!

27/01/2022

"Canada forced more than 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children to attend residential schools between the late 1800s and 1990s. The children were stripped of their languages and culture, separated from siblings, and subjected to psychological, physical and sexual abuse. Thousands are believed to have died while attending the institutions, which were run by various churches, most notably the Roman Catholic Church."

Williams Lake First Nation unveils findings of preliminary search at former ‘residential school’ known for abuse.

15/01/2022

“'Nature protects us as long as we protect nature,' writes Hernandez, who is now a 31-year-old postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Washington. 'Ancestral knowledge has been sustained in our communities,' she added in an interview. 'It’s a valid form of knowledge that isn’t necessarily validated through the Western ways, like publications and books.' This kind of knowledge forms the basis of Indigenous science, Hernandez says, that is crucial to caring for the Earth.

Nature conservation needs a transformation, according to a new book by environmental scientist Jessica Hernandez.

10/01/2022

"There was a time when the voices of Indigenous Peoples were completely silenced. The media played a huge role in that, both in Canada and across the world...
[Indigenous stories] are often told in a discriminatory and biased way by the mainstream media." Brandi Morin

I’ve been seeking out and sharing the stories of oppression, trauma and brutality that my people continue to endure.

10/01/2022

'Chewing Gum Dreams' by Michaela Cole has expressed solidarity with First Nations Peoples through the team's statement announcing their withdrawal from the 2022 Sydney Festival due to their partnership with a colonising entity practicing apartheid and in solidarity with the indigenous people of Palestine.

The team's statement addresses the Palestinians by saying: "We see you. We hear you. We are with you."

Learn more about them: https://www.redlineproductions.com.au/chewing-gum-dreams

03/01/2022

"All except the United States. ..
The U.S. has an incredibly rich heritage of Indigenous languages ranging from Anishinaabe to Cherokee, Navajo to Tewa. But they are almost all endangered, in part because the U.S. spent two hundred years and $2.81 billion trying to destroy them. The infamous federal boarding schools of the 19th and 20th centuries taught English, Christianity, and manual labor, as part of a program to “assimilate” Indians into mainstream society. Lessons were enforced through violence. Some children reported teachers (or priests) sticking pins in their tongues if they spoke their own languages. After hundreds of children’s graves were discovered on school grounds in 2021, Secretary of the Interior Debra Haaland formed the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative to investigate this 'troubled history.'”

The International Decade of Indigenous Languages starts in two weeks, the same period during which experts predict another language will die or go dormant. If the U.S. will not lead, it is at least time to join the global commitment to Indigenous Peoples’ languages.