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Bandaiyan: Indigenous Names of Australian Cities

March 20, 2016January 28, 2018decolonialatlas

Pine Ridge Reservation in Lakota

February 1, 2016July 20, 2020decolonialatlas

Rojava in Kurdish, Aramaic, and Arabic

January 25, 2016November 5, 2017decolonialatlas

Australia: Aboriginal Territories and Placenames

August 21, 2015February 2, 2017decolonialatlas

Menominee Treaty Lands

June 15, 2015May 8, 2017decolonialatlas

Place Name Etymology in Western Hemisphere

June 3, 2015May 8, 2017decolonialatlas

The Hawaiian Islands in Hawaiian

May 15, 2015February 2, 2017decolonialatlas

Indigenous Names for Mount McKinley

April 30, 2015May 8, 2017decolonialatlas

The Rockies: An Arapaho Perspective

April 24, 2015May 8, 2017decolonialatlas

South Asia Decolonized: Native Place Names, No Borders

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Pray for Gaza. The number of reported bombings in the past 24 hours is horrific. 2 million people trapped inside a tiny strip of land, already facing perpetual shortages of essential medicines because of Israel's illegal blockade, mercilessly bombed on the holiday of Eid.
The news is full of headlines about "clashes," obscuring the reality that one side is a state power, backed by $3.8B/year in unconditional US military aid, carrying out a campaign of ethnic cleansing in violation of international law.
Biden campaigned on raising the refugee cap to 125,000. He broke that promise, stranding thousands of refugees waiting to be processed. #NeverAgainIsNow
From 1920 to 1948, Palestine was a British-administered colony. The British government promised the land to the Zionists in the Balfour Declaration and to the Palestinians in the League of Nations mandate. In 1947, the British withdrew from Palestine, stating it was unable to arrive at a solution acceptable to both parties. In other words, the problem they helped create was now too complicated to help resolve.
"Greater America" was how they spelled "Empire" in 1899.
Apartheid is an everyday reality for millions of Palestinians, no matter where they live.
Visit Palestine: 1936 and now.
Bill and Melinda Gates are largest private farmland owners in the US.
All of West Jerusalem was once #SheikhJarrah. During the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine, the Palestinians who lived in West Jerusalem were either expelled to East Jerusalem or the West Bank or left the country. While Israel allowed thousands of Jews to move into settlements in East Jerusalem, not a single Palestinian has been allowed to return to their home in West Jerusalem.
"In English, you can just say, "She's a mother." But in Wampanoag, you can't say that. You can say, "She's my mother, she's your mother, she's our mother, she's his or her mother." But you can't just say "a mother." And that's the same with all of the kinship terms. Everybody in that circle is defined by the people around them. And that's reflected in the words." - Jessie Little Doe Baird
The pandemic is far from over. As rich countries hoard vaccines and go back to brunch, elsewhere entire health systems are on the verge of collapse.
What's happening in al-Quds (Jerusalem) is ethnic cleansing. It's a Nakba. Palestinians have a right to stay in their homes. #SaveSheikhJarrah
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