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Category: Resisting Colonialism

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Advance Australia Fair?

“In history’s page let every stage Advance Australia Fair In joyful strains then let us sing Advance Australia Fair.” (Australian National Anthem) “Manifest destiny may lack its old grandeur of theft and blood – “lock the door” is what it … Continue reading

Lucky Country?

In 1788 down Sydney Cove, The first boat people land Said “sorry boys, our gain’s your loss, We’re gonna steal your land” (Kev Carmody, Thou Shalt Not Steal) Recent news about the Curtin and Port Hedland “Immigration Reception and Processing … Continue reading

Indigenous Perspective on the War on Terrorism

About a year ago, I went to an event that featured two people, one Palestinian and one Israeli, who were both speaking about the continued occupation of Palestine. They displayed a map of the West Bank on an overhead projector … Continue reading

The Grid of History: Cowboys and Indians

We were like Custer. We were surrounded. -Sgt. James J. Riley explaining why he ordered surrender in an engagement in Nasiriyah, Iraq on March 23, 2003.[1] At the onset of the U.S. military invasion of Iraq, Senator Robert Byrd emotionally … Continue reading

Bringing It All Back Home: Anti-globalisation Activism Cannot Ignore Colonial Realities

“We are faced with a two-fold challenge, to struggle as best we can to deal with the immediate consequences of globalisation. Secondly, and more difficult, to contextualise those problems within the 500-year-and-more history of the culture of colonisation.” – Moana … Continue reading

Statement of Leonard Peltier on the FTAA

Dear Brothers, Sisters, Friends and Supporters, I know many of you are already familiar with the FTAA, NAFTA, the WTO, the IMF and the World Bank. I know many of you are working hard to expose what these organizations and … Continue reading

The Global Privileges of Whiteness

Whiteness is ownership of the earth. — W.E.B. Du Bois I use the term white supremacy … I intend a latitudinarian conception, one that encompasses de facto and de jure white privilege and refers more broadly to the European domination … Continue reading

Global Commons: But Where Is The Community?

It is everywhere these days, this idea of a global commons. It started with the environment, now it has spread to all sorts of other issues. It is an idyllic idea too – one humanity, one world, one nature. It … Continue reading

“Democracy” Can Never Take Root On Stolen Land

I keep seeing books, articles and correspondence which refer to a “post-colonial world”. Which world is that? Hand me a telescope. It doesn’t seem to be in this galaxy. Many of us liken the situation of Palestine to that of … Continue reading

Our Home on Native Land

Canada is a country which prides itself on its efforts in ‘peace-building’, always taking care to distinguish its ‘peace-building’ efforts from similar efforts as claimed by its southern neighbour. Abroad, this peace-building translates into ‘supporting sustainable development in order to … Continue reading

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