#british imperialism

[intersectionalpraxis]

#feminist #social justice #settler colonialism #settler violence #colonialism #colonial violence #french imperialism #british imperialism #belgium #free congo #algeria #history #human rights violations #human rights

[sneefsnorf]

"british colonialism was so long ago" my brother in christ my entire family lives under british colonial rule!!! i live under british colonial rule (and im a TEENAGER)!!!!!

even in places where britain has stepped down as the official ruling force, white supremacy and market capitalism that benefits the west and oppresses those former colonies is VERY MUCH STILL PRESENT.

the idea that british colonialism was just something that happened a couple of centuries ago (or something that's present today but just a little bit and its not that bad) is BULLSHIT.

shut up and stand with victims of centuries of imperialism and racism, because we're STILL NOT FREE.

#british imperialism #leftist #leftism #anti imperialism #anarchist #anarchism #anarchblr #british royal family #queen elizabeth #queen of england #ireland #politics

[defleftist]

But like, having a monarchy is so cringe.

#monarchy #fuck the monarchy #abolish the monarchy #queen elizabeth #british monarchy #british colonialism #british imperialism #anti imperialist #anti colonization #british royal family #guillotine #cringe #leftist #communist #socialist #leftblr #communism #socialism #anti capitalist #anti capitalism #leftist politics #human rights #anarchism #anarchist #power to the people

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Three Indigenous Alberta women are involved in a lawsuit that requires articling students in the province to swear an oath of allegiance to “be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles the Third.”

Rachel Snow is an Îyârhe Nakoda First Nations legal consultant and Indigenous law practitioner, and a descendant of makers of Treaty 7.

Her father John Snow was chief of the Wesley Band, west of Calgary. In the 70s he received an audience Queen Elizabeth II and presented Prince Charles with a book that he wrote about the history of his people.

John fought for Indigenous rights and had an honorary doctorate of laws degree from the University of Calgary.

Rachel has a law degree but she can’t be a lawyer in Alberta unless she swear an oath of allegiance to the king.

“It’s very much a remnant of colonialism,” Snow said. [...]

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada, @abpoli

#cdnpoli #colonialism #colonization #Alberta #Indigenous politics #British imperialism #Calgary

[equinope]

Who shot James Miller?

Who shot Brian Avery?

Who killed Rachel Corrie?

Who Shot Iain Hook?

Between 2002 - 2003 Israeli forces deliberately shot, killed and maimed five British and American citizens.

Of those five, the only perpetrator brought to 'justice' was Tasir Hayb, who served six years in an Israeli prison for the murder of Tom Hurndall, a British photographer.

The killers of James Miller, Rachel Corrie, and Iain Hook, are still unknown. The identity of the IDF soldier that shot Ben Avery in the face, causing him lasting disfigurement, is still unknown.

Their identities have been shielded, in collaboration with the UK and the US, by the Israeli state.

#free palestine #end the occupation #hold israel accountable #gaza genocide #boycott israel #israel is a terrorist state #human rights #colonialism #imperialism #israeli terrorism #british imperialism #uk politics #rachel corrie

[larobeblanche]

Philip Wilson Steer (British, 1860-1942) The Muslin Dress • 1910 • Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Birkenhead, England

#art #painting #fine art #figurative painting #women in white #la robe blanche #white dress #women in paintings #portrait #british painter #british imperialism #impressionism #artist #painter #paintings of women #philip wilson steer

[jyndor]

just read an article from euronews of a holocaust survivor hoping for a united middle east, like the eu, while also denying the accusation of genocide against israel and demanding a two-state solution. it's so fucking sad that a genocide survivor is weaponizing the crimes that were perpetrated against her in order to excuse and deny crimes against palestinians.

like I'm sorry you believe that the un "gave" land away that wasn't its land to give, and I do think everyone who wants to live in a secular, pluralistic democracy should be able to live there - but ma'am. you literally said you are not going to let genocide happen again and then denied a genocide that is happening right now. and in fact you justify genocide.

here's the thing - this is the wishful thinking of someone who does not want to acknowledge the reality of occupation and displacement. it is historical revisionism.

let's not forget for a second that this land was not "given" to israel by the un but rather that it was stolen from the indigenous population of palestine/falasteen by yishuv/israeli soldiers after the uk terminated the mandate in 1948.

basically, the uk wanted to terminate the mandate of palestine* (issued by the league of nations in 1922 after WWI when britain occupied palestine) because dealing with the growing tensions between jews and arabs living there (due to the growing zionist movement to establish a jewish state in palestine, which the british commission aided and abetted ofc) was becoming a bit of a headache. so they took it to the un general assembly for the un to deal with.

and that these soldiers carried out the nakba after the un general assembly made a partition plan in a resolution that the palestinians were under no obligation to accept because unga resolutions are NON-BINDING, and when the security council tried to come to a consensus it could not.

from the actual general assembly resolution, in which you can see that these are recommendations to the uk and to the mandate of palestine and makes REQUESTS to the security council. none of this is an order, which if course is not something that the general assembly has the power to do.

you can even see that on this first page, the general assembly points out that this plan will likely "impair the general welfare and friendly relations among nations."

frankly the resolution was extremely unfair to the palestinians, as the partition would have given them about 44-45% of the land and the jewish population about 55-56%. and bear in mind that not only was there a much larger arab population, but that due to the 4th and 5th aliyah (jewish immigration to palestine) most of the jewish population had not been there for more than 20 years.

now I'm not bothered about people making aliyah, I believe in freedom of movement. what I am bothered about is the settler colonial project that used the expulsion of jews in europe to promote the expulsion of palestinians in palestine.

but the thing is, the israelis didn't even follow the un plan - nor was the un ready for such a plan to be implemented. and funny enough the us** delegate warren austin said at the time that the uk planned to terminate the mandate (may 15th) that "the Security Council is not prepared to go ahead with efforts to implement this plan in the existing situation."

instead what happened was this. the yishuv***, lead by ben gurion, rejected us requests to postpone the declaration of statehood and to cease military operations, which had already resulted in the expulsion of 300,000 palestinians even before the war. this is because ben gurion and many others wanted the entirety of palestine (as well as parts of syria and lebanon) to be a jewish state and did not want the partition - you can see this today in "greater israel" which would be a state of israel from the river to the sea, so would require the annexation of palestine as well as some parts of syria, lebanon and sometimes jordan. it would require mass displacement of non-jewish palestinians and possibly genocide. this is largely a belief of far right people like smotrich and netanyahu, but my concern is that the further right israeli society goes, the more people will become either indifferent to people around them believing in a greater israel or will actually believe in it themselves for the sake of their safety.

I've seen israelis say things like "no one wants gaza, leave us alone" and I have to laugh because that's just not true at all, there are frankly far too many people who are fine with the occupation as long as they don't have to see the harm their state is doing. I understand this because I see it in every settler colony. it's not unique to israel.

you cannot demand to live alone in peace when your country is built on ethnic cleansing, occupation, apartheid and yes, even though im sure it hurts to acknowledge, genocide. and you cannot expect to be allowed to peacefully occupy millions of people.

because what - is an independent palestine allowed to have a military? is it allowed to be fully autonomous? no of course not to zionists because that would threaten their security I guess. and I mean it probably would to some extent since there is no justice in partition.

would there be reparations? no because israelis generally do not know the history of how israel was founded, and if they do they largely don't care. or at the very least don't want it to be relevant to what we're seeing now. I mean the us still hadn't made reparations to descendants of slaves and frankly if we've done a little bit of reparations to native americans it isn't near enough.

would there be right to return for those in the diaspora? of course not, because israel would never allow palestinians the right to return to land in israel.

and those israelis who understand the situation are calling for a single secular state of palestine, or acknowledging that this is a genocide, or reckoning with the nakba. they are not demanding palestinians tolerate oppression. they do not value their lives above palestinian lives.

the colonizers do not get to make demands of the colonized. I feel great sorrow for what the woman in the article has gone through - I cannot fathom what she experienced in the holocaust and I totally agree with her that it is so important for future generations to hear testimonies from survivors of genocide. this is why I find it appalling that she denies the genocide of the palestinians.

*this essay goes into much more of the minutia surrounding resolution 181 and the myth of israel's founding.

**and this was a country that WANTED to establish a jewish state in palestine (he even wanted to have the us take on a trusteeship until the jews and arabs could come to an agreement lmao).

***yishuv refers to the jewish community in palestine prior to 1948. there is a further distinction between old yishuv - those who lived in palestine before the first zionist immigration wave in 1882 and their descendants until 1948. they tended to be more religiously observant, while new yishuv were those who emigrated to palestine in the zionist immigration waves until 1948 and tended to be more nationalist, secular and socialist. old yishuv had been there for centuries and has a fascinating history of how their communities developed btw.

#free palestine #holocaust tw #anti-zionism #antisemitism #the nakba #racism #colonialism #settler colonialism #history #anyway i hope she realizes that she is incorrect but i mean thats for her to live with #its fucking sad is all #free gaza #israeli occupation #israeli apartheid #western imperialism #british imperialism #unpleasant reminder that much of this is the uk's fault #long post

[women-throughout-history]

Maharani Jind Kaur

Maharani Jind Kaur, also known as Rani Jindan, was a significant figure in Sikh history, serving as the last queen of the Sikh Empire from 1843 to 1846. Born in 1817 in Gujranwala, she became the youngest wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the founder of the Sikh Empire. After Ranjit Singh's death in 1839, Jind Kaur took on the role of regent for her son, Maharaja Duleep Singh. Jind Kaur's reign as regent was marked by political turmoil and conflict with the British East India Company. In 1845, during the First Anglo-Sikh War, she dispatched the Sikh Army to confront the British, leading to the annexation of the entire Punjab in 1849. After her son's dethronement, she faced imprisonment and exile by the British. Despite challenges, Jind Kaur escaped captivity in 1849, disguising herself as a slave girl and finding refuge in Nepal. Her efforts to resist British dominance continued through correspondence with rebels in Punjab and Jammu-Kashmir. She later reunited with her son in Calcutta in 1861, influencing him to return to Sikhism. Jind Kaur's exile took a toll on her health, and she passed away in her sleep on August 1, 1863, in Kensington, England. Denied the opportunity to be cremated in Punjab, her ashes were eventually brought back to India in 1924 and reburied in the Samadhi of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Lahore. Despite her challenging life and exile, Maharani Jind Kaur's legacy endures as a symbol of resilience and resistance against colonial rule. In 2009, a memorial plaque was unveiled at the Kensal Green Dissenters Chapel, honouring her contributions to Sikh history.

#sikh empire #jind kaur #mahrani jind kaur #maharaja duleep singh #duleep singh #history #women in history #indian women in history #colonialism #british imperialism #indian royalty

[intersectionalpraxis]

#feminist #feminism #social justice #free palestine #palestine #freepalastine🇵🇸 #free gaza #settler violence #settler colonialism #current events #british imperialism #united kingdom #war crimes #gaza genocide #genocide #geneva convention #united nations #current news #fuck imperialism #international court of justice

[thoughtportal]

#tweet #tweets #twitter #colonization #colonialism #british imperialism #imperialism #history #queen elisabeth ii #queen elizabeth #aamer rahman

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

#talkin #tik tok #food #recipes #sri lanka #politics #british imperialism

[enbycrip]

Scottish people were absolutely *both* victims of Empire *and* willing participants in the oppression of it.

One of the things I keep trying to do as a white Scot is encourage other white Scots to internalise both sides of this and stop blaming *all* the oppressions perpetrated by the Empire on the English.

It’s absolutely morally and politically necessary to be willing to acknowledge and make moral and economic reparations for the ways we as modern Scots benefit from past colonialist oppression. I’m very much for Scottish independence and I consider that an absolutely essential prerequisite for an independent Scottish state.

#scotland #history #scottish independence #colonial history #colonialism #british imperialism

[victusinveritas]

And that's how you end up with a bad case of imperialism.

#british imperialism #rudyard kipling

[handweavers]

original post

#india #british imperialism

[belle-keys]

oh and re: my previous post on this

babel absolutely does lacks subtlety and moral complexity. it's way too didactic. it spoonfeeds. it breathes down your neck. it uses the sledgehammer approach to convey its ideas in a badgering way. it preaches. it lacks the nuance of books like the secret history that let us come to our own conclusions on the subject matter. it's simplistic and often patronizing. and yes, even as an Indian with a similar background to Ramy, I myself do have an issue with this.

but again, I'd argue that the entire purpose of this storytelling style is a combination of: the need to get the message through the thick skulls of the letitia prices of the world and kuang's own fascination with her research on asian history. but it's not that deep because the work is insanely dedicated to its didactic quality and its capacity to illustrate the evils of colonialism, to portray radicalism and poc rage.

babel is within my top 10 books of 2022, but not my top 5, which is a lower ranking than I had expected. but regardless, the story is necessary from a political lens if not an artistic one. and that's okay. the dark academia genre absolutely needed this book even if it very much is a book that's composed of black and white and no grey whatsoever.

#babel #babel an arcane history #rf kuang #dark academia #dark academia books #dark academia blog #poc dark academia #robin smith #british imperialism #colonization

[marxman1]

#workers struggles #wsws #socialist equality party #iysse #class war #capitalism #fascisim #genocide #ethnic cleansing #gaza genocide #gaza strip #gaza #palestine #palestinian uprising #keir starmer #sir keir starmer #down with capitalism #british imperialism #political corruption #militarism #war mongering #workers of the world unite