#colonising settlers

[stil-lindigo]

when people talk about educating yourself on the origins of ideologies like zionism, it isn’t to ask for sympathy but to show that fascism always hinges on the same rules - dehumanisation and other-ing of scapegoat populations in the pursuit of power.

fascism is, at the end of the day, uncreative and there is value in recognising the signs. When an entire ideology is dependent on the inherent depravity of a certain identity, it is worth some scrutiny.

#we are all susceptible to propaganda and because of that there is value in learning the signs of when you should start asking questions #why exactly is Israel’s identity completely dependent on the eradication of Palestinians? #is it perhaps because the fact that Palestine was its own nation interferes with the concept of Jews being indigenous to Israel? #this is the same dehumanising logic you’ll have seen in every settler’s rhetoric #in America in Australia in all of the colonised world #remember that any freedom we now enjoy was fought for tooth and claw #Israel is not unique. it is just the current example of settler colonialism #and in recognising this has happened before we can recognise the same propaganda techniques being used to villlainise Palestinians #believe in the possibility of a free Palestine #it will happen #from the river to the sea #Palestine #israel #free palestine

[asmiraofsheba]

"Why are Irish people so quick to defend the Palestinians and to call out Israel?"

This is a list of what the British authorities were allowed to do to the local Irish population in Northern Ireland:

This Act was only repealed in the 1970s.

Violence, oppression, and discrimination against the Irish is not ancient history. Many Irish people are still feeling the effects today. Northern Ireland has one of the highest rates of PTSD in the world. It has some of the worst mental health statistics in general. It's still plagued by political dysfunction, which is a direct result of Britain's colonial activity in Ireland.

So why do the Irish support Palestine?

It's because many of us have lived through very similar things to what they are going through.

#and if you go back further in Ireland's history there are even more unfortunate similarities #the genocide by Cromwell and arguably the Great Famine was a genocide or at least heavily exacerbated by British policy in Ireland #the Ulster plantations which were very similar to the settler colonialism happening in the West Bank & which ultimately led to the Troubles #these things are heavily present in Irish folk memory #colonialism has patterns and colonised people can easily recognise it and see it for what it is #ireland stands with palestine #ireland #palestine #israel #gaza

[thelesbiandeli]

Hey babe wake up, the minecraft youtubers changed his video title again

#for all that dont know #'manifest destiny' was the name of the belief that american settlers had the god-given right to move west to colonise the great plains #wayyyy back in the time of the gold rush #(heres hoping i remembered that correctly) #grian #hermitcraft #mcyt

[what-shitfuckery-is-this-ew]

Stupidest take on Israel i saw was an Israeli spewings stats about how like 75% of israelis are refugees or children of refugees and then proceeded to say:

" We are not Colonizers We are Refugees We are Indigenous"

like logic for a second. I literally beg you not to continue the doublethink.

Like obviously a large number of Israelis aren't colonisers, but that doesn't make you indigenous nor does it mean Israel isn't colonising Palestine.

Like I as a first gen Australian am not a coloniser, but i am living on colonised land where the indigenous are affected by colonisation. The minute i stop recognising that, the minute i start pretending I'm indigenous cause I was born here *cough Pauline Hanson-core cough* I become a coloniser, because not only would i be complicit in colonisation, I'd be actively erasing indigenous history.

#palestine #gaza #israel #free palestine 🇵🇸 #from river to sea palestine will be free #free palestine #palestinians #genocide #palestinian genocide #gaza strip #colonisation #settler colonialism #apartheid #colonialism #decolonization #isreal #fuck israel #indigenous peoples #first nations #indigenous #my post

[muslimintp-1999-girl]

Biden casually admitting that USA is colonising most of the planet.

Death to amerikkka. All Empires fall, yours will too.

Fuck you Boeing and Lockheed Martin and Elbit (UK)

Friendly reminder that Israel isn't a country/state

#and then people ask me why i hate America so much #us imperialism #death to amerikkka #death to israel #military industrial complex #anti war #ethnic cleansing #genocide #free Palestine #colonisation #settler colonialism

[lilithism1848]

#great britain #leftism #anti capitalism #socialism #communism #anarchy #the uk #usa #england #united kingdom #britain #settler colonialism #colonialism #colonisation #colonization #colonizers #colonial violence #colonial america #anti imperialism #imperialism #imperial guard #imperial agent

[anarchistfrogposting]

Hey just wanted to quickly ask if you could maybe explain what settler colonialism is, I'm a bit confused by the term because it seems like it doesn't really apply anymore in places like the US. There aren't really colonies, but fully developed capitalist states that oppress both the people who were originally colonized as well as the working class there.

Colonialism is an aspect of imperialism which focuses on an imperialist state (most obvious examples of this are Britain and France, for example) extracting natural resources from conquered/bought/stolen land abroad, wherein the country that forms the core of said colonial empire takes those resources and uses them to develop their own industries and thereupon its productive capabilities. Many places in Africa experienced considerable colonial oppression, but comparatively little settler-colonial oppression (although I will be clear; there were and are many large-scale settler colonial operations that aimed and some to support and protect European hegemony over Africa).

Settler colonialism is a specific form of colonialism wherein settlers from the imperial core travel to and form significant communities within colonial nations, stealing land from and displacing the local, native populace and replacing it with the native population of the imperial power. These projects inevitably and necessarily involve attempts to wipe out native culture and heritage and replace them with a new settler identity. Prominent examples of this can be seen in former colonies of the British empire; the US, Canada and Australia, e.g., but settler colonialism is a critical aspect of the success of colonial projects; the impacts thereof can be seen in a huge way in Latin America, India, all across Africa (prominently Algeria), and Oceania. In all the aforementioned native populations were displaced and their culture and identity intentionally erased.

Israel is certainly a settler colony, but it stands out as having a somewhat unique background and history. If you are interested in what I mean by this, I’d recommend you to watch this video by crash course (now quite old), which seems to do a decent job of quickly providing a brief overview.

Without significant decolonisation efforts, many of these places are, in a sense, still settler colonies. America will arguably always be a settler colony, but notably still colonises Native Americans in its borders. As does Canada. You could argue that these are postcolonial nations, but I feel that obscures the fact that many of these nations still actively engage in colonialism.

The line between colonialism and not colonialism, I would posit, is not a matter of development but a matter of policy and direction.

There are many many people far more qualified to talk about colonialism and settler colonialism than me, a white person from the UK, but I hope this helps. If you’re interested in exploring black and anti-colonialist anarchism, I would recommend Andrewism on YouTube, and would look into Angela Davis, who, along with being a prison abolitionist has also written extensively on colonialism.

#anarchism #anarchist #anarchocommunism #praxis #communism #communist #revolution #leftism #leftist #politics #colonialism #colonisation #settler colonialism #Israel #palestine

[vyorei]

So what happens to the USian planters who should have stayed in the US instead of colonising the land of the indigenous people?

#free gaza #free palestine #gaza strip #irish solidarity with palestine #palestine #gaza #news on gaza #al jazeera #boycott israel #israel #West Bank #West Bank Settlers #Sanctions #Kimberley Halkett #USA #White House #Colonisers

[cyarskaren52]

And return the 45 trillion dollars of assets they owe my people and the equally as much as they owe Africans and others while they are at it. lol

All these British museums talk about how the African countries gave them these things from their countries the royals and other British big wigs went to that they put in the museums when in reality these countries didn’t hand over their things, the colonizers stole it from them

#British #british politics #british art #british royalty #british royal family #colonizers #amerikkka #settler colonialism #colonisation #us imperialism #colonialism #colonization #imperialism #occupation #apartheid

[cridhe]

when people say that arabs are colonisers and that israel is decolonisation i know immediately that they know nothing about anything

#like ah okay you are stupid. cool. #i saw somewhere someone said that the lebanese can be descendants of the phonecians but palestinians aren't allowed any claim to #local heritage? #same with 'the roman's renamed it palestine to humiliate the jews' like i hate to tell u. but the romans could not have given less of a shit #about judaism #anyway arab colonisations was not settler colonialism the closest genetic relatives to jews are palestinians. the land is their heritage too

[plthroughlegallense]

[ISRAEL ORGANISES TOURS ON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES IN 2023]

A month after the Israeli Genocide in Gaza commenced, Israel organised a political propaganda “tour” consisting of talks, visits and tours on ATVs on Occupied territories.

(1) We find this baffling as Israel who is pushing a narrative of being “under attack” or continuous self- victimising, actually could have organised a one week program in collaboration with Security Agencies and the IDF.

Attached is the link,

(2) We are much at loss seeing a place that was once a beautiful home razed into nothing but dust and emptiness being paraded as a tourist site as being done here.

(3) The itinerary even includes an opening launch at a hotel with a politician and a former officer holding authority at the IDF as a speaker.

(4) It even includes a topic “When a Burqa is your weapon of Choice” from the unit that is known to pose as Arabs to infiltrate the local Palestinian population.

It is mind boggling to see a nation weaponising a dressing that symbolises one’s faith towards religion and adherence to culture for the use of violence.

(5) This tour brings attendees to see the Apartheid Wall (Kalandia Checkpoint) in which Israel ratifies it as a Security Wall. This wall has illegally annexed territories and trespasses private property, dividing families and communities from each other.

We cannot understand the purpose of visiting a wall that limits a certain population’s entry and exit to their own homes, schools and workplace on a whim whilst another population is not imposed the same.

(6) What we could not comprehend further is the use of ATVs as if it is a tourist site on another nation's border and a casual visit at a settlement town on the Lebanese border where the original Lebanese population was displaced from the Zionist entity.

In which, Israel is happy to treat the area as another tourist spot,

(7) It is dire need for Israel to continuously push a positive narrative on themselves whilst conveniently refuse to address issues of :

using Military Courts on Civil Offences

Coerced Confessions

Poor treatment and torture of Palestinians in prisons

Administrative detention - no charge, trial, credible evidence, etc

use of a revoked law on a area without jurisdiction (West Bank)

imposing punishment on civil offenders

(8) When looking back at November 19, we could not find any news on that specific date save for what is available in November 18 (relating to evacuation of premature babies in Al Shifa Hospital and UN School bombing) and November 20 (the ‘hamas’ tunnel in al-Shifa failed video) where CNN journalists were brought to ‘see the tunnel’.

Surprisingly, we found an article from CNN where Israel announces ‘brief suspension of military activities in Rafah’ for ‘humanitarian purposes on that date - 19 November 2023 which coincides with this “visit”.

The Kibbutz in the itinerary, Kibbutz Alumim

(9) Ending a tour of occupied territories, areas that were destroyed from airstrikes, tanks after a deliberate act of starvation, cutting off telecommunication and electricity on a single population

We see it as a direct show of colonialism, where areas were treated as mere “tourist spots” without any regard of the pain, beauty or life of the population that was once in existence.

The deliberate erasure of the Palestinians’ existence is continuously paraded by such tours.

How could a stranger understand the value of one’s home, it is not his to own nor he who built it

“A piratis aut latronibus capti liberi permanent”,

Things do not change their ownership when captured by pirates and robbers.

#colonialism #colonisers #settler #israel #settler colonialism #israeli settlers #israel is a settler colony #settler violence #tourism #genocide #palestine #ethnic cleansing #al shifa hospital #war crimes #flour massacre #administrative detention #home demolition #legal #law #democracy #collective punishment #constitution

[feckcops]

‘A chance to implement forced displacement’: Israeli settlers are attacking Palestinians in the West Bank

“Settler violence in the West Bank has been increasing for months, but Palestinians interviewed by Novara Media reported a marked escalation since 7 October. While international attention has been on Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, at least 64 Palestinians – several of them children – have been killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers in the West Bank, and hundreds more have been wounded.

“Palestinians living in the West Bank said they believe settlers are using the ongoing crisis in Gaza as an opportunity to accelerate their goal of ethnic cleansing. They described settlers breaking into properties, bulldozing homes and water wells, cutting off electricity and burning tents with greater frequency than usual. ‘This is to make people afraid, the message is that the next step is going to be killing you if you don’t leave this land,’ said Adra. At least two Palestinian villages are reported to have been entirely depopulated by settlers forcing residents to leave.

“Settlers have been targeting Palestinians living in Area C, which constitutes about 60% of the West Bank and is where the majority of illegal Israeli settlers live. ‘It’s scary because these settlers are now wearing uniforms, have guns and are claiming that they are the reserve army,’ Adra said. ‘These attacks are not a new thing. The settlers always planned for this: to take our land, and to kick us out of Area C. Now’s the chance to do it, because everyone is focused on Gaza.’

“Hamed Qawasmeh, coordinator for the Hebron International Resources Fund, a charity that supports Palestinians living near settlements, also sees the attacks as opportunistic. ‘The settlers feel that they have a free hand at this point to do what they have always wanted – which is to attack Palestinians, strategically,’ he said. ‘They see this as a chance to implement forced displacement of the Palestinian population.’

“Settler violence is being aided and abetted by Israel’s far-right government. Last week, Israel’s security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, announced plans to immediately distribute 10,000 rifles to settlers.”

#israeli settlers #settler attacks #west bank #free palestine #from the river to the sea #occupation of palestine #israeli occupation #israeli apartheid #settlements #annexation #forced displacement #ethnic cleansing #palestinian genocide #genocide #israeli war crimes #war crimes #colonisation #colonization #settler colonialism #colonialism #gaza #palestine #israel #middle east

[muslimintp-1999-girl]

Daily reminder that Zionism is rooted in colonisation

#settler colonialism #colonisation #zionism #anti zionism #anti zionist #free Palestine

[brw]

there is no "intersectionality" when it comes to colonisation, when it comes to people forcibly removing another people from the land they've been on for thousands of years. free palestine. all of it. nothing less.

#brieuc.txt #sorry not sorry to keep talking abt this #a popular comic blog used the word ''intersectionality'' to refer to palestine and it still feels really fucking gross #there is no intersectionality. there is a settler apartheid state and the colonised displaced people who were there first

[elesssar]

reminds me of something my supervisor said once. europe prevented mass class warfare by exporting its working class to the colonies (settler colonialism). by giving its working class the option to become tools of imperialism it removed the threat to its own supremacy and gave it the opportunity to expand its own wealth and power. settlers went along with it because it made them no longer the bottom of the barrel. the wealthiest and most powerful never came and settled on other peoples land because they didn’t need to. they could increase their own wealth and power by siphoning off the exported working class who were in turn violently dispossessing the people who already lived on the land they stole.

#settlers are part of the problem and always have been #israeli settlers are not innocent just because they’re civilians #pākehā are not liberated from being colonisers just because we were born here #the act of colonisation benefits no one except for those who already hold all the cards #beth vs life

[telvayns]

Hi just read your tags on a Terror post about Inuit languages and wanted to say they’re currently phoneticized using Canadian aboriginal syllabics: ᖃᓂᐅᔮᖅᐸᐃᑦ is how you’d write “qaniujaaqpait” which is the term for Inuktitut syllabics! The writing system is based on Cree syllabics. I find this stuff rly fascinating and recommend you check out the site tusaalanga.ca if you want more info!

thank you for the information - this is so cool!! here's the hyperlink to tusaalanga from anon for others!!

#momo.txt #it's always so cool to learn about other indigenous languages - like i've said i only know māori #& even then only rlly enough to hold a conversation :') #and frankly compared to what i hear abt indigenous language taught overseas we should all be learning more abt native culture #& language #like. being able to hold a conversation in the language of the native people whose land YOU are living on should be a MINIMUM #genuinely there should be much more cultural export from these indigenous groups but -_- why would a settler colonialist culture do that #when they can just continue to fucking eradicate indigenous cultures for no reason #other than their own settler-colonialist displacement anxiety -__- #not to. get political or anything. but. #the amount of te reo māori the average resident knows is still stupid low and i cannot believe people still COMPLAIN about it being visible #in like. public broadcasting etc etc #it's why i'm trying to learn gàidhlig before that's wiped out by english language dominance as well :// i want england to explode #truly every country they've ever colonised suffers as a result