i just did it all scared

If you haven’t read Alan Taylor’s “The Internal Enemy”, it’s really excellent. wwnorton.com/books/The-In...

Billions upon billions for white Ukrainians, since Canada has one of the world's largest Ukrainian diasporas. Not as much money for Palestinians or Sudanese.

What percentage of yt american anarchists would you guess have any knowledge whatsoever of the Somerset decision and the Black Loyalists?

This version has the numbers for endnotes but not the actual endnotes themselves. To find those you have to go to what I assume is the original PDF.

Franklin has already published the 'Join, or Die' snake graphic in 1754, at the time having nothing to do with opposition to the British monarchy, instead meaning that British colonies should unite against the French and Indigenous peoples.

EndNotes: "Yet the fear of overpopulation in the 1960s was not completely irrational." Me: Yes it was. It always has been, always is.

If a book hits you with "Postcolonial New World Order", you know right away that it's not dealing with reality. There is no "postcolonial" in Kanaky, Palestine, the Americas, etc.

Dec. 26, 1925: Maori fishermen angle for trout on the Tongariro River in New Zealand.

"I come out and say 'hark', then Harold Angel starts to sing."

"Autochthonous discourses calling for the 'centering' of Indigenous National-­Natives have contributed to the further separation of Natives and Mi­grants." Except for the fact that Indigenous persons are also migrants and Indigenous discourses aren't limited to centering individual Native persons.

They couldn't make the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV special today. One of Rudolph's friends would have to be gay and the other would have to be Canadian.

UK authorities have refused to meet with the activists, some of whom have been on hunger strike for over 50 days.

"Not that Le Guin's books are easy, passive reading, but they definitely seem like books and a voice and a literary level that Carol would admire," Seehorn told Mashable in a video interview.

I’ve now resolved to strike the blow, For freedom or the grave.

Pluribus finally addressed the actual genocides that are part of its story, the elimination of cultures/peoples/lifeways, not random killings of large numbers of individuals.

“I’m on my way to Canada, That cold and dreary land; The dire effects of Slavery I can no longer stand.” Away to Canada!, from Voice of the Fugitive (1851)

Peace On Earth (1939)

Dec. 26, 1775: From Richmond, Va., comes a reminder that Lord Dunmore’s proclamation freeing Black slaves if they join loyalist forces also covered white servants. Richard Adams reports his English servant, Richard Chillingsworth, has run away and is headed for the British fleet off Norfolk. 1/2

Longest-running hunger striker hospitalised after 51 days without food | News UK | Metro News metro.co.uk/2025/12/25/l...

#OtD 26 Dec 1862 the largest mass execution in US history took place when 38 Native American Dakota people were hanged. Some trials lasted less than five minutes, and Pres Lincoln personally reviewed the trial paperwork and approved the death penalty stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9808...

Police arrest three people outside insurer of Israeli arms maker Elbit, including Thunberg for holding placard.

Do you think colonialism is a thing of the past? This leader of the Indigenous community in Kanaky was kidnapped by French colonizers and held for a year. Please listen to what he says in this video. x.com/i/status/200...

Erasure is how anti-Indigenous racism works. Substack out today at open.substack.com/pub/gohini/p... .

Chomsky wasn't an anarchist, Graeber wasn't an anarchist, your Ukrainian army hero who supported conscription wasn't an anarchist, we can do this all day...

National Post: "While the word 'intifada' means 'uprising' in Arabic, anyone using the term, particularly in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, is very likely referring to the 'Second Intifada'..." Person: Oh, not the First Intifada, or the Warsaw Ghetto Intifada, or the Red River...

Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy

"Dozens of Native Americans report being questioned or detained by ICE"

Times story: www.thetimes.com/article/993b...

The following question was asked of Alcatraz residents: “What would you like to see on Alcatraz?” Marilyn Maracle, Mohawk, Six Nations Reservation, Ontario, Canada... said: “I would like to see a new way of life, which is a return of the old life style in today’s terms.”

Also remember: in 1995 a chase bank memo said that the Mexican Pesident Zedillo 'will need to eliminate the Zapatista' in order to protect American investments. It was a prayer meeting. Families were gunned down. We requested this. Then we requested immunity for the man who did what our bidding.

"Sheffield Elbit supplier blockaded: Protest in solidarity with hunger striking Palestine actionists"

Kamran Ahmed and Amu Gib have been hospitalised as a rolling hunger strike that began 50 days ago raises alarm.

Police arrest and assault doctors supporting Palestine Action hunger striker - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/police-arrest-and-assault-doctors-supporting-palestine-action-hunger-striker

"Israel demolishes east Jerusalem building, evicting Palestinians"

On this day in 1997, right-wing paramilitary group Máscara Roja murdered 45 people at an Indigenous Catholic prayer meeting in Chiapas. The Government of Mexico admitted responsibility in September of 2020. US officials in 2012 recommended immunity for former president Zedillo.

#OtD 22 Dec 1946 bisexual Black liberation activist Kuwasi Balagoon was born. Active in the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, he was imprisoned and escaped various times until sentenced to life in prison. Learn more in his writings: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

As we get close to the end of the year I thought I'd repost some of my favorites. These aren't in any particular order, but how could I not start with my absolute favorite of the Kingbird riding on the osprey while carrying a fish? #photography #birds

"To Call for the Prohibition of Using Indian Country as Venue for Internment or Detention Camps"

"Four people in immigration detention have died over a four-day period this month, increasing concern among advocates and some members of Congress over detention conditions." www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

Happy Solstice | Tattooed Sun, 1994, stonecut by Kenojuak Ashevak | Baffin Fine Arts

The owner of the Grand Gateway Hotel in Rapid City SD has been found liable for discrimination against Native Americans. apnews.com/article/sout...

CrimethInc says what's happening now "has not occurred in the United States in living memory." There are still living persons with memory of the Tulsa massacre, Japanese internment, COINTELPRO, etc., but apparently these don't count because they happened under non-autocratic administrations.

Woman Without a Country, by Emma Goldman (1933)

The Mexican People are Suited to Communism, by Ricardo Flores Magón (1911)