Thanksgiving

#Thanksgiving should be a day of remembrance and reflection on the history of the genocide, violent assimilation, and marginalization of #NativePeoples throughout US history.

Join @mahtowin1 tomorrow in Plymouth, MA, or watch the live stream on Youtube https://t.co/pGSVrsaBXL
— Cultural Survival (@CSORG) November 23, 2022

No More Thanksgivings: Glen Ford’s Challenge to America

His critique of the holiday is that the mythology surrounding Thanksgiving serves as a justification for our nation’s founding genocide of its native peoples and a validation of white supremacy.

Source: No More Thanksgivings: Glen Ford’s Challenge to America – CounterPunch.org

Five Years of Genocide — And Counting | Myra Dahgaypaw

The people of Burma have been crying out for justice for years, but for years those cries have been ignored.

Source: Opinion | Five Years of Genocide — And Counting | Myra Dahgaypaw

Rehearsal for Genocide

The war in Ukraine has simultaneously forced to the surface and upended the memory of a history that had fallen into oblivion. The past, we see once more,

Source: Rehearsal for Genocide | Magda Teter | The New York Review of Books

Starving a People, Committing a Genocide: Biden’s Sanctions on Afghanistan

When the United States stole $7 billion from Afghanistan on February 11, that was no mere crime of robbery. It was a war crime and a crime against humanity that condemns possibly millions of Afghans to starvation. In short, prelude to genocide. Biden prevaricates about his excuse for this outright theft of Afghan funds, namely compensating the 9/11 victims. The Afghan government didn’t kill their loved ones, indeed back in 2001 the Taliban offered to turn the al Qaeda culprits over to Washington. The U.S. refused the offer and invaded instead.