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17-05-2016 18:56:48
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Old Irish rebel song 'Oró, Sé Do Bheatha 'Bhaile' (about ending British colonial rule in Ireland and sung by Irish freedom fighters during 1916's Easter Rising and the Irish war for independence) being sung at the pro-Palestinian encampment at GW University.🇵🇸
(h/t Zein El-Amine)
NEWS: Dozens of student demonstrators calling for a ceasefire in Gaza have entered King's College Circle at the University of Toronto and are setting up tents
They chant, 'End the surge let them breathe!' and 'U of T pick a side, ceasefire not genocide!'
University of Toronto
EXCELLENT article by Michelle Cyca:
'Canadians and their institutions have frequently invoked their efforts to “listen and learn” from Indigenous people. It could be seen as a well-intentioned phrase but is one that is used to justify a posture of perpetual passivity'
Colour me shocked that a half century of Black and Indigenous community movement work to articulate just these kinds of considerations has been ignored here 🙄🙄🙄
#climatejusticeisracialjusticeisIndigenousSovereignty