Somebody made the "Reverse Indiana Jones" game, where artifacts are liberated from museums.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyg4lgm1d2o
(Interested to hear @mekkaokereke 's thoughts.)
Somebody made the "Reverse Indiana Jones" game, where artifacts are liberated from museums.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyg4lgm1d2o
(Interested to hear @mekkaokereke 's thoughts.)
Having been through the US immigration process (I got my first work visa more than 25 years ago and became a citizen in 2022), it's obvious to me that Americans have *no idea* how weird and tortuous their immigration system is:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorow/52177745821/
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/06/doge-ball/#n-600
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I'm surprised about your experience. As a European, I thougt, that #US/#Gilead (and other American) #immigration works as easy as:
"You go there, kill the existing population, and settle. Optionally, BYOS (bring your own slaves) from elsewhere."
It used to be like that. Good ol' times.
'No, Billie Eilish, Americans are not thieves on stolen land'
WRONG WRONG WRONG
Billie Eilish is more intelligent, educated and well informed than these dummies in the Washington Post, period.
Get an education fuckheads. Americans ARE thieves who built on stolen land, just a fact. This whole continent and the wealth that sprung from it, come from land and resource theft, as well as stolen labor and lives.
#LandBack #Native #Indigenous #BIPOC #Colonialism #Genocide #Slavery #Reparations
'No, Billie Eilish, Americans are not thieves on stolen land'
WRONG WRONG WRONG
Billie Eilish is more intelligent, educated and well informed than these dummies in the Washington Post, period.
Get an education fuckheads. Americans ARE thieves who built on stolen land, just a fact. This whole continent and the wealth that sprung from it, come from land and resource theft, as well as stolen labor and lives.
#LandBack #Native #Indigenous #BIPOC #Colonialism #Genocide #Slavery #Reparations
Not Minnesota Nice
Meditations on the Colonialism of Our Times - Nick Estes Feb 03, 2026
It’s all just a little bit of history repeating. - Shirley Bassey
https://portside.org/2026-02-03/border-patrols-legacy-violence
Not Minnesota Nice
Meditations on the Colonialism of Our Times - Nick Estes Feb 03, 2026
"Nick Buxton: What is fascism and how does it differ today from its manifestations in the past?
Alberto: This is a somewhat awkward question for me because I have spent some time criticising the political science obsession with a hard-and-fast definition of fascism or with checklists telling us whether something is fascism or not. It’s as if there were a diagnostic manual for political disorders where you could just tick off various features or elements. That said, we can start to approach the phenomenon of fascism by talking about it as a politics of domination, supremacy and exclusion that emerges from the crises of mass electoral democracies.
That’s a very broad-brush take that hopefully allows us to think through the continuities as well as the differences between interwar European fascisms and current movements or regimes that we may want to characterise as fascist or fascistic.
My inclination is not to chase after an essence of fascism but to think of fascist potentials or fascist processes, to use a term that Angela Davis1 was already using in the late 1960s and 1970s.
If we want to paint a picture of what fascism might mean in the present, we also must contend with the vast transformations in social and economic and political life that we’ve witnessed in the century since Mussolini’s March on Rome. We also must confront issues that were not germane to interwar fascisms but are now absolutely key, namely climate catastrophe."
https://www.tni.org/en/article/lifeboats-steampunk-and-colonialism-fascism-today
Omar Samir Mahmid, a 30-year-old Palestinian actor from Umm al-Fahm, stars in "Ketem Katzabim" (Butcher's Stain), an Oscar-nominated short film about an Arab butcher falsely accused of tearing down hostage posters at his Tel Aviv supermarket job.
Since the nomination, he says he's been dreaming about "standing before an international audience and giving voice to people like me, Palestinians in Israel—I'll talk about the struggles and the violence and the crime invading our lives."
The film reflects what he and other Palestinians experience daily: being the only Arab worker on set, getting suspicious looks just for existing in Tel Aviv, dealing with racism that intensified after October 7th.
Israel's Culture Minister (a bad joke even in Israel fascist context) immediately called the 26-minute film "anti-Israeli" without watching it - which Mahmid says is irresponsible and dangerous, noting "if he had devoted 26 minutes of his time, we could address his criticism."
He dreams of continuing to make independent films: "I love directing. I want to create independent films and find people who can support this vision so I can share these stories at Arab and international festivals. I hope that one day we'll have our own cinema here, with our own productions and supported by our own people." Until then, he's willing to appear in Israeli productions, but "not at any price. It's very important to me to participate in work that reflects our reality and aligns with my principles."
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/cinema/2026-02-02/ty-article-magazine/.premium/0000019c-1927-d5b8-ad9c-f9af910e0000 or https://archive.ph/rzCvT
Omar Samir Mahmid, a 30-year-old Palestinian actor from Umm al-Fahm, stars in "Ketem Katzabim" (Butcher's Stain), an Oscar-nominated short film about an Arab butcher falsely accused of tearing down hostage posters at his Tel Aviv supermarket job.
Since the nomination, he says he's been dreaming about "standing before an international audience and giving voice to people like me, Palestinians in Israel—I'll talk about the struggles and the violence and the crime invading our lives."
The film reflects what he and other Palestinians experience daily: being the only Arab worker on set, getting suspicious looks just for existing in Tel Aviv, dealing with racism that intensified after October 7th.
Israel's Culture Minister (a bad joke even in Israel fascist context) immediately called the 26-minute film "anti-Israeli" without watching it - which Mahmid says is irresponsible and dangerous, noting "if he had devoted 26 minutes of his time, we could address his criticism."
He dreams of continuing to make independent films: "I love directing. I want to create independent films and find people who can support this vision so I can share these stories at Arab and international festivals. I hope that one day we'll have our own cinema here, with our own productions and supported by our own people." Until then, he's willing to appear in Israeli productions, but "not at any price. It's very important to me to participate in work that reflects our reality and aligns with my principles."
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/cinema/2026-02-02/ty-article-magazine/.premium/0000019c-1927-d5b8-ad9c-f9af910e0000 or https://archive.ph/rzCvT
If you're #Native #Indigenous #BIPOC I'm begging you to join https://TurtleIsland.social on Mastodon to help us fight #Colonialism and stamp out #Racism within the Mastodon org and social media network.
If you have an account already or previously signed up on https://TurtleIsland.social but (understandably) prefer another #Native #Indigenous #BIPOC community - please login today and once in a while, we need to increase our monthly active users (MAU) for this important fight.
#Colonialism #Racism
If you're #Native #Indigenous #BIPOC I'm begging you to join https://TurtleIsland.social on Mastodon to help us fight #Colonialism and stamp out #Racism within the Mastodon org and social media network.
If you have an account already or previously signed up on https://TurtleIsland.social but (understandably) prefer another #Native #Indigenous #BIPOC community - please login today and once in a while, we need to increase our monthly active users (MAU) for this important fight.
#Colonialism #Racism
“What Delcy Rodríguez Meant When She Said The U.S. Attack On Venezuela Had 'Zionist Undertones'”
by The Dissident on Substack
“Venezuela's Acting President Had A Point About Zionist Support For Regime Change In Venezuela”
https://open.substack.com/pub/the307/p/what-delcy-rodriguez-meant-when-she
#Press #US #Venezuela #Maduro #CIA #Mossad #Israel #Machado #Zionism
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Obscure_Rebel/115977180810484162
"there is no doubt that the U.S. operation in Venezuela had “zionist undertones” in the sense that the operation was strongly supported and cheered on by Israel, due to Venezuela’s alliance with Palestinian resistance and due to the fact that it helps isolate Iran for another regime change war."
#Venezuela #Iran #Zionism #USpol #Imperialism #Palestine #Gaza #Colonialism #InternationalLaw #LandGrab
“What Delcy Rodríguez Meant When She Said The U.S. Attack On Venezuela Had 'Zionist Undertones'”
by The Dissident on Substack
“Venezuela's Acting President Had A Point About Zionist Support For Regime Change In Venezuela”
https://open.substack.com/pub/the307/p/what-delcy-rodriguez-meant-when-she
#Press #US #Venezuela #Maduro #CIA #Mossad #Israel #Machado #Zionism
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Obscure_Rebel/115977180810484162
"there is no doubt that the U.S. operation in Venezuela had “zionist undertones” in the sense that the operation was strongly supported and cheered on by Israel, due to Venezuela’s alliance with Palestinian resistance and due to the fact that it helps isolate Iran for another regime change war."
#Venezuela #Iran #Zionism #USpol #Imperialism #Palestine #Gaza #Colonialism #InternationalLaw #LandGrab
If you're learning about anti-colonialism, Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth is on sale for $5 on Libro.FM this week. (less if you are a member)
https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781666682083-the-wretched-of-the-earth
"First published in 1961, Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth offers a powerful exploration of race, colonialism, and the psychological impact of oppression. This seminal text has inspired generations of revolutionaries and activists, influencing movements from decolonization struggles in the Global South to Black Lives Matter. As a cornerstone of civil rights, anti-colonialism, and Black consciousness studies, Fanon’s most celebrated work stands alongside such essential texts as Edward Said’s Orientalism and The Autobiography of Malcolm X."
Kushner's "Master (& slave) plan" for Gaza: potentially a "network state", ie, a CEO-run, regulation-free, democracy-free region for billionaires (& cheap labour).
Report: Kushner plan: “free market principles” as in US.
Writer Susan Abulhawa:
The plan will obliterate indigenous social fabric & turn what remains of her people into a cheap labour force to manage industry & tourism.
#Colonialism #kushner #gazaboard #USPol #Racism #palestine @palestine .
Kushner's "Master (& slave) plan" for Gaza: potentially a "network state", ie, a CEO-run, regulation-free, democracy-free region for billionaires (& cheap labour).
Report: Kushner plan: “free market principles” as in US.
Writer Susan Abulhawa:
The plan will obliterate indigenous social fabric & turn what remains of her people into a cheap labour force to manage industry & tourism.
#Colonialism #kushner #gazaboard #USPol #Racism #palestine @palestine .
A concentration camp by any other name
Report: The US-led Civil-Military Coordination Center in Israel designs a so-called "planned community" in Gaza
A 1 sq km site in Rafah city is already being prepared.
It will contain & control Gazans "through biometric surveillance, checkpoints, monitoring of purchases, & educational programs promoting normalization with Israel."
#USPol #Europol #racism #colonialism #CMCC #GazaGenocide #PlannedCommunity #palestine @palestine .
