Land Back

The HRW Report itself is worth a read.

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Israeli bombs that struck Gaza’s flagship Islamic University, government ministries and high-rises in Rimal, starting Monday afternoon, also blew out the windows of al-Attar’s shelter, shattering glass everywhere, she said. Life there, crammed with 1,600 others, was full of danger and deprivation but al-Attar said she had no choice but to stay, telling her boys — 2-year-old Mohammed and 7-year-old Nabil — to keep away from the windows.

“The night was very, very difficult,” she said Tuesday. “We have nowhere else to go.”

The bombing in Rimal and the potential risks of sheltering in U.N. schools highlighted the desperate search by Gaza civilians for refuge, with the territory’s safe spaces rapidly shrinking. There are no civilian bomb shelters in Gaza. Ahead of the Israeli military’s warning to civilians on Monday that Rimal would be hit, families staggered into the streets with whatever belongings they could carry and without a destination.

Translation from French:

As every year, a march for Indigenous Resistance Day took place in the streets of Santiago. Various groups arrived yesterday morning in Baquedano Square to demand the release of Mapuche political prisoners. Under the slogan “Siely ke malal tai, weixan,” “there are no limits to our resistance,” protesters denounced the law of usurpation, the militarization of South Macroozone, logging companies, and all the extractive projects of Mapuche territory. There were several clashes between demonstrators and the Carabineros. Four demonstrators were arrested.

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While it appears that Gallant was specifically referring to Hamas fighters in that comment, the rest of the minister’s remarks called for further oppression of all people in Gaza by denying them basic human needs.

“We are imposing a complete siege on Gaza,” Gallant said. “There will be no electricity, no food, no water, no fuel. Everything will be closed.”

It is not uncommon for oppressive regimes to use language that dehumanizes the oppressed population in order to justify inflicting violence on them. In the case of Israel’s apartheid, Gallant’s comments contribute to an atmosphere where it’s easier for anti-Palestinian individuals and politicians ― including Israel’s current far-right government ― to regard people in Gaza as less than human, and therefore undeserving of water, food, electricity or a way to escape violence.

“Defense Minister Gallant’s statements are abhorrent,” Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine director at the rights group Human Rights Watch, said in a statement Monday.

Today, on Indigenous People’s Day, I want to raise my voice to remind everybody that this marks 531 years of Indigenous resistance here on Turtle Island. As Indigenous people, we must go beyond mere representation and celebrations. Police, prisons, reservations, detention centers, and borders operate through a shared logic of immobilization, containing our oppressed communities in their racial system.

The original source of this quote circled "died" versus "been killed." But I also want to point out how the casualty numbers for Palestinians are "according to" Gaza's health ministry, implying the numbers may not be accurate and the reader should judge the credibility of that source for themselves, while the casualty numbers for Israelis are sourceless and presented as simple fact.

Washington Post (paywall)

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Wikipedia about Indian boarding schools:

American Indian boarding schools

Canadian Indian residential school system

On September 6, 1995, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) violently attacked the occupation of the Ipperwash Provincial Park by members of the Stoney Point Ojibway band, shooting and killing indigenous land defender Dudley George. But George’s death was not in vain, and to this day, the members of the Stoney Point Band continue to live on the former army base in Ipperwash. As part of our series “Indigenous Resistance in Five Minutes,” historian and comic book artist Gord Hill retells the story of Ipperwash.

^Edit:^ Archive link - https://web.archive.org/web/20230923041749/https://www.seattletimes.com/photo-video/video/documentary-video-freeing-the-klamath-river/

Released in 1969, this short documentary was one of the most influential and widely distributed productions made by the Indian Film Crew (IFC), the first all-Indigenous unit at the NFB. It documents a 1969 protest by the Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) of Akwesasne, a territory that straddles the Canada–U.S. border. When Canadian authorities prohibited the duty-free cross-border passage of personal purchases—a right established by the Jay Treaty of 1794—Kanien’kéhaka protesters blocked the international bridge between Ontario and New York State. Director Michael Kanentakeron Mitchell later became Grand Chief of Akwesasne. The film was formally credited to him in 2017. You Are on Indian Land screened extensively across the continent, helping to mobilize a new wave of Indigenous activism. It notably was shown at the 1970 occupation of Alcatraz.

An artist displays their work inside CHAZ / CHOP.

Derek Simeone