#Colonialist Richmond

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SIR RALPH MOOR (1860-1909).British Colonial Administrator,who served as the first High Commissioner of the British Protectorate of Southern Nigeria,in what is now the coastal area of modern Nigeria,Africa (1900-1903). . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Moor

LIVED & DIED AT: The Homestead,113 Church Road,Barnes SW13 9HL

Residence: 1903? TO 1909/ He committed suicide here in 1909.

Plaque.?: NO

[nowthisnews]

Multiple Christopher Columbus statues across the U.S., including ones in Richmond and Boston, have been defaced over criticisms of his mistreatment of Indigenous people and his colonialist legacy

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[doctorodyssey]

hi! different anon but which activists do you recommend following on twitter?

hello! these are my faves! (in no particular order, i just went down my following list) 

@sarahmichall - punjabi muslim/ashkenazi jewish women’s and sustainability studies organizer in hawai’i

@queeralamode - queer leftist from LA, currently updating on protests there

@elisabeth - Black prison abolitionist from denver who works with the CO freedom fund, she’s also been updating re: protests in denver

@terisasiagatonu - really awesome sāmoan activist, organizer, and poet. 

@LCRWnews - left coast right watch updates on right wing extremist activity, mainly along the west coast. they’ve been covering oakland protests recently. consider donating to their patreon if you live on the west coast bc they do really important work for free

@softblackbby - Black radical, lesbian, feminist, anti-imperialist

@aznbrutalistgirl - vietnamese communist living in NYC

@MissPavIichenko - bi marxist-leninist 

@rtyson82 - Black leftist; his tweets about electoral politics/why he won’t vote for biden are really good

@mykalita_ - one of my faves! indigenous filipina activist/JD living in hawai’i. she tweets abt militant feminism and her work with AF3IRM hawai’i, an anti-colonialist 4th wave feminist org. 

@ashaxchandra - malayali/sindhi indian marxist-leninist living in the northeast. she tweets about marxism & being a survivor, among other things, and is rlly open to answering questions on her curiouscat.

@socialistdogmom - another one of my faves. socialist/activist living in virginia. she tweets about bureaucracy and takes local govt meeting minutes. and her dogs are cute as hell! she’s been updating from rallies/protests in richmond and charlottesville.

[travelingbytastebuds]

GHANA

WHERE: Nyame Ye African And Caribbean Restaurant (8640A Richmond Hwy, Alexandria, VA 22309)

African food is confusing. Allow me to present to you the "palaver sauce with yams" item on the West African takeout restaurant's menu. I have to admit, I had no idea how to eat it. It was like a meat stew (technically made out of kontomire, which is their version of spinach, but it tasted very meaty) as an aside, I don't actually like anything that tastes very meaty (but this was the only thing on the menu that was very clearly from a particular country since the restaurant was regional not country specific) so there was that... and then there were yams on the side ... (giant hard rocks of yam.. was I supposed to eat them with the palaver like the Kenyan ugali? And how does one eat giant hard rocks? They seemed like they could have been better used as slingshot projectiles)... and a hardboiled egg as garnish in case I wasn't confused enough. Though, to put it in perspective, here is a bit of a story from http://mywekutastes.com/kontomire-stew-palaver-sauce-and-yam: "Legend has it that the nickname 'Palaver Sauce' originated from a meeting between a group of European colonialists and representatives of some of the indigenous folks at Elmina in pre-independence Ghana to discuss trade. 'Palaver' is an old fashioned word which means 'prolonged and tedious fuss or discussion or a long unnecessary conversation.' Legend has it that this long and arduous meeting took place over kontomire stew and hence the nick name 'palaver sauce'"

[theartcultureandracism]

Artist Paul Glyn-Williams puts the finishing touches on a George Floyd mural on June 6, 2020 in Toronto, Canada. Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images

As discourse rages over the removal of confederate and colonialist monuments across the U.S. and around the world, graffiti has drawn attention to these contentious areas of history. Such statues have become targets for the movement, with tags of “BLM” and other expressions of solidarity and justice dripping across monuments, like the Lee statue in Richmond and a Columbus statue in Miami, for example.

“The idea of defacement as a political act has an important role to play in the current struggle over decolonization and statues,” said Dr. Tom Houseman, from the Department of Politics and International Relations at Leeds Beckett University. This kind of defacement, he added, “is about confronting the presence of history in the present.”

Yet to effect the necessary social and institutional change that the Black Lives Matter movement calls for, conversations surrounding racism and oppression need to continue, particularly by those who are normally too distracted with day-to-day life and responsibilities (work, family, etc.). “As grassroots public monuments, graffiti can help in this: reminders to stay outraged and committed, as well as prompts for the next generation of activists to start learning about things that they will likely not be taught about at school,” Houseman said.

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-graffiti-artists-propelling-vision-black-lives-matter-movement

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This map shows how numerous Confederate monoliths and signs still stand in the United States

Mayors and state guvs, colleges, and other companies have already taken down or are considering eliminating Confederate monoliths, banning Confederate flags, and relabeling locations currently named after Confederate leaders.

As of June 9, there were nearly 1,800 Confederate monoliths, statues, and other signs in the United States.

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Protesters have actually just recently torn down or painted over monoliths of Confederate leaders and other colonialist figures.

After a 2017 rally by white nationalists, neo-Nazis, and alt-right members turned violent in Charlottesville, Virginia, several regional and state officials got rid of Confederate monuments throughout the nation, such as in Baltimore

Numerous of the Confederate memorials at problem were developed years after the Civil War that lasted from 1861 to1865

Using a range of information sets and other resources, the Southern Hardship Law Center records the number of Confederate symbols in the United States. In addition to seals, plaques, monuments, and flags, the legal advocacy group also counts the number of buildings, vacations, songs, parks and trails, roads, and schools, and other places that consist of Confederate signs and memorialize Confederate leaders

According to Lecia Brooks, primary office transformation officer at the Southern Hardship Law Center, of the nearly 1,800 Confederate symbols in the US as of the early morning of June 9, 775 are monoliths and statues.

The following map highlights the number of Confederate symbols in every state since June 9 according to the Southern Hardship Law Center. Most of signs are found in Southern states, particularly those that were members of the Confederacy, but there are a couple of signs in other parts of the United States, such as five in California and two in Montana.

Company Insider/Madison Hoff, information from Southern Hardship Law.

The Southern Poverty Law Center shared with Service Insider 2 current circumstances in Alabama of the removal of Confederate signs.

The University of Alabama on June 9 chose to get rid of a Confederate memorial plaque after a speedy vote by the board of trustees on June 8, according to Tuscaloosanews.com

In Mobile, Alabama, Mayor Sandy Stimpson called for the statue of Confederate Admiral Raphael Semmes to be removed.

Protesters have also pulled down statues themselves in Virginia, as reported by The Washington Post. However, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has actually prompted protesters to stop so that statues can be safely gotten rid of by authorities. A Confederate monolith in Portsmouth, Virginia, that was partially reduced by protesters hurt someone, according to regional Harrisonburg, Virginia, news station WHSV

A new law in Virginia will allow local governments to choose what to do with monoliths. Northam just recently discussed the strategy to get rid of the Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Virginia, and Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney stated a new ordinance is planned for July 1 that will need all Confederate monoliths in the city to be eliminated, according to WHSV

In addition to authorities thinking about the elimination of public confederate signs, NASCAR also recently banned the Confederate flag from its races. The United States Marine Corps similarly banned the Confederate flag. The United States Army is thinking about renaming military bases that are presently named after Confederate officers and generals.

Some authorities have voiced opposition to eliminating the monuments. According to a recent Time article, the Virginia Senate Republican Caucus issued a statement saying the removal of Robert E. Lee statue is “not in the very best interests of Virginia.”

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[colorlatina]

Abortion access in other countries

Written by Oriana Richmond , COLORado 1in3 Youth Council Member

In the majority of countries worldwide, abortion is legal.  Despite its legality, many countries impose laws on abortion that make abortion inaccessible. There are many other structural and societal barriers that can prevent or make it more difficult for people to terminate an unwanted pregnancy in every country. These can be formal or informal barriers, and can include issues such as why the patient wants an abortion, the cost of the abortion, the location of abortion providers, and a patient’s ability to arrange childcare and work coverage. One formal barrier to abortion worldwide, especially in the Global South, is the influence of the United States government.

While it may seem that access to abortion is not an international issue, the United States actually has substantial influence on reproductive rights and justice in other countries as a result of U.S imperialism and colonization. The Trump administration reinstated the Global Gag Rule in 2017, a law that prevents any organization from receiving United States family planning funding if that organization provides abortion services, referrals, or information. This affects providers regardless if abortion is legal in their country, or if the organization is not using U.S funds specifically for their abortion services. As a result, health providers all over the world have been forced to choose between providing abortion services and keeping their clinics open due to financial need for outside funding. This leads to even more restricted access to abortion, especially in areas that are reliant on U.S funding to provide their healthcare services.

Forcing health providers in other countries to follow U.S imposed regulations on how they can and cannot spend their family planning funding is a colonialist agenda. Abortion is a human right, and providers must have the right to serve their patients and provide comprehensive healthcare without United States interference. Without access to abortion services, unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions will increase exponentially. Patients seeking abortion deserve the right to determine what reproductive rights and justice means to them and their country, without interference from imperialist governments such as the United States. It is up to activists in the U.S to stand up to the government’s colonialist policies, and work to ensure that funding is provided for reproductive health care services to those who need it.

[arango54321]

He speaks truth, #kkinte t on City being Cursed. @Regrann from @august_third_napla - K.Kinte @k1kinte of The K.Kinte Shown on Paying Homage to The Ancestors of The Slave Trade and How City Would of Been Cursed if They Would of Built a Sports Stadium in Shockoe Bottom The Epicenter of North Americas's Slave Trade! __ The Cobblestone Streets are reminders of the chains and barefeet the Afrikan Ancestors Walked on Some Bloody , Some Say These Stones Came from European with the Colonialist Settlers , Cobblestone streets led from this "geographical heart of the slave trading district, 1852-1863," with some 50 slave-holding facilities, to fashionable hotels where dealers had offices and buyers rented upstairs rooms, a placard reads. Red flags would be raised over the roof of such fine establishments as the Bell, Exchange and Ballard hotels when an auction was to take place! __ From the 1820s until the war, slaves walked the path in the other direction, from holding facilities in Shockoe Bottom across the river to Manchester docks, as Richmond shipped 'surplus" slaves to markets farther south for resale to the huge sugar and cotton plantations after the tobacco economy hit a slump. By 1859 half a million slaves had been sold from Virginia to the Deep South, with more in 1854 than any other year, as many as 10,000 a month. #TheKKinteShow #newafrikan77wordpress #ShockoeBottom #SaveShockoe #Comcast #Verizon #TVShow #TalkShow #Broadcast #NewYork #Atlanta #Losangeles #Lasvegas #Africa #Benin #RVA #DMV #Virginia #RichmondVA Leearango123 - #regrann @regrann #leearango123shareanythingipost (at The Hammocks, Miami, Florida)