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Just saw someone claiming that the US in WWII was committing an imperialist colonialist war of genocide. Everybody pack it up. We're done here. The internet was a mistake.
#a s fischer original#who were we fighting in wwii again?#Are we honestly going to relitigate whether we should have been fighting the nazis or imperial japan#The person writing this was a supposedly anti war anti colonialism leftist#is it genocidal imperialism to fight nazis?#Sure wwii was an imperialist colonialist war to commit genocide#the us were fighting the imperialist colonialist genociders this time
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one thing i think people forget about kira is that shes not necessarily progressive - yes she's radically anti colonialist but shes very traditional when it comes to other issues. she initially agrees with kai winn that bajoran religion should be taught in the school on ds9. shes prejudiced towards other species and judgemental towards jadzia for dating ferengis. she nationalistic and uber religious. shes complicated !
#i think its very reflective of nationalism in ni. yes many are anti colonialist#but are still very catholic and against abortion and equal marriage ect ect#txt#ds9#kira nerys
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sorry if you've already answered this (i searched ur blog) but if it's okay to ask, do you have any recommended readings for modern marxism (with a racism or colonialism lense)?
ok so prefacing this real quick I am high as hell. and also before i say anything id like to make it clear that i am not an authority on marxist communist theory, honestly i barely consider myself familiar with it. i went to school to study history so i interacted with marxist thought primarily in a historical/historiographical context, and generally in the context of colonial and postcolonial history. even then i studied mostly pre/early colonial american (in the broad sense not the USAmerican sense) & medieval islamic history. my knowledge of modern marxist theory is far from comprehensive.
with that said, I can certainly offer some suggestions, though some of them aren't necessarily marxist theory. but what the hell, lets get intersectional. for funsies. heres a few contributors to colonial/post-colonial/marxist thought that worked a little more recently than the 1800s
Fanon - Frantz Fanon was a french afro-caribbean marxist who, along with his wife Josie (who was the actual one writing, he dictated most of his works to her), wrote Black Skin, White Masks, A Dying Colonialism, and The Wretched of the Earth. From the portions I read while in school I would heartily reccomend all three. The Fanons were masters of decolonial theory and their commentary on whiteness, primitivism, anti-colonial historiography, and colonial class violence (among a billion other things, they were really prolific theorists) is the first place i would recommend people go if they want to start decolonizing their marxism.
Che Guevara - I really hope I don't need to explain who Che Guevara is. Anyways read Guerrilla Warfare and his motorcycle diaries. Oh and while I haven't read any of his work personally, I would imagine Fidel Castro would also be a good one to read for 20th century anti-colonial marxism.
Subcomandante Galeano - Previously known as Subcomandante Marcos, this guy was the figurehead/spokesperson for the EZLN until pretty recently. Our Word is Our Weapon is a collection of some of his writings translated into English.
Eduardo Galeano - Eduardo Galeano was an Uruguayan Journalist and his book The Open Veins of Latin America is a cornerstone of 20th century colonial theory even if it might not strictly be marxist thought.
Edward Said - Said was a palestinian academic and journalist whose book Orientalism is required reading for any colonial historian and should be for any self-proclaimed communist as well. It's perhaps marxist in the broadest sense but it is first and foremost a book about peeling the white supremacy goggles off of your face when studying the history of SWANA, which is a practice you should then apply to every intellectual endeavor you undertake for the rest of your life forever including your marxism.
anyway thats hopefully a good list to get you started. I know a few of my mutuals can probably add recommendations and provide a more educated communist perspective. Like I said before I'm a marxist historian more than I am a marxist in a communist sense.
#caught in the web#personally i dont really consider myself a communist#im an anti-colonialist first and foremost in terms of political theory#the fact that various flavors of communism have been the prevailing anti-colonial theory#just means i exist in plenty of communist circles.#anyways mutuals feel free to pitch in#also im calling it now im gonna get called a poser by someone for not being an expert in marxism
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update on hermitgals precure au: i’ve decided to make the mascot kingdom the hermit kingdom and they protect the genesis block (?) which is the macguffin that facilitates communal creation and sharing of art and inspiring each other with their own creations in their peaceful hermit kingdom, which then ripples out to the human world.
the evil corporation (yes it’s a corporation) wants to steal the genesis block so they can control all the art output and mash it together like a soulless meat grinder for capitalist profit. pearl is a particularly creative person, the evil corporation viewed her as a big threat to their evil monopoly, so they straight up brainwashed her from birth. she still broke free because her adventurous and free spirit cannot be contained!
i’ve decided to make ren have a human form because the logistics nightmare of making the cures carry the mascots to safety every time they fight is… not good lmao. anyways he can be a human because he’s the king and the tiny crown of the dog gives him extra powers. he easily transforms back though. his main job is to run to safety with iskall and protect the genesis block. (eventually he lends the crown to cleo in a cleo-related arc and they’re both 🥺)
towards the boss fight, the corporation captures four cures and drains their vitality from them and keeps them captured/ otherwise frozen, and gem is the one who has to save them all and she laments about being so powerful that she’s the one who’s left behind 🥺 (but there is at least one mascot with her for moral support)
i want to make stress turn evil temporarily so everyone’s gonna be disheartened that their cheerful pink cure has succumbed to despair but they save her with the power of love and hugs.
the cures throw ren around like a stuffed doll and hold him up by the scruff of his neck. he’s just a guy. false keeps on forgetting she can’t punch ren in human form because he’ll transform back if he’s weakened.
#ria.txt#hermitcraft#hermitgals#precure au#i watched the finale of gogo and hm. the angst. and also the anti-colonialist messaging
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So, I've been doing some thinking. This could either be a meaningless little ramble that no one will care about, or something seen as really dangerous and putting a target on my back.
So, what if we, those most weary of the far right created an international group of activists in light of the US election? See, the thing is that Donald Trump and Elon Musk are very dangerous, but they are also very incompetent and could lead the government down a path that weakens it. It could create a very unique opportunity to address the far right problem and the US Imperialist system itself in one go. Or maybe I'm being overly ambitious.
This group I have in mind would have several purposes, such as keeping communities safe and protecting people from the harm the far right would do in the name of winning the election. Or, most importantly of all, connecting activists from all over the world and allowing us to dismantle the system as a concrete and united movement. Maybe it's just me being naive and hopeful, but maybe it's also something we've all wanted deep down but been too afraid to initialise? If so, maybe this is a sign to really stand up and start trying to make those connections.
#um message if interested I guess?#us elections#us politics#civil rights#revolution#activism#anarchism#socialism#communism#leftist politics#leftism#donald trump#2024 presidential election#usa politics#As an Australian I know there'll always be a barrier to how much I can do as long as america holds the reins#they've swapped out our prime ministers before and been controlling our system for decades#we're barely our own country rn and as long as the us system stays in place as it is we'll never be able to change our own system#So tbh I think the most I could do for myself my friends and everyone in this world is to be involved in this#to unravel the us imperialist system and allow for the change in other places to be able to happen#the western empire needs to be separated and divided if it is to fall and give way to radical land back and revolution#if we want strong anti discrimination safety and equality we need to dismantle the colonialist system starting with the most powerful#also hint hint nudge nudge; try out the app “signal” it's really good for being able to communicate and organise freely#the devs don't give away data and you have so much privacy to be able to organise actions and help people#Please please look into it y'all and start organising and connecting to one another
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You're questioning whether or not it's a genocide when hospitals are being targeted? Civilians? Aid trucks?! Food kitchens?! Are you serious? The little girl, Hind Rajab, the paramedics who went to save her, all were cleared by Israel then shot dead. The flour massacres. Please be serious. They even killed a camel delivering aid. Which is... not new. Not new.
Libraries and all colleges and universities are being bombed. These are attempts to erase a culture and hold back a people. Doctors killed in their homes. Palestinians in hospitals tortured and buried alive, their bodies found zip-tied, staff still in scrubs. You seriously still believe this isn't a genocide?!
(Unfortunately, no independent investigation is being done, so it's just going to be Israel investigating itself and clearing its own name, time and time again...)
Palestinians get told to travel "safe passages," then bombed by Israel.
It's a genocide. It's not anti-semitic to acknowledge this is a genocide.
#Palestine#free Palestine#anti Zionism#it's so depressing and infuriating watching people try to argue this isn't one#sick in the head and completely brainwashed some people--having this little inherently racist colonialist ethnostate is so precious to them
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"US Constitution" Soviet Union c. 1970s
#united states#usa#america#gun#poster#vintage#anti imperialism#police#state#imperialist#colonialist#jingoism#propaganda#ussr#russia#soviet union
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#Seeing the dune part 2 american centric red carpet and as a devoted aficionado of the books and yk a moroccan person here are my 2 cents#Dune was one of the few Western works inspired by MENA culture that that felt genuine and respectful#But ofc despite the profound symbiosis with Middle Eastern and North African culture evident within the pages of the novels#the movie adaptation lack of substantive representation from these communities both in on-screen portrayals and within production roles was#very much disappointing in part 1 and i doubt there are any change now#While drawing inspiration from the Amazigh peoples of Algeria and Morocco#the film barely skims the surface of its MENA influences leaving substantial potential untapped#Herbert openly acknowledged the profound impact of Islam and MENA culture on his noveIs#from the metaphorical representation of Spice as oil#to the allegorical parallels drawn between the occupation of Arrakis and real-world MENA geopolitics#By marginalizing Arabs from the narrative fabric of Dune the essence of the story is being undermined particularly its anti-colonial core#the irony of this is kiIIing me because this was a direct resuIt of us impérialism on the middIe east#But the reality is that Dune is an American production tailored for an American audience so it makes sense for it to be what it is now#a big production running from its original essence#What adds to my disappointment is the fact that I liked Villeneuve's adaptation of Incendies and I had what you call foolish hope hfhg#Dune feIt Iike a squandered opportunity to authentically depict the cultural milieu that inspired it#Given the narrative's inherent anti-colonial themes#the omission of Arab and North African voices dilute its message if any of it is even left#without representation from Arabs and Amazigh people the cultural essence becomes another appropriated resource watered down to an aestheti#rather than serving as a critique of the destructive actions of colonialists seeking power and dominance#the narrative becomes susceptible to distortion and co-option by the very entities it was intended to condemn and hold accountable
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tbh what I ACTUALLY think about content warnings is that the author should not be the one writing them. I have encountered multiple stories where the events the author warned for were kind of bland and predictable, but there was stuff baked into the narrative that was really uncomfortable or disturbing and the author seems to have not considered that a problem at all. Becky Chambers’s fish scene STILL haunts me.
#Chambers is not warning for animal cruelty. Travelling Light is not warning for a flippant treatment of artifact theft and smuggling#This Planet Needs a Name is not warning for the deeply insidious colonialist attitudes#That one short story in the aro collection did not warn for the uncritical repetition of anti-Native American tropes applied to evil Orcs#We need someone besides the author to read/listen to this shit and go uhhhh#Like TO BE FAIR Chambers fid not write content warnings#But she said that she wrote a book where nothing in it could harm you#And ma’am You Failed At That
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i think severance is such an impactful story to me cos it speaks so directly to the violent non consenual experience of being born into the authoritarian white supremacist occupation of the so-called united states and the expectation to 'contribute' to it by throwing our bodies and minds in that forge - i think helly r/helena eagan as a character specifically encompasses that horror/frustration/despair in a way that speaks to me very intimately (especially her link as a literal child, specifically a daughter, born into the company) - the fact that the aesthetics are so fucking white and affluent is very funny, and we'll have to see where they end up taking the story... but ultimately, storytelling and narratives are so important and This Story has such a capacity to be so anti-colonialist, anti-racist, anti-capitalist, anti-authoritarian.......... but again..... yknow... we'll see hehe
#like... idk man its so important to me as a story..... i know its gonna probably (and maybe already has) miss the mark but as a vehicle#it has a lot of potential to be very disruptive. idk man i need to do more research abt narrative and storytelling in our socialization and#building movements but .. on an individual level its really impactful to me idk.#severance#where my anti colonialist sev heads at#lets kiki
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Your not so gentle yearly reminder that cottagecore is a colonial fantasy and harms indigenous people ❤️
#I have been reminded this bullshit exists. I will never know peace#cottagecore#cottage aesthetic#cottagecharm#homestead#what other colonialist bullshit tags should I add to this#I dunno#colonialism#indigenous#bipoc#politics#debate hall#anti cottagecore
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checkmate rightoids. how’s that “america first” working out for you? or does that rule not apply when it comes to apartheid israel.
gal gadot desecrated a holocaust museum, turned it into a place for exclusive propaganda screenings, and incited average people into violence. buckets upon buckets of more blood on her hands.
“where is the humanity” indeed.
#it’s not just dystopian#it’s Islamophobic#zionist propaganda#anti gal gadot#free palestine#palestine#from the river to the sea palestine will be free#wonder woman#anti wonder woman 1984#anti wonder woman 2017#always infuriated me how this grifter colonialist ruined the image of wonder woman#troythings gets political
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"this new manga that shounjump is publishing is uh. might be really racist"
[me] "oh come on how bad could it be OH MY GOODNESS"
#starposts#gonna withold more judgment until more chapters come out to see if it's like#meant to be more anti-colonialist than anti-racist b ut that was. that was a fucking lot#yes this is about drama queen
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currently reading The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa and yallll i think it might be coming in clutch as one of my fav books of the year
#(& i say this as someone whos read 100+ books this yr)#it was a bit slow to start but im having SO MUCH FUN RN#fiercely anti-colonialist scifi spy thriller YEAHHHHH#FINALLY SOME GOOD FUCKING POLITICAL INTRIGUE#.txt#books
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What I meant to say is who CARES what states or rather nations used to do, have done in the past, especially states now run by a different generation - what atrocities are these states committing NOW. I don't give a fuck about the history of the nation beyond its effect of legitimising violence NOW. It isn't relevant otherwise. YES we would do well to list the atrocities committed NOW within the living generation by every state, list em all out. Chinese state, U.S. state, Russian state, European states, Indonesian state, Australian state well you get it.
#this was inspired by that post aboit 'evergbody lists the chinese atrocities' lets do the others. then lists all the historic atrocities.#now youve fallen for the nationalism#theres no POINT to listing the colonialist past of the nation when it comes to this beyond dispelling nationalist blind pride#and superiority#what are these fuckers - the states with the money and the power extracted from the population- doing wrong NOW#my stuff#personal#that post was nationalist#and pretended to be anti-racist. and defended china for some reason. it doesnt need defending. esp not that way
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> claims to be anti-colonialist > claims to be Mexican > born in the US > never been to Mexico Hypocrisy much?
my mexican ass parents who attempted and failed crossing the US mexican border multiple times and risked their lives in the desert running and hiding with the coyotes who were literal children would laugh in your face for trying to claim that just because their kids were born in the us that means they arent mexican. Youre so stupid and happily so that you completely forgot about ethnic identities. Also ive literally been to Mexico, i have family there, and me being born in the us doesnt negate that i am mexican and that i am anti-colonialist. Ur just some stupid ass anon typing like a little twerp.
#muertoresponds#let me try being this stupid one day i would love to see where it takes me#also im literally half indigenous of course im gonna be anti colonialist dumbass
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