#setter colonialism

[fiercynn]

wait you mean this part of voting is not harm reduction: an indigenous perspective???

We don’t dismiss the reality that, on the scale of U.S. settler colonial violence, even the slightest degree of harm can mean life or death for those most vulnerable. What we assert here is that the entire notion of “voting as harm reduction” obscures and perpetuates settler-colonial violence, there is nothing “less harmful” about it, and there are more effective ways to intervene in its violences. [x]

wow way to cherry-pick a single line and ignore the ENTIRE FUCKING POINT

[psychotrenny]

I really do think this is the end for Israel. The beginning of the end at least. They're essentially a relic of an earlier time, a time when, through a complex confluence of factors, the military power of Europe was so far beyond the rest of the world that it could openly keep the world in shackles. The Imperial powers of Europe could do as they wished and respond to any resistance with overwhelming violence that, no matter how costly in money or lives or how many years it took, would eventually force open resistance to come to a (temporary) end. You saw exceptions of course, such as Ethiopia's successful repulsion of Italian invaders in the 1890s (although even that victory is somewhat undercut but Italy's more successful invasion about 40 years later), but in the majority of cases even the most brave and intelligent of resistance fighters would see themselves worn down and defeated. Just off the top of my head you have figures like Samori Toure, Omar al-Mukhtar, Samuel Maharero; all inflicted numerous defeats on their European Imperialist enemies but in the end couldn't overcome the sheer force that was arrayed against them.

Of course such supremacy was never absolute even at it's apex, and this height was so very short lived. Resistance never fully stopped; outbursts of violence were frequent and various forms of passive resistance like migration, tax evasion and industrial slowdown were ubiquitous. Resistance movements learned from past failures, acquired the weapons of modern war and soon proved a credible threat to the Imperialist forces that by the middle of the 20th century had exhausted themselves through in-fighting. Whether evicted through direct violence or choosing to leave under the inevitable threat of it, the European powers largely ended their direct domination over the colonised world. That's not to say Imperialism was over, far from it, but it mostly took on subtler forms; more soft power with only the occasional resort to hard. Imperial domination is now more than ever exerted through various local proxies and the broader forces that keep them in check as direct subjugation just isn't especially viable.

In the parts of the world without substantial settler populations this withdrawal was accomplished smoothly enough; most of the Europeans present either left without a fuss or found some sort of niche under the new order of things. But the liberation of colonies with large settler populations was a longer and bloodier process; just compare the French withdrawal from Indochina to that from Algeria or the fate of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). A large number of Europeans were heavily entrenched in these colonies and had both their material wealth and sense of pride tied to the maintenance of white supremacy. Many politicians back in Europe were less willing to abandon such settler colonies, while with or without support from back home the colonists engaged in their own bloody wars of oppression against indigenous people.

But in the end they all fell. Algeria, Rhodesia, Angola, South Africa, the list goes on. Even as these places continue to suffer under the yoke of less direct Imperialism they can take pride knowing that the scourge of direct setter subjugation was defeated. Exploiting people is one thing; there are many ways you can accomplish this without the exploited truly catching on. But the sort of violence it takes to brazenly steal control of a people's land, settle yourself on it while keeping the original inhabitants as second class citizens is going to engender the fiercest resistance no matter what. The only remotely stable settler colonies are those where the indigenous peoples were already decimated by disease before being subjected to centuries of genocidal policies, reducing their current population to a small minority of the nation. And even then the survives continue to resist fiercely. In places where the settlers remained the minority there was simply no chance of such regimes surviving for long.

Israel as a state is among the last of its kind, and I see no reason why it shouldn't meet the fate of all other such colonies. The way I see it the end of Israel is inevitable. The only question is just how much bloodshed and suffering it'll take. The struggle has been ongoing for so very long. I truly hope that we're seeing the final stages of it, but I suppose only time can tell. All I know for sure is that from from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free

[transit-fag]

Quick q: Opinions on Ghazza and Falasteen? (Gaza and Palestine, spelled closer to how they’re pronounced)

I support a free Palestine and an end to the war and setter colonialism, I just don't talk about it on this blog because I feel like posting about it on a joke blog would be insensitive and rude

[ellevandersneed]

reading a book on ancient israel and how the archeological/anthropological discourse surrounding ancient israel has been historically politically driven in order to justify a nationalistic claim to the land, and as a search for "proof" of the greatness/uniqueness of "Western Civilization." A lot of stuff on how this essentially politicizes time itself and defines an entire regions history only in relation to Judeo-Christian history (anything that isn't about "the roots of Western Civilization" is secondary and unimportant to a lot of scholars). Material history becomes second to a cultural narrative, and facts are erased in favor of this narrative, all to justify why the Zionist setter project is allowed to commit genocide. It's deeply interesting and almost unnecessary for me to read since settler colonial enforced genocide is a bad thing regardless of whether or not a certain population claims a tract of land as "historically belonging to them." Like we could find out one day that like, a large chunk of Poland was originally inhabited by ethnic Germans or that a German political system once controlled what is now Polish territory. None of that would then be a reasonable justification for Germany to then invade Poland and start systematicatically exterminating and ethnically cleansing the population.... oh wait

[guineapigwitch]

This article is from 2013, the accusations started in 2008. This isn't new.

[troythings]

so i was browsing after the news about literal IDF member and zionist propagandist gal gadot and

……

okay.

listen here buddy.

as someone who has been an actual fan of wonder woman comic lore since childhood, and not some blind follower of “the current thing” pro-war movies shat out by a now-dead universe, i can confidently say that this is not wonder woman.

this, however?

this is wonder woman. so, next time you see someone calling gal gadot “wonder woman” just remember that diana by definition is the literal incarnate of truth and peace, an ambassador to all mankind, and the antithesis to war crimes and everyone who supports them

including genocidal setter colony israel.

[stranger-rants]

You don’t think it’s possible for someone to support Israel because they are Jewish and have a strong ethnic and personal connection to that region (his bar mitzvah was literally in Israel) without actively being full of hatred towards Palestinians? There’s this narrative going around that Noah is somehow this deeply psychotic and racist person who wants Palestinian children to be exterminated, but isn’t it far more likely that he’s just deeply connected to his culture, fearful of the rise in antisemitism, and sad about 10/7? He condemned Hamas, a terrorist org. He never said anything about hating Palestinians.

Btw I personally support Palestine and agree that Israel has gone too far in its actions. I just don’t demonize everyone on the other side which is apparently a controversial position to take

I think that ongoing support of Israel as a settler colonial state hinges on the apartheid and genocide of the Palestinian people. Noah “Zionism is sexy” Schnapp is racist as is anyone who supports Zionism because it is a racist ideology. The establishment of any nation should not require the dispossession of land and resources of an entire group of people, but that’s what Zionism does.

Israel is no different than any other settler colonial state. Noah is not more or less ethnically tied to that land than I am to America. As a person raised within a setter colonial state, I could recognize the power and privilege I have to be able to live here or I could buy into a radical ideology based on the idea that I’m inherently superior to the indigenous people here and thus I deserve this land more.

Noah Schnapp has explicitly sided with Zionism. I don’t give a single flying fuck if he has been to Israel or he had his Bar Mitzvah in Israel. There are indigenous Palestinians who can’t return to their land because of Zionism. I’ve lived here in America my whole life. My immediate family is here. That doesn’t change the violent racist history of this place.

I didn’t call him psychotic. I didn’t demonize him. I am speaking in plain and simple English here - Noah is a Zionist. Zionism is a racist ideology. Israel as a settler colonial state that is younger than my grandparents has been displacing, imprisoning, torturing, and killing the indigenous people of that land for decades on the basis that they have a right to build an ethnostate on said land.

Stop conflating Jews and Judaism with Israel. Stop conflating Jews and Judaism with Zionism. Stop using the fear of antisemitism as a rhetorical device to excuse Zionist propaganda. There are many Jews sacrificing their safety to condemn Israel. There are many Jews who have suffered because of Israel.

Israel does not represent Jews or Judaism. It is a violent settler colonial state supported by other violent settler colonial states. Jewish safety and freedom shouldn’t hinge on apartheid and genocide. That’s not true safety or freedom. The only way forward is to free the Palestinian people. Stop the genocide. End the apartheid. Build a state based on equity for all, not just some.

This isn’t a religious conflict. This is a genocide and you can either support the oppressor or the oppressed. He chose the side of the oppressor. You’re not stating a controversial opinion by arguing in his favor, for him arguing in Israel’s favor. The U.S. government argues in Israel’s favor regularly, providing billions in weapons. We all see the consequences of that.

I will remain angry with him as is my right.

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[the-art-block]

I think your Moonrise Nation stuff is very interesting, and I was wondering how the Tremere and Giovanni/Hecata fit into it, being that they were usurper clans from Europe.

G'aaw thank you so much!! I'm glad so many people like the Moonrise Nation!

While the Tremere and Hecata clans didn't make contact in large numbers with the North American Continent until the setter periods, the Moonrise Nation's mythos still contextualizes them retroactively in the perspectives of the indigenous. (The same does of course go for the Banu Haqim, Lasombra, and the Setites. I'm not convinced there were no Cappadocians on the continent pre-colonies tho.)

Think of it in the same way that most European Christianized Vampires have some version of the Biblical "Cain" present in their cultural context, even though Cain would have by all accounts been an ancient man from the middle east and not a European. He is translated into their cultural understanding of their condition via Catholicism (Which itself was once a minor cult in the Roman Empire) and the stories it tells.

It would have been the same with indigenous vamps incorporating foreign concepts into their own mythos to keep things making sense to them.

Additionally, Blood Sorcery and Oblivion were present already on turtle island through the development of Caitiffs, and so these two clans in particular would be defined by their relation to the tribes interpretations of these Disciplines, rather than as "indigi-fied" clan identities themselves. It's more like they were equated with indigenous analogs that already existed prior to colonialism.

[Personally I don't subscribe to the idea that Caine was the very first vampire, I like that more as a parable in-setting rather than it being the authentic truth of vampiric origins. This game wants to be very Christian, and I've put in a lot of work to build up the Moonrise lore in a way that encapsulates the vibes without overtly including the Christo-European influences.]

[abla-soso]

The process of decolonization involves rejecting any tools that give the colonizing powers any legitimacy.

Giving colonial settlers the false label of "innocent civilians" is one of the most dangerous tools that legitimize even the most brutal colonization.

If Algerians agreed to view the French colonial settlers as "innocent civilians", Algeria would still be colonized by France.

In the same way: Adult Israeli citizens are not "innocent civilians". They're colonial setters. They're active enablers of the fascist, genocidal, settler-colonial state of Israel. And that is true even when they don't directly use any weapons against the Palestinians (which is getting rarer because Israel is a heavily militarized society where military service is mandatory and most "civilians" are armed and constantly help the IDF to brutalize and even murder the Palestinians).

Every adult Israeli who refuses to denounce Zionism and refuses to work and compromise with the Palestinians to get their rights back is guilty of being a violent colonial settler.

But this guilt does not make them valid targets for deliberate killing (as long as they remained non-combatants).

It just means that the oppressed population and the freedom fighters are not morally obligated to care about their safety. That they're not morally obligated to avoid killing them as collateral damage while fighting military forces. That it is morally permissible to terrorize them into fleeing the lands they've stolen (by threatening them, vandalizing their houses, beating them when necessary, and taking them as political hostages).

If you have a problem with any of that, then you're not really aiming for decolonizing Palestine. You just want the conditions of colonization to be less severe.

[last-tarrasque]

Some of you might not want to hear this, but there is no ok way to be an patriotic about Amerika. No mater what, you are being patriotic and nationalistic for a setter colonial, imperialist and reactionary entity. It does not matter if you style your US patriotism around the north in the Civil War, around the old or current US labor movement (even if style it as “socialist”), if you give it an anti Zionist coat of paint (ei: Amerika first, not Israel first!) or any other “progressive” way you can think to style your patriotism. Amerika is an intently reactionary entity, you cannot call yourself a communist or socialist, and uphold the US in any way.

And no adding in a call for land back to your US patriotism doesn’t change its fundamental nature.

[halalchampagnesocialist]

Genuinely serious question here. I have seen some amount of the phrase "not all Israelis" when talking about the structure of whay Israel is & how it is maintained domestically and while that is genuinely true, I feel very iffy about this phrase.

Like replace it Rhodesian or Pied-Noir in Algeria. Israel is an illegitimate state. Any true ally of the Palestinian cause who just so happens to have Israeli citizenship would understand that they shouldn't abide or identify with the setter colonial society beyond just "yeah this is the country I happen to hold citizenship in."

I guess I feel this way in the same way I hear an American say "not all Americans" when talking about the continued imperialism the rest of the world faces. Like yes, not all, but enough. The average American doesn't care enough to actually do something, and I think most of them subconsciously know if they did, their lives would be worse because of it. They materially benefit and can't stand the idea of a slightly more difficult life for justice for the rest of the world. Sure, it sucks. But it's not the colonizers/imperialists. It's about the people who they're trampling and murdering to maintain their RELATIVELY comfy existence.

Sorry if this ask is disjointed and all over the place.

Yes, in reality while all citizens of a settler-colonial state might not be bad or even co-sign the oppression of the Indigenous people, they still by and large benefit from it. Their existence is even sustained by it, even in countries where it might be seen as there being no active colonial project per se (although debatable) like USA, Canada, Australia etc

Also I agree that many people who live in these countries are not willing to put their comfort aside to really challenge the system and question the narratives taught to them. Even the question of imperialism aside, the standard of living in these countries has gotten a lot worse thanks to capitalist greed and government incompetence + neoliberalism but even then, the idea of actively overthrowing these systems is unthinkable to many people.

[chaotic-titania]

Just saying, in light of what happned this week and what keeps on happening to gaza, you're welcome to not interact if you fit any of the following (or all of them):

you think Israel's disproportionate response to hamas breaking gaza's physical borders is justified

believe not supporting Israel is antisemitic

believe israel is a representant for very single jew on this planet and that any form of retaliations againts its actions is antisemitism

think being antisemitic is a form of support to palestine (it's not)

use the 'but both sides are suffering' argument even though gaza's currently going through power cuts, will be out of gas soon, had their food lines cut and is being bombed and shelled to oblivion

use the words 'terrorists', 'animals', 'inhumane', or any other insulting term to refer to palestinians and people of gaza especially

use the 'but what about lgbt rights in gaza :(( they deserve that for it' argument cause israela nd the idf are discriminatory no matter your sexual orientation or gender

don't think israel's actions in the last few months and years and decades aren't setter colonialism in its purest form abnd a type of terrorism

blame jews for israel's actions

any other way that's basically minimizing the palestinians' struggles and threatening their very existence and lives

If you support Israel's actions in Gaza, you're endorsing ethnic cleansing and genocide.

I won't get into any debate. Block me or i'll block you.

[probablyasocialecologist]

Israel governments going back to 1967 have rejected the notion of a viable, sovereign Palestinian state alongside Israel. They even reject the very fact of occupation. Instead, Israel annexed East Jerusalem and moved 700,000 setters into the territory that would have been a Palestinian state. It confined 95 percent of the Palestinians to the tiny islands of Areas A and B in the West Bank, and a besieged Gaza. In January 2020, Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that Israel would annex the Jordan Valley “and all the settlements,” in accord with Trump’s “Deal of the Century” – without even offering the “annexed” Palestinians Israeli citizenship. Nor is there any will on the part of the international community to sanction Israel or force it to withdraw from the Occupied Territory. So, true, while the two-state solution may have worked, it was never accepted by Israel. Regardless, it is now dead and gone, buried under massive settlement blocs. We must move on.

Jeff Halper, Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine: Zionism, Settler Colonialism, and the Case for One Democratic State

[pumpacti0n]

The policing of indigenous genders and sexualities as a means to further the larger settler-colonial project led to the development of a “settler sexuality.” Scott Morgensen (settler scholar) defines settler sexuality as “a white national heteronormativity that regulates Indigenous sexuality and gender by supplanting them with the sexual modernity of settler subjects.” In non-academic speak, settler sexuality can be described as an “exceptional” form of sexual expression enforced by the settler-state. The setter-state deems heterosexual monogamy as “exceptional” and “normal,” and anything beyond those confines as “primitive” and “unexceptional.”

...

"Indigenous womxn, “queer,” transgender, and non-binary people endure unspeakable violence at the hands of non-native settlers and even their own community members, however they continue to resist and pave a path toward brighter tomorrows. Indigenous womxn, trans folk, queers stand at the forefront of the larger decolonial movement to reclaim previous subjectivities and to build bright collective futures.

Decolonization is often mistaken as an effort to “go back” to precolonial ways, but the active process of such carries much more gravity than that. Indigenous people not only demand the total repatriation of land, but we continually envision and push for a world void of structures such as settler-colonialism, imperialism, capitalism, racism, fascism, and heteropatriarchy.

Decolonization involves reclaiming previous ways of living — horizontal leadership, collectivism, and recognition of universal relations — and pushing such lifeways into practice and action in order to develop a sustainable future. It’s not all about the past, it’s about what we want for our communities in the years to come. Indigenous womxn and queers lead the larger movement for such futures despite the violence they experience under settler-colonialism, capitalism, and heteropatriarchy."

[Settler Sexuality - Resistance to State-Sanctioned Violence, Reclamation of Anti-Colonial Knowledges & Liberation for All K’é Infoshop Collective]

[fashionbooksmilano]

One Last Colony The Havana Affair

Issue 11 - Vol. II

Francesco Sourigues & David Vivirido, Photography Coke Bartrina

Hercules Universal, 2023, 240 pages, 20,5x28cm, ISBN 9772 887004009 000-2

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The term nostalgia describes a yearning for the past, often in idealized form. Back in the Early Modern Period, it was described as a medical condition, a form of melancholy, and became an important trope in Romanticism. In common, less clinical usage, nostalgia sometimes includes a general interest in past eras, personalities and events, particularly when one mentions the “good old days,”

This issue, which we’ve titled One Last Colony, is certainly all about nostalgia. The phrase truly sums up what the exuberant city of Havana, where much of the action in these pages takes place, is all about. At first glance, when landing at night and hitting the dimly lit streets of this infamous city you are simply not aware of all the grandeur that the dawn will reveal. Set in the middle of the Caribbean Sea, only about 160 kilometres away from the United States, Havana is undoubtedly one of the very few jewels left of the Colonial Period. There, Fascist architecture is combined with Art Deco and the most exuberant of the Spanish Colonial Empire meets 1940′s Americana. It has all been untouched since the Cuban revolution in the mid 1950′s as if it was the film set of the most lavish Hollywood production.

This oft-overlooked, somewhat forbidden architectural extravaganza sets the scene for a celebration of music, old American cars running on Russian engines and a perfectly vibrant social landscape that is captured by L.A. based photographer Doug Inglish in our fashion/travel portfolio for Summer 2012.

But One Last Colony doesn’t end in Havana. First, we bring you our favourite collections one by one, exploring them in all their variety and elegances. Then, we take a worldwide tour in which we introduce you to a re-invented Aiden Shaw in our home town of Barcelona, then visit the iconic Madrid-based interior designer Pascua Ortega, catch up with the young jet-setter bag designer Gabrielecorto Moltedo at his home in Florence, and we end up talking to the one and only Kim Jones about his new role at Louis Vuitton in Paris.

With the sound of live salsa, a mojito in hand and the smell of tobacco mixed with a steady Caribbean breeze we are proud to introduce our second journey as Hercules Universal and invite you to our very own colony.

Francesco Sourigues & David Vivirido (Photography Coke Bartrina)

05/11/23