#Colonial

Thanks to all our new followers after today's police board meeting. Something we get asked a lot by media and politicians is....you don't mean defund ALL of the police do
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1/ This is a massive story & good to finally see Aust media coverage.Patent waiver would not be a silver bulletin but imv is important normative step to doing what’s
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A little late again to the party, but really inspired (if that is the right word) by @o_rutazibwa's take on International Development, that "the entire notion of aid is obscene—and
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The deliberate shooting of unarmed protestors in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria last week was an outrage. I say this as a human being, as a Christian, and as
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The Faerghus Four modern AU where they're from Florida, which is why they're all so fucked up in the head They go to Carole Baskin's Big Cat Sanctuary as a
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Le #10mai, Journée commémorative du souvenir de l'#esclavage et de son abolition, est l’occasion de revenir brièvement sur l’histoire du « Havre-négrier », longtemps restée méconnue malgré son importance. La
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[OC Thread] Dang ok because that tweet has gained some traction, I'll show some of my OCs...starting with my 3 diwatas. From left to right: Stella, Astra, and Nova. Their
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From 1890, children from so-called “criminal tribes” were forcibly removed from their parents & institutionalised. The history of forced child removal in settler colonies (like Australia) is well known, but
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yaknow, it really sucks that I'm a 21 year old senior in college and I'm JUST NOW learning the true origins of the American slavery/European colonization. because I took a
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One of the training programs we have at @AfricaDHeritage looks at how Kenya's cultural institutions engage audiences online.Staff at the archives and museums always ask, how is social media important
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In defence of George III: The greatest King to ascend the British throne - denied his legacy by American revision and pop culture.Thought I'd make this thread after seeing many
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Are you rich enough to survive this pandemic? It was true in America during Colonial times- Yellow Fever the rich quarantined at “country homes”in Germantown, outside Philly. Were we being
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Facts that most people forget: - The West Bank was administered by Jordan from 1948-1967, in exactly the same scenario as Israel is now in (disputed territory/military occupation) and nobody
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Our voters have agreed that we should remove the Queen as Head of state of The Bahamas. Though, interestingly enough, almost 40% of voters didn't know enough. Here's a thread
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The Indian Forest Service Association @CentralIfs has asked better financial facilities & working conditions including firearms from @PrakashJavdekar - Environmentalists support their demands but felt the use of firearms could
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How lies work.In March 1949 the Israelis reached the southern tip - access to the Red Sea - what is now the town of Eilat. It was empty apart from
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