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The US government is prepared for nothing but war. Not a pandemic, not natural disasters, not poverty & homelessness...

“We know we were colonized. We know they took over our schools. We know they took away our language. We know all of this, so we're just trying to bring all those things back.” CRCC's Richard Flory & Nick Shindo Street profile #Hawaiian #Indigenous activists. indiancountrytoday.com/news/a-very-ha…

In #Colombo on #May18 Rev. #Saththivel, Sandya Ekneligoda and hundreds of people remembered the thousands perished in #mullivaikkaal despite #SriLanka police intimidation. RightToRemember Ambassador Julie Chung UN in Sri Lanka UN Human Rights Council Ambika Satkunanathan

Confirmed human toll from wildland-urban interface #MauiFires is terrible (already second deadliest wildfire in modern American history), but grim reports from residents on the ground suggest actual toll is even greater & that there is still minimal outside assistance. #MauiFire

Ethnographic journalism can build empathy and familiarity across cultures. In this ReligionLink guide, Ken Chitwood provides religion reporters with practical advice for sensitively immersing themselves in unfamiliar communities. religionlink.com/reporting-on/e…

A midlist debut novel basically sinks or swims entirely on whether enough readers love it enough to recommend it to other people. Here's a quick snapshot of a lovely day—thank you all so much! It makes me incredibly happy, and hopeful that the book will find its readership.

Melbourne Buddhist monk Naotunne Vijitha Nayaka Thero faces court on child sex abuse charges abc.net.au/news/2023-08-1… via ABC Australia

something that worries me after being part of #abolitionist collective projects for over 25 years: how (what abolitionists call) "non-reformist reforms" get infiltrated by a liberal counterinsurgency machine and turned into "procedure" based technologies of pacification

Good article. That headline is particularly poignant though juxtaposed against Sri Lanka's record number of enforced disappearances (second highest in the world as of 2009 according to the UN WGEID, behind Iraq) because they are the same story. Revolt and repression.

I am floored as I read this forthcoming book by Christopher Paul Harris. The first chapter alone has me highlighting and furiously writing notes. This is an important text!! You need to grab a copy if you are remotely interested in Black mobilization and Black futures.

Images out of #Libya following extreme rainfall from the "#Medicane" (Mediterranean "tropical-like" cyclone) that made landfall this weekend are indicative of quite violent flood inundations. Based on these images, rumors of multiple dam failures unfortunately seem plausible.

I have given an interview to Germany's @NDRinfo on the current situation of Tamils ​​in Sri Lanka and press freedom in Sri Lanka Read the full interview 👇 ndr.de/nachrichten/in… “I was 15 years old when the genocide against Tamils ​​came to a brutal end in 2009. And there

Four weeks ago, Judge Saravanarajah told the Dept. of Archaeology they couldn't keep ignoring court orders to stop installing fake archaeo-propaganda in Kurunthurmalai.

The phrase "humanitarian crisis in Gaza" does the work of liberal white magic by *disappearing* apartheid, settler conquest/occupation, and actual genocidal state terror. As i explained to my 15 yr old daughter last night, United Nations exists to preserve the global order of empire (duh).

Last week, Prof. Olive Demar was summarily fired from Smith College for teaching about Palestine, including an essay by Noel Ignatiev. Today, she speaks out: On Being Fired: Academic Repression and the Struggle for Palestine hardcrackers.com/on-being-fired…

Devastating. Zephaniah is a legendary figure. Reading his poems as a child opened my mind, as it did for many millions more. His words on refugees and racism were inspirational. I never knew this Eelam Tamil connection though. He will be sorely missed.