naomi
merchant mariner
swatxʷixʷtxʷəd ʔə tiiɫ spuyaləpabs
japanese/european. honored to live on Puyallup lands
anti-colonial, anti-militarism, pro birds
三世
- thanks to the Māori for this fun one today. Also she said she was partly inspired by the Bush shoeing which is always fun to remember
- On this day in 2016, a New Zealand Minister was hit in the face with a dildo by a Māori activist during Waitangi Day Trans Pacific Partnership protest. anticolonialhistory.com/event/343/
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- Reposted by naomiOn this day in 1846, Alabama began statewide convict leasing, a practice later used to re-enslave emancipated Black people criminalized by unjust laws.
- me every day at work:
- Reposted by naomiLet Black history month serve to remind us that the living legacy of slavery is the carceral state- policing, prison, immigration detention, and border enforcement. Abolition now.
- Reposted by naomiThe number of people currently in ICE custody is now over 73,000, the most in history.
- one of my favs. and a great example of how you can change bird names in english when they are racist or named after racists :)
- Reposted by naomiIn 2023, CBP killed a young Black girl that they imprisoned by incarcerating her and failing to provide the needed medical care for her sickle cell anemia You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old
- Reposted by naomiFor #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
- it’s really nice when documentaries about revolutionaries are actually made available for free like this. It also features one of my favorite things which is when old heads speak frankly about super sketchy stuff.
- Reposted by naomiA Black-capped Chickadee showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory.
- by instagram user eightdecay ko-fi.com/eightdecay
- could learning about the history of forced removals and detentions of Indigenous peoples within US borders have anything to offer us in the current moment? no way to know
- be inspired by Vine Deloria Jr’s auntie and her important early cultural and linguistic preservation work
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- Reposted by naomiIn Maine, masked federal agents stopped a car that contained a baby, and smashed a window. "Glass sprayed over the baby’s car seat." They took the baby's father who was driving, leaving the mother who does not have a driver's license alone in the car with the baby. On video:
- what is 'Radical publishing not just radical books' supposed to mean anyways
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- Reposted by naomiNEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
- Reposted by naomiPalestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban aje.news/ljjuww
- i cannot believe Lena Katrina of t.a.T.u. had a protest song against the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia before all the things she said came out. and none of you bothered to tell me
- highly recommend Ramona Bennetts book Fighting for the Puyallup Tribe! new memoir which features this story and many of her other contributions to the struggle.
- On this day in 1973, Natives fighting for Treaty fishing rights rally at the Washington State Game Department headquarters in Olympia. anticolonialhistory.com/event/209/
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- alright on Upscrolled, this better be as fun as RedNote was before i forgot my password and deleted it.
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- I recommend his book The Unjust Society for learning about the ongoing colonial condition in “Canada”
- Reposted by naomiThe disparities in these numbers are fucking terrible. A quantification of how much more valuable a white and then American life is than an immigrant POC. Links to fundraisers in thread. bsky.app/profile/last...
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- Reposted by naomiVideo shows Palestinian children crying in fear as their school bus is chased by Israeli settlers in an off-road vehicle in the occupied West Bank, where settlers regularly attack Palestinian civilians and property.
- useful summary by Anchorage historian of US attempts to annex Greenland over time
- “$170 billion in funding for immigration enforcement and border protection, which included tens of billions of dollars in funding for detention centers.”
- it’s cool that Verso publishes important texts but there are so many errors in their version of How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, I genuinely find it really distracting. like this is a very important book you couldn’t bother to proof read it
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- Reposted by naomiThe police also kill with impunity on a weekly basis. ICE is benefiting from what’s already an established state violence norm in the USA.
- Reposted by naomiImmigration attorney Eric Lee said he was at the Dilley facility for a confidential visit with clients when guards began shouting for everyone in the waiting area to leave, citing what they described as “an incident.” Read More👉 ebx.sh/9NSK40
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- Reposted by naomiAlex Pretti was a union member of AFGE Local 3699 His murder increases the likelihood of another general strike in Minneapolis. My newsletter looks at what’s next as labor responds to his murder by ICE agent
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- Nick Tilsen's trial to begin on Monday- he is innocent. Heres how to call the Prosecutors office to suggest they drop the charges, and more ways to assist in thread
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- the generative AI issue is actually black and white. its completely indefensible www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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- particularly inspiring one today- Zulu warriors essentially without guns defeat 1800 British colonial soldiers using cowhide shields and spears
- I'm Remember The Raisin! -ing and I'm thinking it was tight
- Reposted by naomiAn observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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- white people when you very gently suggest they’re being anti-indigenous and should consider that Native people exist and have names for places
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- greatest country in the world. defenders of democracy and freedom 😒
- it’s anti-japanese for the Canucks to trade Kiefer Sherwood
- does anybody know what to do if you’re worried your dog is chopped and unc
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- Dr. King on “outside agitators” in 1963, Letter From Birmingham Jail
- Laakkuluk Williamson, a filmmaker and artist, says she attended the morning rally in Iqaluit because Inuit people in Nunavut and Greenland are only divided by colonial borders but they stick together in solidarity. “We were a one nation, with the same language, same culture,”
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- Reposted by naomiAt least a quarter of the entire population of Greenland’s capital marched in protest, waving their national flag 🇬🇱 and chanting “Greenland is not for sale” And we know how a Trump administration would treat those protesters if allowed. www.theguardian.com/...
- if anyone has non conspiracy theory articles about Israel testing nuclear weapons send them to me
- New collection of statements and essays on Indigenous peoples experiences with borders and migration, with an excellent introduction. Tons of Tribes have put out strong statements following the murder and kidnappings in Minneapolis. Organized new to old so you can check back.
