Facsimile of the Codex Borgia, ca. 16th century (1831–48) by Agostino Aglio, from Antiquities of Mexico.
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive
Available to buy as a print.
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#mayans #circles #mexico #aztec #symbolism #human-animal-hybrid #antiquities #colonialism #art #publicdomain
A Century Run or Bust (1900) by Fred L. Hacking.
Source: British Library / Wikimedia Commons
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#acting #comedy #colonialism #whips #art #publicdomain
‘A Century Run or Bust’, deposited by Fred L. Hacking in 1900. One example of the comedic sketches found in the collection.Public Domain Image Archive
Classic!
Bringing in the Tiger (1902), from How I killed the tiger being an account of my encounter with a royal Bengal tiger, with an appendix containing some general information about India.
Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive
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#hunting #india #death #tigers #carrying #colonialism #art #publicdomain
noahpinion.blog/p/jd-vances-cr…
What now?
#degrowth #rightwing #economics #capitalism #colonialism #politics
Making Americans poorer won't make our society better.Noah Smith (Noahpinion)
Facsimile of the Codex Vindobonensis, ca. late 15th or early 16th century (1831–48) by Agostino Aglio, from Antiquities of Mexico.
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive
Available to buy as a print.
pdimagearchive.org/images/3e7e…
#animals #mayans #buildings #mexico #aztec #symbolism #human-animal-hybrid #antiquities #colonialism #art #publicdomain
EU diplomacy chief Kaja Kallas confirms EU remains divided on sanctioning IsraelAl Jazeera Staff (Al Jazeera)
America (ca. 1590) by Maerten de Vos, Adriaen Collaert.
Source: Rijksmuseum
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#fauna #conquistadors #america #indigenous #spanish #armadillo #personification #allegory #landscapes #colonialism #indians #art #publicdomain
France moves to symbolically repeal slavery legislation.
Members of the lower house of the French parliament unanimously voted to abolish a series of royal edicts known as the “Code noir” or Black Code.
While slavery was outlawed more than 170 years ago in France, the old royal decree was superseded and not overturned, the vote comes as the country continues to grapple with its colonial legacy.
mediafaro.org/article/20260528…
#Slavery #France #Politics #Colonialism #CodeNoir
Members of the lower house of the French parliament unanimously voted to abolish a series of royal edicts known as the “Code noir” or Black Code. While slavery was outlawed …DW
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A few articles that are linked in the context of the discussion around #climate #migration #immigration #crime #US #Europe #politics #crime #demographics #fertility #socialsecurity #patriarchy #colonialism #slavery and some good ideas from #Spain - the #book "A New Faith" explores these in a #fiction format.
#bookstodon #books #solarpunk #hopepunk
Sequoia, a city of climate refugees, has to decide whether to thrive in a future built from scratch or to barely survive because it cannot let go of its past.TinJar
How many elected White Nationalist leaders are privately cursing a Pope who actually tries to live up to the whole Jesus thing, Meloni must be spitting feathers, Trump's little hands will be buzzing away on Truth Social...
Just finished this podcast series by Crimethinc: No wall they can build. So well done and also available as a book. An interweaving of stories from desert aid workers in their time with migrants struggling across the desert southwest with analysis of what is going on with the migration from Mexico and south of Mexico with specific looks at Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador. And, of course, constant and direct US interventions have been critical for the duration. It will come as no surprise that decades of US foreign policy in these countries was on behalf of US-based capitalists, for example, United Fruit Company. It always is.
We live in and under a brutally violent system of state and capital though we don't usually see the direct brutality ourselves nor do we acknowledge it when we should.
If we're not actively organizing to abolish this system we should own our role in allowing it to exist.
#Capitalism #US #Politics #Violence #Colonialism #Imperialism
#KemiBadenoch says that the #UK was built on #FossilFuels.
But #Ecotricity founder #DaleVince dismisses Bad Enoch's fantasy. He says that the UK was "built on slavery, on racism, on colonialism, on Empire. We abused the rest of the world to be a rich country"
Dale Vince is of course entirely right. So his comments should be commonplace and unworthy of sharing.
But the UK has never de-imperialised. So Dale is on his own. 😡
#ukpol #BritishEmpire #colonialism #slavery #racism #imperialism
Advice from Israeli dissident and anti-#Zionist #HumanRights lawyer Ben, who represents Marwan Barghouti and other Palestinian political prisoners held by genocidal apartheid Israel.
h/t #JewsAgainstGenocide
Israeled (verb): Taking something that isn't yours, and then shamelessly pretending it belongs to you while playing the victim.
#israel #zionism #colonialism #settlercolonialism #us #usa #uspol #uk #ukpol #eu #eupol #Palestine #Occupiedpalestine
Ernst Haeckel (ca. 1866).
Source: New York Public Library
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#exploration #race #eugenics #biology #darwinism #ceylon #science #boots #beards #colonialism #hats #racism #art #publicdomain
Studio portrait of Ernst Haeckel in his tropical explorer's gear.Public Domain Image Archive
Scar-Face Charley (1873) by Louis Herman Heller.
Source: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
i don’t know about y’all but who takes seriously a Naijaman selling the inevitability of #tech #fascism and #colonialism?
and now i have to wonder: is Dare’s account meant to be an engagement bot onhere?
because it doesn't make any sense at all to say there are no Black people on the #fediverse because it is averse to “engagement bots”. it does make sense though if you are using digital #Blackface like that “soul” singer on Youtube.
which brings me to the phenomenon of #BlackTwitter
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Today, we go into the 2nd day of our conference on "Memory Processes in Imperial Lifeworlds" @dhiparis . We look at all kinds of different objects, and discuss what roles they play in ongoing processes of #decolonization. Naturally, the question of restitution is important.
In this video, Marie Julien Danga (Bertoua) explains the complicated history of a now infamous object in the Humboldt Forum in Berlin, the throne of the king of Bamum.
#objecthistory #materialturn #Africa #colonialism #memorystudies
Tomorrow we kick off our conference “Memory Processes in Imperial Lifeworlds”. We explore how objects—from wristwatches and gloves to monuments—shaped and still shape #decolonization in Europe and its former colonies.
One example: Stephen Foose (Marburg) on British passports—small objects with a huge impact on unequal global mobility. 👇
Online participation is possible!
==>dhi-paris.fr/de/termindetails/…
#objecthistory #materialturn #Africa #colonialism #memorystudies
Objektgeschichte und Dekolonisierungsdynamiken in vergleichender europäischer Perspektivewww.dhi-paris.fr
View of the south coast of Java (1854) by Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, from Java-Album.
Source: Rijksmuseum
Available to buy as a print.
pdimagearchive.org/images/f5e1…
#exploration #tropical #cliffs #indonesia #sea #dutch #landscapes #flora #colonialism #coastal #art #publicdomain
Watches, passports, flags, gloves, artworks or big monuments: Objects shape our everyday lives. They play a role in history, and it's not always the one people thought they would. Objects also make the past visible in the present, they shape our memory of historical events. This is particularly true in the long history of interaction, domination and resistance between "the West" and "the Rest" and in the way we remember it today.
In our conference from 18-20 march, we want to look at the role all these different objects played and still play in the decolonization of Europe and its former colonies.
#decolonization #objecthistory #materialturn #Africa #colonialism #memorystudies
Institutions including the #NaturalHistoryMuseum & #CambridgeUniversity hold more than 263,000 human remains, #TheGuardian finds. 37,996 of these items are identified as being from outside the UK.
I have encountered evidence of so many horrors of the #BritishEmpire that I am rarely shocked. Often angered, but rarely surprised.
But the sheer scale of this global #graveRobbery stuns. #GHOULS! 😡
1/ theguardian.com/world/2026/mar…
2/ theguardian.com/world/2026/mar…
#colonialism #ukpol #rage #sickos
Institutions including the Natural History Museum and Cambridge University hold more than 263,000 human remains, Guardian investigation findsDavid Batty (the Guardian)
Measuring the Tiger (1902), from How I killed the tiger being an account of my encounter with a royal Bengal tiger, with an appendix containing some general information about India.
Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive
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#hunting #exploration #india #buildings #death #tigers #colonialism #wildlife #art #publicdomain
The Stork’s Visit (1906).
Source: British Library / Wikimedia Commons
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#tables #family #colonialism #art #publicdomain
‘The Stork’s Visit’ from a series titled, ‘Courtship and Wedding’, deposited in 1906 by Arthur Lawrence Merrill [copyright number 17208].Public Domain Image Archive
Y de fondo de todo este gran teatro, donde las luces no llegan, siguen aniquilando lo que queda en Gaza.
Ni olvido ni perdón
In Darkest England and the Way Out (1890) by William Booth, from The Review of Reviews.
Source: Cornell University Library
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#poverty #scenes #religion #progress #imperialism #christianity #colonialism #africa #art #publicdomain
William Booth's illustration "In Darkest England and the Way Out". While copies of the chart were bound into Booth's book of the same name, this copy featured here was actually issued as a supplement to The Review of Reviews, November 1890.Public Domain Image Archive
Tiger Charging (1902), from How I killed the tiger being an account of my encounter with a royal Bengal tiger, with an appendix containing some general information about India.
Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive
pdimagearchive.org/images/08e3…
#hunting #india #danger #death #tigers #colonialism #wildlife #art #publicdomain
Sculpted Figures from the Chenoo (1818).
Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive
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#exploration #expeditions #swords #silhouettes #colonialism #shields #africa #art #publicdomain
Sculpted figures from the Chenoo, depicting two war fetiches, one armed with a musket, the other with a broad sword.Public Domain Image Archive
branko2f7.substack.com/p/a-ped…
This is precisely why there needs to be a high #wealth and #income #tax
#billionaires #plutocrats #oligarchs #democracy #epstein #colonialism #imperialism #democrats #politics #society
The arrival of the Englishmen in Virginia (1590) by Johann Theodor de Bry, from Briefe and True Report.
Source: Harvard University
Available to buy as a print.
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#native-american #maps #exploration #ships #romans #islands #british-america #native-americans #sea-monsters #colonial-america #colonialism #shipwrecks #art #publicdomain
The Cacao Tree (1725), from A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica.
Source: Missouri Botanical Garden / Biodiversity Heritage Library
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#chocolate #food #botanical #cacao #cocoa #flowers #colonialism #leaves #art #publicdomain
Image of the cacao tree from Sir Hans Sloane's A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaicaa, Vol. 2, 1725, table 160.Public Domain Image Archive
prospect.org/2026/01/30/teslas…
"the Ford Edsel, a 1950s flop so notorious that it’s taught in business schools to this day, sold almost twice as well as the Cybertruck, in a country with half the population."
#democracy #authoritarianism #colonialism #racism #fascism #humanrights #aid #justice #billionaires
But how long can Elon Musk keep running on air? Potentially quite a long time.Ryan Cooper (The American Prospect)
theguardian.com/global-develop…
A boiling cauldron of #patriarchy #religion #tribalism #climatecrisis #drought #poverty #inequality #war #corruption #authoritarianism #colonialism
#US is running toward this and so is #Europe. #India is already halfway there. Back off folks. Run in the opposite direction.
Instead US is now ready to attack #Iran
Testimony from medics, morgue and graveyard staff reveals huge state effort to conceal systematic killing of protestersTess McClure (The Guardian)
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/…
A good detailed description of THAT word and why it is the right one to use to describe what is happening.
#democracy #justice #humanrights #colonialism #imperialism #equality #law
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.Jonathan Rauch (The Atlantic)
ft.com/content/b4d2c7a3-587d-4…
Call it as it really is - #men are rejecting #democracy because #women are done w/ #patriarchy and the #poor are done with #colonialism #oppression #imperialism #slavery etc. This is a #global #movement and #men seem to really hate it!
The old system worked under a set of conditions that are no longer presentJohn Burn-Murdoch (Financial Times)
theguardian.com/world/2026/jan…
Super-odd to see this kinda language used between two mostly white Christian wealthy educated parts of the world that share a long history of the people themselves - #US and #EU - #colonialism #imperialism aggression rules-based order etc. etc.
The European empires were literally ravaging #Asia #Africa #Americas for centuries until barely a few decades ago. This is all surreal.
US president says there is ‘no going back’ on goal of controlling Arctic territory as Emmanuel Macron leads European resistanceJon Henley (The Guardian)
Being #British: Colonised and Colonisers
"We are inviting white British people who’ve been born and raised in the UK to come together to explore how layers of victim and perpetration trauma handed down through the generations from the colonial era and before continue to live inside of us.
Recognising the vital importance of addressing the global legacy of #colonialism, we believe that this kind of precise work represents an essential first step in a longer process of growing our collective capacity to gradually come into more authentic relationship with people and communities harmed by our ancestors’ actions.
We see this Lab as the start of something much bigger, and trust that many participants will feel inspired by the capacities they develop over the course of the year to take this work in new directions, including by creating other spaces capable of hosting dialogue and collective healing for British people from all backgrounds."
matthewgreenglobal.substack.co…
Join myself and Manda Johnson for a year-long exploration of our ancestral and collective victim-perpetrator patterns, and how we can lay these cycles to rest.Matthew Green (Resonant World)
#OTD January 8, 1454
The papal bull Romanus Pontifex grants Portugal sweeping rights to colonize and trade across Africa. One signature turning exploitation into “permission.”
Photo credit: public domain
#january8th #colonialism #africa #portugal #history #empire
"Winter weather would also make any operation very difficult, he said. “I hope the Europeans can convince the US that we will indeed shoot back,” he said. “US soldiers would come back to the US in body bags.”
theguardian.com/world/2026/jan…
#ClanOfPeadophiles #DonroeDoctrine #trump #Greenland #Colonialism #Denmark #EUPOL #USPOL #USPOLITICS #NATO
The White House has said using the US military is always an option, but few analysts believe it a likely oneJon Henley (The Guardian)
December 12, 2025 - The United Nations voted to declare December 14 2025 the first International Day against #Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations.
The proposal was adopted by a recorded vote of 116 in favour to 2 against (#Israel, #UnitedStates) with 54 abstentions (mostly current or former European colonial powers and their closest allies).
press.un.org/en/2025/ga12739.d…
The General Assembly today adopted a total of 40 texts — half of them taking recorded votes — recommended by its Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), addressing the 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories and assistance to Palestinian r…press.un.org
Willing to bet that humanity never tops 10 billion. The trends are heading in the wrong direction - #climatechange #inequality #authoritarianism #injustice #colonialism #apartheid #racism #fascism #war #conflict #sexism #misogyny #pandemic #healthcare #food #water #air #land #pollution #sanitation #housing
Not just folks dying outright or falling sick - but rapidly decreasing #fertility rates all over the world.
ft.com/content/b127ee7a-5ac4-4…
The correct word to describe this is #colonialism or #imperialism
In my #novel, "A New Faith", the #city of Sequoia is created for #climate #refugees The #villains are the #billionaires who would rather the city failed so that they could #enslave the residents. But the people fight back!
#bookstodon #books #climatefiction #thriller #mystery #sciencefiction #speculativefiction
They want to escape from regulation and ‘failing’ democracy — but are they more opportunistic than libertarian?Hannah Murphy (Financial Times)
