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Terra at 23:11, 24 April 2012

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			[[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Decolonize_To_Liberate Back to the main Decolonize to Liberate Working Group page]]

	<div>'''<span style="font-size: larger">What does "decolonize" mean?  (No it doesn't mean turning back the clock or sending the Europeans back to Europe.</span>''')<br/></div><div>''<span style="font-size: larger">'''There are many definitions and ways to explain it.  We decided to start this page to gather definitions and explanations in an effort to elucidate the meaning of "decolonize"...'''</span>''<br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger"></span>		<div>'''<span style="font-size: larger">What does "decolonize" mean?  (No it doesn't mean turning back the clock or sending the Europeans back to Europe.</span>''')<br/></div><div>''<span style="font-size: larger">'''There are many definitions and ways to explain it.  We decided to start this page to gather definitions and explanations in an effort to elucidate the meaning of "decolonize"...'''</span>''<br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger"></span>
	Assembled by the Decolonize to Liberate Working Group (OB)  (go back to the [http://decolonizeboston.org group page])		Assembled by the Decolonize to Liberate Working Group (OB)  (go back to the [http://decolonizeboston.org group page])

Radix optimystic at 03:39, 13 March 2012

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	''-Syed Hussan, a Toronto-based activist,''		''-Syed Hussan, a Toronto-based activist,''



			''<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Decolonize is a universal message to all people of the earth to reconnect to their ancestry, the earth, to their traditional medicines and knowledge, and to a global consciousness that we are all related. Everyone on the planet has indigenous roots to somewhere.</span></span>''

			''<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">-</span></span>'''''Lavie Raven, Decolonize Oakland '''<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">- one of the ten contributors to the large scale "Decolonize" mural that is 200 feet wide and 30 feet high (see pictures/story, [http://www.amoeba.com/blog/2012/03/jamoeblog/decolonize-oakland-mural-reactionary-art-to-the-occupy-movement-.html here])</span>

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Radix optimystic at 17:12, 22 February 2012

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-<div>'''<span style="font-size: larger">What does "decolonize" mean?&nbsp; No it doesn't mean turning back the clock or sending the Europeans back to Europe.&nbsp;</span>'''<br/></div><div>'''<span style="font-size: larger"></span>'''<br/></div><div>''<span style="font-size: larger">'''There are many definitions and ways to explain it.&nbsp; I decided to start this page to gather definitions and explanations in an effort to elucidate the meaning of "decolonize"...'''</span>''<br/></div><div>''<span style="font-size: larger"></span>''<br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger"></span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger"></span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger">Eric Zimmerman, [http://www.pulppoetry.com/occupy-wall-street-or-decolonize-wall-street/ Occupy Wall Street or Decolonize Wall Street]</span><br/></div><div>
+<div>'''<span style="font-size: larger">What does "decolonize" mean?&nbsp; (No it doesn't mean turning back the clock or sending the Europeans back to Europe.</span>''')<br/></div><div>''<span style="font-size: larger">'''There are many definitions and ways to explain it.&nbsp; We decided to start this page to gather definitions and explanations in an effort to elucidate the meaning of "decolonize"...'''</span>''<br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger"></span>
-<span style="font-size: larger">Decolonizing is about the culture we’ve allowed to calcify around us. A culture that holds private property as sacrosanct above public welfare. Where an individual’s greatness is put above the community, no matter how much wealth that individual amasses, no matter how much the community suffers. It’s the culture that Christopher Columbus brought with him, and every great man who came after him supported, built up, and used to increase their personal gain at the expense of the meek, the<span style="font-family: monospace"></span>poor, the brown, black, and every female regardless of color or creed.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>
+Assembled by the Decolonize to Liberate Working Group (OB)&nbsp; (go back to the [http://decolonizeboston.org group page])
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+'''<span style="font-size: large">Decolonization is a dramatic reimagining of relationships with land, people and the state. Much of this requires study. It requires conversation. It is a practice; it is an unlearning.</span>'''
-<span style="font-size: larger">From [http://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/decolonizing-together Decolonizing Together]</span>
+''-Syed Hussan, a Toronto-based activist,''
-<span style="font-size: larger">Syed Hussan, a Toronto-based activist, states: “Decolonization is a dramatic reimagining of relationships with land, people and the state. Much of this requires study. It requires conversation. It is a practice;<span style="font-family: monospace"></span>it is an unlearning.”</span>
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-<div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger"></span></span><br/></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger">"Decolonization is the process whereby we create the conditions in which we want to live and the social relations we wish to have. We have to commit ourselves to supplanting the colonial logic of the state itself. Almost a hundred years ago, German anarchist Gustav Landauer wrote: “TheState is a condition, a certain relationship between human beings, a mode of behaviour; we destroy it by contracting other relationships.” Decolonization requires us to exercise our sovereignties differently and to reconfigure our communities based on shared experiences, ideals and visions. Almost all Indigenous formulations of sovereignty – such as the Two Row Wampum agreement of peace, friendship and respect between the Haudenosaunee nations and settlers – are premised on revolutionary notions of respectful coexistence and stewardship of the land, which goes far beyond any Western liberal democratic ideal.</span></span>"<br/></div><div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger"></span></span><br/></div><div>
-<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger">Black-Cherokee writer Zainab Amadahy uses the term “relationship framework” to describe how our activism should be grounded. “Understanding the world through a Relationship Framework … we don’t see ourselves, our communities, or our species as inherently superior to any other, but rather see our roles and responsibilities to each other as inherent to enjoying our life experiences,” says Amadahy. From Turtle Island to Palestine, striving toward decolonization and walking together toward transformation requires us to challenge a dehumanizing social organization that perpetuates our isolation from each other and normalizes a lack of responsibility to one another and the Earth.</span></span>
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Radix optimystic at 17:23, 1 February 2012

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	<span style="font-size: larger">Syed Hussan, a Toronto-based activist, states: “Decolonization is a dramatic reimagining of relationships with land, people and the state. Much of this requires study. It requires conversation. It is a practice;<span style="font-family: monospace"></span>it is an unlearning.”</span>		<span style="font-size: larger">Syed Hussan, a Toronto-based activist, states: “Decolonization is a dramatic reimagining of relationships with land, people and the state. Much of this requires study. It requires conversation. It is a practice;<span style="font-family: monospace"></span>it is an unlearning.”</span>
	<div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger"></span></span><br/></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger">"Decolonization is the process whereby we create the conditions in which we want to live and the social relations we wish to have. We have to commit ourselves to supplanting the colonial logic of the state itself. Almost a hundred years ago, German anarchist Gustav Landauer wrote: “TheState is a condition, a certain relationship between human beings, a mode of behaviour; we destroy it by contracting other relationships.” Decolonization requires us to exercise our sovereignties differently and to reconfigure our communities based on shared experiences, ideals and visions. Almost all Indigenous formulations of sovereignty – such as the Two Row Wampum agreement of peace, friendship and respect between the Haudenosaunee nations and settlers – are premised on revolutionary notions of respectful coexistence and stewardship of the land, which goes far beyond any Western liberal democratic ideal.</span></span>"<br/></div><div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger"><br/></span></~~span~~></div><div>		<div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger"></span></span><br/></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger">"Decolonization is the process whereby we create the conditions in which we want to live and the social relations we wish to have. We have to commit ourselves to supplanting the colonial logic of the state itself. Almost a hundred years ago, German anarchist Gustav Landauer wrote: “TheState is a condition, a certain relationship between human beings, a mode of behaviour; we destroy it by contracting other relationships.” Decolonization requires us to exercise our sovereignties differently and to reconfigure our communities based on shared experiences, ideals and visions. Almost all Indigenous formulations of sovereignty – such as the Two Row Wampum agreement of peace, friendship and respect between the Haudenosaunee nations and settlers – are premised on revolutionary notions of respectful coexistence and stewardship of the land, which goes far beyond any Western liberal democratic ideal.</span></span>"<br/></div><div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger"></span></span><br/></div><div>
	<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger">Black-Cherokee writer Zainab Amadahy uses the term “relationship framework” to describe how our activism should be grounded. “Understanding the world through a Relationship Framework … we don’t see ourselves, our communities, or our species as inherently superior to any other, but rather see our roles and responsibilities to each other as inherent to enjoying our life experiences,” says Amadahy. From Turtle Island to Palestine, striving toward decolonization and walking together toward transformation requires us to challenge a dehumanizing social organization that perpetuates our isolation from each other and normalizes a lack of responsibility to one another and the Earth.</span></span>		<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger">Black-Cherokee writer Zainab Amadahy uses the term “relationship framework” to describe how our activism should be grounded. “Understanding the world through a Relationship Framework … we don’t see ourselves, our communities, or our species as inherently superior to any other, but rather see our roles and responsibilities to each other as inherent to enjoying our life experiences,” says Amadahy. From Turtle Island to Palestine, striving toward decolonization and walking together toward transformation requires us to challenge a dehumanizing social organization that perpetuates our isolation from each other and normalizes a lack of responsibility to one another and the Earth.</span></span>
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			<br/><span style="font-size: larger">From [http://occupyoakland.org/2011/12/decolonize-oakland/ Decolonize Oakland]</span>

			<span style="font-size: larger">Decolonization means connecting to the land and each other by growing and sharing food.  It means connecting to the traditions of our ancestors and creating new forms of authentic human connection.  Decolonization is a practice of healing from violence in forms such as slavery, occupation, and poverty.  It is about raising our children to find beauty and meaning in their cultural identities.  Decolonization means telling stories that emancipate our minds and dreams.  It is education as a practice of freedom, not a lucrative career path.</span>

Radix optimystic at 19:01, 19 January 2012

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	<span style="font-size: larger">Syed Hussan, a Toronto-based activist, states: “Decolonization is a dramatic reimagining of relationships with land, people and the state. Much of this requires study. It requires conversation. It is a practice;<span style="font-family: monospace"></span>it is an unlearning.”</span>		<span style="font-size: larger">Syed Hussan, a Toronto-based activist, states: “Decolonization is a dramatic reimagining of relationships with land, people and the state. Much of this requires study. It requires conversation. It is a practice;<span style="font-family: monospace"></span>it is an unlearning.”</span>
	<div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger"><br/></span></~~span~~></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger">"Decolonization is the process whereby we create the conditions in which we want to live and the social relations we wish to have. We have to commit ourselves to supplanting the colonial logic of the state itself. Almost a hundred years ago, German anarchist Gustav Landauer wrote: “TheState is a condition, a certain relationship between human beings, a mode of behaviour; we destroy it by contracting other relationships.” Decolonization requires us to exercise our sovereignties differently and to reconfigure our communities based on shared experiences, ideals and visions. Almost all Indigenous formulations of sovereignty – such as the Two Row Wampum agreement of peace, friendship and respect between the Haudenosaunee nations and settlers – are premised on revolutionary notions of respectful coexistence and stewardship of the land, which goes far beyond any Western liberal democratic ideal.</span></span>"<br/></div>		<div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger"></span></span><br/></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger">"Decolonization is the process whereby we create the conditions in which we want to live and the social relations we wish to have. We have to commit ourselves to supplanting the colonial logic of the state itself. Almost a hundred years ago, German anarchist Gustav Landauer wrote: “TheState is a condition, a certain relationship between human beings, a mode of behaviour; we destroy it by contracting other relationships.” Decolonization requires us to exercise our sovereignties differently and to reconfigure our communities based on shared experiences, ideals and visions. Almost all Indigenous formulations of sovereignty – such as the Two Row Wampum agreement of peace, friendship and respect between the Haudenosaunee nations and settlers – are premised on revolutionary notions of respectful coexistence and stewardship of the land, which goes far beyond any Western liberal democratic ideal.</span></span>"<br/></div><div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger"><br/></span></span></div><div>
			<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger">Black-Cherokee writer Zainab Amadahy uses the term “relationship framework” to describe how our activism should be grounded. “Understanding the world through a Relationship Framework … we don’t see ourselves, our communities, or our species as inherently superior to any other, but rather see our roles and responsibilities to each other as inherent to enjoying our life experiences,” says Amadahy. From Turtle Island to Palestine, striving toward decolonization and walking together toward transformation requires us to challenge a dehumanizing social organization that perpetuates our isolation from each other and normalizes a lack of responsibility to one another and the Earth.</span></span>
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Radix optimystic at 18:59, 19 January 2012

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	<span style="font-size: larger">Syed Hussan, a Toronto-based activist, states: “Decolonization is a dramatic reimagining of relationships with land, people and the state. Much of this requires study. It requires conversation. It is a practice;<span style="font-family: monospace"></span>it is an unlearning.”</span>		<span style="font-size: larger">Syed Hussan, a Toronto-based activist, states: “Decolonization is a dramatic reimagining of relationships with land, people and the state. Much of this requires study. It requires conversation. It is a practice;<span style="font-family: monospace"></span>it is an unlearning.”</span>
	</div>		<div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger"><br/></span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger">"Decolonization is the process whereby we create the conditions in which we want to live and the social relations we wish to have. We have to commit ourselves to supplanting the colonial logic of the state itself. Almost a hundred years ago, German anarchist Gustav Landauer wrote: “TheState is a condition, a certain relationship between human beings, a mode of behaviour; we destroy it by contracting other relationships.” Decolonization requires us to exercise our sovereignties differently and to reconfigure our communities based on shared experiences, ideals and visions. Almost all Indigenous formulations of sovereignty – such as the Two Row Wampum agreement of peace, friendship and respect between the Haudenosaunee nations and settlers – are premised on revolutionary notions of respectful coexistence and stewardship of the land, which goes far beyond any Western liberal democratic ideal.</span></span>"<br/></div>
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	<div>'''<span style="font-size: larger">What does "decolonize" mean?  No it doesn't mean turning back the clock or sending the Europeans back to Europe. </span>'''<br/></div><div>'''<span style="font-size: larger"></span>'''<br/></div><div>''<span style="font-size: larger">'''There are many definitions and ways to explain it.  I decided to start this page to gather definitions and explanations in an effort to elucidate the meaning of "decolonize"...'''</span>''<br/></div><div>''<span style="font-size: larger"></span>''<br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger"></span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger"></span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger">Eric Zimmerman, [http://www.pulppoetry.com/occupy-wall-street-or-decolonize-wall-street/ Occupy Wall Street or Decolonize Wall Street]</span><br/></div><div>		<div>'''<span style="font-size: larger">What does "decolonize" mean?  No it doesn't mean turning back the clock or sending the Europeans back to Europe. </span>'''<br/></div><div>'''<span style="font-size: larger"></span>'''<br/></div><div>''<span style="font-size: larger">'''There are many definitions and ways to explain it.  I decided to start this page to gather definitions and explanations in an effort to elucidate the meaning of "decolonize"...'''</span>''<br/></div><div>''<span style="font-size: larger"></span>''<br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger"></span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger"></span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger">Eric Zimmerman, [http://www.pulppoetry.com/occupy-wall-street-or-decolonize-wall-street/ Occupy Wall Street or Decolonize Wall Street]</span><br/></div><div>
	<span style="font-size: larger">Decolonizing is about the culture we’ve allowed to calcify around us. A culture that holds private property as sacrosanct above public welfare. Where an individual’s greatness is put above the community, no matter how much wealth that individual amasses, no matter how much the community suffers. It’s the culture that Christopher Columbus brought with him, and every great man who came after him supported, built up, and used to increase their personal gain at the expense of the meek, the<span style="font-family: monospace"></span>poor, the brown, black, and every female regardless of color or creed.  </span>		<span style="font-size: larger">Decolonizing is about the culture we’ve allowed to calcify around us. A culture that holds private property as sacrosanct above public welfare. Where an individual’s greatness is put above the community, no matter how much wealth that individual amasses, no matter how much the community suffers. It’s the culture that Christopher Columbus brought with him, and every great man who came after him supported, built up, and used to increase their personal gain at the expense of the meek, the<span style="font-family: monospace"></span>poor, the brown, black, and every female regardless of color or creed.  </span>



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	<div>What does "decolonize" mean?  No it doesn't mean turning back the clock or sending the Europeans back to Europe. <br/></div><div><br/></div><div>There are many definitions and ways to explain it.  I decided to start this page to gather definitions and explanations in an effort to elucidate the meaning of "decolonize"...<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div>Eric Zimmerman, [http://www.pulppoetry.com/occupy-wall-street-or-decolonize-wall-street/ Occupy Wall Street or Decolonize Wall Street]<br/></div><div>		<div>'''<span style="font-size: larger">What does "decolonize" mean?  No it doesn't mean turning back the clock or sending the Europeans back to Europe. </span>'''<br/></div><div>'''<span style="font-size: larger"></span>'''<br/></div><div>''<span style="font-size: larger">'''There are many definitions and ways to explain it.  I decided to start this page to gather definitions and explanations in an effort to elucidate the meaning of "decolonize"...'''</span>''<br/></div><div>''<span style="font-size: larger"></span>''<br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger"></span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger"></span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger">Eric Zimmerman, [http://www.pulppoetry.com/occupy-wall-street-or-decolonize-wall-street/ Occupy Wall Street or Decolonize Wall Street]</span><br/></div><div>
	Decolonizing is about the culture we’ve allowed to calcify around us. A culture that holds private property as sacrosanct above public welfare. Where an individual’s greatness is put above the community, no matter how much wealth that individual amasses, no matter how much the community suffers. It’s the culture that Christopher Columbus brought with him, and every great man who came after him supported, built up, and used to increase their personal gain at the expense of the meek, the<span style="font-family: monospace"></span>poor, the brown, black, and every female regardless of color or creed.		<span style="font-size: larger">Decolonizing is about the culture we’ve allowed to calcify around us. A culture that holds private property as sacrosanct above public welfare. Where an individual’s greatness is put above the community, no matter how much wealth that individual amasses, no matter how much the community suffers. It’s the culture that Christopher Columbus brought with him, and every great man who came after him supported, built up, and used to increase their personal gain at the expense of the meek, the<span style="font-family: monospace"></span>poor, the brown, black, and every female regardless of color or creed.  </span>

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			<span style="font-size: larger">From [http://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/decolonizing-together Decolonizing Together]</span>

			<span style="font-size: larger">Syed Hussan, a Toronto-based activist, states: “Decolonization is a dramatic reimagining of relationships with land, people and the state. Much of this requires study. It requires conversation. It is a practice;<span style="font-family: monospace"></span>it is an unlearning.”</span>
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<div>What does "decolonize" mean?  No it doesn't mean turning back the clock or sending the Europeans back to Europe. <br/></div><div><br/></div><div>There are many definitions and ways to explain it.  I decided to start this page to gather definitions and explanations in an effort to elucidate the meaning of "decolonize"...<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div>Eric Zimmerman, [http://www.pulppoetry.com/occupy-wall-street-or-decolonize-wall-street/ Occupy Wall Street or Decolonize Wall Street]<br/></div><div>
Decolonizing is about the culture we’ve allowed to calcify around us. A culture that holds private property as sacrosanct above public welfare. Where an individual’s greatness is put above the community, no matter how much wealth that individual amasses, no matter how much the community suffers. It’s the culture that Christopher Columbus brought with him, and every great man who came after him supported, built up, and used to increase their personal gain at the expense of the meek, the<span style="font-family: monospace"></span>poor, the brown, black, and every female regardless of color or creed.  
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Decolonize To Liberate/definitions - Revision history

Terra at 23:11, 24 April 2012

Radix optimystic at 03:39, 13 March 2012

Radix optimystic at 17:12, 22 February 2012

Radix optimystic at 17:23, 1 February 2012

Radix optimystic at 19:01, 19 January 2012

Radix optimystic at 18:59, 19 January 2012

Radix optimystic at 18:42, 19 January 2012

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