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“Imperialism leaves behind germs of rot which we must clinically detect and remove from our land but from our minds as well.” - Frantz Fanon, philospher
“[We have to] rediscover our most intimate selves and rid ourselves of mental attitudes and complexes and habits that colonization … trapped us in for centuries.”-Patrice Lumumba, the first indigenous leader of the Republic of the Congo, called for mental decolonization in his speech to the 1960 Pan-African Congress.
Decolonize to Liberate, Resource Page
The following articles, websites and other resources have been gathered by member of the Decolonize to Liberate Working Group and our friends and allies on the internet. The statements made in the resources contained herein do not necessarily reflect the opinions of anyone in the Decolonize to Liberate Working Group or the broader Occupy Boston movement. They are provided for educational and discussion pursposes. If you come across any other resources you'd like to share with the group, or find a bad link below, please email it to decolonizeboston[at]gmail.com
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What is Decolonization? A collection of definitions and explanations gathered by members of the Working Group.
News, updates and action alerts
Recommended reading
Moving beyond a politics of solidarity toward a practice of decolonization
What is a colonized mind?
Article by Peter d'Errico for Indian Country Today Media Network' December 12, 2001
OB Media October 10, 2011
By Harsha Walia
October 14, 2011
Paul Levy, via Reality Sandwich
Lewis and Clark: The Unheard Voices ©2005 Anti-Defamation League
Reading Lists
The Turtle Island 42 Initiative Reading List
"Required Reading - literary support to help us remember the indigenous human legacy we've simply forgotten..."
Selected resources from the anthology: The (Un)Occupy Movement:
Autonomy of Consciousness, Practical Solutions, Human Equality ~ prose & poetry
- compiled and edited by Mankh (Walter E. Harris III)
Recommended viewing and listening
Ancestral Continuum with Ukumbwa - "Decolonization" [radio/podcast]
"Un-Settling Occupation" OWS Stands With Indigenous Americans [radio/podcast]
December 29, 2011
November 14, 2011 - Occupy Oakland
Indigenous Politics: From Native New England and Beyond, Radio show with Dr. J. Kauanui [podcasts]
Further Reading and Reference
April 26, 2012
by Eric Zimmerman
Jan 10, 2012
Moving beyond a politics of solidarity toward a practice of decolonization
Endorsed by Occupy Denver GA 10/8/11 Owe Aku International Justice Project
December 13, 2011 - Unsettling America
December 8, 2011 - Unsettling America
Article by Peter d'Errico for Indian Country Today Media Network
December 12, 2001
By Morning Star Gali on Occupy Oakland website December 3, 2011
spoken word piece by Jen Emm December 6, 2011
November 25, 2011 Boston Globe, article about National Day of Mourning
November 14, 2011 - Occupy Oakland
Video excerpts of the GA proposal to rename Occupy Oakland
Pensamientos de Luz
November 28, 2011
By Krystalline Kraus
October 28, 2011
October 19th - collection of articles on Unsettling America
From In Xinachtli, In Milpa
12 October 2011
Robert Desjarlait
October 11, 2011
By Harsha Walia
October 14, 2011
By Jessica Yee
September 30, 2011
By JP Montano
September 24, 2011
Tequila Sovereign
October 2, 2011
John Bird Blackfeet
October 11, 2011
Press TV
October 12, 2011
[[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Charles_Laster_Letter Open Letter to Occupy by Charles Laster ]]
On the Doctrine of Discovery
Essay by Steve Newcomb
When Christopher Columbus first set foot on the white sands of Guanahani island, he performed a ceremony to "take possession" of the land for the king and queen of Spain, acting under the international laws of Western Christendom. Although the story of Columbus' "discovery" has taken on mythological proportions in most of the Western world, few people are aware that his act of "possession" was based on a religious doctrine now known in history as the Doctrine of Discovery. Even fewer people realize that today - five centuries later - the United States government still uses this archaic Judeo-Christian doctrine to deny the rights of Native American Indians.
More on Decolonization and Resistance
by David McLaren
January 28, 2012
Confronting the Past on the Anniversary of the Massacre at Wounded Knee: Why It Matters
Peter D'Errico By Peter d'Errico
Peter D'Errico By Peter d'Errico
December 29, 2011
Derrick Jensen Interviews: Arundhati Roy, Waziyatawin, Aric McBay, Thomas Linzey, Stephanie McMillan, Lierre Keith
November 13, 2011 - Berkeley, CA
by Zigzag & Keyway Long Hot Summer ‘99
Foreword by Derrick Jensen, texts and guides from: Andrea Smith, Waziyatawin, Dee Brown, Ward Churchill, Elizabeth Martinez, Denise Breton, UM collective members, and others - a sourcebook compiled by the Unsettling Minnesota collective edited by and with contributions from the collective members
September, 2009
by Waziyatawin
Unsettling America is an emerging decentralized network of autonomous groups and individuals dedicated to mental and territorial decolonization throughout Turtle Island and the “Americas.”
Book (2008) by Jack Forbes
November 24, 2011
By Cole Harris, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia
An article that shows how the state, at the behest of capitalism and settlers, provided the framework for settler colonialism and the murderous state-capitalism alliance that rules our lives.
originally published in OH-TOH-KIN in 1992
Jacqui Popick University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge Alberta Canada
Richard J.F. Day
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