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<span style="font-size: xx-large">'''Decolonize To Liberate'''</span>
<span style="font-size: xx-large">'''Decolonize To Liberate'''</span>
<div><span style="font-size: large">'''A Working Group of Occupy/Decolonize Boston'''</span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: large">''[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Decolonize_To_Liberate/definitions What is "Decolonization"?]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A collection of definitions and explanations assembled by the Working Group''</span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div>''<span style="font-size:large;"></span>''<span style="font-size: large">''[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Decolonize_To_Liberate/resources Decolonize To Liberate resource page]''&nbsp;Links, articles, videos and 'zines!</span><br/></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large">'''A Working Group of Occupy/Decolonize Boston'''</span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: large">''[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Decolonize_To_Liberate/definitions What is "Decolonization"?]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A collection of definitions and explanations assembled by the Working Group''</span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div>''<span style="font-size:large;"></span>''<span style="font-size: large">''[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Decolonize_To_Liberate/resources Decolonize To Liberate resource page]''&nbsp;Links, articles, videos and 'zines!</span><br/></div>
<br/>[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Decolonize_To_Liberate/declarations <span style="font-size: large">Decolonizing Declarations from Occupies Across the Continent</span>]
<br/><span style="font-size: large">[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Decolonize_To_Liberate/declarations Decolonizing Declarations from Occupies Across the Continent]</span>
<div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div>''<span style="font-size:large">To sign up on our new announcements-only list, please send an email to</span>''<br/>
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</div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">All are welcome to our regular weekly meetings.&nbsp; Half of the meeting is discussion/self-education to help us decolonize ourselves (see our </span>[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Decolonize_To_Liberate/resources resources section]<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">).&nbsp; Half of each meeting is for planning events and actions to help decolonize the movement.&nbsp;</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center">'''<span style="font-size: large">Meetings held each Friday, 6:00 - 8:00 PM</span>'''<br/></div><div style="text-align: center"><br/></div><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-size: x-large">'''<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">First Parish in Cambridge,&nbsp;Unitarian Universalist</span>'''</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">3 Church Street<br/>Cambridge, MA 02138</span></span><br/></div><div style="text-align: center">'''<span style="font-size: large">([http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3+Church+Street+Cambridge,+MA+02138&hl=en&ll=42.375241,-71.119483&spn=0.002001,0.003484&hnear=3+Church+St,+Mid-Cambridge,+Massachusetts+02138&t=h&z=19 map])</span>'''<br/></div><div style="text-align: center"><br/></div><div style="text-align: center">''<span style="font-size: large"></span>''<br/></div><div style="text-align: center"><br/></div><div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9645151262889148" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline;">Decolonize</span>&nbsp;to Liberate seeks to shed the dominator ethos and systems of oppression<span id="internal-source-marker_0.9645151262889148" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline;">that come from colonization, to stand in solidarity with indigenous&nbsp;</span><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9645151262889148" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline;">resistance worldwide and to help restore our relationships to Mother Earth.</span></span></span><br/></div></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); vertical-align: baseline;">As a signal to the national “Occupy” movement and to members of First Nations (Indigenous Peoples) who have felt excluded by the colonialist language used to name this movement, it shall be declared that “Occupy Boston” aspires to “Decolonize Boston” with the guidance and participation of First Nations.</span></span></span><br/></div></blockquote><blockquote>
<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="background-color:#ffff00;">No Meeting this Friday, March instead!</span></span>
 
 
</div><div><div class="gmail_quote">In place of it's weekly meeting this Friday, the Decolonize to Liberate Working Group of Occupy Boston will be joining with Anti-Oppression and People of Color Working Groups in support of the Palestine Land Day speak out and march! &nbsp;We hope to see you there.&nbsp;Please help spread the word!</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br/></div><div class="gmail_quote">''<span style="line-height: 15px; text-align: left; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;">Global BDS action day - Boycott Israel</span><br/><span style="line-height: 15px; text-align: left; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;">Global March to Jerusalem</span><br/><span style="line-height: 15px; text-align: left; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;">No War on Iran</span><br/><span style="line-height: 15px; text-align: left; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><br/>Join us in Boston to stand in solidarity with a global effort to bring justice to Palestine and to end US and Israeli aggression against Iran.</span>''</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br/><div><div dir="ltr">'''Palestine Land Day speak out and march &nbsp;'''</div><div dir="ltr">'''Friday, March 30th, 6PM&nbsp;'''</div><div dir="ltr">'''Copley Square, downtown Boston'''</div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;">'''Speakout and then march to Park St.'''</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Facebook event:&nbsp;[https://www.facebook.com/events/136930759768605/ https://www.facebook.com/events/136930759768605/]</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><div>Free Palestine!&nbsp;|&nbsp;No war on Iran! | Boycott Israel!</div><div><br/></div><div><div>Right now, people of conscience from Asia,&nbsp;Africa and Europe are headed to&nbsp;Jerusalem to stand in solidarity with&nbsp;Palestinians suffering under Israeli&nbsp;apartheid and colonialism.</div></div><div><br/></div><div><div>The historic day 30th March marks&nbsp;Palestine Land Day in Palestinian &nbsp;national memory. The march’s aim is to&nbsp;mark it as an international event to&nbsp;demonstrate solidarity with&nbsp;Palestinians and to protect Jerusalem.&nbsp;</div></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><div>The march will demand freedom for&nbsp;Jerusalem and its people and to put an&nbsp;end to the Apartheid, ethnic cleansing and&nbsp;policies affecting the people, land and&nbsp;sanctity of Jerusalem.&nbsp;</div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><div>Since 1948, Israel has steadily eaten&nbsp;away at Palestinian communities and&nbsp;replaced them with Israeli colonial&nbsp;entities.</div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><div>To this very day, Israel expels&nbsp;Palestinians from their homes,&nbsp;demolishes homes, and colonizes&nbsp;whole neighborhoods. East Jerusalem&nbsp;is under attack from right wing settlers&nbsp;supported and protected by the&nbsp;government. It is slow but steady&nbsp;ethnic cleansing.</div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><div>''Sponsored by Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights, Boston United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC), the International Action Center (IAC),&nbsp;the Palestine Task Force of United for Justice with Peace, and Veterans for Peace, Chapter 9, Smedley Butler Brigade | gm2j.com for more info''</div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;">'''''Decolonize to Liberate seeks to shed the dominator ethos and systems of oppression that come from colonization, to stand in solidarity with indigenous resistance worldwide, and to help restore our relationships to Mother Earth.'''''</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Decolonize to Liberate will resume our regular meetings at the First Parish Church in Cambridge the following Friday, 4/6/12, and debrief on our learnings in participating in the speak out and march as well as continue our discussion of our meeting with the decolonize activist from Puerto Rico. &nbsp;In a couple weeks we will also be showing a film again to deepen our political and/or historical analysis of colonialism. &nbsp;Stay tuned!</div><div><br/></div></div></div></div></div><div>
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<p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: x-large;">Many thanks to everyone who joined us for the Decolonize to Liberate Occupy Boston Community Gathering. &nbsp;Check out the recap of the event on OccupyBoston.org:</span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size:large;">[http://www.occupyboston.org/2012/03/06/decoolonize-99-liberate-100/ http://www.occupyboston.org/2012/03/06/decoolonize-99-liberate-100/]</span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: x-large;">We look forward to continuing this work together. &nbsp;Please join us at our weekly meetings.</span></p></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">All are welcome to our regular weekly meetings.&nbsp; Half of the meeting is discussion/self-education to help us decolonize ourselves (see our </span>[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Decolonize_To_Liberate/resources resources section]<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">).&nbsp; Half of each meeting is for planning events and actions to help decolonize the movement.&nbsp;</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center">'''<span style="font-size: large">Meetings held each Friday, 6:00 - 8:00 PM</span>'''<br/></div><div style="text-align: center"><br/></div><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: large">'''<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0)">LOCATION&nbsp; CHANGED!&nbsp;''(down the street)''</span>'''</span><br/></div><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-size: x-large">'''<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">First Parish in Cambridge,&nbsp;Unitarian Universalist</span>'''</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">3 Church Street<br/>Cambridge, MA 02138</span></span><br/></div><div style="text-align: center">'''<span style="font-size: large">([http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3+Church+Street+Cambridge,+MA+02138&hl=en&ll=42.375241,-71.119483&spn=0.002001,0.003484&hnear=3+Church+St,+Mid-Cambridge,+Massachusetts+02138&t=h&z=19 map])</span>'''<br/></div><div style="text-align: center"><br/></div><div style="text-align: center">''<span style="font-size: large"></span>''<br/></div><div style="text-align: center"><br/></div><div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9645151262889148" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline;">Decolonize</span>&nbsp;to Liberate seeks to shed the dominator ethos and systems of oppression<span id="internal-source-marker_0.9645151262889148" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline;">that come from colonization, to stand in solidarity with indigenous&nbsp;</span><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9645151262889148" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline;">resistance worldwide and to help restore our relationships to Mother Earth.</span></span></span><br/></div></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); vertical-align: baseline;">As a signal to the national “Occupy” movement and to members of First Nations (Indigenous Peoples) who have felt excluded by the colonialist language used to name this movement, it shall be declared that “Occupy Boston” aspires to “Decolonize Boston” with the guidance and participation of First Nations.</span></span></span><br/></div></blockquote><blockquote>
[Excerpt from the Statement of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples introduced by this working group and passed by the Occupy Boston General Assembly on October 8, 2011.&nbsp; Read the full resolution,&nbsp;[http://www.occupyboston.org/2011/10/09/occupy-boston-ratifies-memorandum-of-solidarity-with-indigenous-peoples/ here].]<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span>
[Excerpt from the Statement of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples introduced by this working group and passed by the Occupy Boston General Assembly on October 8, 2011.&nbsp; Read the full resolution,&nbsp;[http://www.occupyboston.org/2011/10/09/occupy-boston-ratifies-memorandum-of-solidarity-with-indigenous-peoples/ here].]<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span>
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'''''<span style="font-size: large">And now we have a [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Decolonize-to-Liberate-Occupy-Boston/216397535110561 facebook page], too!</span>'''''
'''''<span style="font-size: large">And now we have a [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Decolonize-to-Liberate-Occupy-Boston/216397535110561 facebook page], too!</span>'''''


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''<span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">Many thanks to everyone who joined us for the Decolonize to Liberate Occupy Boston Community Gathering. &nbsp;Check out the recap of the event on OccupyBoston.org:</span>
<p style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: large; ">[http://www.occupyboston.org/2012/03/06/decoolonize-99-liberate-100/ http://www.occupyboston.org/2012/03/06/decoolonize-99-liberate-100/]</span></p><p style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: x-large; ">We look forward to continuing this work together. &nbsp;Please join us at our weekly meetings.</span></p>
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Revision as of 22:33, 2 April 2012

Decolonize To Liberate

A Working Group of Occupy/Decolonize Boston



What is "Decolonization"?    A collection of definitions and explanations assembled by the Working Group

Decolonize To Liberate resource page Links, articles, videos and 'zines!


Decolonizing Declarations from Occupies Across the Continent



To sign up on our new announcements-only list, please send an email to

Decolonize-subscribe[at]lists.occupyboston.org


All are welcome to our regular weekly meetings.  Half of the meeting is discussion/self-education to help us decolonize ourselves (see our resources section).  Half of each meeting is for planning events and actions to help decolonize the movement. 
Meetings held each Friday, 6:00 - 8:00 PM

First Parish in Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist

3 Church Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(map)



Decolonize to Liberate seeks to shed the dominator ethos and systems of oppressionthat come from colonization, to stand in solidarity with indigenous resistance worldwide and to help restore our relationships to Mother Earth.


As a signal to the national “Occupy” movement and to members of First Nations (Indigenous Peoples) who have felt excluded by the colonialist language used to name this movement, it shall be declared that “Occupy Boston” aspires to “Decolonize Boston” with the guidance and participation of First Nations.

[Excerpt from the Statement of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples introduced by this working group and passed by the Occupy Boston General Assembly on October 8, 2011.  Read the full resolution, here.]

Contact decolonizeboston[at]gmail.com with any questions or to get involved.

If you would like to join the working group list-serve and have or don't mind creating a google account, please follow this link.

Otherwise, email a request for membership to the above email, and we will send you an invite.

Please Follow us on Twitter!: @DecolonizeBos

And now we have a facebook page, too!

Many thanks to everyone who joined us for the Decolonize to Liberate Occupy Boston Community Gathering.  Check out the recap of the event on OccupyBoston.org:

http://www.occupyboston.org/2012/03/06/decoolonize-99-liberate-100/

We look forward to continuing this work together.  Please join us at our weekly meetings.



Many thanks to all who were able to join us in Plymouth for the 42nd National Day of Mourning! 

The Boston Globe produced an article and a video about our visit to Plymouth. 

You can read the article,"In Solidarity, Occupy Group Joins with Native Americans"  also a video, "Occupy Boston Protesters in Plymouth" 


A member of the working group was also interviewed in a Democracy Now! special on the event:

Native Americans Mark Day of Mourning on Thanksgiving: 'We are not Vanishing, We Are Not Conquered'

Turtle Island Initiative Reading List:

http://ti42.weebly.com/required-reading.html

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