Chagossian Meme Squad

Free Diego Garcia

[Clive Baldwin @cliveabaldwin]

A two part podcast by @bastardspod explaining the US and UK crimes against the Chagossian people - an ongoing colonial crime against humanity as they are still prevented from returning to their homeland to this day.

[Chagossian Meme Squad @chagosmemes]

Israelis be like "Palestinians would have more land if they weren't violent"
On an unrelated note /s, the peaceful Chagossians have zero land.
#Palestinians #Israel #Chagossians

[Chagossian Meme Squad @chagosmemes]

Yet Israel voted against them at the UN, sending a message to Palestinians that they would have no land at all if they behaved like Chagossians by working within the legal system and staging non-violent protests.

[Chagossian Meme Squad @chagosmemes]

Interestingly, the Chagossians are often called "the Palestinians of the Indian Ocean" because of how they were treated by the government - BUT they have a strong commitment to non-violence.

[Chagossian Meme Squad @chagosmemes]

#Chagossians

[Chagossian Meme Squad @chagosmemes]

Words matter! #Chagossian #Chagossians #IndigenousPeoples #Palestinians

[David Vine @davidsvine]

New UK Labour Party Foreign Secretary David Lammy previously has supported the exiled Chagossian people returning home to Chagos. Now he has the power to make that return a reality.

@DavidLammy please ensure Chagossians can return home. Justice is long, long overdue.

[Chagossian Meme Squad @chagosmemes]

#British #UnitedKingdom #Chagos #Chagossians #FreeDiegoGarcia

[Chagossian Meme Squad @chagosmemes]

#Chagossians #IndigenousPeoples

[Chagossian Meme Squad @chagosmemes]

They want to have their cake and eat it too.
#Chagossians #Diego_Garcia #Imperialism

[Chagossian Meme Squad @chagosmemes]

The so-called "Chagos Marine Protected Area" is not a real nature reserve: the US military is the biggest polluter but exempt from all restrictions.

[Chagossian Meme Squad @chagosmemes]

US thinks rules apply to everyone except them

[Chagossian Meme Squad @chagosmemes]

@davidsvine You will like this one

[Chagossian Meme Squad @chagosmemes]

US-UK "logic": Chagossians living in Peros Banhos over 100 miles away from Diego Garcia is a security threat, but British yachters sailing less 3 miles away from Diego is not a security threat.

[Chagossian Meme Squad @chagosmemes]

The truth about Chagossians: they are the indigenous people of the Chagos Archipelago

[Chagossian Meme Squad @chagosmemes]

If Palestinians accepted the original partition plan from 1948, they would be the Chagossians of the Middle East by having no land at all.

[Chagossian Meme Squad @chagosmemes]

Israel be like "If the Palestinians weren't violent they would have more land" but also be saying "the Chagossians [a.k.a. the Palestinians of the Indian Ocean"] who don't use violence shouldn't have any land"

[Chagossian Meme Squad @chagosmemes]

Google "Bruce Greatbatch Chagossian dogs"

[Chagossian Meme Squad @chagosmemes]

British government memos about the planned military base described the Chagossians as an indigenous people.
Indigenous status is a no taksie-backsies matter.