Indigenous communities organized the largest-ever native protests to block what they described as “a declaration of extermination” from lawmakers representing agribusiness, mining, and logging interests aligned with far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. https://t.co/AnHo6WYhHt
Protesters in Canada toppled a statue of Queen Victoria on #CanadaDay, after remains of about 1,000 Indigenous children were found at former forced assimilation schools.
Over 10,000 Indigenous children are believed to have died at the schools, which operated until the mid-1990s.
umd memories that felt like fever dreams part 5:
immediately climbing into the boiling and dirty hot attic of garrett hall on our first night there. also making megabeds in tylers room that spring.
umd memories that felt like fever dreams part 1:
when former mexican president vicente fox debated racist fearmongerer & brexit leader nigel farage on “nationalism vs globalism” (???) in the basement of the edward st john learning and teaching center
umd memories that felt like fever dreams part 4:
when we considered depositing a medium sized animal into the neighboring suite of d1 women’s lacrosse players
Please join us in congratulating graduating senior and former Captain and President Evan Yamaguchi! We want to thank Evan for everything he has done for Terps Hockey, it won’t be the same without him. We wish him all the best moving forward. #alwaysaterp
BDS movement co-founder Omar Barghouti’s hopeful message:
“We are shattering our wall of fear everyday. [...] Today, more than ever, Palestinians are telling the world that true solidarity with our struggle for freedom, justice and equality spells BDS.”
https://t.co/UhoVabHu1T
UPDATE: at least 137 Palestinians — including 36 children — have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, while 920 have been wounded.
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