On world Indigenous people's day it is important to remember that when statements on Indigenous peoples emphasise "human rights" & "civil society" vs. decolonisation & self-determination, appropriation is taking place
Picture by Melanie Cervantes based on concept of Iuri Lara
◾️"Self-government is our right. A thing born in us at birth; a thing no more to be doled out to us or withheld from us by another people than the right to life itself - than the right to feel the sun or smell the flowers, or to love our kind"
-Roger Casement
#Selfdetermination
#Conflict#Diaspora#Empire@DGannon2016@CambridgeUP#OTD, Roger Casement was hanged in Pentonville Prison for his part in the 1916 Rising.
A petition for Casement’s reprieve had been initiated by Irish nationalists in London - among the signatories was Virginia Woolf. ✅
Bí linn!🌈Ag tnúth go mór le seo: Brian Lacey's talk Sunday 12-4pm on Roger Casement & other LGBTQ+ figures from Queer Cloch Cheann Fhaola, Dún na nGall📷 @EaragailArts @DonegalArts @RTEArena@BeanFeasa_Film @tonie_walsh @NeuroPrideIRL Ticéidí: https://t.co/Lm0DZd9Y3D #queerfolk
As we head into the final stretch of #IMO#MEPC80 meetings, I want to address some #disinformation we’re seeing about two goals we have this week: a) targets for decarbonisation, and b) the levy.
A thread:
#ClimateActionNow
#OTD in 1916 – Sir Roger Casement, Irish Nationalist and British diplomat is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
Sir Roger Casement was found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death.
Read more 🔗 https://t.co/rHcCTykOV6
It may surprise some, but not everyone involved in the Easter Rising was straight. The beautiful Roger Casement, Dr Kathleen Lynn, Madeline ffrench-Mullen, Elizabeth O’Farrell and Helena Moloney… all not straight.
*The 1916 Proclamation uses gender neutral language* 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Antiracist & socialist Blair Peach died during the night of 23-24 April 1979 after being beaten by police on a protest against the Nazi National Front in Southall West London.
His death & funeral became a symbol resistance to the growing threat of fascism.
#NeverAgain
#OTD in 1916 – Sir Roger Casement arrived in Tralee Bay, Co Kerry on board a German U-boat.
From 1915 Kerry was central to plans for the Rising.
Read more 🔗 https://t.co/dHGf2GYYmb
19-30 July in Port Vila. Book early to experience the living cultures of the 5 Melanesian states (Fiji, Kanaky, PNG, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu). West Papua will also be there...
Remembering this great man today. Roger Casement one of the greatest Irish Patriots ever. Arrested on Banna beach by the RIC hierlings that some of 'sensible' Ireland would have us commemorate if they could.Steadfast in his beliefs he died another 'Martyr' for 'Old Ireland'