Low fire risk landscapes
Challenging the norm of prescribed burning

* "Research shows long-unburnt forests act to limit fire without human intervention – even as the climate changes."

"Would it be worth removing the short-term defence of prescribed burning to bring forests back to a less flammable state?"

"In our new study, we examined whether phasing out prescribed burning could help Australian forests endure climate change. The answer was clear: it’s entirely possible to stop the cycle of fire feeding more fire, and help forests endure new climatic conditions."
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https://theconversation.com/in-1939-a-royal-commission-found-burning-forests-leads-to-more-bushfires-but-this-cycle-of-destruction-can-be-stopped-269099

* Are the alternative ecosystem states produced by positive fire-flammability feedbacks reversible? Philip J Zylstra and David B Lindenmayer 2025 Environ. Res. Lett. 20 124037DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ae18e7
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae18e7
#fires #bushfires #Megafires #PrescribedBurning #BritishColonialism #pastoralism #loggingImpacts #climate #GHG #forests #destruction #biodiversity #ecosystems #conservation

#KshamaSawant: AOC's Rotten Record on #Gaza
#AOC #Democrats #UniParty #USpol #Socialism #WorkingClass #MedicareForAll #Washington #AdamSmith #genocide #stopgazagenocide‌now #FreePalenstine #GHF #famine #HungerGames #mosquitoprotocol #britishcolonialism #Israel
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/6Wo6QJ9Tdt8

📖 Tijl Vanneste and Rafael de Azevedo wrote an article about #AliceKinloch, a South African activist and one of the first people to openly criticise the violence perpetrated against black workers in the #Kimberley mining system at the end of the 19th century.

🔓 Her history in #OpenAccess: https://doi.org/10.1017/S002085902400097X

@histodons
@histodon

#Histodons #Mining #SocialHistory #Activism #SouthAfrica #PanAfricanism #Colonialism #BritishColonialism #Minas #HistóriaSocial #ÁfricaDoSul #Colonialismo

The great Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o has died.

I didn't know much about him other than his writing. I came across "Petals of Blood" in a second hand book shop back in the 90s. It's one of those novels you don't forget reading.

He was a champion of African literature in African languages. I can see where he was coming from but I can also see why writers such as Chinua Achebe choose to write in English - to reach a wider readership in Africa as well as beyond.

Ngũgĩ seems to have been a complex character. Hard to read about him abusing his wife (according to the son), especially just after reading about her being raped by men targeting Ngũgĩ (presumably for his uncompromising political views).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce999kwxn1ro

#NgugiWaThiongo #Kenya #AfricanLiterature #KenyanLiterature #PetalsOfBlood #RIP #Africa #Kenya #20thCLit #MauMau #BritishColonialism

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/40hl2fC_-nA

#PoliticsJoe

#Kneecap 🇮🇪 on #BritishColonialism

See our latest blog about the Sierre Leone Railway Strike in 1926. This strike challenged the British colonial system in Sierra Leone. #SierraLeoneRailwayStrike #BritishColonialism

https://zurl.co/B2TT1

#IndigenousAustralian lawmaker confronts British royals: ‘#YouAreNotMyKing'

Story by Hilary Whiteman
October 21, 2024

“Britain’s #KingCharlesIII had just finished giving a speech to #Australia’s Parliament House on Monday when an #Indigenous senator began yelling, 'You are not my king.'

“From the back of the room, Independent Senator #LidiaThorpe shouted at the royal couple, 'Give us our #LandBack, give us what you stole,' as security officers moved to escort her away.

“The interjection came as King Charles and Queen Camilla visited the Australian capital Canberra to meet the nation’s leaders, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

During his speech, King Charles acknowledged Australia’s #FirstNations people, who lived on the land ‘for tens of thousands of years before the arrival of British settlers over 230 years ago.

“‘Throughout my life, Australia’s First Nations people have done me the great honor of sharing so generously their stories and cultures,' King Charles said.

'I “can only say how much my own experience has been shaped and strengthened by such traditional wisdom.'

“Earlier, a traditional Aboriginal welcoming ceremony was held outside Parliament House for the royal couple, but for many of the country’s Indigenous population, they are not welcome.

“The arrival of British settlers to Australia led to the #massacre of #IndigenousPeople at hundreds of locations around the country until as recently as the 1930s. Their [descendants] still suffer from #racism and #SystemicDiscrimination in a country that has failed to reverse centuries of disadvantage.

“Thorpe, a #DjabWurrung #Gunnai #Gunditjmara woman, has long campaigned for a treaty and has previously voiced her fierce objections to the British monarchy.

“Australian’s Indigenous people never ceded #sovereignty and have never engaged in a treaty process with the British Crown. Australia remains a Commonwealth country with the King as its Head of State.

“During her swearing-in ceremony in 2022, Thorpe referred to Australia’s then-Head of State as 'the #colonizing Her Majesty #QueenElizabethII,' and was asked to take the oath again.

“She did so while raising one fist in the air.

“On Monday, protesters stood with an Aboriginal flag as the royal couple visited the Australian War Memorial. A 62-year-old man was arrested for failing to comply with a police direction.

“Before she yelled at the King, Thorpe turned her back during a recital of 'God Save the King,' Australian media reported. Images showed her wearing a possum-fur coat, standing in the opposite direction of other attendees.

“#TheGreens party said in a statement that the King’s presence was 'a momentous occasion for some' but also a 'visual reminder of the ongoing #ColonialTrauma and legacies of #BritishColonialism' for many First Nations people.

“In the statement, #Greens Senator Dorinda Cox, a #YamatjiNoongar woman, called for the King to be clear in his recognition and support of ‘First Nations #justice, #TruthTelling and #healing.'

“‘He now needs to be on the right side of history,' she added.

“The Australian Monarchist League demanded Thorpe’s resignation after what it called a 'childish demonstration.’”

Read more:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/21/australia/lidia-thorpe-confrontation-king-charles-australia-intl-hnk

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/Sv2D6

#TruthAndReconciliation #StolenLand #Genocide #CuturalGenocide #Racism #GreenParty #GreenPartyAustralia #AbolishTheMonarchy #NoKings

A Fatherless Nation

#BaaghiTV #Pakistan #BritishColonialism #Challenges #CulturalHeritage #BritishRaj #JesseJackson #QuaideAzam #MuhammadAliJinnah #Colonialism #PoliticalNegligence #Politicians #Dishonour

https://en.baaghitv.com/a-fatherless-nation/

Hyperincarceration

"First Nations people in Australia are the most imprisoned people in the world."

"Hyperincarceration of First Peoples is a common feature of former British settler colonies such as Canada, the United States and New Zealand. This shared experience shows us First Peoples are not the problem. We should instead be paying attention to the colonial motivation for incarcerating First Peoples."
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https://theconversation.com/first-nations-imprisonment-is-already-at-a-record-high-unless-government-policy-changes-it-will-only-get-worse-226612
#IndigenousPeoples #FirstNations #incarceration #SettlerSocieties #racism #NT #overpolicing #frontier #British #legacy #BritishColonialism #violence #governance #failure #Australia #TruthTelling

"Kemi Badenoch: ‘UK’s wealth isn’t from white privilege and colonialism’"
"Minister told London conference that Glorious Revolution of 1688 paved way for economic certainty"

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/18/kemi-badenoch-uk-wealth-not-from-white-privilege-colonialism

I suppose she's not denying that those things happened, just that they were only part of what made us rich.

#UK #Conservative #Conservatives #Tory #Tories #colonialism #BritishColonialism #empire #history #slavery #KemiBadenoch #Badenoch

⬆️ @Nochem

>> Just pointing that out so we can agree that British colonialism is bad

Not just #BritishColonialism. #Colonialism as a form of coerced government for asymmetric exploitation of resources to the benefit of mother country is bad.

The present situation in #NorthernIreland is not one of #colonization. The North is not a British colony anymore and is internationally recognized as part of #UK.

Partition of 1921 split the country, but factions who want to secede remained in the North.

I notice Twitter handles spreading hate & caste agenda without verifying facts, dividing the country. Similar to British tactics, using the same toolkit. Our own people now. #TwitterTrolls #HateSpeech #CasteAgenda #DivideAndConquer #BritishColonialism #UnityInDiversity

https://archive.org/details/graves-unmarked

In Graves Unmarked: Slavery and Abolition in Stoneham, Massachusetts by Ben Jacques

Topics
#blackchattelslavery, #slavey, #abolition, #antiblackness, #massachusetts, #stoneham, #charlestown, #unitedstatesofamerika, #colonialism, #britishcolonialism, #britishempire, #slavemasters, #slaveowners, #enslavedpeople, #enslavedAfricans, #slavelabor, #slavercolonialism, #invadercolonialism

“In winter the bare trees are black against the snow and sky in the Old Burying Ground on Pleasant Street. Like frosting, snow decorates the gravestones of our town’s early families. The Bryants, the Bucknams, the Gerrys, the Greens, the Goulds, the Hays—our founders.

But beyond the cluster of 18th and 19th century stones, there are bare spots where no markers disturb the gentle slope of the earth. Here those with no status in colonial Stoneham lie in unmarked graves. Here are buried the town’s slaves.”

So begins the untold story of slavery and abolition in a town of farmers and shoemakers just north of Boston. Once part of Charlestown, the village was incorporated in 1725 as Stoneham, Massachusetts.

https://archive.org/details/connecticut-valley

Slavery in the Connecticut Valley of Massachusetts by Robert H. Romer

Topics
#blackchattelslavery, #massachusetts, #slavery, #connecticutvalley, #newengland, #unitedstatesofamerika, #britishcolonialism, #colonialism, #pioneervalley, #deerfield, #Africandiaspora, #antiblackness

In this first history of slavery in western Massachusetts in colonial times, Robert H. Romer demonstrates that slavery was pervasive in the Pioneer Valley in the 1700s, where many of the ministers and other “important people” owned black slaves. To show the role of slavery in the valley, Professor Romer presents a “snapshot” of slavery, choosing a moment (1752) and a place (the main street of Deerfield) to present detailed information about the slaves who lived in that place at that time — and their owners.

https://archive.org/details/consuming-whiteness

Consuming Whiteness: Australian Racism and the ›White Sugar‹ Campaign by Stefanie Affeldt

Topics
#australia, #sugar, #whitesupremacy, #antiblackness, #sugarrefining, #sugarplantations, #whiteaustralia, #whiteaustraliapolicy, #genocide, #colonialism, #britishcolonialism, #europeancolonialism, #invadercolonialism, #whitenationalism, #consumerism, #queensland, #blackbirding, #labororganizing, #laboractivism, #sugarstrike

The ›white Australia policy‹ has so far largely been discussed with regard only to the political-ideological perspective. No account was taken of the central problem of racist societalization, that is the everyday production and reproduction of ›race‹ as a social relation (›doing race‹) which was supported by broad sections of the population.

FFS, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, get the fcuk on with it!

The "U"K🇬🇧 is the last vestigial appendix-like organ of the #BritishEmpire & #SmallerEnglishEmpire &
#BritishColonialism and, as such, must die #ASAP. It doesn't belong in the modern world.

We're all relying on you to stamp the "U"K🇬🇧 out of existence...

#uk #ukpolitics #Scotland #independence #Yousaf #SNP

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"Tuesday briefing: What Humza Yousaf’s win means for Scotland, the SNP and independence"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/28/first-edition-humza-yousaf-snp-leader?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://archive.org/details/rape-of-cameroons

Rape of Cameroons by Félix-Roland Moumié; Alao Aka Bashorun

Topics
#UPC, #UniondesPopulationsduCameroun, #Cameroun, #Cameroon, #Cameroons, #Kamerun, #frenchcolonialism, #britishcolonialism, #antiblackness, #luttearmée, #françafrique, #histoiredelAfrique, #antiimpérialisme, #UN, #UnitedNations

Booklet detailing French atrocities in Cameroun under French trusteeship.

https://archive.org/details/um-nyobe-onu

Um Nyobè discours devant l'ONU en 1952 by Ruben Um Nyobè; Abel Eyinga

Topics
#discours, #UPC, #UniondesPopulationsduCameroun, #Cameroun, #Cameroon, #Cameroons, #Kamerun, #colonialismefrançais, #britishcolonialism, #françafrique, #histoiredelAfrique, #lONU, #NationsUnie, #décolonisation, #antiimpérialisme, #anticolonialisme

Um Nyobè sur la question de l'indépendance et de la réunification du Kamerun devant la 4e commission de l'assemblée générale de l'ONU le 17 décembre. Introduction de Abel Eyinga.

https://archive.org/details/radical-nationalism-in-cameroun

Radical Nationalism in Cameroun: Social Origins of the U.P.C. Rebellion by Richard A. Joseph

Topics
#UniondespopulationsduCameroun, #UPC, #Cameroun, #Kamerun, #Cameroon, #RadicalNationalism, #RevolutionaryNationalism, #AntiColonialism, #GermanColonialism, #BritishColonialism, #FrenchColonialism, #AntiImperialism, #Politicalindependence, #TradeUnionism, #GuerillaWarfare, #Organisation, #SocialMovements

"The Union des Populations du Cameroun is a particularly interesting subject for a case study in African politics because it went against the dominant pattern of nationalist policies in French sub-Saharan Africa. It demanded the independence of Cameroun from Greater France; it called for reunification with the neighbouring colony of the British Cameroons; it viewed colonialism as based on capitalist exploitation and did not hesitate to say so, and it persisted in this radical challenge despite intense administrative and, later, military repression.

https://archive.org/details/west-indies-patterns

The West Indies: Patterns of Development, Culture and Environmental Change Since 1492 by David Watts

Topics
#Caribbean, #Caribbeanhistory, #historyoftheCaribbean, #geography, #historicalgeography, #genocide, #blackchattelslavery, #slavetrade, #antiblackness, #translatlanticslavetrade, #whitesupremacy, #imperialism, #colonialism, #spanishimperialism, #spanishcolonialism, #britishimperialism, #britishcolonialism, #frenchimperialism, #frenchcolonialism, #dutchimperialism, #dutchcolonialism, #amerikas, #northamerika, #plantations, #plantationeconomy, #sugarplantations, #environmentalgeography, #slavesocieties, #ecology

This magisterial survey of the historical geography of the West Indies is at bottom concerned with the causes and consequences of three complex and inter-related phenomena: the rapid and total removal of a large aboriginal population; the development of plantation agriculture and the arrival of enforced labour, in the form of many thousands of African slaves; and the environmental, ecological and cultural changes that resulted.