The #DoctrineofDiscovery was repudiated by the pope in 2023. Net effect: š¤·
The papal bulls, on the other hand, remain in force.
#DoctrineOfDiscovery
Blog: Voices of #Decolonization
#FirstNations chiefs shouldnāt be duped by the ā#nuclear-is-green' deception
by William Eric Altvater, February 6, 2025
"Some First Nation Chiefs are victims of shenanigans, not unlike the swindle behind the purchase of Manhattan. The federal government needs the support of #Indigenous peoples to expand nuclear power generation capacity in #Canada.
"For millennia, the cornerstones of the Indigenous people that inhabit Turtle Island, now known as North America, held all that is essential to life, in reverence. Every decision considered the next 7 generations. These cornerstones are crumbling.
"Newcomers, armed with the #Colonizing tool, 'The #DoctrineOfDiscovery' and their mentality of superiority, invaded the land of those they called 'Savages,' almost totally exterminating #Skicinuwok, People of The Earth.
"Determined to bestow Christianity and civility to this wild untamed population, old growth forests were cut, rivers and streams were dammed to power sawmills, roads and railroads were built, bridges erected. All to create an infrastructure for #capitalism, a system to make a #profit, that morphed into #greed, a word of foreign root. This unbridled desire for progress has ruined what was once called Paradise.
"Now most water is not fit to drink, clean air is scarce, #deforestation is rampant, #biodiversity loss out of control, plants genetically modified, food manufactured with unpronounceable chemicals, caged fish starved of oxygen while being fed chicken feathers and pig parts, cancer cases in the millions, the list goes on.
"As the population increased over this continent the available sources for power generation have not been able to satisfy the insatiable desires of the 'bigger, better, faster, more is never enough' mentality. Some have finally acknowledged the fact that #FossilFuels are not the golden egg they were once deemed to be.
"So-called '#GreenEnergy' is required to slow the blind drive to extinction of man; man, who is considered by some to be the most intelligent creature to ever roam Earth. Unfortunately, the lure of riches and the corruption of self-serving purposes have led man to stray from practices that nurture everything required to sustain life on this tiny blue marble floating through the universe.
"#NuclearPower is now being touted as being 'Green.' It is not. Big money corporations are lobbying legislators to convince them and the public that it is. They are also lobbying to convince the public that they should foot the bill in the form of taxes and rate hikes, for a process that pollutes from the day it starts. Water is life. As soon as #uranium is mined from the earth it begins to contaminate the water in surrounding aquifers.
"When the uranium is processed sufficiently, it is used as fuel for reactors where it generates heat while delivering electricity, not just for essential needs, but also for many things once considered luxuries. This fission generated heat is then dumped into nearby waters where it kills thousands, if not millions of small beings that form the basis of life itself.
"After this radioactive fuel is depleted, it is stored in various containers where it will stay radioactive for eons. Indigenous #Grandmothers have labelled it 'Forever Dangerous.'
"The power generated during the fission process benefits only those who exist today as the process occurs, not those born tomorrow or next week or next month. All the #RadioactiveWaste and the inherent danger it creates is left to future generations, kicking the can down the road.
"What better place to dump this waste than in an area with a population that has witnessed Newcomers enrich themselves for hundreds of years? Yes, what better place than a population that has been targeted for assimilation, suffered theft of lands, witnessed the taking of naturally bestowed rights? A population that has been subjected to racial Indian Act legislation essentially stripping away all that sustained this population for thousands of years.
"Yes, let us give the Indians some more shiny beads and trinkets so that they willingly agree to care for our radioactive garbage. How do we do this? Letās talk to the Chief and Council. Letās wine and dine them. Letās give them some money, take them to dinner, buy some drinks and make them feel all festive and most of all make them think we are looking out for their best interests. Some Chiefs have taken the bait.
"Egregious as it may be, this is exactly what is happening in some Indigenous communities contrary to the will of the majority. Elected Chiefs are continuing the deception as they are blinded and professing the 'Nuclear is Green' mantra. They have lost connection with the Spirit of Ancestors and traditional values. They need to have a serious introspection and realize that looking forward, we need only look back at what has sustained us to this point in time. We need not do any more than that."
Eric lives in #PeskotomuhkatiNation territory in Maine and stands shoulder to shoulder with his Peskotomuhkati relations in #NewBrunswick in the struggle to achieve Canadian Government recognition.
https://www.wabanakireach.org/first_nations_chiefs_shouldn_t_be_duped_by_the_nuclear_is_green_deception_by_william_altvater
#NoNukes #NoNewNukes #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #UraniumMining #UraniumMilling #LeaveItInTheGround #Greenwashing #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #NuclearIsNotGreen #CanadaPol #NuclearWaste #NuclearIndustry #TEPCOLies #HoltecLies #NuclearColonialism
Chat from the #NationalDayOfMourning Livestream
Ryan: ā"āJesus Christ is Lord"
CyrustheWolf OWO: "āāThereās the groyper right on time"
Wabanaki Warrior - Mi'kmaw Indian of Mi'kma'ki:āā "@ ryan take your false god from here. His evil doctrine of discovery shall not be upheld forever!"
Watch live:
https://www.youtube.com/live/pdpBNKI31TA
#Lakota #Historian #NickEstes on #Thanksgiving, #SettlerColonialism & Continuing #IndigenousResistance
#DemocracyNow, November 28, 2024
"Lakota historian #NickEstes talks about the violent origins of Thanksgiving and his book Our History Is the Future. 'This history ā¦ is a continuing history of #genocide, of settler colonialism and, basically, the founding myths of this country,' says Estes, who is a co-founder of the Indigenous resistance group The Red Nation and a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe."
Watch / listen / read transcript: http://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/28/nick_estes_thanksgiving
#PrayerMarch #Resistance #OurHistoryIstheFuture #IndigenousResistance #Activism #Capitalism #CapitalismMustDie #CorporateColonialism #Colonialism #ManifestDestiny #DoctrineOfDiscovery
Mennonites join #ApacheStronghold on #PrayerJourney to Supreme Court
Anabaptist World
September 6, 2024
"#Mennonite congregations and individuals from the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery are supporting Apache Strongholdās two-month prayer journey across the United States to deliver their appeal directly to the #USSupremeCourt.
"The #SanCarlosApache and their allies argue that a land swap tucked into a defense spending bill that gave away their sacred location of Oak Flat to create a copper mine violates their religious freedom. The journey culminates Sept. 11 in #WashingtonDC.
"The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Apache Stronghold earlier this year in a 6-5 ruling. The group is represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which will petition the high court to hear the case.
"'Obliterating the birthplace of #WesternApache religion would be a tragic betrayal of our nationās promise of #Religious Freedom for all,' said Luke Goodrich, Becket vice president and senior counsel. 'We will ask the Supreme Court to take this case, #ProtectOakFlat and ensure that #IndigenousPeoples receive the same protection for religious freedom that all other faith groups enjoy.'
"Mennonites congregations involved in supporting the journey through prayer and hospitality included First Mennonite Church of San Francisco, Pasadena Mennonite Church in California, Shalom Mennonite Fellowship in Tucson, Ariz., Albuquerque Mennonite Church in New Mexico, Joy Mennonite Church in Oklahoma City, Raleigh Mennonite Church in North Carolina and Hyattsville Mennonite in Maryland. Acts of solidarity with the Apache ranged from preparing food to offering space to sleep to arranging public gatherings of prayer.
"'I asked myself: what does it mean to Dismantle the #DoctrineOfDiscovery? I have learned that the Apache Stronghold is not just fighting for Oak Flat, but for #MotherEarth, the greatest gift we have received. They are fighting for all of us,' said Frances Loberg, a member of Salem Mennonite Church in Oregon and the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery. She has been on the prayer journey for its full course. 'I am being healed as I have seen how Mother Earth is alive. We have seen the pain and struggles all across the country. This fight for mother earth is for all of us.'"
Read more:
https://anabaptistworld.org/mennonites-join-apache-stronghold-on-prayer-journey-to-supreme-court/
The Papal Bull Inter Caetera of May 4, 1493 with a new translation and introduction by Sebastian Modrow and Melissa Smith. #DoctrineOfDiscovery #religidons
https://doctrineofdiscovery.org/inter-caetera/
šļø S04E06: Unveiling Histories: Colonialism, Faith, and Identity in the Americas with JoĆ£o Chaves
#DoctrineOfDiscovery #historypodcast #coloniallegacy
https://is.gd/joaochaves
šļøNew Podcast šļøStealing Land in the Name of God #DoctrineofDiscovery #religidons https://religionnews.com/2024/05/15/stealing-land-in-the-name-of-god/
šļøNew Podcast šļøStealing Land in the Name of God #DoctrineofDiscovery https://religionnews.com/2024/05/15/stealing-land-in-the-name-of-god/
Hear the haunting history of the Doctrine of Discovery and its impact on Indigenous communities with special guest Tink Tinker. This episode brings light to dark pasts and paths to healing. #IndigenousInsight #DoctrineOfDiscovery #CulturalHealing
"We are still wresting control (including autonomy) from those who own."
Or those who claim ownership, with citizens remaining blissfully ignorant.
Land title claims of British North American colonies (consolidated into USA and Canada) are still based on the #DoctrineOfDiscovery , antique Christian religious doctrines, and not legitimate international law.
Far too many settlers uphold the colonialism project.
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Curious what you think about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C3Yrwwwr1s
#ai #colonialism #plagiarism #datagrab #doctrineofdiscovery
āWhat really matters is not so much whether generative AIās outputs plagiarize the content of famous authors owned by powerful media groups. The real issue is a whole new model of profit-making that treats our lives in data form as its free input. This profitable data grab, of which generative AI is just an egregious example, is really part of a larger power struggle with an extensive history.ā
@Susan60 @Autistrain @neurodiversity @actuallyautistic
How can we "hold people accountable" for obeying the laws of the government?
CANZUS (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United States) are built upon the racist, sexist, Christian Supremacist #DoctrineOfDiscovery .
The government will hold *you* accountable for not following racist, sexist, etc laws. Under the Canadian Crown, around half the inmates in female prisons are Indigenous.
What is the Doctrine of Discovery?
If you don't know what that is, then you don't know the fundamentally racist lie upon which CANZUS (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United States) is built.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3xUSTWJ1qc
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/12/17/do-you-condemn-zizek
As the #genocide eliminates the ability of a culture to reproduce (slaughtering women and children) and (#GenocideJoeās) vetoes bomb the coffee shop (imported civilized discourse) to rubble (#Gaza) the men (Habermas to Zizek) stay outside the security dome to humanize the barbarians from the #DoctrineOfDiscovery which even the pope has repudiated: In fact, this is the only difference between the Israeli āfundamentalistsā ā as Žižek calls them ā and the Israeli liberals: the latter would just wrap the same policies in the language of humanism to make them more palatable to the world.
#ExceptForPalestine #TranslatingGaza
@Amipb For me, punishment must be doled out to the regimes and ideologies that condone #ColonialViolence, #SettlerColonialism like those who follow the #DoctrineofDiscovery.
#ChristianZionistsEthniclyCleansedIndianCountry
#FinancingBiPartisanCarbonBombs
#DoctrineOfDiscovery
#NeverAboutHamas
#GenocideJoe
#PentagonIsTheBiggestEmitter: The total authorization consumes more than half of the annual federal discretionary budget.
Under conditions where #HungerAndHomelessness are soaring, corporations are slashing jobs, and the Biden administration is using the bogus āendā of the COVID emergency to strip Medicaid and food stamp benefits from millions of workers and poor people.
https://www.newarab.com/news/communications-blackout-hunger-compound-misery-gaza
#BiPartisanCongress gets to show its homelessness bonafides before Christmas: much of northern Gaza uninhabitable and 85% of concentration campās population of 2.3 million= 1,955,000 homeless.
#ChristianZionistsEthniclyCleansedIndianCountry
#DoctrineOfDiscovery
#NeverAboutHamas
#GenocideJoe
https://mondoweiss.net/2023/12/genocide-in-service-of-nakba-2023/
#DoctrineOfDiscovery: On cue, the White House adjusted its messaging and agreed the PA was unfit to governā¦ ensuring that there is no unified Palestinian governance of the West Bank and Gaza no matter who is in power.
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