#IndigenousErasure

Gladwyn d’Souzagodsouza@sfba.social
2023-12-24

scheerpost.com/2023/12/24/us-m

#DeterioratingCarbonSinks: Environmentalists sweated the Bolsanaro government and the burning of the Amazon forests, but never questioned the Justice Department for conjoining the two: For over half a century, intervening against democratically elected governments has been only half the story,” we wrote; “the second half involves justifying, minimizing or denying US involvement.”

#ResourcePredation #TragedyOfEnclosure #EcoFascists #IndigenousErasure

Native Calgarian PodcastnativeCalgarian@ohai.social
2023-12-11

Just reading through the NIMMIWG Genocide support documents as one does.. pg 10 of 46 #IndigenousErasure mmiwg-ffada.ca/wp-content/uplo

The drafting process of what would become the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide can be divided into three parts. First, the UN Secretariat, upon ECOSOC's request, pursuant to Resolution 96(1), generated a first draft of the Convention. Second, this draft was edited by a Special Committee under the authority of ECOSOC. Third, in the second half of 1948, this draft became the point of departure for negotiations at the UNGA 6th Commission. Two of the most salient contentions throughout all stages of drafting pertained to the inclusion of cultural genocide and the forcible transfer of children, initially envisioned as "cultural genocide" 25 In this context, it is remarkable how, throughout the entirety of the drafting process and negotiations on the matter of cultural genocide, Indigenous perspectives were completely ignored and excluded from the discussions. The omission of Indigenous voices was more than mere oversight. Colonial states, including

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