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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: March 12, 2023, 3:46 am
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSS25jEr6go
20:49-21:27 echoes what I am worried about what this might lead
to. It should be noted that China was not critical of the
Abraham Accords (that involved UAE and Bahrain recognizing
Israel):
HTML https://www.mei.edu/publications/china-and-abraham-accords-peace-agreement
[quote]A day after the agreement between Israel and the UAE was
first made public, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao
Lijian stated that Beijing was “pleased” to see the two
countries taking steps to reduce tensions in the Middle
East.[2][/quote]
thus are unlikely to try to stop any prospective Saudi
recognition of Israel either. Yet if Saudi recognition of Israel
goes ahead, then Iran's newly established relations with Saudi
will mean Iran will be under pressure to recognize Israel also.
Additionally, I predict Israel will now step up support for the
pro-democracy protestors in Iran to overthrow the current
regime, which would then reset Iran's foreign relations. Thus
even if the current regime sticks to its principle of not
recognizing Israel, whatever manages to displace the current
regime in Iran would surely recognize Israel at once.
The fundamental problem is that China's aim was never to unite
Iran and Saudi against Israel, but to end conflict in the region
generally (ie. including ending conflicts involving Israel) in
the interests of increased prosperity for all (ie. including
increased prosperity for Israel). If China had instead
criticized the Abraham Accords from the beginning like we did,
and then pitched this Iran-Saudi deal as a countermeasure to the
Abraham Accords, that would have been a good move. But this is
not what we have in reality. Thus I discourage over-optimism
about this ideal.
Until China acquires a worldview based on moral dualism, it will
continue to be incapable of formulating plans that Israel cannot
rewire to its own ultimate advantage.
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: March 31, 2023, 6:47 pm
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Recall:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/colonialism-as-viewed-by-westerners/msg12408/?topicseen#msg12408
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/colonialism-as-viewed-by-westerners/msg14893/?topicseen#msg14893
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/colonialism-as-viewed-by-westerners/msg15179/?topicseen#msg15179
Now:
HTML https://apnews.com/article/vatican-indigenous-papal-bulls-pope-francis-062e39ce5f7594a81bb80d0417b3f902
[quote]VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Thursday responded to
Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the “Doctrine of
Discovery,” the theories backed by 15th-century “papal bulls”
that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Native lands and
form the basis of some property laws today.
...
The statement, from the Vatican’s development and education
offices, marked a historic recognition of the Vatican’s own
complicity in colonial-era abuses committed by European powers.
...
On Thursday, these Indigenous leaders welcomed the statement as
a first good step, even though it didn’t address the rescinding
of the bulls themselves and continued to take distance from
acknowledging actual Vatican culpability in abuses. The
statement said the papal documents had been “manipulated” for
political purposes by competing colonial powers “to justify
immoral acts against Indigenous peoples that were carried out,
at times, without opposition from ecclesial authorities.”
...
The statement was a response to decades of Indigenous demands
for the Vatican to formally rescind the papal bulls that
provided the Portuguese and Spanish kingdoms the religious
backing to expand their territories in Africa and the Americas
for the sake of spreading Christianity.
Those decrees underpin the “Doctrine of Discovery,” a legal
concept coined in a 1823 U.S. Supreme Court decision that has
come to be understood as meaning that ownership and sovereignty
over land passed to Europeans because they “discovered” it.
It was cited as recently as a 2005 Supreme Court decision
involving the Oneida Indian Nation written by the late Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
...
Michelle Schenandoah of the Oneida Nation had called for the
Vatican to rescind the papal bulls when she delivered the
closing remarks of the First Nations delegation that met with
Francis during a weeklong visit last year by Native groups from
Canada. On Thursday, she called the Vatican statement “another
step in the right direction,” but noted that it didn’t mention
the rescinding of the bulls themselves.
“I think what this does is it really puts the responsibility on
nation states such as the United States, to look at its use of
the Doctrine of Discovery,” she said in a interview from
Syracuse, New York, where she is a professor of Indigenous law
at Syracuse University’s College of Law. “This goes beyond land.
It really has created generation upon generation of genocidal
policies directed towards Indigenous peoples. And I think that
it’s time for these governments to take full accountability for
their actions.”[/quote]
From now on, anyone who still behaves as though the Doctrine of
Discovery still applies should be treated no differently than
how we have always advocated Israeli settlers be treated.
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: April 5, 2023, 1:30 am
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Good idea:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfw8rXvHJ5U
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: April 10, 2023, 6:15 pm
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Pointing out that it's OK for sovereignty to be "white":
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuKFmX-LmLc
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A new order in the Middle East? The ripple effects of Saudi-Iran
rapprochement
By: 2ThaSun Date: April 19, 2023, 11:00 am
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A new order in the Middle East? The ripple effects of Saudi-Iran
rapprochement • FRANCE 24 English
[quote]In Yemen, more than 900 prisoners were released this past
week as momentum builds to end the nine-year conflict there.
This is linked to the fact that the leadership in Saudi Arabia
and Iran are talking to each other again. The two powers broke
off relations seven years ago, impacting politics and conflict
across the region. So now that diplomatic ties have been
restored, what might change? We take a closer look and speak to
Julien Barnes-Dacey, the Middle East Programme Director at the
European Council on Foreign Relations.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=373RxciJXMQ
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: May 1, 2023, 4:57 pm
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How colonized is "South Africa"?
HTML https://us.yahoo.com/news/south-africa-warns-putin-threat-142400739.html
[quote]South Africa warns Putin of threat of arrest should he
attend BRICS Summit in person
...
"We have no option not to arrest Putin," a government official
said. “If he comes here, we will have to arrest him.”
Last week, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed a
special government committee headed by the country's vice
president to study the government's Vladimir Putin’s
international arrest warrant, the newspaper reported.
This committee will not be able to find "any options that would
allow Putin to come," the paper’s sources said. "The only option
we have is for [Putin] to participate in the summit via Teams or
Zoom from Moscow."[/quote]
HTML https://smallimg.pngkey.com/png/small/129-1297667_clip-free-stock-collection-of-free-failing-clipart.png
Woke comments:
[quote]They keep blowing the whistle before he shows up, don't
tell him. Show some patience, invite putin and conduct a secret
operation to detain him.[/quote]
[quote]Why warn him? Let hin show up then supriae him with a new
shiny set of bracelets.[/quote]
[quote]Why warn him.. just do it[/quote]
[quote]Don't warn him... let him show up.[/quote]
[quote]the smart thing would be to encourage Putin to come. And,
have the Navy SEALS waiting for him.[/quote]
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Re: Identitarian movement
By: guest98 Date: May 27, 2023, 6:38 pm
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HTML https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/1/france-criticised-at-un-over-police-violence-racism
It's OK for France to be "white".
France criticised at UN over police violence, racism
The UN’s Human Rights Council calls on France to reduce police
violence and take steps to address racism.
[quote]
Paris was also called out for religious intolerance, attacks
against migrants and racial profiling by several countries at
the UN Council as members carried out France’s Universal
Periodic Review (UPR) – a process all 193 UN countries must
undergo every four years.
The US representative at the UN Council, Kelly Billingsley, said
her country wanted Paris to “expand efforts to counter crimes
and threats of violence motivated by religious hatred such as
anti-Muslim hate, including cases of harassment, vandalism, and
assault”.
Meanwhile, China urged France to “stop measures that violate
rights of migrants” and Brazil and Japan highlighted the
importance of stopping “racial profiling by security forces”.
[/quote]
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: May 27, 2023, 6:45 pm
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[quote]The US representative at the UN Council, Kelly
Billingsley, said her country wanted Paris to “expand efforts to
counter crimes and threats of violence motivated by religious
hatred such as anti-Muslim hate, including cases of harassment,
vandalism, and assault”.
Meanwhile, China urged France to “stop measures that violate
rights of migrants” and Brazil and Japan highlighted the
importance of stopping “racial profiling by security
forces”.[/quote]
Isn't it nice to see four former victims of Western colonialism
unite to condemn a former Western colonial power? This is what
we want more of!
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: June 2, 2023, 11:45 pm
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Encouraging:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHOpO0IydBY
HTML https://a-z-animals.com/media/2022/12/shutterstock_478448251-1024x576.jpg
Of course this is only the first step. Decolonization is only
complete when Denmark has been totally destroyed. Hopefully
Greenland can, together with other victims of historical Danish
colonization:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_overseas_colonies
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_Gold_Coast
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_India
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tharangambadi
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serampore
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicobar_Islands
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_West_Indies
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_slave_trade
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_East_India_Company
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_West_India_Company
one day participate in the future war of annihilation against
Denmark.
See also:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/denmark/
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: June 9, 2023, 2:19 am
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07TiI6gSpu8
Woke comments:
[quote]Russia has long been unpopular in Central Asia; they are
regarded as racist and colonialists, and that goes back several
centuries.
Russia and China are natural rivals and inevitably the
relationship will be difficult.[/quote]
[quote]China will understand that, in order to create a viable
alternative from the West, it needs to ditch russia, and
cooperate closely with India, South Korea, Indonesia, Japan,
Vietnam and Thailand, with a genuine respect.[/quote]
[quote]one of these days China is going to liberate Russia from
the Russians. and save the world[/quote]
(Unfortunately, almost certainly not so long as Eurocentrist Xi
remains in power.....)
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