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The account wrote the whole story that the Herero came to Namibia as conquerors, displaced the San, and made the Damara into servants. According to the account, when the Germans arrived, there was no Namibia yet, but instead an area with bloody wars and changing fronts. There, there was neither writing nor roads, and before colonialism, significantly fewer people lived in the desert land than afterwards. In the Battle of Waterberg, the Nama fought together with the Germans against their traditional enemies, the Herero, according to the account. #Namibia #Kolonialismus #Geschichte (translated)

The exhibition "Controversial Kinship" at the German Historical Museum sheds light on the contentious debate over comparative approaches between colonialism and the Holocaust and presents historical facts to counter the widespread postcolonial ideology that views the Holocaust as one of many mass murders. #Kolonialismus #Holocaust #Postkolonialismus (translated)

The author of the contribution stated that the Palestinian flag has become a universal symbol of the struggle for justice and against colonialism. He described it as ironic that its predecessor was, according to him, designed by Mark Sykes 109 years ago, whom he referred to as a co-author of the imperial division of the Middle East between Britain and France. https://t.co/WvvlM0xRR9 #Palestina #spravedlnost #historie #CZ #PS #GB #FR (translated)

Yaron Nadbornik criticized Heikki Hiilamo's column published in Yleisradio, stating that it presented a one-sided image connecting the actions of Israel's leadership, Finnish Christian groups, and Minister Antti Häkkänen's visit to the structures of oppression. Nadbornik argued that the column's treatment of Israel and Zionism made Jews collectively responsible and expanded the criticism to also include Israel's supporters and Jews in general. According to Nadbornik, Hiilamo's text divided the parties into white and Christian oppressors and non-white and Muslim victims. He said this framing overlooked the Jewish roots, history, and vulnerability in the Middle East, as well as the fact that millions of people from various backgrounds lived in Israel. He also believed that the framework wrongly fit the conflict into a narrative of Western colonialism and racism and presented Israel as a refuge for a people without another homeland. Nadbornik wrote that the prejudices against Jews were based on their otherness. He noted that studies had shown that Jews living in the diaspora were unjustly held accountable for the actions of the state of Israel. He argued that Hiilamo's rhetoric, which connected Christian groups and ministerial visits with the suffering in Gaza, reinforced this framework. Nadbornik recalled the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, describing it as a massacre involving rapes, mutilations, and the abduction of civilians, including babies, festival-goers, and the elderly, into Israel. He called it the largest single act of violence against Jews since the Holocaust. According to Nadbornik, Hiilamo overlooked the fact that Hamas and Hezbollah openly sought the destruction of Israel in connection with Israel's military actions. He believed that framing the terror attack merely as a security threat or comparing it to Russia's invasion of Ukraine ignored the rights of Israeli citizens to exist and be protected. https://t.co/PFvBFdaoiQ #Israel #Juutalaiset #Rasismi (translated)

Anne Nevgi wrote that she had read Hiilamo's column and found it full of ideological and anti-Israel interpretations. According to her, the bias of the column was evident in that the facts presented were interpreted in an anti-Israel way and events were framed through colonialism, racism, and whiteness. Nevgi argued that Hamas's brutality was not addressed and the origins of the Gaza conflict were not considered. She stated that the column created a misleading picture and inaccurately equated two different wars. #IsraelinKonflikti #Ideologiat #Propaganda (translated)

Zbigniew Bogucki wrote that partitions, occupation, and communism did not manage to break Polishness or the spirit of the Church. He quoted President Karol Nawrocki from a meeting with the American Polonia in New York. Nawrocki said that the Catholic Church upheld Polish identity during the partitions, occupation, and after 1945, when — as he described it — Poland was a Soviet colony. He also mentioned the 1980s when some non-practicing Poles associated their aspiration for freedom and sovereignty with the Church. #Polska #Kościół #tożsamość (translated)

The author asked Bratricek why he deleted a tweet from 2024, in which he allegedly claimed that Trump would not be a pro-Russian president and that others were idiots. Bratricek insultingly addressed him and accused him of showing off in front of people he considered much smarter and more educated than himself. #Trump #politika #českápolitika (translated)

The Netherlands has returned the 'diamond of Banjarmasin', which was stolen by the colonial authorities in 1859, along with nineteen other cultural objects, to Indonesia, as a result of the advice of the Colonial Collections Committee. #Restitutie #KolonialeErfgoed #Banjarmasin (translated)

"With this return, we contribute to the restoration of historical injustice. These objects have great cultural and historical value for Indonesia. They should never have been in the Netherlands. We are now righting this wrong." #TeruggaveCultuur #Kolonialisme #DiamantVanBanjarmasin (translated)

The author wrote that the government bill on the KRS appealed to the lowest instincts of public life. He claimed that it subordinated Poland to EU institutions in matters of competencies that—he noted—were never transferred to Brussels. In his opinion, the bill grossly violated the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. https://t.co/FOcpG5vQkJ #Polska #Konstytucja #UE #PL #EU (translated)

Nata Acosta wrote that if President Nawrocki leads to the signing of an extradition agreement with the Philippines, people should show him exceptional recognition. She claimed that among European countries, the Philippines have such an agreement only with Spain, which she linked to the colonial past. #Polska #Filipiny #ekstradycja (translated)