#ethnic — Public Fediverse posts

Jone Takamäki Trio - Bhupala I (1982).

https://youtu.be/7RF6rLnoOA8?si=nlwrhhvyN16MK48X

#JoneTakamäkiTrio #jazz #worldmusic #ethnic #downtempo #JoneTakamäki #JoneTakamaki #SamppaSalmi #AnttiHytti #Finland

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/06/met-police-specialist-unit-antisemitic-hate-crime-london-high. Few, if any, would seek to justify #antisemitism or #antisemitic #hatecrimes - I certainly wouldn't. However, are the #MetPolice doing as much about other forms of #hatecrime - against #disabled people, for example, or the #LGBTIQA #community, other #ethnic #minorities or #Muslims? No, I thought not.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/06/met-police-specialist-unit-antisemitic-hate-crime-london-high. Few, if any, would seek to justify #antisemitism or #antisemitic #hatecrimes - I certainly wouldn't. However, are the #MetPolice doing as much about other forms of #hatecrime - against #disabled people, for example, or the #LGBTIQA #community, other #ethnic #minorities or #Muslims? No, I thought not.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/06/met-police-specialist-unit-antisemitic-hate-crime-london-high. Few, if any, would seek to justify #antisemitism or #antisemitic #hatecrimes - I certainly wouldn't. However, are the #MetPolice doing as much about other forms of #hatecrime - against #disabled people, for example, or the #LGBTIQA #community, other #ethnic #minorities or #Muslims? No, I thought not.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/06/met-police-specialist-unit-antisemitic-hate-crime-london-high. Few, if any, would seek to justify #antisemitism or #antisemitic #hatecrimes - I certainly wouldn't. However, are the #MetPolice doing as much about other forms of #hatecrime - against #disabled people, for example, or the #LGBTIQA #community, other #ethnic #minorities or #Muslims? No, I thought not.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/06/met-police-specialist-unit-antisemitic-hate-crime-london-high. Few, if any, would seek to justify #antisemitism or #antisemitic #hatecrimes - I certainly wouldn't. However, are the #MetPolice doing as much about other forms of #hatecrime - against #disabled people, for example, or the #LGBTIQA #community, other #ethnic #minorities or #Muslims? No, I thought not.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/jonathan-pollard-israel-gaza-ethnic-cleansing. "Jonathan Pollard, a former US navy intelligence analyst jailed for 30 years for spying for #Israel, has said he will stand for #election to the #Knesset this year on a platform of #ethnic #cleansing. Speaking [on] #television, Pollard said: 'I personally prefer the forcible #removal of all current #residents of #Gaza, & the #annexation of Gaza & its #repopulation by us.'"

#Nepal #ethniclove #ethnic #ethnicity #indigenous #ethnicmusic #peoplegallery #indigenousknowledge #natives

A postcard from Nepal, namaste!

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Sufian Ararah - Asdaa

"Mediterranean / Oriental jazz for oud and piano, reflecting on memory and lost places."

https://getmusic.fm/l/Zuq7ft

#folk #jazz #world #ethnic #jazzy #jazzandimprovised music #orientaljazz #taksim #berlin #music

"A new #California bill would require state government forms that collect #demographic #data to add “#Jewish” as an #ethnic #identity.

This would both allow California #Jews to identify themselves as an #ethnicity for the first time and make California the first state required to collect data on Jews in this way.

Checking the box will be optional.

Currently, some state government forms ask a question about religion and include “Jewish” as a response. State Sen. #HenryStern (D-Sherman Oaks), a California Legislative Jewish Caucus member who introduced #SB1387, told J. that the state needs better demographic data on California Jews. He added that some Jews may identify as Jewish #ethnically instead of #religiously."

https://jweekly.com/2026/03/30/california-bill-would-add-jewish-identity-as-an-ethnicity-on-forms/

This sunday Anoushka Shankar will play for the first time in Chile. My father (80 years old) saw Ravi Shankar in 1973 in a sold out Theater, where several people smoked weed to enjoy the show. My dad told me the venue was full of smoke so Ravi said to the crowd in the middle of the show: "stop smoking please or ill'get out of here" 🤣 tomorrow I'll go to this show with my wife and my dad, as a gift for him, and a tribute for his musical history.. after all, he is responsible for my love of music and my transformation into a professional musician. Here is a column about her and her first visit to Chile, among other issues! I'm quite excited! Go!

https://www.latercera.com/culto/noticia/anoushka-shankar-en-mi-familia-estan-muy-emocionados-con-las-peliculas-de-los-beatles-y-con-la-de-george-harrison/

#music #anoushka #anoushkashankar #ravishankar #worldmusic #india #indianmusic #sitar #ethnic #livemusic #concerts #gig

https://www.mundoamerica.com/news/2026/03/23/69c10152fc6c83ee5f8b457c.html. Just in case anybody gets the idea that my opposition to Trump's & Netanyahu's #illegal #war against #Iran makes me a supporter of the #Iranian theocratic regime - it DOESN'T! The Mullahs' treatment of the #LGBTIQ #community in Iran is totally unacceptable, as is that of #women & #ethnic #minorities. Two wrongs have never added up to one right!

https://www.mundoamerica.com/news/2026/03/23/69c10152fc6c83ee5f8b457c.html. Just in case anybody gets the idea that my opposition to Trump's & Netanyahu's #illegal #war against #Iran makes me a supporter of the #Iranian theocratic regime - it DOESN'T! The Mullahs' treatment of the #LGBTIQ #community in Iran is totally unacceptable, as is that of #women & #ethnic #minorities. Two wrongs have never added up to one right!

https://www.mundoamerica.com/news/2026/03/23/69c10152fc6c83ee5f8b457c.html. Just in case anybody gets the idea that my opposition to Trump's & Netanyahu's #illegal #war against #Iran makes me a supporter of the #Iranian theocratic regime - it DOESN'T! The Mullahs' treatment of the #LGBTIQ #community in Iran is totally unacceptable, as is that of #women & #ethnic #minorities. Two wrongs have never added up to one right!

https://www.mundoamerica.com/news/2026/03/23/69c10152fc6c83ee5f8b457c.html. Just in case anybody gets the idea that my opposition to Trump's & Netanyahu's #illegal #war against #Iran makes me a supporter of the #Iranian theocratic regime - it DOESN'T! The Mullahs' treatment of the #LGBTIQ #community in Iran is totally unacceptable, as is that of #women & #ethnic #minorities. Two wrongs have never added up to one right!

https://www.mundoamerica.com/news/2026/03/23/69c10152fc6c83ee5f8b457c.html. Just in case anybody gets the idea that my opposition to Trump's & Netanyahu's #illegal #war against #Iran makes me a supporter of the #Iranian theocratic regime - it DOESN'T! The Mullahs' treatment of the #LGBTIQ #community in Iran is totally unacceptable, as is that of #women & #ethnic #minorities. Two wrongs have never added up to one right!

"A senior #Labour #MP has warned that #Jews and #Sikhs are repeatedly missing from vital datasets that shape #publicservice decisions, as a government review into #ethnic classification remains ongoing.

Labour MP #PreetKaurGill, who represents #Edgbaston, made the warning during a #WestminsterHall debate, arguing the issue goes to the heart of how the #UK delivers #publicservices.

She has previously been backed in her campaign for public bodies to to record Sikhs and Jews as ethnic groups by the #BoardofDeputies.

“This is not a theological discussion,” she said. “The Office for National Statistics has told all public bodies that they can only use the current ethnicity data categories for service delivery — and that is really important.”

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/mp-renews-her-call-for-jewish-and-sikh-ethnicity-to-be-recorded-by-public-bodies/

"A senior #Labour #MP has warned that #Jews and #Sikhs are repeatedly missing from vital datasets that shape #publicservice decisions, as a government review into #ethnic classification remains ongoing.

Labour MP #PreetKaurGill, who represents #Edgbaston, made the warning during a #WestminsterHall debate, arguing the issue goes to the heart of how the #UK delivers #publicservices.

She has previously been backed in her campaign for public bodies to to record Sikhs and Jews as ethnic groups by the #BoardofDeputies.

“This is not a theological discussion,” she said. “The Office for National Statistics has told all public bodies that they can only use the current ethnicity data categories for service delivery — and that is really important.”

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/mp-renews-her-call-for-jewish-and-sikh-ethnicity-to-be-recorded-by-public-bodies/

Turkana tribe man hands, Rift Valley Province, Turkana lake, Kenya by Eric Lafforgue

https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxitWO58ya00

#adults #africa #african #africanethnicity #blackbackground #chief #closeup #culture #decoration #eastafrica #elder #ethnic #ethnicity #hand #hands #horizontal #indigenouspeople #kenya #kenya7000 #lifestyle #men #nails #northkenya #oneadultonly #onemanonly #oneperson #ornament #outdoors #riftvalley #tourism

♬🐪⌛ Silk Road Mirage: https://suno.com/song/b28ea726-48d7-4bc3-b051-e268eee4772c #Oriental #Fusion #Epic #Ethnic #Percussion #Taiko #drums #Pipa #Oud #Soaring #Erhu #Melody #Eastern #Asian #Mysterious, #Adventurous #Grand #Orchestral #Strings #Sandstorm #Rhythmic #UTAU #vocaloid #ボーカロイド #music #音楽 #udio #kaiber #producer #business #industry #entertainment 🌎 #global #community #news New Idols, Stars and Character(s) for us to love ❤️ ❧

♬🐪⌛ Silk Road Mirage: https://suno.com/song/b28ea726-48d7-4bc3-b051-e268eee4772c #Oriental #Fusion #Epic #Ethnic #Percussion #Taiko #drums #Pipa #Oud #Soaring #Erhu #Melody #Eastern #Asian #Mysterious, #Adventurous #Grand #Orchestral #Strings #Sandstorm #Rhythmic #UTAU #vocaloid #ボーカロイド #music #音楽 #udio #kaiber #producer #business #industry #entertainment 🌎 #global #community #news New Idols, Stars and Character(s) for us to love ❤️ ❧

♬🐪⌛ Silk Road Mirage: https://suno.com/song/b28ea726-48d7-4bc3-b051-e268eee4772c #Oriental #Fusion #Epic #Ethnic #Percussion #Taiko #drums #Pipa #Oud #Soaring #Erhu #Melody #Eastern #Asian #Mysterious, #Adventurous #Grand #Orchestral #Strings #Sandstorm #Rhythmic #UTAU #vocaloid #ボーカロイド #music #音楽 #udio #kaiber #producer #business #industry #entertainment 🌎 #global #community #news New Idols, Stars and Character(s) for us to love ❤️ ❧

♬🐪⌛ Silk Road Mirage: https://suno.com/song/b28ea726-48d7-4bc3-b051-e268eee4772c #Oriental #Fusion #Epic #Ethnic #Percussion #Taiko #drums #Pipa #Oud #Soaring #Erhu #Melody #Eastern #Asian #Mysterious, #Adventurous #Grand #Orchestral #Strings #Sandstorm #Rhythmic #UTAU #vocaloid #ボーカロイド #music #音楽 #udio #kaiber #producer #business #industry #entertainment 🌎 #global #community #news New Idols, Stars and Character(s) for us to love ❤️ ❧

...##crosspost-timothy-snyder-ethnic-cleansing-in-ohio-nazi-lies-in-vances-america
##neofascism
#vance-nazi-wannabe
##crosspost
#timothy-snyder
#ethnic-cleansing-in-ohio
#nazi-lies-in-vances-america
#ethnic-cleansing
#springfield-ohio
#haitian-community
#big-lie-politics
#deportation-machine
#temporary-protected-status
#propaganda-and-power
#democracy-at-risk
#resist-and-record
#blood-tribe-nazis
#never-again-now
#america-soul-at-stake 3/END

Greater Attention Must Be Paid to Cultural, Artistic Commonalities Between Iran, Its Neighbors

He emphasized the impo…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #17th #according #agency #ARTISTIC #at #Attention #be #between #Center #Commonalities #cultural #Culture #Darabi #day #during #ethnic #evening #exhibition #festival #Gorgan #greater #held #in #international #Iran #ITS #made #must #neighbors #News #of #ON #paid #remarks #Second #Taghrib #the #these #tna #TO #wednesday
https://www.europesays.com/2643927/

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Hạ tầng khởi sắc, sinh kế bền vững: Bức tranh mới ở vùng cao Thanh Hóa

Việc triển khai đồng bộ các chương trình, chính sách đã mang lại chuyển biến rõ nét trong đời sống của đồng bào vùng dân tộc thiểu số và miền núi Thanh Hóa. Từ hạ tầng giao thông đến phát triển kinh tế địa phương, vùng cao đang có những bước tiến quan trọng.

#ThanhHóa #vùngcao #hạtầng #dântộc #miềnnúi #pháttriển #kinhtế #sinhkế #bềnvững #ThanhHoa #highlands #infrastructure #ethnic #development #economy #livelihood #sustaina

Hạ tầng khởi sắc, sinh kế bền vững: Bức tranh mới ở vùng cao Thanh Hóa

Việc triển khai đồng bộ các chương trình, chính sách đã mang lại chuyển biến rõ nét trong đời sống của đồng bào vùng dân tộc thiểu số và miền núi Thanh Hóa. Từ hạ tầng giao thông đến phát triển kinh tế địa phương, vùng cao đang có những bước tiến quan trọng.

#ThanhHóa #vùngcao #hạtầng #dântộc #miềnnúi #pháttriển #kinhtế #sinhkế #bềnvững #ThanhHoa #highlands #infrastructure #ethnic #development #economy #livelihood #sustaina

Hạ tầng khởi sắc, sinh kế bền vững: Bức tranh mới ở vùng cao Thanh Hóa

Việc triển khai đồng bộ các chương trình, chính sách đã mang lại chuyển biến rõ nét trong đời sống của đồng bào vùng dân tộc thiểu số và miền núi Thanh Hóa. Từ hạ tầng giao thông đến phát triển kinh tế địa phương, vùng cao đang có những bước tiến quan trọng.

#ThanhHóa #vùngcao #hạtầng #dântộc #miềnnúi #pháttriển #kinhtế #sinhkế #bềnvững #ThanhHoa #highlands #infrastructure #ethnic #development #economy #livelihood #sustaina

“A History of Deception: #US-Israeli #Pacts and the Gaza Proposal”

by Ramzy Baroud in The Palestine Chronicle

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“The history of Zionism is [..] one of #deception. This assertion is critically relevant today, as it contextualizes the so-called ‘#Trump #Gaza #proposal,’ which appears to be little more than a veiled strategy to defeat the Palestinians & facilitate the #ethnic #cleansing of [..] Gaza’s population”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/a-history-of-deception-us-israeli-pacts-and-the-gaza-proposal/

#Press #Israel #Genocide

Bar Gabi a modern Romanian bistro opend Friday in Hazel Park https://www.diningandcooking.com/2350533/bar-gabi-a-modern-romanian-bistro-opend-friday-in-hazel-park/ #Affiliate #CHEFS #cuisines #Detroit #DetroitChefs #ethnic #EthnicFoods #food #Foods #hazel #HazelPark #Italia #Italian #ItalianCuisine #italiano #italy #local #LocalAffiliateFood #Metro #MetroDetroit #Mi #news #Overall #OverallPositive #Park #positive #reservations #restaurant #RestaurantNews #RestaurantReviewsU0026Reservations #Restaurants #reviews #romania #u0026 #Vegetarian

Don’t fall for authoritarian hype. It can be stopped

#Populist #nationalist surge exposes new, unavoidable truth we ignore at our peril: #authoritarian #ethnic nationalism

It's replaced neoliberalism as dominant ideology, giving a world of firsts:

- America 1st
- India 1st
- China first
- Russia 1st
- My tribe 1st

Nationalism explains why world now has 91 #autocracies & only 88 #democracies

It's force behind almost every 1 of world’s 59 border conflicts & civil wars

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/11/reform-nigel-farage-hard-right-politics-gordon-brown-labour

@KilleansRow

Every time I hear about #racist law
#ethnic #genocide, referendum on recognition of #firstnation people rejected (Recent "Voice to parliament" in #Australia)

I am just thinking about a law abiding #xeno #NHE affirming;
"Fine, we will govern you by the way you govern your first nation people"

During the referendum, I heard a first nation elder say "... this is in both our interests..."

And while I don't specifically think he was talking about aliens, the first nation people have cultural connection going back tens of thousands of years vs a few centuries of ours.

Even though it's pretty certain first Australians encountered The grays;

@Kerplunk The definition of #genocide in itself is problematic. It states: "committed with #intent to #destroy, in whole or in part, a #national, #ethnic, #racial or #religious group". But the intent comes from the #perpetrator. And of course it will claim: we did not have that intent.

The definition of #genocide is problematic. It states: "committed with #intent to #destroy, in whole or in part, a #national, #ethnic, #racial or #religious group". But the intent comes from the #perpetrator. And of course it will claim: we did not have that intent.

‘Israel Says’ Is Not Journalism (Media Lens)

‘Israel keeps killing journalists, usually accusing them of being part of Hamas’s military, rarely offering any proof beyond its own worthless assertions.’

Israel has a long history of lying, fabrication and deceit.

https://www.medialens.org/2025/israel-says-is-not-journalism/

#israel #palestine #palestinians #gaza #west bank #occupied territories #un #united nations #war crimes #ethnic cleansing #crimes against humanity #media #news #journalism #journalist #bbc #genocide

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🧵 2/2: "Enforced #sterilization refers to forcibly sterilizing an #ethnic group as part of a systematic attack against that group, eliminating a person's ability to procreate. Widespread or systematic enforced #sterilisation is a #crimeagainsthumanity under the #RomeStatute of the #ICC" (Cornell #Law School)

After boys, anyone want to take bets #Israel will sterilise women on grounds of 'hygiene' once #Gaza is held in a #concentrationcamp in #Rafah?

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/14/lapid-olmert-slam-israels-plans-for-concentration-camps-in-gazas-rafah

#genocide

Humanitarian city would be concentration camp for Palestinians, says former Israeli PM

"Humanitarian city” Israel’s has proposed on ruins of #Rafah would be a concentration camp, forcing #Palestinians inside would be #ethnic #cleansing, Israel’s former prime minister Ehud #Olmert said

“It is a #ConcentrationCamp. I am sorry,” he said

Once inside, Palestinians are not allowed to leave

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/13/israel-humanitarian-city-rafah-gaza-camp-ehud-olmert

#Prison #prisons #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #HumanRights

Bosnia Seeks Arrest of Ethnic Serb Leader #World #arrest #Bosnia #ethnic #leader #seeks #Serb 
https://tinyurl.com/27gg2568

“In her magisterial book The Great Partition, Yasmin Khan offers a sobering conclusion: The Partition of 1947 is also a loud reminder, should we care to listen, of the dangers of colonial interventions and the profound difficulties that dog regime change. It stands testament to the follies of empire, which ruptures community evolution, distorts historical trajectories and forces violent state formation from societies that would otherwise have taken different—and unknowable—paths. Partition is a lasting lesson of both the dangers of imperial hubris and the reactions of extreme nationalism. For better or worse, two nations continue to live alongside each other in South Asia and continue to live with these legacies.”
―Caroline Elkins, "Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire"

#liberalism #raceMaking #hinduism #violence #brutalization #ethnic #religion #IndianSubcontinent #India #Pakistan #Bangladesh #colonialism #British #BritishEmpire #BritishRule #CarolineElkins #Elkins #book #quotes #regimeChange

“For nearly a thousand years, communities on the Indian subcontinent had coexisted in a cultural melting where religious identity was less salient than ethnic or linguistic identity. “A hybrid Indo-Islamic civilization emerged,” according to the historian of India William Dalrymple. “In the nineteenth century, India was still a place where traditions, languages, and cultures cut across religious groupings, and where people did not define themselves primarily through their religious faith.” Much as communities had negotiated means of coexistence in pre-Mandate Palestine only to see them unravel during British rule, the subcontinent’s communal arrangements corroded when the full weight of Britain’s colonial state bore down on them. The Raj’s divide and rule policies produced a chemical-like reaction, shattering long-standing traditions of coexistence and interacting with local personalities who had their own ambitions, passions, and allegiances. It was another liberal experiment in empire gone horribly wrong, and on a scale so epic that once history’s chain of contingent events combusted, no one could contain it.”

Excerpt from Caroline Elkins' #book, "Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire"

@bookstodon hat-tip @markvonwahlde

#liberalism #castism #raceMaking #hindouism #beliefs #violence #brutalization #ethnic #religion #islamophobia #IndianSubcontinent #India #Pakistan #Bangladesh #colonialism #British #preBritish #BritishEmpire #BritishRule #bookStodon #CarolineElkins

“For nearly a thousand years, communities on the Indian subcontinent had coexisted in a cultural melting where religious identity was less salient than ethnic or linguistic identity. “A hybrid Indo-Islamic civilization emerged,” according to the historian of India William Dalrymple. “In the nineteenth century, India was still a place where traditions, languages, and cultures cut across religious groupings, and where people did not define themselves primarily through their religious faith.” Much as communities had negotiated means of coexistence in pre-Mandate Palestine only to see them unravel during British rule, the subcontinent’s communal arrangements corroded when the full weight of Britain’s colonial state bore down on them. The Raj’s divide and rule policies produced a chemical-like reaction, shattering long-standing traditions of coexistence and interacting with local personalities who had their own ambitions, passions, and allegiances. It was another liberal experiment in empire gone horribly wrong, and on a scale so epic that once history’s chain of contingent events combusted, no one could contain it.”

Excerpt from Caroline Elkins' #book, "Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire"

@bookstodon hat-tip @markvonwahlde

#liberalism #castism #raceMaking #hindouism #beliefs #violence #brutalization #ethnic #religion #islamophobia #IndianSubcontinent #India #Pakistan #Bangladesh #colonialism #British #preBritish #BritishEmpire #BritishRule #bookStodon #CarolineElkins

“For nearly a thousand years, communities on the Indian subcontinent had coexisted in a cultural melting where religious identity was less salient than ethnic or linguistic identity. “A hybrid Indo-Islamic civilization emerged,” according to the historian of India William Dalrymple. “In the nineteenth century, India was still a place where traditions, languages, and cultures cut across religious groupings, and where people did not define themselves primarily through their religious faith.” Much as communities had negotiated means of coexistence in pre-Mandate Palestine only to see them unravel during British rule, the subcontinent’s communal arrangements corroded when the full weight of Britain’s colonial state bore down on them. The Raj’s divide and rule policies produced a chemical-like reaction, shattering long-standing traditions of coexistence and interacting with local personalities who had their own ambitions, passions, and allegiances. It was another liberal experiment in empire gone horribly wrong, and on a scale so epic that once history’s chain of contingent events combusted, no one could contain it.”

Excerpt from Caroline Elkins' #book, "Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire"

@bookstodon hat-tip @markvonwahlde

#liberalism #castism #raceMaking #hindouism #beliefs #violence #brutalization #ethnic #religion #islamophobia #IndianSubcontinent #India #Pakistan #Bangladesh #colonialism #British #preBritish #BritishEmpire #BritishRule #bookStodon #CarolineElkins

“For nearly a thousand years, communities on the Indian subcontinent had coexisted in a cultural melting where religious identity was less salient than ethnic or linguistic identity. “A hybrid Indo-Islamic civilization emerged,” according to the historian of India William Dalrymple. “In the nineteenth century, India was still a place where traditions, languages, and cultures cut across religious groupings, and where people did not define themselves primarily through their religious faith.” Much as communities had negotiated means of coexistence in pre-Mandate Palestine only to see them unravel during British rule, the subcontinent’s communal arrangements corroded when the full weight of Britain’s colonial state bore down on them. The Raj’s divide and rule policies produced a chemical-like reaction, shattering long-standing traditions of coexistence and interacting with local personalities who had their own ambitions, passions, and allegiances. It was another liberal experiment in empire gone horribly wrong, and on a scale so epic that once history’s chain of contingent events combusted, no one could contain it.”

Excerpt from Caroline Elkins' #book, "Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire"

@bookstodon hat-tip @markvonwahlde

#liberalism #castism #raceMaking #hindouism #beliefs #violence #brutalization #ethnic #religion #islamophobia #IndianSubcontinent #India #Pakistan #Bangladesh #colonialism #British #preBritish #BritishEmpire #BritishRule #bookStodon #CarolineElkins

“For nearly a thousand years, communities on the Indian subcontinent had coexisted in a cultural melting where religious identity was less salient than ethnic or linguistic identity. “A hybrid Indo-Islamic civilization emerged,” according to the historian of India William Dalrymple. “In the nineteenth century, India was still a place where traditions, languages, and cultures cut across religious groupings, and where people did not define themselves primarily through their religious faith.” Much as communities had negotiated means of coexistence in pre-Mandate Palestine only to see them unravel during British rule, the subcontinent’s communal arrangements corroded when the full weight of Britain’s colonial state bore down on them. The Raj’s divide and rule policies produced a chemical-like reaction, shattering long-standing traditions of coexistence and interacting with local personalities who had their own ambitions, passions, and allegiances. It was another liberal experiment in empire gone horribly wrong, and on a scale so epic that once history’s chain of contingent events combusted, no one could contain it.”

Excerpt from Caroline Elkins' #book, "Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire"

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#liberalism #castism #raceMaking #hindouism #beliefs #violence #brutalization #ethnic #religion #islamophobia #IndianSubcontinent #India #Pakistan #Bangladesh #colonialism #British #preBritish #BritishEmpire #BritishRule #bookStodon #CarolineElkins

15 February: National Demo for Palestine

As #Palestinians continue to face #Israel’s #genocide, settler-colonialism, military #occupation and #apartheid, we must continue our campaigning in solidarity with their struggle for #freedom.

Join us in #London us we demand: freedom for Palestine, no to #ethnic #cleansing, stop arming Israel!

https://palestinecampaign.org/events/15-february-national-demo-for-palestine/

#WarCrimes #EthnicCleansing #DictatorTrump #AuthoritarianCapitalism #Gaza #HumanRights #imperialism #colonialism