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  1. S2.3 now on YouTube!

    The situation in Lebanon today is bleak. Carved out of the remains of the Ottoman Empire and subjected to years of colonialism-lite administration by France, its economy and infrastructure have been devastated by a long civil war, overlapping occupations by Syria and Israel, and corruption on a massive scale. Since 2019, Lebanon has been in the midst of a severe financial crisis, with widespread unemployment and hyperinflation. Now 80% of the population is poor and Lebanon is on the brink of becoming a failed state.

    And yet, JD Harlock, Poetry Editor at Solarpunk Magazine, who lives in Beirut, believes in solarpunk. Join us for this episode to find out how that can be and what day to day life is like in Beirut right now.

    youtu.be/1BTJV9QKxw4

    #solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #Beirut #Lebanon #BeirutExplosion
    #BeirutLebanon #hopepunk #hopeDespitePoliticalDisaster #podcast #interview #interviewPodcast #OttomanEmpire #economics #history #MiddleEasternHistory #colonialism #poetry SolarpunkMagazine #solarpunk poetry #poetryEditor #LebaneseCivilWar #civilWar #FrenchColonialism #infrastructure #financialCrisis #LebanonFinancialCrisis #LebaneseFinancialCrisis #Syria #Israel #unemployment #hyperinflation #hope

  2. archive.org/details/slavery-an

    Slavery and the French Revolutionists (1788-1805) by Anna Julia Cooper; Frances Richardson Keller

    Topics
    #slavery, #blackchattelslavery, #antiblackness, #frenchrevolution, #HaitianRevolution, #frenchempire, #frenchcolonialism, #frenchimperialism, #Haiti, #paris, #translatlanticslavetrade, #abolitionists, #abolitionism, #Martinique, #Matinik, #Matnik, #counterrevolution

    The first translation and publication of a 1925 doctoral dissertation written for the University of Paris by a 67-year-old Black amerikan expatriate woman who had been born a slave. Her study of the french revolutionists' view of slavery is crucial to understanding the growth of human rights.

  3. archive.org/details/Sarraounia

    Sarraounia by Med Hondo

    Topics #SarraouniaMangou, #VouletChanoineMission, #Niger, #Azna, #frenchcolonialism, #whitesupremacy, #Lougou, #MedHondo

    Sarraounia is a 1986 historical drama film written and directed by Med Hondo (1936-2019), featuring Aï Keïta as the eponymous character. It is based on a novel of the same name by Nigerien author Abdoulaye Mamani (1932-1993), who co-wrote the screenplay. The novel and film concern the real-life Battle of Lougou between Azna queen Sarraounia Mangou and the advancing French Colonial Forces of the Voulet-Chanoine Mission in 1899. The French CNC (centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée) refused to support the film, attempting to block its funding and distribution. Thomas Sankara (1949-1987) personally intervened as President of Burkina Faso, enabling the funding and production of the film.