#Colonialism in a nutshell!
“Colonialism demands history begin past the point of colonization precisely because, under those narrative conditions, the colonist’s every action is necessarily one of self-defense. The story begins not when the wagons arrive, but only after they are circled." - Omar El Akkad
c: @keposjaj
A book! A comic! A hybrid-book-comic-essay thing!
You know how you sometimes only look at the pictures when you buy an academic book? Well here you are ENCOURAGED to! The main arguments are in the comics, the text offers references, methods & background.
Available from EPFLPress & soon internationally via Chicago University Press (pre-order available).
“At one moment when President Richard Nixon was taking part in his inauguration ceremony, he appeared flanked by Lyndon Johnson and Billy Graham […] it was one of those historical coincidences which send a little shudder through the mind…”
– George MacDonald Fraser, THE STEEL BONNETS (1971)
3/5
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1126/ Finland will exit global land mine treaty as Russia fears grow – POLITICO #AlexanderStubb #Baltics #Borders #Defense #DonaldTrump #Finland #News #Poland #Russia #Ukraine #UnitedStates #VladimirPutin #War #WarInUkraine #World
Cell Phone OPSEC for Border Crossings
I have heard stories of more aggressive interrogation of electronic devices at US border crossings. I know a lot about securing computers, but very little about securing phones.
Are there easy ways to delete data—files, photos, etc.&#... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/cell-phone-opsec-for-border-crossings.html
Poema de mi amiga Danielle, ilustración por mi 
#borders #landback #acab #frontera #decolonizar #decolonisation #ilustracion #illustration #kidlit #kidlitart
![Ilustración de cuatro niñes, un búho pigmeo y un joven lobo mexicano. Le niñe en el centro tiene los brazos bien abiertos, empujando y derribando los barrotes del muro fronterizo entre el llamado “México” y los llamados “Estados Unidos”. Sobre la cabeza de este niñe está parado un sabio búho pigmeo con las alas bien abiertas; a la izquierda, de pie, un joven lobo gris mexicano parece feroz y protector de su hábitat; del mismo lado, pero hacia arriba, una niña con el cabello en dos trenzas; del lado derecho, un niño, sonriendo ampliamente, sin un diente, con el puño levantado en señal de triunfo y rebelión; del mismo lado, más cerca de la tierra, se asoma una niña con el cabello rizado, ella sonríe y deja caer una lágrima por su mejilla. Hay cactus y otras plantas nativas de la zona. En la parte superior, en el cielo, se lee el texto: “LAS FRONTERAS NO SON REALES.” en rojo, en la parte inferior, sobre la arena se lee el texto: “LOS MUROS SON FALTA DE IMAGINACIÓN.” en letras negras. Fin de la descripción]](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/249/144/955/602/902/original/905c26d1a4ccc060.png "Ilustración de cuatro niñes, un búho pigmeo y un joven lobo mexicano. Le niñe en el centro tiene los brazos bien abiertos, empujando y derribando los barrotes del muro fronterizo entre el llamado “México” y los llamados “Estados Unidos”. Sobre la cabeza de este niñe está parado un sabio búho pigmeo con las alas bien abiertas; a la izquierda, de pie, un joven lobo gris mexicano parece feroz y protector de su hábitat; del mismo lado, pero hacia arriba, una niña con el cabello en dos trenzas; del lado derecho, un niño, sonriendo ampliamente, sin un diente, con el puño levantado en señal de triunfo y rebelión; del mismo lado, más cerca de la tierra, se asoma una niña con el cabello rizado, ella sonríe y deja caer una lágrima por su mejilla. Hay cactus y otras plantas nativas de la zona. En la parte superior, en el cielo, se lee el texto: “LAS FRONTERAS NO SON REALES.” en rojo, en la parte inferior, sobre la arena se lee el texto: “LOS MUROS SON FALTA DE IMAGINACIÓN.” en letras negras. Fin de la descripción]")
#Eventi
29 marzo 2025
Primo piano di Palazzo Grillo, Genova
16:00
Monica Massari, Federica Cabras e Simona Miceli presentano a @genova il volume "Amara terra. Donne migranti, sfruttamento e forme di resistenza nelle campagne siciliane" nell'ambito della mostra dedicata al progetto #MOBS #mobilities #solidarities and imaginaries across the #borders.
Il volume è disponibile in #OpenAccess qui:
https://libri.unimi.it/index.php/milanoup/catalog/book/206?mtm_campaign=mastodon
4. Almost all media fall in this trap, but: It's wrong to call #Puntland a "semiautonomous region". Puntland is *entirely* autonomous (self-governed/controlled), now not even cooperating with #Somalia federal govt. It says it's part of Somalia in principle, but that's about it.
#geography #defacto #geopolitics #MiddleEast #Africa #borders #politics
@washingtonpost #independence #autonomy @geography @geopolitics
Driving down the street here in Duluth, MN and saw a billboard that read - in bold white letters on a black background - A TARIFF IS A TAX ON YOUR GROCERIES. I checked who had paid for the message. It was bought by the Canadian government.
While I wish the situation were different, I love the moxie. I have no notes. Please just don’t make the same mistake we did. #elbowsup #canada #minnesota #borders
A reminder that people on here telling you what your rights are at a border, who advocate things like "just don't unlock your phone" or "ask for lawyer":
A) don't seem to be lawyers
B) appear to all be US citizens
C) don't seem to have much border crossing experience
D) don't seem to have any experience being black/brown/non-english-speaking/female/trans/non binary at a border
E) and are, as far as I can tell, just straight up wrong about the law.
Maybe don't listen to them.
Ask an actual lawyer. Read your government's advice. Know that things *are* different and worse with each identity that doesn't please the KKK.
And if the above is true of you, *please* stop giving advice. Respectfully, you don't know what you're talking about and your bad advice endangers others.
We will rise above all this.
'In an interview with CBC News on Friday, [library trustees board president Sylvie] Boudreau said she was overwhelmed and near tears. Boudreau said she was "sad, disappointed, even angry, but we will rise above all this."'
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/us-border-canada-quebec-stanstead-library-1.7489528
One day, one map
Far from the reality of state control
#Migrations #Cartography #Walls #Deaths #Camps #Borders
Source: Migreurop, 2022
This is a must-read from @KimTallBear
https://kimtallbear.substack.com/p/i-wont-wave-your-national-flag-but
The nation state is not a pathway to liberation (of any kind), and all the Canadian nationalism I've seen in response to the trade war shenanigans/threats of annexation has been so dispiriting.
"Settler nationalist flag waving in any political tone is ultimately anti-Indigenous; it’s built on ongoing Indigenous death and destruction co-constituted with environmental destruction."
A new Desert Sage letter: Of haboobs, invasions, border politics, and historical memory.
Very good read on The Myth of the Hardened Border!
"Border-first approaches may be increasingly popular—and politically appealing—but they are certain to fail, and to hurt many innocent people in the process. Governments cannot solve the problems of disease, drugs, and illegal immigration by simply battening down the hatches. The challenges that come with living in an interconnected world require more than resorting to the false comfort of border control." https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/myth-hardened-border #borders #immigration #asylum #migration #quarantine #COVID19 #publichealth bordersecurity
EU countries agree phased launch of Entry/Exit System, ending years of delays.
European Union countries agreed on Wednesday to finally bring into force the Entry/Exit System (EES), the bloc's automated registry for short-stay travellers that has been repeatedly delayed over technical problems and lack of preparedness.
The agreement paves the way for a likely start of operations in autumn, though no fixed date has been set.
Is this the most civilised border on Earth?
