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27 April: Freedom Day – The Dawn of Democracy in South Africa

On 27 April, South Africa celebrates its most significant public holiday: Freedom Day. This day is more than just a day off work or a date on the calendar; it is the emotional and historical heartbeat of the nation. It commemorates the first post-apartheid election held on that date in 1994—a seismic moment that marked the official end of institutionalized racial oppression and the birth of the “Rainbow Nation.” To understand the weight of Freedom Day, one must confront the system it […]

https://sowetoapparel.wordpress.com/2026/04/27/27-april-freedom-day-the-dawn-of-democracy-in-south-africa/

Populist.in 💥 Populism Sep 19, 2025

»The #RainbowNation: A Crisis of #EthnoPopulism in #SouthAfrica.« https://hir.harvard.edu/the-rainbow-nation-a-crisis-of-ethno-populism-in-south-africa/?Populist.in #FactCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement

The Rainbow Nation: A Crisis of Ethno-Populism in South Africa

Although the multiculturalism of post-apartheid South Africa once led Nelson Mandela to popularize the phrase “rainbow nation,” this ideal now hangs in the balance at a crossroads of South African politics.

Harvard International Review

Ms. Que Banh Nov 24, 2024

Reminder:

I am a #disabled #Asian #AnarchoSocialist & don't support any forms of colonial governments. I am huge on #decolonization & fighting for overdue #justice & #reparations & #equity for #POC communities.

I loathe #colonial #cops & their aligning #bigot governments - want to smash up all #ecocidal corporations & want a lot of #PublicServants aka #POLITICIANS in prison for their multiple #CrimesAgainstHumanity.

#AsianMastodon #Activist #HumanRights #SocialJustice #EcoJustice #RainbowNation #RiseUpAgainstColonialism #MatriarchRising #ArisingAunties #PowerToThePeoples #WomenOfTheResistance #CDNpoli #BCpoli #POCJusticeNow

Ms. Que Banh Nov 5, 2024

#Cree bro-friend comrade, Daun/Totem, doing Indigenous drum ceremony at Waterfall resistance camp.

From 2021 frontlines.

#RainbowNation #DirectAction #ClimateAction #blockade #FairyCreekBlockade #Comrades #CorporateMercenaries #BritishColumbia #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #VancouverIsland #PortRenfrew #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Activists #Protest #TreesOverGreed #PNW #StandEarth #EcoJustice #AbolishRCMPCIRG #BCpoli #BCNewDeathParty #BCForestryReform #FuckTheBCGovernment #CDNpoli #BigotsWithBadges #KKKanada #ACAB #CDNpoli #BritishColumbia #monochrome #ColonialResistance

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Ms. Que Banh Nov 5, 2024

All three of us have faced multiple violent threats & assaults from RCMP. All three of us refused to bow down to any colonial corporate entities. All three of us lost loved ones to colonial violence. We are not built like some other women. We are women in active colonial resistance & it is a lifelong commitment. We do not have or will ever have white privileges. We respect our white comrades who have done heavy decolonization work a lot. We do not really respect anyone who always obeys any colonial masters & does not challenge them.

#WarriorWomen #POCcommunity #ColonialResistance #Decolonization #RainbowNation #Activists #MatriarchRising #WomenOfResistance

Ms. Que Banh Nov 4, 2024

#RainbowNation #Resistance.

With #SisterFriends at frontlines. Warrior POC women against ongoing colonial ecocide. I had not slept for 3 days & had not bathed in 8 days at that time. I was chaining myself to bridge & other infrastructure for over a week. I had experienced over 50 RCMP CIRG raids by this time & refused to stop fighting back. We, war survivors, do not back down from colonial forces easily.

2021, from the frontlines.

#DirectAction #ClimateAction #blockade #FairyCreekBlockade #Comrades #CorporateMercenaries #BritishColumbia #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #VancouverIsland #PortRenfrew #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Activists #Protest #TreesOverGreed #PNW #StandEarth #EcoJustice #AbolishRCMPCIRG #BCpoli #BCNewDeathParty #BCForestryReform #FuckTheBCGovernment #CDNpoli #BigotsWithBadges #KKKanada #ACAB #BritishColumbia #monochrome #ColonialResistance #FuckTheRCMP #Frontliners #Solidarity #Decolonize

Ms. Que Banh Nov 4, 2024

#MonochromeMonday

Posting some of my older photos because I've been stuck at home for a bit & I have a ton of old photo memories.

This is from 2021. I went up for frontlines arrestees court support in #Nanaimo. Pictured here with sister-friend Ojistoh, Grandma Losa, Chiykotin & sister-friend Raven(Wolf) in front of Nanaimo courthouse.

#RainbowNation #POC #Indigenous #Landback #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #activists #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #LastStandForAncientForests #VanIsle #Decolonize #ColonialResistance #AbolishRCMPCIRG #DefundRCMP #EcoJustice #SocialJustice #Resistance #Dissidents #monochrome #WaterProtectors #ForestDefenders