#AmReading the perfect example of a wishful, romanticized #memoir written by a wonderful storyteller with command of several languages and the objective of looking for the joy, the music, laughter, and love. What this memoir does to undermine the work of the #TruthandReconciliationCommission (#TRC) and #RCAP is the question?

#IndigenousPeoples #Canada #books #bookstodon

I still sometimes hear well-educated people being surprised that Western corporations can pay to commit war crimes (sexual violence and killing and torturing civilians) without being sued. (Of course, non-Western corps can do that too.)

#CocaCola funded the #AUC #DeathSquad in the 1990s, according to #SalvatoreMancuso [1], speaking at the Colombian #TruthAndReconciliationCommission, the "Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz" (JEP) [2].

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/19/colombia-paramilitary-salvatore-mancuso-auc-death-squads

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Jurisdiction_for_Peace