Thinking a lot today about #Omelas and how 1. in our real world there are several million children locked away for our benefit and 2. there is really nowhere left to walk away to if you think "I don't want to be part of this," so it's either be complacent and complicit, or tear it all down. #leguin

Anyway, #freecongo #freepalestine #freesudan #freehaiti #freepuertorico #freehawaii #libterationforall

Video essay of the year dropped just yesterday, and it's only March! It's a LONG one, but it's gotta be one of the best videos essays I've ever watched.

If you want to watch it, I'd recommend viewing it in sessions. There are chapters in the description to help navigate it.

Astronomy has a colonialism problem | Dr. Fatima
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7hK5_Rj--8

#FreeHawaii #FreePalestine #Colonialism #Decolonization #Academia #Astronomy #USPol #History #USHistory

astronomy has a colonialism problem

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#HawaiianKingdom #Constitution compared to US version. From the very beginning, the Divine Right is to OBTAIN safety and happiness, not merely the #wageslavery pursuit of happiness through endless consumption, all the way into the grave.

ARTICLE 1. God hath endowed all men with certain inalienable rights; among which are life, liberty, and the right of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.

http://hawaiiankingdom.org/constitution.shtml

#FreeHawaii

Hawaiian Kingdom Constitution of 1864

The Web site of the acting Hawaiian Kingdom Government presently operating within the occupied State of the Hawaiian Islands.

Hawaiian Kingdom Constitution of 1864

The Web site of the acting Hawaiian Kingdom Government presently operating within the occupied State of the Hawaiian Islands.