Columbus, Ohio 2019

From the genocidal aftermath of Columbus’ accidental “discovery” of the New World, to the ever-deeper encroachments of Israeli settlements into the West Bank — five hundred years of European colonialism has cast a long shadow over this world. Colonization, in its supreme arrogance, carved up the globe according to the imperial logic of accumulation, imposing artificial borders on foreign lands and seeking to subjugate restive native populations through religious indoctrination and force of arms. But despite their military superiority, ideological warfare and constant recourse to savage brutality, colonial regimes have consistently failed to crush the will of colonized people to fight back. And the reason for this is simple. Occupation breeds resistance.

Anarchists, especially those of us who have never experienced the sharp edge of colonization, have much to learn from those waging this resistance. We also have a principled imperative to align ourselves with those facing acute forms of state violence and dispossession. To this end, this episode of Trouble draws on two examples of contemporary anti-colonial struggle – those waged by the Palestinians and the Mohawks of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy against their respective oppressors, the Israeli and Canadian settler-colonial states, in hopes of drawing out lessons and increasing our capacity for producing meaningful solidarity.

Over five centuries after Christopher Columbus's death, we take a fresh look at what motivated the famed explorer to make his voyage across the Atlantic. Jamaica, the luscious Caribbean island that was then the home to descendants of Spanish and P...

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This is just a short snippet to give you a feel of what my journey to Portland OR from Columbus WI is like!

This two day journey has been awesome. Rail is such a great way to travel, even long distance in the US.

Hopefully an edited video to...

Check out our drone in the foyer of the PAST Foundation, an innovation lab in Columbus, Ohio.

This week, we look at the fierce militant protests against Columbus Day by the indigenous Mapuche nation in so-called Chile. Also, the uncompromising resistance of Normalista students, who have nearly brought the Mexican government to its knees as...

Academic historians generally do not admit to the presence of European visitors to South America until after the arrival of Christopher Columbus. Not many people have heard of this possibility because the archaeological research supporting it was ...

I'm so tired of the answer to a data breach being a free credit monitoring plan like the City of Columbus, Ohio being compromised and that's all they had to offer?#cybersecurity #computerscience#databreach#IT#ohio #columbus #columbusohio by chiefg...