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Plymouth, Massachusetts: 50th National Day of Mourning, November 28, 2019.
"We didn't land on Plymouth Rock -- Plymouth Rock landed on us." - Mahtowin, United American Indians of New England (after Malcolm X)
#NDOM2019
Photos by redguard
"Thanksgiving" / Day of Mourning message from political prisoner
Look at the brilliant young people who put themselves at risk, fighting to keep our water and environment clean and safe for the generations yet to come. They are willing to confront the giant, multinational corporations by educating the general public of the devastation being caused. I smile with hope when I think of them.
We also remember our brothers and sisters of Bolivia, who are rioting in support of the first Indigenous President, Evo Morales. His commitment to the people, the land, their resources and protection against corruption is commendable. We recognize and identify with that struggle so well.
November 27, 2019: National Day of Mourning #NDOM2019
Via United American Indians of New England
Mahtowin Munro and Kimimila Sa (Kisha) James talk about the National Day of Mourning, which celebrates Indigenous resistance, on a make-believe holiday settlers celebrate as “Thanksgiving.” Learn the true history of this day and its significance to the Wampanoag people — and all Indigenous people.
Talk given at the 50th National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Mass., on Nov. 28, 2019.
The Pilgrims are glorified and mythologized because the circumstances of the first permanent English colony in North America, Jamestown, were too ugly to hold up as an effective national myth. There are efforts now to teach schoolchildren about the African slaves kept at Jamestown. But no curriculum seems to want to teach the kids about settler cannibalism. Pilgrims and Indians are a much more marketable story.
Check out the new issue of Struggle - La Lucha:
Indigenous resistance from Plymouth to Bolivia; Homeless crisis in Los Angeles; Fidel Castro's revolutionary legacy; Chicago conference refounds anti-racist alliance; and more!
Download PDF edition at http://struggle-la-lucha.org
Talk given at the 50th National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Mass., on Nov. 28, 2019.
By Mahtowin Munro
Whether it’s Australia or Honduras, Chile or Nova Scotia, Indigenous people continue to defend and protect their lands. It’s really important for those of us who live here in the U.S. to show our solidarity with others in struggle and to bring public awareness to all Indigenous struggles and all acts of violence against Indigenous peoples, not just the ones occurring in North America. We are all united in our fight against settler-colonialism, and we must remember that what happens to one of us happens to all of us.
By Greg Butterfield
Plymouth, Mass., Nov. 28 — On the fourth Thursday of November, for the 50th year on the U.S. “Thanksgiving” holiday, Indigenous people and their supporters gathered on Cole’s Hill to remember the brutal reality behind white nationalist mythology — and the heroic history of Native resistance.
In lashing wind and cold rain, an estimated 1,500 people gathered at the call of the United American Indians of New England (UAINE). They came from not only from Baltimore, Boston, Maine and New York, but from as far away as Louisiana, Manitoba, Mexico and Mauna Kea in Hawai’i. This reporter traveled on a bus organized by the Haitian community from Brooklyn, N.Y., for the 12th consecutive year.
Together, Indigenous and Black, Latinx and Asian, Arab and white, they respectfully observed the opening ceremony, listened to speakers representing many Native Nations and then marched in solidarity through the streets of Plymouth.
