Grateful for my words to be included in an anthology titled, Razing Palestine: Punishing Solidarity and Dissent in Canada, edited by Leila Marshy (
@haikuboxer ) published by Baraka books (
@barakabooks ).
“A love letter to Palestine” was a speech I originally delivered on November 29, 2024, at Parliament Hill on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Today, I am speaking from the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg. Canada as a settler colonial state is made up of broken treaty lands and stolen lands from Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, Metis). For me, spending time with Indigenous communities, whether it be at Six Nations of the Grand River or in Nunavut in the north, I learned from Indigenous communities that resistance to colonial violence and erasure takes many forms.
Resistance in Palestine by Palestinians against genocidal colonial violence and erasure also takes many forms. Not only is resistance the deepest form of love, but it is rooted in preservation of dignity, life, care, and ultimately justice. Palestinians as Indigenous Peoples to their lands which have been occupied for decades and generations since and before the ongoing Nakba, or ‘catastrophe’, began in 1948, find themselves resisting colonization and extermination because it is the necessary thing to do to protect and preserve their people and their community on their traditional lands. […]
Ultimately, Palestinians in Palestine will free and liberate themselves through their resistance efforts on the ground. But that does not absolve us from the moral obligation and legal responsibility to end Canada’s complicity, support, and active involvement in Israel’s ongoing genocide and apartheid of the Palestinian people. We have a duty to the Palestinian people through meaningful, intersectional, and unwavering solidarity to do what we can from where we are to support their efforts towards self-determination and liberation.
📸:
@beautifotomtl (from Montreal book launch event)
![Grateful for my words to be included in an anthology titled, Razing Palestine: Punishing Solidarity and Dissent in Canada, edited by Leila Marshy (@haikuboxer) published by Baraka books (@barakabooks).“A love letter to Palestine” was a speech I originally delivered on November 29, 2024, at Parliament Hill on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.Today, I am speaking from the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg. Canada as a settler colonial state is made up of broken treaty lands and stolen lands from Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, Metis). For me, spending time with Indigenous communities, whether it be at Six Nations of the Grand River or in Nunavut in the north, I learned from Indigenous communities that resistance to colonial violence and erasure takes many forms. Resistance in Palestine by Palestinians against genocidal colonial violence and erasure also takes many forms. Not only is resistance the deepest form of love, but it is rooted in preservation of dignity, life, care, and ultimately justice. Palestinians as Indigenous Peoples to their lands which have been occupied for decades and generations since and before the ongoing Nakba, or ‘catastrophe’, began in 1948, find themselves resisting colonization and extermination because it is the necessary thing to do to protect and preserve their people and their community on their traditional lands. […]Ultimately, Palestinians in Palestine will free and liberate themselves through their resistance efforts on the ground. But that does not absolve us from the moral obligation and legal responsibility to end Canada’s complicity, support, and active involvement in Israel’s ongoing genocide and apartheid of the Palestinian people. We have a duty to the Palestinian people through meaningful, intersectional, and unwavering solidarity to do what we can from where we are to support their efforts towards self-determination and liberation. : @beautifotomtl (from Montreal book launch event)](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6729247341502763303852_0_d4b553f9ce52340053235687f7ed0c0b.jpg?o=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&h=3feb7ab0a6ae3b8a9950485e4bd2d8c2)
