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Unsettling America: Decolonization in Theory & Practice
“The Earth” (Zemliia)
We as Settlers have abandoned the land. We have successfully walled ourselves off. The wind is something that howls outside, the rain bangs on the roof, the snow is an inconvenience that needs to be shoveled away. The scents of spring blossom outside our sealed windows as we walk throughout our days on floors that were once magnificent forests. We complain about the weather, and the so-called “perfect” sunny days are just a backdrop to activities that further our appearance, our ego, our need for acquisition, and the diligent daily machinations of capitalism we enact to perpetuate the goals of Empire. And even though we have insulted Mother Earth in every way possible, she still nurtures us by providing the green growing things that end up in our tomb-like refrigerators, plastic packages, non-recyclable bottles and sealed cans.
And away out on the land, nothing human is moving, because nothing human is there. We as Settlers manage the land and leave the alterations and artifacts of our passing, but we have no interest in actually placing our frail and delicate bodies in natural spaces. From a bird’s eye view, houses sit like lifeless monoliths on the denuded landscape, with the occasional tiny human scurrying from car-pod to dwelling and back again. The creatures of the air have these ravaged territories to themselves – as does every animal, reptile and insect fully embodying their Indigenous Knowledge through all the vagaries of atmosphere, light, scent, burrow, and ground beneath their feet. Blocked in by grids of roads traversed by death-dealing machines – the real life, the true life of Turtle Island keeps thriving to the best of its ability and authentic to its song. .......read more
Unsettling America is an emerging decentralized network of autonomous groups and individuals dedicated to mental and territorial decolonization throughout Turtle Island and the “Americas.”
https://unsettlingamerica.wordpress.com
"Seeking Settler Re-landing" was published in Unsettling America: Decolonization in Theory & Practice on March 30, 2016.
https://unsettlingamerica.wordpress.com
"Seeking Settler Re-landing" was published in Unsettling America: Decolonization in Theory & Practice on March 30, 2016.
