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(DIR) Post #AZExSc6MJcYzIYkf6u by fulanigirl@blacktwitter.io
2023-08-30T00:40:21Z
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#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Abolition @blackmastodon I didn’t throw up a post last week because I didn’t want it to be lost among the clown show theatrics. This week’s thread is a little different but definitely on point and related. Many POCs born and raised here in the US don’t normally pay a great deal of attention to what is happening to our people in other parts of the world (my apologies if you do, I am not talking about YOU), unless we have family there. 1/8
(DIR) Post #AZExSd1QtQDW9ZSF4S by fulanigirl@blacktwitter.io
2023-08-30T00:40:52Z
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#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Abolition @blackmastodon When things are bad here (OK, when are they not bad?) we can feel isolated and unsupported. But it may help you to know there are international treaties and bodies at the United Nations that specifically deal with our situation here. I mentioned one previously, CERD, when I was talking about the violent and corrupt police chief in Chicago named, John Burge. 2/8
(DIR) Post #AZExSdlA9OnSROqlLk by fulanigirl@blacktwitter.io
2023-08-30T00:41:18Z
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#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Abolition @blackmastodon CERD stands for the Convention for the Elimination All Forms of Racial Discrimination. It was the CERD review committee that demanded the US do something about Burge and the racist and violent Chicago police. That was why Burge finally got prosecuted. The UN directed the Justice Department to report back on what they were doing about him. The UN also has a treaty on discrimination. against women, CEDAW. 3/8
(DIR) Post #AZExSeX1HT4sppEywa by fulanigirl@blacktwitter.io
2023-08-30T00:41:38Z
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#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Abolition @blackmastodon But the UN entity I want to bring to your attention today is the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. It exists to hear about conditions of safety and quality of life for people of African descent. It also serves as an advisory group to the Human Rights Council. You can read about the Permanent Forum here: https://www.ohchr.org/en/permanent-forum-people-african-descent 4/8
(DIR) Post #AZExSgDF1yRg340DOS by fulanigirl@blacktwitter.io
2023-08-30T00:41:59Z
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#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Abolition @blackmastodon Today I attended a meeting entitled “ Rebuilding A Pan African Global Policy Agenda” sponsored by AdNA (Advocacy Network for Africa) where the first part of findings and conclusions from of Forums’ meetings were discussed. There will be two more sessions, one in October and one in November.Many of the issues I discuss in the abolition thread were discussed as part of the Forum’s preliminary research. 5/8
(DIR) Post #AZExShQ2XsHFn2zwyu by fulanigirl@blacktwitter.io
2023-08-30T00:42:20Z
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#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Abolition @blackmastodon State terror against People of African descent, lack of resources devoted to health and safety of our communities, reparations and the GLOBAL movement supporting them. You may have seen recently Guyana, and Barbados said they were due reparations. And the situation of Haiti was discussed in the context of reparations. The need for mental health services to address generational trauma was also raised. 6/8
(DIR) Post #AZExSih5nxVnkDz5CS by fulanigirl@blacktwitter.io
2023-08-30T00:43:11Z
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#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Abolition @blackmastodon The speakers stressed that these are truly global issues caused by colonialism and predatory capitalistic systems. We are not in this fight by ourselves although it may seem so at times. Here’s the link for AdNA is you want to check out their work or learn how you can become part of a Pan African movement. https://adnaubuntu.com/ On Guyana :https://adnaubuntu.com/ 7/8
(DIR) Post #AZExSk4sf08O2I7auu by fulanigirl@blacktwitter.io
2023-08-30T00:44:19Z
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#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Abolition @blackmastodon Barbados:https://www.npr.org/2023/01/07/1146807623/barbados-reparations-britain-caribbeanAnd, I’m sure you all saw the story that the colonial pineapple plantation system helped set the conditions for Hawaii’s fires. I encourage all of you to become more knowledgeable about the diasporic effort to bring dignity and justice to our people, no matter where we are located, even if it’s here. 8/8If @blackmastodon would like me to post more international stuff, let me know.