Original Post Date
2011-12-06 08:58 PM
Original Body
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strongyour occupation is nothing new,/strong/h2
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strongyoursquo;ve been occupying since 1492./strong/p
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so now that yoursquo;ve found something to occupy youbr /
answer this, span data-scayt_word="zhaaganaasheg" data-scaytid="1"zhaaganaasheg/span*, whorsquo;s occupying who?/p
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native roots of resistance are deeper than the streets,br /
and arenrsquo;t fed by the marginal soil these movements give us,br /
what keeps us comes from within, direct line to the deep heartbr /
of us, power comes from the land, not these castles of sand./p
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if we expected the white middle class to struggle on our behalf,br /
and turn their organizational ship 180 degrees toward span data-scayt_word="decolonization" data-scaytid="2"decolonization/span,br /
we might as well just ask them to turn that shipbr /
right back to span data-scayt_word="europe" data-scaytid="3"europe/span but hey, at this point,/p
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thatrsquo;s like asking someone who shit all over your span data-scayt_word="livingroom" data-scaytid="4"livingroom/spanbr /
to just leave, instead of telling them to clean up the mess thatrsquo;s left.br /
and down on wall street, bay street, main street we the 99%br /
saw the 1% step on this turtlersquo;s back and call their own what canrsquo;t be owned,br /
and itrsquo;s at that point the games began./p
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not when they started foreclosing your homes span data-scayt_word="cos" data-scaytid="5"cos/span believe me,br /
they already foreclosed ours and thatrsquo;s exactly what keeps making it possiblebr /
for them to pull the same moves, what they did to us, theyrsquo;re doing to you./p
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you say you want a revolutionhellip;/p
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but the game wonrsquo;t end if the rules stay the same, and the number one rule isbr /
span data-scayt_word="“ssssshhhh…don’t" data-scaytid="7"ldquo;ssssshhhhhellip;donrsquo;t/span talk about revolution too loud..the Indians will hear you..rdquo;br /
because we have thoughts of revolution too, and they donrsquo;t involve any further occupations,/p
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span data-scayt_word="cos" data-scaytid="9"cos/span we have dreams beyond colonization. but you donrsquo;t want to hear about that.br /
so this is not our movement, and the roots of span data-scayt_word="biskaabiiyang" data-scaytid="11"biskaabiiyang/span* go miles further downbr /
than todayrsquo;s pounding of feet on pavements, whose streets, our streets, the wordsbr /
jarred my span data-scayt_word="nish" data-scaytid="15"nish/span ears and jammed my span data-scayt_word="nish" data-scaytid="16"nish/span heart, whose streets indeed./p
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so stay out in the streets, fight the power and keep it realbr /
this ainrsquo;t a call to pull back or a bid for inclusionbr /
but a revolution turning a blind eye to genocide is a revolutionary illusionbr /
so fuck white power on wall street, and the border pigs toobr /
span data-scayt_word="cos" data-scaytid="17"cos/span the earth and her movements are span data-scayt_word="gonna" data-scaytid="19"gonna/span get you./p
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your occupation is nothing new,br /
yoursquo;ve been occupying since 1492.br /
so now that yoursquo;ve found something to occupy youbr /
answer this, span data-scayt_word="zhaaganaasheg" data-scaytid="21"zhaaganaasheg/span*, whorsquo;s occupying who?/p
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emTo contact Jen span data-scayt_word="Emm" data-scaytid="24"Emm/span email her at uindigenouscollective@gmail.com/u. Artwork by Erin Marie span data-scayt_word="Konsmo" data-scaytid="25"Konsmo/span/emem of Toronto, Canada./em/p