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this is one oil depot, the US and Israel hit at least two more and a refinery, nightmare

British Museum faced previously undisclosed 1991 theft Historian Barnaby Phillips’s book also recounts a separate case in which a museum employee stole more than 350 artworks.

A previously undisclosed 1991 theft at the British Museum included a gold disc pendant from the Asante Empire in modern Ghana and two pre-Columbian vases, according to a new book by historian Barnaby Phillips.

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“The hour of the barbarian is at hand. The modern barbarian. The American hour. Violence, excess, waste, mercantilism, bluff, conformism, stupidity, vulgarity, disorder.”

Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism

🏺🩸ETHNIC CLEANSING AND ARCHAEOLOGY IN LEBANON
Earlier today, the director of the Israel Antiquities Authority posted a story earlier today with the caption "combining reserve duty in the north and a visit to excavations" www.instagram.com/stories/elie...

Man tells of pride as newly emerged photo reveals Greek grandfather being led to Nazi execution

📢 Rare images showing the final moments of 200 Greek prisoners executed by the Nazis at a firing range in Athens have been acquired by Greece.

There are so many Sudanese refugees in the Gulf and I really feel for them. Escaping a conflict, having to live in the shadow of a state that is enabling it, and now being plunged into conflict again.

US-Israeli airstrikes has caused damages to the UNESCO World Heritage site Golestan Palace in Tehran, a jewel of the Qajar era.

What will happen to all the precarious and vulnerable migrant workers who work across the Gulf states? Many passport-less and at the mercy of their employers

I keep thinking Tr*mp could destroy this world and he still wouldn't feel sufficiently powerful

Palestinian children experience unspeakable abuse in these prisons. This is a very important project. Please give if you can.

This is really upsetting

Germany's longstanding strategy of artwashing is predictably sputtering out. They appear surprised that intl artists won't toe the line on genocide like Germans do. Soon the AfD will be in power, cultural funding will dry up & there will be no fig leaf to hide behind.

I can't get over how perfectly this image encapsulates our current colonial museum moment. Tony Molelia wears a cotton smock so the cloak doesn't touch his skin. It's instead held in place by a museum curator. Descendants can get only so close to their heritage in a place controlled by preservation.

France hands stolen colonial-era 'talking drum' back to Côte d'Ivoire France has handed over the Djidji Ayokwe or "talking drum" back to Côte d'Ivoire after it was looted by colonial troops in 1916. Used by the Ebrie tribe to transmit messages, the drum is one of hundre...

France hands stolen colonial-era 'talking drum' back to Côte d'Ivoire. The Djidji Ayokwe was looted by colonial troops in 1916. Used by the Ebrie people to transmit messages, it’s among hundreds of objects France is to repatriate to Africa.

Sirili Hamisi Molelia Mushi and his son Tony in winter clothes in front of the entrance to the Archaeological Centre Berlin, snow on the ground.

Descendants of Mangi Molelia of Kibosho visited Germany for the 1st time to pay respect to their (great) grandfather & 2 relatives, whose remains were identified in Berlin @kulturspk.bsky.social via DNA analysis. Molelia had been hanged on the order of colonial officers in 1900. 🧵 about their visit.

first they came for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and I said nothing, but i did laugh quite a lot

What the Royal Family’s Links to Slavery Mean in the Age of Epstein Just as the former Prince Andrew will always be royal, so will the trafficking of African people.

Why the Royal Family’s links to slavery matter in the wake of Jeffrey Epstein. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

So if you agree to receiving German cultural funding, you are structurally complicit in both genocide denial and the rehabilitation of Germany's image as they embrace fascism once again. This is the price of doing state sanctioned cultural work in Germany.

Nowadays, Germany (the second largest supplier of arms to Israel after the US) holds panels, book fairs, exhibtions on topics like decolonization around the clock. The catch is, to participate, you cannot speak on Germany's ongoing support for genocide and colonisation.

For context, I think it may still be true that Germany spends more on cultural funding than the rest of the EU combined. Why? They don't love art, but rather out of necessity, it was a policy decision to help their public image - to make ppl think of something other than Nazism.

The Germans have been calling anyone opposed to the genocide of Palestinians anti-semitic (especially Jews!) for the past 2.5 years. It's obscene and deeply unserious. I don't know why anyone would agree to take their blood money.

Lived a very long life wow, may his memory be a blessing

Nice patina on those pups!

In a recent interview, I was asked about the British Museum as a site of public history. I replied that I'm not sure that that's what the BM is engaged in. The British Museum is about power, and power frequently seeks to obscure history.

British Museum removes 'Palestine' from ancient Middle East displays

England truly is the beating heart of colonial criminality. first they steal your country, its artifacts, and your heritage. and then, when it's to the benefit of their colonies, or their colonial allies, they deny that you ever existed.

Brazen thief steals priceless Egyptian artefacts in night raid The historical items include a mummy mask and ancient jewellery.

7news.com.au/news/pricele... An unfortunate museum theft last night. @museumofloot.bsky.social

The German cultural sphere is unserious; soaked through with blood money.