From Turtle Island to Palestine National Day of Mourning 2024
From olivegreenparty @ uscpr (Instagram).
Every fourth Thursday of November, Indigenous peoples who are native to Turtle Island—otherwise known as the settler colonial United States—spend their day fasting and mourning.
This Thursday is not a holiday for all who are native to this land. Rather, it is a National Day of Mourning. It is a day to grieve the ongoing genocide colonizers committed to steal the sacred land that Indigenous peoples have tended and defended for generations.
Over 400 years later, the settler colonial United States has hardly changed.
Even today, as Biden announces a ceasefire with Hezbollah, Israel has been heavily bombing Beirut in the worst attacks of this U.S.-funded war on Lebanon. The assault will no doubt continue until the last hour—and that’s if the ceasefire holds, which remains uncertain.
Such a move is a calculated distraction to appease Americans ahead of the holiday spending season. As the world turns away, Biden is giving Israel a free pass to “focus on Gaza”—or in other words, finish wiping out Palestinians and complete the genocide.
We live under an empire that funnels $18 billion of our tax dollars to the Israeli military to mass murder Palestinian people. An empire that constructs 80+ militarized Cop Cities across the country to repress communities of color. An empire that continues to steal and abuse Indigenous lands and water.
We live in an empire built upon genocide. The only option is to resist, in solidarity with Indigenous peoples around the world.