dialectical madness

western history equals white mythology

interview with artist mahader tesfai:

[i] what does this photo mean?

[mt] this photo is meant to challenge the status of history

[i] is it a western myth?  

[mt] yes, precisely. that is the question.  

[i] what informed this photo?

[mt] dialogues and readings of angela davis, edward said,  matthew shenoda, g.c. spivak, arundhati roy, homi bhabha

[i] what is  the role of third world narratives?

[mt] to decolonize history 

[i] who is the photographer?

[mt] my friend duwayno robertson

El dolor de una madre ante el asesinato de su hijo el joven Luis Morales Jiménez estudiante del IPN durante una manifestación comunista en la Ciudad de México el 1 de Mayo de 1952 fotografía de Faustino Mayo y mural realizado por David Alfaro Siqueiros.

Cruda realidad de la lucha social en México.

Eric Andre is Jewish btw. I feel like a lot of people assume he isn't bc of racism or bc they assume every word out of his mouth is sarcastic but he is Jewish and has talked about it.

I hope western leftists know that standing for a free Palestine is not the end of decolonization. I've seen far too many white leftists who proudly stand for freeing Palestine which is good but then get nervous and apprehensive at the idea of decolonizing the very land they are on. Norway will recognize Palestine but actively tear down Sámi liberation. Liberation for one people means it for us all. If you support Palestinian liberation but deny it for the Indigenous people of the land you're on then you didn't stand for Palestinians or any of us to begin with.

Oppression anywhere is oppression everywhere, and that includes at home

Vladimir Tretchikoff (Russian,1913-2006)

African Drummer

Oil on canvas

"Pride was a Riot"

Pasteups in Pittsburgh

Ethiopian Orthodox

Photo: Jordi Cohen