we re going back to our homes. september 26 is when it was supposedly finished. a big melee happened. some of the soldiers had their bayonets on, because they were afraid. they were totally, totally afraid of the people who were coming out. there were a lot of arrests on that day. and this ain t a surrender either! we were still not surrendering, because the land dispute is still in full force. it s not been settled. i mean, the golf course sparked a discussion about the real issues that indigenous people have been fighting for for centuries, which is land dispossession, protection of our languages and culture, our way of life. so it woke up people, i would say. it woke up people. the mohawk activist ellen katsi tsakwas. well, that s all for this edition of witness history here at the people s history museum in manchester. from me and the rest of
While tracing his own family’s journey from Ireland to Aotearoa New Zealand, Richard Shaw encountered how much ‘selective amnesia’ about the colonial past still shapes our lives today.
14 May 2022 - For somewhat over a decade now, a theme in South Africa’s land politics has been whether a new system of landholding is necessary. This is a different issue from the problems of forcible dispossession in the past or the distribution of property ownership today, but is arguably of greater importance.
we did decide to end it, we had had enough and said we were going back to our homes. september 26 is when it was supposedly finished. a big melee happened. some of the soldiers had their bayonets on because they were afraid of the people who were coming out. there were a lot of arrests on that day. there were still not surrendering because the land was still in full force. dispute was still in full force. it hasn t been settled. the golf course sparked a discussion, but the real issues that people have been fighting for centuries. which is protection of our languages and culture. land dispossession. 0ur way of life. so, it woke up people, i would say. that s all for this edition of witness history.