Acknowledgement of Occupations on Occupied Land is Essential
Submitted on October 14, 2011
By Harsha Walia - October 14, 2011
...[T]he word Occupy has understandably ignited criticism from Indigenous people. While occupations are commonly associated with specific targets...Occupy Vancouver (or any other city) has a deeply colonialist implication...[I]t erases the brutal history of occupation and genocide of Indigenous peoples that settler societies have been built on. This is not simply a rhetorical or fringe point; it is a profound and indisputable matter of fact that this land is in fact already occupied.
