What We Mean When We Say “Decolonize This Place”
Join us for a dynamic live Q&A discussion with New Afrikan activist Akili Abara, Oglala Lakota activist Sungmanitu Bluebird, and Palestinian activist Thaer Husien as we delve into the meanings and current situation behind the decolonial movement within the so-called United States. Explore and engage with our voices as we navigate the ongoing fight within the imperial epicenter of the world, and our shared visions for a future liberated from these militaristic technocrats fueled by European revisionism.
Featured Panelists
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Sungmanitu Bluebird
Sungmanitu Bluebird is an Oglala Lakota activist, researcher, writer, and political educator whose work synthesizes Marxism with Indigenous knowledge and decolonial Marxist theory and practice.
They are a former member of the Red Nation, a mutual aid movement builder, and an organizer with the Chunka Luta Network, a project meant to push decolonial Marxism-Leninism as described by the Guyanese Marxist academic, writer, and educator, Walter Rodney.
Sungmanitu grew up in both Detroit and on Pine Ridge reservation while currently based in Michigan's upper peninsula.
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Akili Abara
Akili Abara (New Afrikan) was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio.
Akili is the serving Minister of Information for the Republic of New Libya and a member of the Cleveland Housing Collective.
Akili is pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Teaching Education with a focus on New Afrikan History.
He seeks to educate New Afrikan youth in their studies about the history of struggling for independence and self-determination.
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Thaer Husien
Thaer Husien is a Palestinian educator living on Turtle Island.
He is a co-founder of The Posterity Alliance, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer based in the Republic of Georgia, a Fulbright scholar in Amman, Jordan, and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from American University.
His upcoming debut novel, Beside the Sickle Moon, is near-future literary activism based on Israel's occupation of Palestine represented by Daraja Press.