We stand with the Christchurch Muslim community and our Kiwi friends in their time of mourning and pledge our support.
We encourage people worldwide to provide donations and support to the families of victims as soon as that information becomes available.
This type of violence and the hate that motivates it is unacceptable in any country and people worldwide have a responsibility to stand up and say no.
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When Europeans invaded the American continent in the 15th and 16th centuries, they either sought to plunder the wealth of the indigenous population or to establish colonies as an extension of the war capitalism practiced by their competing nation states. To satisfy the need for labor, European settlers imported African slaves in the 17th century, enacting, in the process, a harsh regime of exploitation throughout the colonies. Once these North American colonies achieved their independence through the formation of the United States in the late 18th century, those states continued to engage in war and expansion against the indigenous populations and to enslave people of African descent.
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