Vanuatu 🇻🇺 statement on New Caledonia situation

As he flies to #NewCaledonia to meet political leaders, French President Emmanuel #Macron will be accompanied by Overseas and Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Locornu. But both ministers bear heavy responsibility for the current crisis. THREAD

Vinaka Born changeling for the amazing illustrated reflections of what you were hearing at our Pacific Conference of Churches #otintaaiplus20 conference ... using some of them in our presentation today in Samoa.

I stand in solidarity with the Indigenous Kanak people of New Caledonia, who are facing down violent French colonial forces on their homeland. Indigenous resistance is a global fight. From Palestine to Kanaky, to Aboriginal Land, together we fight for justice ✊🏾

Solidarity #FreeKanaky #Decolonise 🇳🇨👉🏿 facebook.com/PeaceMovementA… Tim Jones CWS New Zealand Pita Ligaiula Vehia Wheeler Anaïs 🇳🇨 Talei Luscia Manuia manukoreri (Nick Chesterfield) 🇵🇸❤️🖤💛🇵🇸 James Bhagwan A TePungaSomerville Moana M Dr Karly Burch (she/her) Ronny Kareni peace_news WILPF Australia #SelfDetermination 🧵

So to whichever university rakes in the loot to establish the ‘Australia-France Centre of Excellence for the Indo-Pacific’, could I humbly propose your first research study? “How French colonialism contributes to regional insecurity in the Pacific Islands.”

Lots of Australian think tanks and universities have positioned themselves to benefit from the ALP government’s work to strengthen the strategic partnership with France in the Indo-Pacific. But it seems France’s colonial policy in #NewCaledonia is causing second thoughts. THREAD

ICYMI: the guest editor for Poem-A-Day for May is kānaka poet No'u Revilla so receiving an influx of poems written by Pasifika writers this month is an intentional Oceania-curated gift, like today’s stunning poem by Marshallese poet/my sis Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner 🇲🇭🌊

Australian media reporting on the current situation in Kanaky New Caledonia, take note of this statement by PRNGO Alliance and solidarity partners below 👇🏽 🇳🇨

Selesa Tafaifa died in prison, handcuffed with a spit-hood covering her head. Before she died, she was crying for help, saying she couldn't breathe and asking for her puffer.

📢 MEDIA STATEMENT📢

The PRNGOs Alliance supports the indigenous people of Kanaky, New Caledonia. Amid Noumea's state of emergency, concerns rise about France's covert colonial agenda. Pacific groups urge UN and regional leaders to intervene. 🇳🇨✊🏾

#PacificSolidarity #Kanaky

Pacific groups call on the UN and Pacific Leaders tointervene in Kanaky-New Caledonia: The Pacific Regional Non-Governmental Organizations (PRNGOs) Alliance joins the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) and other Kanaky-New Caledonia… dlvr.it/T75cg5

Statement on #NewCaledonia from Pacific Regional Non-Governmental Organisations Alliance. Major regional church and civil society networks (PCC, PIANGO, PICAN and PANG) are joined by CSOs and youth groups around Oceania, from PNG, West Papua, Fiji, Mā`ohi Nui, NZ, and Australia.

#NewCaledonia is usually invisible in the international media, except for tourism ads promoting “a little bit of France in the South Pacific.” But President’s Macron’s botched policy on electoral reform and the traumatic reaction has sparked international headlines. THREAD.

Pro-Independence Party in Ma'ohi Nui, Tavini Huiraatira no te Ao Ma'ohi releases a statement in support of Kanak people and decolonization in Kanaky/New Caledonia
Signed by the President of the Party, Oscar Temaru

Tāvini Huiraatira Officiel

The ULMWP stands in Solidarity with FLNKS in the Self-Determination struggle against Paris's Constitutional Deprivation of Kanaky-New Caledonia Sovereignty 🇳🇨
#WestPapua4Kanaky

Writings by an earlier generation of Kanak leaders provide vital understanding about today's struggle in #NewCaledonia for recognition of #Kanak identity, culture and sovereignty. The best material is in French, but there are lots of places to start for English speakers…. THREAD

This May, Pacific Islanders in Publishing is bringing you the PI that’s too often overlooked in #API events. Interviews, book recommendations, a fun IG readathon challenge, and more! Stay tuned 🥳👇🏼