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Sarah Shurrab: The Second Greatest Sorrow & A Journey of Displacement
Writer and teacher Sarah Shurrab from Gaza invites us into the raw heartbreak of losing her home, a pain second only to losing loved ones. Narrating her life moving from house to tent, she captures the profound daily ache of displacement.
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Who Holds the Gavel? Why One Country Can Stop the World
From the 2025 Gaza ceasefire vetoes to the landmark adoption of Resolution 2803, the UN Security Council remains a house divided by 1945 rules. OGA examines why leaders like President Lula and the African Union are demanding an end to “colonial” paralysis in favor of a 2026 reality.
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Simone Grace Seol: Reimagining AI, Life, and Abundance Beyond Colonial Frames
Simone Grace Seol reimagines AI, wealth, and creation through a lens rooted in relationality, ancestral knowledge, and decolonial thinking. Her work challenges extractive frameworks, centering global majority perspectives while integrating ethical stewardship, community care, and abundance as life-affirming practices.
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Lilla Watson: Your Liberation is Bound Up with Mine & The Wisdom of Anti-Paternalism
Reconnect with the amazing Aunty Lilla Watson, as OGA Voices celebrates the enduring legacy of this Murri elder, one of the First Peoples of the Sahul Continent. Grounded in her Gangulu Country, her wisdom redefined solidarity, teaching us that genuine engagement is not charity, but a mutual necessity for collective liberation.
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2 Plus 2 Equals 5: Truth, Power, and the Courage to Question the Status Quo
An exploration of how the “2+2=5” logic of empire erodes truth and sovereignty, this inquiry into Raoul Peck’s 2025 Orwellian documentary critique examines the synthesis of state control and misinformation, calling for a radical, collective return to evidence and justice.
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The Guest House of the Soul: Rumi’s Wisdom for Resisting Empire
A reflection on Rumi’s Persian roots, his poem “The Guest House,” and what his wisdom offers the global majority facing imperial aggression today. We stand with Iran, Palestine, Venezuela, Lebanon, Yemen, South Sudan — and with the sovereignty of all peoples against despotism and empire.
If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is tied up with mine, then let us work together.
Lilla Watson (Indigenous Murri Elder of the First Nations of Sahul Continent, 1970)
