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- Announcing a New Irish Organization in the San Francisco Bay Area
A chara (friend), May Day Greetings! We’re excited to announce the formation of a new Irish Diaspora organization, the Irish Diaspora Decolonization Alliance – Bay Area (IDDA). The purpose of Irish Diaspora Decolonization Alliance – Bay Area is to build an Irish political, cultural, social, and educational community in the Bay Area and beyond, united … Read more
Our Purpose
The purpose of Irish Diaspora Decolonization Alliance – Bay Area (IDDA-BA) is to build an Irish political, cultural, social, and educational community in the Bay Area and beyond, united by anti-racism, socialism, feminism, LGBTQ++ liberation, accessibility, climate emergency and sixth mass extinction activism, and dedicated to the decolonization of peoples and living beings in all lands where Irish people reside.
Points Of Unity
A. End Racism in all places where Irish people reside
B. End State enforced Gender and Sex essentialism
C. End Ableism
D. End Capitalism
E. Build environmental sustainability and justice
F. Free all political prisoners and end mass incarceration
G. Refugees welcome in Ireland and Diasporic communities
H. While IDDA-BA as an organization is committed to non-violent forms of resistance, we will not dictate methods of resistance for oppressed peoples.
Specific Statements of Support & Solidarity
We recognize and support self-determination for all colonized and racially oppressed peoples, including 1. Éire (Ireland) and its Diaspora, 2. Our ‘Celtic’ cousins, 3. Colonized people across ‘Europe’, 4. Africa and its Diaspora, 5. Indigenous nations and national liberation movements throughout the ‘Western Hemisphere’ 6. Indigenous peoples and national liberation struggles in Oceania, 7. Indigenous peoples and national liberation struggles in Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA), 8. Indigenous peoples and national liberation struggles in South, Central, and East Asia, and 9. China and its Diaspora.