Link round-up #4

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A couple more links to things I've read recently - the second isn't Celtic-nations-related, but still extremely relevant to the general topics of this journal and definitely worth the read.

Can a song save a language? - Eluned Haf, on nation.cymru

During the post-performance Q&A, Dutcher, struck by the Welsh commitment to their language, remarked, “If you can aim for a million speakers of Welsh, I can aim for a thousand speakers of Wolastoqey.” An endangered Algonquian language with only a few fluent speakers remaining [...]

Colonised by Christopher Columbus and later subjected to the ongoing conquest by millions of settlers, including the Welsh, these communities have faced immense cultural and linguistic destruction, much of which we have overlooked or misunderstood.

What has become clear to me is that, as Welsh people, we often avoid acknowledging our direct and indirect role in colonisation and imperialism, even through the medium of Welsh.

Zionism isn't what people think it is (it's worse) - Shel, on Cohost (an Internet Archive capture of the post, since Cohost will be closing down at the end of this year)

There is a misconception that Zionism is the belief that Jews from across the diaspora should all live together in the Land of Israel, AKA where Palestine is now. They might even think it's just the belief that the country called Israel should be allowed to exist at all, and that the Jews who live there should be allowed to continue living there. But that is not what Zionism is.