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grimsshelves · 13 days
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New-Caledonia is not a topic in the hexagon, I dare say that most of the hexagon youth doesn't know the Kanak exists.
New-caledonia is an afterthought, if it is a thought at all. Their news is on a separate channel that the hexagon's. Macron's only promise during his campaign was a new referendum and a revision of the constitution in 2024.
The French government doesn't care about Kanak people. They never did.
They only care about the maritime space, the touristic money, the nickel, and the prestige.
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dedibelyegei · 1 year
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Egyből a földgolyó másik felére utazunk, annak is egy aránylag kicsi és eldugott szegletébe, Új-Kaledóniába! Hát ha hallottunk is róla, esetleg be is tudjuk lőni kb. merre van, lássuk be többségünk nem tud túl sokat erről az országról/tengerentúli területről. Így pár sorban ezzel kezdjük, úgyis később is lesz még innen bélyeg, bizonyám!
Új-Kaledónia Franciaország egyik tengerentúli területe, egy nagy és több kisebb szigetből áll, a Csendes-óceán délnyugati részén, Ausztráliától jó 1500 km-re itt:
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Nagyjából 280 ezren lakják, 90% Grande Terrén a nagy főszigeten él. Alapvetően három fő népcsoport él itt, az őshonos melanéz kanakok, idetelepült franciák, és egyéb óceániai bevándorlók. Történelmileg klasszikus gyarmati múlttal rendelkezik, nagyjából i.e. 1500 óta élnek itt a melanéz őslakosok. Mindenki békében elhegesztgetett magában a szigeten, némi egyéb polinéz keveredés mellett, egészen 1774-ig amikor ki más, mint a jó öreg James Cook ide is betette lábát (hajóját). Jelenlegi nevét is ő adta a szigetnek, Kaledónia egyébként Skócia latin neve. Eleinte nem volt rossz kapcsolat az érkezők és a bennszülöttek között, de aztán az európaiak által behurcolt betegségek elkezdték tizedelni a helyi népeket, és megromlott a viszony. Ez odaáig eszkalálódott, hogy 1849-ben az egyik törzs egy itt kikötő hajó legénységét megette! Ezután sajnos itt is beköszöntött a rabszolgakereskedelem időszaka, Fidzsire és Queenslandbe hurcolták az embereket az ültetvényekre. A XX. század elején szűnt csak meg a gyakorlat, a rabszolgakereskedők áldozatait nevezék kanakasnak, ez rövidült kanakká, mely aztán az őslakosok összefoglaló neve lett. A sziget egyébként 1853-ban került Franciaország birtokába, III. Napóleon azon törekvései okán, hogy ellensúlyt képezzen a britek ausztrál és új-zélandi gyarmataival szemben. A II. világháborúban aztán az Egyesült Államok épített ki itt erős támaszpontokat a szövetséges hatalmakkal karöltve, a japánokkal szemben, Nouméában - a jelenlegi fővárosban - volt a teljes csendes-óceáni haderő főparancsnoksága. A háború után lényegében továbbra is francia gyarmati sorban maradt a terület, a kanakok jogai és lehetőségei számtalan módon korlátozva voltak, ha nem is olyan kemény apartheid rendszer volt mint Dél-Afrikában, de annak egy enyhébb változata. Ez a '80-as évek közepére vezetett komolyabb forrongásokba, és a '80-as évek végén meg is kezdődik a függetlenedés folyamata, különböző egyezmények kimondják, hogy Új-Kaledónia fokozatosan elválik Franciaországtól, és ez elkerülhetetlen folyamat. Bevezették a külön új-kaledón állampolgárságot, csak ekkor lett az országnak külön zászlaja, címere, ami amúgy nagyon menő:
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Ez a folyamat olyannyira szépen haladt, hogy 2018-ban népszavazást tartottak a teljes függetlenedésről, melyen 80%-os részvétel mellett, több mint 56%-al a maradáspártiak győztek. Mivel azonban az eredmény szoros volt, két év múlva megismételték a szavazást, 2020-ban már több mint 85%-os volt a részvétel, és még szorosabb eredmény született: a maradáspártiak győztek, de már csak 53%-al. Így történt tehát, hogy a sziget(ek) még mindig francia terület maradt, bár azokból talán a legfüggetlenebb, jog szerint az egyetlen autonóm francia terület, a gyakorlatban a külügyön, hadügyön, rendőri ügyeken, és valutaügyeken kívül minden más területen teljes a függetlenség a francia államtól. Valószínűsíthető, hogy 10-20 éven belül régi-új teljesen önálló ország születik itt.
A bélyeg a helyi Ifjúsági Kereskedelmi Kamara 10 éves évfordulójára készült 1972-ben. Ez még értelemszerűen teljes francia kontroll alatt alakult, a 'rendszerváltás' óta már nem létezik, rendes saját Kereskedelmi és Iparkamara lett azóta, gondolom Parragh László nélkül hálistennek. A bélyegen látható alak egy 'arany kanak', egy őslakos alakja, mely címeres pajzsot tart, amin a kamara jelképe látható, egy földtérkép - számunkra - sajátos nézetből. A háttér erre reflektál a szélességi körökkel, kék alapon. A bélyeg 12 frankos, és bizony, a mai napig Franciaország tengerentúli területein (kivéve a tengerentúli megyéket), nem történt meg az eurósítás és frankot használnak még most is. Innen Magyarországról könnyen gondolhatnánk, hogy ez biztos egy nagyon értékes bélyeg, de az a helyzet, hogy nem annyira, állapottól függően 0,50-2 euró közt be lehet szerezni. Mivel évfordulóra készült, magányos bélyeg, nem tagja sorozatnak.
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herpsandbirds · 5 months
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New Caledonian Giant Gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus), family Diplodactylidae, endemic to New Caledonia
This is the longest and heaviest gecko species in the world, growing up to 17 inches total length, and weighing up to 300 g.
Photo via:  Coast To Coast Exotics Ltd
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nkp1981 · 5 months
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Ever Heard Of A Kagu? This Bird Lives In New Caledonia And Is Nearly Extinct.
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oaks-and-willows · 15 days
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So Kanaky-New Caledonia is going through the most violent times it has seen since the 1980s revolt and it's barely on the news. I'm not a local, let alone indigenous, but I'm stuck in Brisbane on my way there because the international airport of Nouméa closed, and worried indigenous friends are keeping me updated.
The Southern Province is seeing a lot of lootings and armed barricades, and two youths were killed by French special forces today.
Why? Because the French government passed a law that changes who gets to vote in Kanaky New Caledonia, from indigenous people, people born in KNC, and people who have lived there continuously since 1998, to everyone who has lived there for at least 10 years. Less than half the population is Kanak, and the strong influx of French people is shrinking their proportion even further. Immigrants who like the sun and the tropical sea but don't need that to mean that they'll learn about the cultures and the country, i.e. expats. So far, this influx was bad for the job prospects of locals and for property prices, but it didn't matter in local elections. The current government is pro-independence, a stance strongly congruent with Kanaks but not with Europeans.
This is Darmanin's and Macron's reaction to the third referendum on independence from France having failed. Darmanin called it 'a minimum of democracy'. The first two referendums were close calls and the second (51/49) more so than the first (53/46). The third was 90% against independence, which was due to a boycott of the referendum; it happened during Covid, electoral campaigns were impossible except vis TV, which is easier for the well-funded loyalists than for their opponents. Macron ignored this. The referendums were very peaceful and disciplined, but since this discipline was used by the State against the indigenous population to legitimize neo-colonialism, the current violence is not a surprise. Last time barricades were used, in the 1980s, they were very successful. We'll see what happens this time.
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radicalgraff · 8 days
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"Long live the kanak struggle. Down with the colonial state"
Graffiti in Sydney in solidarity with the anti-colonial movement in French ruled Kanaky / New Caledonia, which has been rocked by a major revolt in recent days.
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tropic-havens · 6 months
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Ouvea, New Caledonia
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folkfashion · 8 days
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Kanak women, New Caledonia, by Pacific Fair
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violetsandshrikes · 9 days
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Keep the people of New Caledonia in your thoughts, especially the indigenous Kanak.
A state of emergency has been declared by France, who has deployed troops to the ports and airports, and there has been multiple nights of clashes with at least 4 confirmed fatalities and hundreds injured. They’ve also banned TikTok in the country. The international airport and schools are closed, and a curfew has been set in the capital of Nouméa.
Violence has erupted after lawmakers in France approved a constitutional amendment to allow recent arrivals into New Caledonia to vote in provincial elections. Prior, voting in provincial elections was restricted to people who had resided in the country before 1998 and their children, and this was done in order to give greater representation to the Kanaks who had become a minority population; the changes may realistically dilute indigenous voting power.
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methed-up-marxist · 9 days
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"Responding to ongoing unrest in the non-self-governing French territory of Kanaky New Caledonia after the French Parliament adopted a bill changing the territory’s voting rules, Amnesty International’s Pacific Researcher Kate Schuetze said:
“The state of emergency declared by the French government and the deployment of the French army, coupled with a ban on the social media app TikTok, must not be misused to restrict people’s human rights."
“The deeply worrying violence and the French authorities’ response must be understood through the lens of a stalled decolonisation process, racial inequality and the longstanding, peacefully expressed demands by the Indigenous Kanak people for self-determination."
Background:
"The French National Assembly this week adopted a bill which expands the right to vote for newer residents of Kanaky New Caledonia, mostly French nationals. The move is likely to further disenfranchise the Indigenous Kanak people, including at levels of local political representation and in future discussions on decolonisation. No representatives from Kanaky New Caledonia, either Kanak or European, currently sit on the French National Assembly."
"French president Emmanuel Macron declared a State of Emergency in the archipelago on Wednesday. The French government, which is the administering power in Kanaky New Caledonia, announced a ban on the social media app TikTok in the territory, as well as deploying hundreds of police reinforcements. The French army has also been deployed to “secure” the islands’ ports and airport."
I am learning more about the Indigenous Kanak People in New Caledonia (thank you to the person who alerted me to this happening), but for folks who want to start for context and a little history alongside some more updates about what happened/is happening (this is also not an extensive list of resources, since this "decolonization process" on France's part has been going on for a very long time. If anyone has links/more information that they would like to share about the Indigenous people in Kanaky, I would happily post them here!:
This declaration by the Kanak Indigenous people was translated from French into English back in 2002, and it is still very important to bear witness to/read:
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lasttarrasque · 6 days
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France is further trying to Colonize Kanak
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France has long held the territory of New Caledonia, or Kanak as its native people call it, as a colonial possession. France is now trying to pass a bill to allow French nationals to vote in New Caledonia elections in order to further marginalize the indigenous Kanak people. We need to support out colonized Kanak comrades in their struggle against French colonalism. Makes some noise spread awareness, educate others!
If anyone knows of active solidarity networks, boycott campaigns or other ways of supporting the Kanak people, pleases share them.
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herpsandbirds · 3 months
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New Caledonian Giant Gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus), family Diplodactylidae, endemic to New Caledonia
This is the longest and heaviest gecko species in the world, growing up to 17 inches total length, and weighing up to 300 g.
Photograph by Jairo Cuevas (@jviridis)
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ash-tea · 14 days
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I am a 100% with the people of New Caledonia. Get your independance my brothers and sisters. Get these french colonizers out and take your Land back. Just like my people did in Algeria against the french colonizers. LET'S GOOO 🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨
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redekpal3oart · 10 months
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Mekosuchus walking in to shallow pond.
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Samll and last land crocodile that lived in what is now new caledonia. Realy amazing lil fella.
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sissa-arrows · 1 month
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This is a sign during a protest in 2018 in Kanaky but it’s still up to date with the current situation and it applies to so many struggles against settler colonialism.
Translation: No matter the result, as long as there’s a kanak alive in Kanaky, this land will never belong to you. Kanaky, for you I would give my life.
Right now settlers are protesting harder trying to take over the land more than they already did. They are protesting calling indigenous people racists, attacking them and trying to change the voting rule so they can bring more settlers. Right now the rule is that if you or your parents didn’t have the right to vote in Kanaky in 1993 you cannot vote. It helps slowing down the impact of settlers by not giving the opportunity to settlers to just come and vote for their own interests against the interests of the indigenous people and settlers are not happy about it so they protest against Kanak people. (I’m over simplifying it cause I already made a post detailing the voting system in Kanaky (thinking about it the post might actually still be in my drafts))
Settler colonialism will end and the land will go back to indigenous people everywhere because indigenous people are fighting to take back what belongs to them.
P.S: while I’m on the topic of settler colonialism there’s good news about the resistance in Western Sahara too but I’m waiting for confirmation before sharing here.
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