Franklin López<p>🔥 They stole the land. They bombed the beaches. They poisoned the water. But the people of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Vieques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vieques</span></a> fought back—and they won.</p><p>For 60 years, the U.S. Navy used Vieques as a war playground, displacing families and turning paradise into a toxic wasteland. The people resisted with blockades, occupations, and mass disobedience—until they forced the empire to back down.</p><p>But colonialism doesn’t end when the soldiers leave. The land is still fenced off, contaminated, stolen. Sound familiar? <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>. Kanien’kehá:ka lands. Different places, same colonial script.</p><p>They want us to accept displacement as normal. We never will.</p><p>🎥 Read the full story + watch my short film: <a href="https://amplifierfilms.ca/vieques-colonialism-resistance-and-the-fight-for-liberation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amplifierfilms.ca/vieques-colo</span><span class="invisible">nialism-resistance-and-the-fight-for-liberation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DecolonizeVieques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DecolonizeVieques</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RedRoadToTheWestBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedRoadToTheWestBank</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousResistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColonialismKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialismKills</span></a></p>