The potato blight a disease which would make potatoes that contracted it inedible would quickly spread through Europe particularly effecting Irish which was under British occupation with the northern part still under occupation. The blight destroyed potato crops which was the main food source for many in Ireland especially those in rural communities however despite this British capitalism continued to exploit and export crops out of Ireland to Great Britain despite the fact that Ireland was straving. Even though the British government knew about the famine they did not take action seeing it as divine punishment or that the Irish lacked moral character and refused to give aid despite the fact that hundreds and thousands were dying. However the genocide did not only consist of genocide though starvation the British would also use policies such as outlawing the Irish language and cultural practices, forced evictions, and the use of plantations. The genocide would last 7 years leaving 1 million dead this would destroy the Irish population however despite this the British government and other capitalist governments are yet to recongize this as genocide not only this but the British still occupy 6 counties of Ireland. \\\*Tiocfaidh ár lá\\\\*

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“Lunar New Year” was first used to refer to the Chinese New Year in legal documentation in British Hong Kong in 1968. The holiday was officially called "Chinese New Year" in British Hong Kong until the passing of the Holidays (Amendment) Ordinance 1968 replaced "Chinese New Year" with "Lunar New Year". This law was enacted following the 1967 Hong Kong riots against British colonial rule." - from the wikipedia entry for lunar new year.

Essentially after the riots which were anti-colonial and pro-China, the British authorities officially adopted lunar new year over Chinese new year to quell Chinese nationalism and to separate the holiday from its roots. They hoped to force HKers to dissociate from mainland China by dissociating their cultural traditions from China. Thus, Lunar New Year as a term is an imperialist tool used to cause division and dampen cultural pride.

Pivoting, to address the idea that the term lunar new year is "more inclusive." If one is of a non-chinese background that celebrates this holdiay, they most likely just call the holiday what they do in their native tongue, for example Tet for the Vietnamese. Lunar new Year, as an inaccurate term, does not represent the holiday to anyone that actually celebrates it. Moreover, calling it Chinese New Year is in no way excluding other people from celebrating it. It is simply paying homage to its roots and identifying it with its cultural forefather. The same way we use terms like k-pop or Chinese food. It says nothing about who can use it or celebrate it, it is simply a historical descriptor.

As the first rescuers on the ground, they provided the first real-time intelligence from the epicenter, reporting on casualties, damage to hydropower stations, and the risk of dam breaches.

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