On this day in 1974 during the General Assembly, the United Nations adopted a resolution recognising and reaffirming the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (after the 1917 and 1948 agreements) “without external interference; the right to national independence and sovereignty and the inalienable right of return to homes and property from which they have been displaced and uprooted.” Simultaneously, the UN officially regarded the Palestine Liberation Organisation as a representative of the Palestinian people and granted observer status.
synchronoptica
one year ago: Freigeld, money with an expiration date (with synchronoptica)
seven years ago: DC’s Bible museum, dismantling net neutrality plus UK water utilities employ dowsing
eight years ago: Xerox and zines, a forthcoming Dune remake, an experimental electromagentic propulsion drive plus Trump’s dictatorial tendencies
nine years ago: the Parable of the Puddle plus assorted links worth revisiting
eleven years ago: the Noun Project
