Post these, use them as talking points, and please don't forget the water protectors (and homeless people, and black and brown folks, and Muslims, and queer people, and all others targeted by the state and by hateful people) today.
has made it perfectly clear that this so called progressive administration is nothing but a sham and that there is only one party. The party of greed, war and death.
Standing Rock.... brought to you not by Trump or Bush.
Today I am thankful that I no longer am a slave to the notion that there there are Rs and Ds.
Had a couple of hillbot's with TOP alliances over for Thanksgiving and nary a word about politics tonight.
I think we are all so sick of it. I'm not even paying much in the way of attention to Trump's doings. In the past, I was the most informed person in the room.
When you get to the point that you recognize how little you matter to TPTB, how you don't have anything but the illusion of democracy. Really, you have to stop and wait for the rest of the population to come to the same realization before anything can be done. Just waiting for that critical mass moment, because it IS coming and it will be worse than ever before. The longer it takes to get there, the higher probability of violence and loss and terrible suppression.
There are times when I'm grateful that I chose to have no children and that I am old enough that I will probably escape the worst of it. But mark my words: a hard rain is gonna fall.
Premise One: Civilization is not and can never be sustainable. This is especially true for industrial civilization.
Premise Two: Traditional communities do not often voluntarily give up or sell the resources on which their communities are based until their communities have been destroyed. They also do not willingly allow their landbases to be damaged so that other resources—gold, oil, and so on—can be extracted. It follows that those who want the resources will do what they can to destroy traditional communities.
Premise Three: Our way of living—industrial civilization—is based on, requires, and would collapse very quickly without persistent and widespread violence.
Premise Four: Civilization is based on a clearly defined and widely accepted yet often unarticulated hierarchy. Violence done by those higher on the hierarchy to those lower is nearly always invisible, that is, unnoticed. When it is noticed, it is fully rationalized. Violence done by those lower on the hierarchy to those higher is unthinkable, and when it does occur is regarded with shock, horror, and the fetishization of the victims.
Premise Five: The property of those higher on the hierarchy is more valuable than the lives of those below. It is acceptable for those above to increase the amount of property they control—in everyday language, to make money—by destroying or taking the lives of those below. This is called production. If those below damage the property of those above, those above may kill or otherwise destroy the lives of those below. This is called justice.
Neither of my kids is home. Our daughter is having her day w a homeless writing group she helps. So we are seeing some Japanese friends and having fish and fresh bread (me) and Japanese vegetables (them).
The country was "founded" on violence. It should not be celebrated.
Saying that it's not celebrating the stealing of land from and slaughter of indigenous peoples is like saying the Civil War wasn't about slavery. I like the idea though, of a non-religious day for families to come together and eat without worrying about presents. We just need another day for it.
Yeah, it was made up. It was Abraham Lincoln who used the theme of Pilgrims and Indians eating happily together. He was trying to calm things down during the Civil War when people were divided. It was like a nice unity story.
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You’ve probably heard the story of how Squanto assisted in their planting of corn? So this was their first successful harvest and they were celebrating that harvest and planning a day of their own thanksgiving. And it’s kind of like what some of the Arab nations do when they celebrate by shooting guns in the air. So this is what was going on over there at Plymouth. They were shooting guns and canons as a celebration, which alerted us because we didn’t know who they were shooting at. So Massasoit gathered up some 90 warriors and showed up at Plymouth prepared to engage, if that was what was happening, if they were taking any of our people. They didn’t know. It was a fact-finding mission.
When they arrived it was explained through a translator that they were celebrating the harvest, so we decided to stay and make sure that was true, because we’d seen in the other landings—[Captain John] Smith, even the Vikings had been here—so we wanted to make sure so we decided to camp nearby for a few days.
The Native Americans who were first met by invaders from the East were helpful. They aided in the survival of these people by showing them which plants were edible, how to hunt the game, what resources they utilized.
The fact the invaders did not return the favor should not erase the memory of the helpfulness of the natives. The helpfulness is what we celebrate at Thanksgiving. Screw the mythology. The truth is that whenever invaders came - whether from the east or from the west, they were received with far more graciousness than was returned. THAT is what we celebrate on Thankgiving. Not the myth, not the ultimate "conquer" of the natives.
We celebrate the spirit of generosity, of giving that was given as a gift to a people. This isn't about how unappreciative those people were or their treachery that followed. It is about the humanitarian spirit with which these invaders were welcomed.
That is the spirit that needs to prevail if we are to survive. That is the spirit that needs a Thanksgiving.
And, I'm a little bit corny and really like that there is at least one day of the year in which people think about what they are grateful for, about what is really meaningful. We should have that 365 days of the year, but one day is a start.
Lots of love to you all. We had company and we all enjoyed each other, the food, the effort we all put into the day. The stark reality of Native Americans was not discussed. But I'm thinking that should be a new tradition that goes with the turkey and the gravy. Wouldn't that be something? A national day off from work to think about the indigenous. Wouldn't it be grand if we could go worldwide to concern ourselves with the people who were there/here first and stuff ourselves with our own gratitude - one day of the year?
I was in Iraq when President Bush announced the “surge” in January 2007. I was in Afghanistan when President Obama announced the “surge” in December 2009. But it wasn’t until I visited Standing Rock in October 2016 when I actually served the American people. This time, instead of fighting for corporate interests, I was fighting for the people.
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The Sioux struggle against the pipeline embraces so many other struggles in this nation. It encompasses struggles against climate catastrophe, a history of breaking treaties with Native Americans, attacks on the right to assemble, assaults on journalists, the militarization of police, and placing corporate profits over human rights.
It’s here. As the brisk North winds and sharply chill days announce winter’s arrival we gather joyfully with family and dear friends around tables laden with roast turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and homemade pumpkin pie, to give thanks and celebrate once again our annihilation of an entire race.
You say, Jesus, that’s a cold shot, nobody thinks of it that way. You’re right, of course, and that’s the point. The reality of the means of “settlement” of America has been so fantasticly transmuted by propaganda–now daintily deemed “perception management”, “framing the argument”–that the brutal ugliness of the story has been supplanted by a vacuous, insipid fairy tale created with stunning cynicism out of the infantile imagination of the State.
The historical narrative of American conquest and occupation is one of invasion and extermination, of relentless pressure relentlessly applied, with the use of every murderous method, means, and mechanism in the arsenal of violent barbarity, from the Hordes of Genghiz Khan on down.
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action right now in Mandan. Live
https://www.facebook.com/kevin.happychappy/videos/vb.100007875630375/180...
https://www.facebook.com/rosestiffarm/videos/10207483529598041/?permPage=1
https://www.facebook.com/unicornriot.ninja/videos/379722142362013/?permP...
There is no justice in America, but it is the fight for justice that sustains you.
--Amiri Baraka
Standing Rock & the "election"
has made it perfectly clear that this so called progressive administration is nothing but a sham and that there is only one party. The party of greed, war and death.
Standing Rock.... brought to you not by Trump or Bush.
Today I am thankful that I no longer am a slave to the notion that there there are Rs and Ds.
Today and tomorrow there is only the 99%.
"Love One Another" ~ George Harrison
Now you got me rev'd up.
I'm gonna be a load at the thanksgiving get together.
Thanks.
"Give the country back"
looking forward to your report!
Had a couple of hillbot's with TOP alliances over for Thanksgiving and nary a word about politics tonight.
I think we are all so sick of it. I'm not even paying much in the way of attention to Trump's doings. In the past, I was the most informed person in the room.
When you get to the point that you recognize how little you matter to TPTB, how you don't have anything but the illusion of democracy. Really, you have to stop and wait for the rest of the population to come to the same realization before anything can be done. Just waiting for that critical mass moment, because it IS coming and it will be worse than ever before. The longer it takes to get there, the higher probability of violence and loss and terrible suppression.
There are times when I'm grateful that I chose to have no children and that I am old enough that I will probably escape the worst of it. But mark my words: a hard rain is gonna fall.
Derrick Jensen first 5 Endgame premises.
Premise One: Civilization is not and can never be sustainable. This is especially true for industrial civilization.
Premise Two: Traditional communities do not often voluntarily give up or sell the resources on which their communities are based until their communities have been destroyed. They also do not willingly allow their landbases to be damaged so that other resources—gold, oil, and so on—can be extracted. It follows that those who want the resources will do what they can to destroy traditional communities.
Premise Three: Our way of living—industrial civilization—is based on, requires, and would collapse very quickly without persistent and widespread violence.
Premise Four: Civilization is based on a clearly defined and widely accepted yet often unarticulated hierarchy. Violence done by those higher on the hierarchy to those lower is nearly always invisible, that is, unnoticed. When it is noticed, it is fully rationalized. Violence done by those lower on the hierarchy to those higher is unthinkable, and when it does occur is regarded with shock, horror, and the fetishization of the victims.
Premise Five: The property of those higher on the hierarchy is more valuable than the lives of those below. It is acceptable for those above to increase the amount of property they control—in everyday language, to make money—by destroying or taking the lives of those below. This is called production. If those below damage the property of those above, those above may kill or otherwise destroy the lives of those below. This is called justice.
we are not celebrating ThanksfuckingGiving.
Neither of my kids is home. Our daughter is having her day w a homeless writing group she helps. So we are seeing some Japanese friends and having fish and fresh bread (me) and Japanese vegetables (them).
The country was "founded" on violence. It should not be celebrated.
Don't believe everything you think.
water protectors being confronted by cops right now. live video
https://www.facebook.com/ProlificTheRapperOfficial/videos/vb.10000550953...
There is no justice in America, but it is the fight for justice that sustains you.
--Amiri Baraka
please watch and share the link I just posted
very intense standoff right now. You've seen this waterside before, where folks were viciously peppersprayed while standing in the water
There are hundreds and hundreds of water protectors, on both sides of the water. Cops are heavily weaponized
There is no justice in America, but it is the fight for justice that sustains you.
--Amiri Baraka
another live link
https://www.facebook.com/Indigenousrisingmedia/videos/1530225100327644/
There is no justice in America, but it is the fight for justice that sustains you.
--Amiri Baraka
The date of Thanksgiving should be moved
Saying that it's not celebrating the stealing of land from and slaughter of indigenous peoples is like saying the Civil War wasn't about slavery. I like the idea though, of a non-religious day for families to come together and eat without worrying about presents. We just need another day for it.
Beware the bullshit factories.
The other side of the Thanksgiving story
What Really Happened at the First Thanksgiving? The Wampanoag Side of the Tale
The political revolution continues
Do you know what?
The Native Americans who were first met by invaders from the East were helpful. They aided in the survival of these people by showing them which plants were edible, how to hunt the game, what resources they utilized.
The fact the invaders did not return the favor should not erase the memory of the helpfulness of the natives. The helpfulness is what we celebrate at Thanksgiving. Screw the mythology. The truth is that whenever invaders came - whether from the east or from the west, they were received with far more graciousness than was returned. THAT is what we celebrate on Thankgiving. Not the myth, not the ultimate "conquer" of the natives.
We celebrate the spirit of generosity, of giving that was given as a gift to a people. This isn't about how unappreciative those people were or their treachery that followed. It is about the humanitarian spirit with which these invaders were welcomed.
That is the spirit that needs to prevail if we are to survive. That is the spirit that needs a Thanksgiving.
And, I'm a little bit corny and really like that there is at least one day of the year in which people think about what they are grateful for, about what is really meaningful. We should have that 365 days of the year, but one day is a start.
Lots of love to you all. We had company and we all enjoyed each other, the food, the effort we all put into the day. The stark reality of Native Americans was not discussed. But I'm thinking that should be a new tradition that goes with the turkey and the gravy. Wouldn't that be something? A national day off from work to think about the indigenous. Wouldn't it be grand if we could go worldwide to concern ourselves with the people who were there/here first and stuff ourselves with our own gratitude - one day of the year?
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Link: http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/10/30/after-two-wars-standing-roc...
Don't believe everything you think.
Happy National Genocide Day everyone!