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Standing Rock: Water Protectors Continue to Stand Firm

Submitted by blazinAZ on Thu, 01/26/2017 - 5:20pm

Until the Dakota Access Pipeline is stopped, there are close to a thousand water protectors who have committed to remain at the camps at Standing Rock. And if you're able-bodied, self-sufficient, and unafraid, you are invited to join them now.

Sacred Stone [camp] is not closing. We will be standing, and we ask you to continue to stand with us. All of you are welcome to my home and my land.

You are welcome to come back to stand with us.

Listen to Lakota leader LaDonna Tamakawastewin Allard (4:14, posted Jan. 25, 2017)
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s80FkNCHIZk]

Blind hatred and Hillary's "resistance" movement

Submitted by Sunspots on Thu, 01/26/2017 - 11:33am

We know that one of the reasons Hillary lost was that she had no positive positions - she was not "for" anything. Just "Trump, Trump, Trump, Russia, Russia, Russia!" Are we for anything? Or are we falling into Hillary's McCarthy-ite pattern? Here's an important three paragraphs, but there's a lot more worth reading in the article.

When You Refuse To Prosecute War Criminals

Submitted by LaFeminista on Thu, 01/26/2017 - 4:03am

I admit that I screamed in rage the day President Obama decided to move on and not look back, that was me done with hope and change.

Our Government had systematically removed peoples basic human rights by:

  • Extraordinary rendition
  • Torture
  • The denial of Habeas Corpus
  • Imprisonment without trial.

By refusing to

Russia proposes draft Syria constitution recognizing autonomy for Kurds

Submitted by Alex Ocana on Thu, 01/26/2017 - 1:27am

I have confirmed the news from Russian, Arabic, and Kurdish sources. This is epic! The Rojava revolution in northern Syria practically no one heard of has, apparently, won.
My country, Bolivia, recognized Rojava autonomy two years ago! https://anfenglish.com/out-there/kck-and-kurdish-women-s-movement-at-wor...

Standing Rock: The Fight Was Never Over

Submitted by blazinAZ on Wed, 01/25/2017 - 5:15pm

The Indigenous Environmental Network responds to Trump’s support for the KXCL pipeline and DAPL (my bold):

These actions by President Trump are insane and extreme, and nothing short of attacks on our ancestral homelands as Indigenous peoples. The executive orders demonstrate that this administration is more than willing to violate federal law that is meant to protect Indigenous rights, human rights, the environment, and the overall safety of communities for the benefit of the fossil fuel industry. These attacks will not be ignored, our resistance is stronger than ever before and we are prepared to push back at any reckless decision made by this administration. #NoDAPL

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