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Fruit Festivals - CA Black Agriculture Women's Fundraising - Political Activism
Early California Black Churches played a central role not only in the Colored Convention Movement but in Black women’s fundraising and organizing efforts in general. By holding events like the “Fruit Festival,” as well as picnics and fairs, Black women raised funds to build, buy, and sustain churches. Once such churches were established, they also served as channels through which Black women organized and participated in philanthropy and political activism involving fundraising....
Posted: Sun, Mar 10, 2024 12:40pm PDT
Nuclear Holocaust in Indian Country: Natives Testify Before Inter-American Commission
Navajo, White Mesa Ute, Havasuapai, Northern Arapaho and Oglala Lakota testified before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, revealing the nuclear holocaust in Indian country, of uranium mining, scattered radioactive waste, and deadly uranium mills poisoning the aquifers and land of Native people. They countered the claims by the EPA, BIA and Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials that claimed they were abiding by U.S. federal laws requiring consultation, upholding Treaties and sa...
Posted: Wed, Mar 6, 2024 9:26am PST
Uber CEO's Racist Rhetoric
Please Help Petition Austin's Mayor and the Organizers of South by Southwest to Cancel Uber CEO Dara's Talk...
Posted: Sat, Mar 2, 2024 8:41pm PST
Colombia_CRIC 53 años: Toda una vida de lucha y resistencia
Colombia_CRIC 53 años: Toda una vida de lucha y resistencia...
Posted: Mon, Feb 26, 2024 5:37am PST
Ecogenocidio: la extinción por goteo
Ecogenocidio: la extinción por goteo...
Posted: Mon, Feb 19, 2024 4:51am PST
México: La guerra contra los pueblos indígenas
México: La guerra contra los pueblos indígenas...
Posted: Fri, Feb 16, 2024 5:59am PST
'Rumble on the Mountain' Songs from the Water to Halt Uranium Mining in Grand Canyon
Hopi singer Ryon Polequaptewa, spoke on the sacred cedar which lends itself to make the Hopi flute, and of the sacred space of Hopi, where there is "very little rain, but an abundance of life," during the seven-hour music extravaganza 'Rumble on the Mountain,' at the Orpheum Theater in Flagstaff on Saturday. The celebration of water focused on the threat to Havasupai water by uranium mining now ongoing in the Grand Canyon. Carletta Tilouisi, Havasupai said, "Our Havasupai youths danced and sa...
Posted: Tue, Feb 6, 2024 8:42am PST
24th Annual, CA Rosa Parks Day - celebrating her birth and lifelong legacy of service
Auntie Rosie, born as World World I just getting started, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her profound life legacy continues to help shape the world.
As Patron Saint of the Women's Political Council of Montgomery, Alabama their long planned boycott changed global intermodal transportation systems, we call Transit Equity today....
Posted: Sat, Feb 3, 2024 9:36pm PST
Martin Luther King Junior’s Death from Prostate Cancer and the Absence of Universal Prosta
Men do not get universal screening for prostate cancer but women get universal screening for breast cancer--a tragedy...
Posted: Mon, Jan 29, 2024 5:35pm PST
O'odham Solidarity with Palestine: Native People Urge End to Colonization and Genocide
O'odham Solidarity with Palestine demanded a ceasefire and end to colonization and genocide, during the tribal inauguration of leaders at Gila River Indian Community, south of Phoenix, Arizona. O'odham said Israeli-trained police and Israeli-trained border patrol and Israeli surveillance towers are exploiting and militarizing O'odham lands of Gila River, Akimel O'odham, Hia Ced, and Tohono O'odham in southern Arizona....
Posted: Sun, Jan 28, 2024 9:05pm PST
24th Annual, California Rosa Parks Day Dinner and California State Capitol Celebration
2024 Rosa Parks Day in California and beyond, we pause to reflect upon Sister Rosa, and remember her example of “Womanity” showcasing dignified faith, work and courage, this special 2024 Black History Month we begin preparations for our 25th Annual Rosa Parks Day Celebration in her winter home of Los Angeles, California....
Posted: Sat, Jan 27, 2024 7:16pm PST
Palestinians and Holocaust Scholar Testify in U.S. Court on Biden's Complicity in Genocide
Palestinians and a Holocaust scholar testified on the role of President Biden in the ongoing genocide in Palestine in U.S. federal court on Friday, describing family members digging in the rubble for children with their hands, and the weapons sent from the United States to Israel. The Center for Constitutional Rights, which filed the lawsuit against Biden and cabinet members, said Biden has failed to uphold the Genocide Convention, which mandates the prevention of genocide. "Not only has the ...
Posted: Sat, Jan 27, 2024 5:05am PST
ICJ to deliver on Friday its order on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday announced that it will deliver its order on Friday “on the Request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa” in a genocide case against Israel....
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2024 4:13pm PST
Double Exposure: Genocide in Residential Schools. Biden Genocide Case in U.S. Court
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada released new records from residential schools, essentially prisoner-of-war camps where Native children were the victims of genocide. At the same time, the Center for Constitutional Rights in the United States announced that its case of genocide in Palestine filed against President Biden begins in federal court in northern California next Friday....
Posted: Sat, Jan 20, 2024 10:46am PST
Fort McDermitt Tribal Leader Choked Youth During Lithium Americas Community Meeting
A Fort McDermitt tribal leader in Nevada attacked a minor and choked him during a public community meeting with Lithium Americas. The tribal youth was videotaping a meeting held about financial benefits from lithium mining by Lithium Americas of Canada, now digging into the Paiute Massacre Site in northern Nevada....
Posted: Fri, Jan 19, 2024 6:07am PST
Minority rights at the heart of Germany’s trade policy
In 2021, Germany passed a milestone in defending and representing minorities, by electing the first two transgender Parliament members. The road to inclusion and to the respect owed to all minorities has been long. There’s no denying that German society is better off than a few decades ago, and that Germany is a vibrant haven for many minorities. Clearly, a valid cause for pride. But, as legitimate as rejoicing may be, promoters of equality and social justice should not forget that the fight ...
Posted: Tue, Jan 9, 2024 6:11am PST
Warrior Klee Benally Never Surrendered: A Life of Revolutionary Love: 'Regain Your Power'
Our hearts are broken by the sudden passing of our friend Klee Benally. Reflecting on Klee's life, we remember the words of Che Guevara that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love. Klee never surrendered, he never surrendered to capitalism, the media, or the forces of conformity that sought to change who he was....
Posted: Wed, Jan 3, 2024 7:20pm PST
Parallel Massacres: From the Zapatistas to Wounded Knee and Gaza
Parallel Massacres: From the Zapatistas to Wounded Knee and Gaza -- Censored News Most Censored 2023. The weapons flow and its tentacles in Indian country; the violations of the sacred; and the silencing of voices for Palestine at universities in the United States were among the most censored issues in 2023. The war crimes and genocide in Palestine with U.S. funds and weapons would not be possible without the complicity of the U.S. media, which has gone from lazy chair plagiarizing to becomin...
Posted: Sun, Dec 31, 2023 7:34am PST
Human Exceptionalism Dehumanizes All
Op-ed: The current wave of dehumanizing language fueling the extermination and expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank relies upon the Human Exceptionalism-based stance that the dehumanizers themselves are not “animals”. However, through this insistence they have unwittingly rejected their own humanity....
Posted: Sat, Dec 16, 2023 5:12pm PST
Oceti Sakowin Treaty Council Supports Palestinians and an End to Israel's Genocide
The Oceti Sakowin Treaty Council passed a resolution on Thursday in Rapid City, South Dakota, in support of Palestinians, calling for an immediate ceasefire, emergency humanitarian aid, and an end to United States military aid to Israel. Oceti Sakowin, the Great Sioux Nation, said Israel is carrying out ethnic cleansing and genocide that mirrors what was done to the Oceti Sakowin. The Council said Israel's apartheid regime would not be possible without the United States government's military ...
Posted: Sat, Dec 16, 2023 8:11am PST