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UN experts raise concern over charges against US indigenous leader and rights defender
A perfect storm is brewing today. Nicholas Tilsen, human rights defender of the Oglala-Lakȟóta Sioux Nation and president of the indigenous-led NDN Collective (see video below), is due in court today. He is facing felony charges related to peaceful demonstrations … Continue reading
FCNL and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Attempting to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil drilling is the latest threat by the current Federal administration to choose profits over people and the protection of Mother Earth. Just the latest outrage from the capitalist … Continue reading
Climate activism and the fossil fuel industry’s financial crisis
For the past seven years climate activists have used every technique we could think of to stop fossil fuel mining and infrastructure construction. We got another one. On Monday evening, Bank of America said that it will no longer finance … Continue reading
Urgency for Mutual Aid
My experience has always been how slowly justice related things change, even then the changes are incremental, often don’t persist. A lot of that is the disconnect between a committee (slowly) making decisions, which too often don’t have practical steps … Continue reading
Meet my friends
I realize I often preface a reference to someone by saying “my friend…”. Sometimes a bit too often. There are several reasons I do that. The main reason is to indicate that I respect this person, and believe what they … Continue reading
A Journey to Today
This day means many different things to those of us living in this country called the United States. It is difficult to imagine anyone believes the stories of a gathering where white colonizers expressed their gratitude to the Native peoples. … Continue reading
Truthsgiving Event 11/26/2020
Tomorrow being the colonial version of Thanksgiving with family gatherings you might not be thinking about attending an online Zoom meeting like the one below. If you can make the time, I’d love for you to get to know some … Continue reading
Resources to help us tell the truth
My friends at Truthsgiving.org urge us to take the TRUTHSGIVING 2020 PLEDGE, that involves educating ourselves, and our families and friends why the nonnative story of Thanksgiving not only whitewashes the truth, but promotes dangerous stereotypes. Educating ourselves What do … Continue reading
Why We Must Honor the Lost Children of Turtle Island
An important of part of Truthsgiving is educating ourselves and others. One of the worst things inflicted on native peoples was forced assimilation. Native children were forcibly removed from their families and taken long distances to residential schools. The schools … Continue reading
Thanksgiving is a Day of Mourning for Some Native Tribes
Yesterday I wrote about the Truthsgiving Pledge. The first step of the Pledge is to educate ourselves. The second step is to educate others. The Truthsgiving.org website has many resources to help us do that. One way to get the … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 