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💀 Park rangers in #Honduras 🇭🇳 #SouthAmerica risk their lives every day to protect animals 🐒 #indigenous peoples and #rainforests from #palmoil plantations. Their fight is real. Resist when u shop! 💪 #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8YV?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
Deadly Harvest: How Demand for Palm Oil Fuels Corruption in Honduras
Latin America is the fastest-growing producer of palm oil, but at what price for the environment and its defenders? Park rangers in Honduras tell harrowing tales of daily threats to their lives and…Palm Oil Detectives
#goodnews #inspiring #indigenous #justice #government #rainforest #Ecuador #SouthAmerica
Rainforest Oil Exploration Stopped as Court Rules Uncontacted Tribes Have Right to Remain in Isolation
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/rainforest-oil-exploration-stopped-as-court-rules-uncontacted-tribes-have-right-to-remain-in-isolation/
Rainforest Oil Exploration Stopped as Court Rules Uncontacted Tribes Have Right to Remain in Isolation
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/rainforest-oil-exploration-stopped-as-court-rules-uncontacted-tribes-have-right-to-remain-in-isolation/
Rainforest Oil Exploration Stopped as Court Rules Uncontacted Tribes Have Right to Remain in Isolation
The court also ruled that Ecuador must honor the results of a 2023 referendum, in which voters chose to stop oil operations in that region.Andy Corbley (Good News Network)
#luigimangione wasnt scared to stand up to big #money. why are you?
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The removal of the four dams on the Klamath represents the first real attempt at the kind of river #restoration that #Indigenous nations and environmentalists have long demanded.
It is the result of an improbable campaign that spanned close to half a century, roped in thousands of people, and came within an inch of collapse several times.
Interviews reveal a collaborative achievement with few clear parallels in contemporary activism.
#rewilding #rivers
https://grist.org/project/indigenous/klamath-river-dam-removal-tribe-pacificorp-salmon/
It is the result of an improbable campaign that spanned close to half a century, roped in thousands of people, and came within an inch of collapse several times.
Interviews reveal a collaborative achievement with few clear parallels in contemporary activism.
#rewilding #rivers
https://grist.org/project/indigenous/klamath-river-dam-removal-tribe-pacificorp-salmon/
How the Klamath Dams Came Down
Last year, tribes in Oregon and California pulled off the largest dam removal in U.S. history. This is their story.Anita Hofschneider (Grist)
I didn't set out to purposefully learn how soon the rain will be here based on the sound of it coming, but after living here for a while, I can do that.
It's very place-specific. I'm sure that if I went somewhere else with different rain patterns, I'd be way off.
This is my favorite kind of learning: the kind you get just from hanging out with nature long enough. 💚
This is the foundation of a lot of indigenous knowledge: being in a place, living with it, being a part of its cycles, and gaining that knowledge. Now, multiply that by many many generations of people who purposefully shared that knowledge with the next generation. This is not knowledge that can even be gained in a single generation because some of these cycles span many many many generations. This is the kind of knowledge that enables living with the land. And for those of us in the "modern world" who have been totally cut off from that knowledge, tossed far from where our ancestors lived, think of the disadvantage we have when it comes to starting to live with the land.
This is why it's so important to listen to indigenous folks when it comes to living with the land - because a lot of the rules they've got around how to relate to the land have been hard won over generations, despite hundreds of years of colonizers trying to sever people from ancestral knowledge and sever people from their lands.
#nature #JungleLife #offgrid #ForestLife #solarpunk #environment #indigenous
It's very place-specific. I'm sure that if I went somewhere else with different rain patterns, I'd be way off.
This is my favorite kind of learning: the kind you get just from hanging out with nature long enough. 💚
This is the foundation of a lot of indigenous knowledge: being in a place, living with it, being a part of its cycles, and gaining that knowledge. Now, multiply that by many many generations of people who purposefully shared that knowledge with the next generation. This is not knowledge that can even be gained in a single generation because some of these cycles span many many many generations. This is the kind of knowledge that enables living with the land. And for those of us in the "modern world" who have been totally cut off from that knowledge, tossed far from where our ancestors lived, think of the disadvantage we have when it comes to starting to live with the land.
This is why it's so important to listen to indigenous folks when it comes to living with the land - because a lot of the rules they've got around how to relate to the land have been hard won over generations, despite hundreds of years of colonizers trying to sever people from ancestral knowledge and sever people from their lands.
#nature #JungleLife #offgrid #ForestLife #solarpunk #environment #indigenous
Blog: Voices of #Decolonization
#FirstNations chiefs shouldn’t be duped by the ‘#nuclear-is-green' deception
by William Eric Altvater, February 6, 2025
"Some First Nation Chiefs are victims of shenanigans, not unlike the swindle behind the purchase of Manhattan. The federal government needs the support of #Indigenous peoples to expand nuclear power generation capacity in #Canada.
"For millennia, the cornerstones of the Indigenous people that inhabit Turtle Island, now known as North America, held all that is essential to life, in reverence. Every decision considered the next 7 generations. These cornerstones are crumbling.
"Newcomers, armed with the #Colonizing tool, 'The #DoctrineOfDiscovery' and their mentality of superiority, invaded the land of those they called 'Savages,' almost totally exterminating #Skicinuwok, People of The Earth.
"Determined to bestow Christianity and civility to this wild untamed population, old growth forests were cut, rivers and streams were dammed to power sawmills, roads and railroads were built, bridges erected. All to create an infrastructure for #capitalism, a system to make a #profit, that morphed into #greed, a word of foreign root. This unbridled desire for progress has ruined what was once called Paradise.
"Now most water is not fit to drink, clean air is scarce, #deforestation is rampant, #biodiversity loss out of control, plants genetically modified, food manufactured with unpronounceable chemicals, caged fish starved of oxygen while being fed chicken feathers and pig parts, cancer cases in the millions, the list goes on.
"As the population increased over this continent the available sources for power generation have not been able to satisfy the insatiable desires of the 'bigger, better, faster, more is never enough' mentality. Some have finally acknowledged the fact that #FossilFuels are not the golden egg they were once deemed to be.
"So-called '#GreenEnergy' is required to slow the blind drive to extinction of man; man, who is considered by some to be the most intelligent creature to ever roam Earth. Unfortunately, the lure of riches and the corruption of self-serving purposes have led man to stray from practices that nurture everything required to sustain life on this tiny blue marble floating through the universe.
"#NuclearPower is now being touted as being 'Green.' It is not. Big money corporations are lobbying legislators to convince them and the public that it is. They are also lobbying to convince the public that they should foot the bill in the form of taxes and rate hikes, for a process that pollutes from the day it starts. Water is life. As soon as #uranium is mined from the earth it begins to contaminate the water in surrounding aquifers.
"When the uranium is processed sufficiently, it is used as fuel for reactors where it generates heat while delivering electricity, not just for essential needs, but also for many things once considered luxuries. This fission generated heat is then dumped into nearby waters where it kills thousands, if not millions of small beings that form the basis of life itself.
"After this radioactive fuel is depleted, it is stored in various containers where it will stay radioactive for eons. Indigenous #Grandmothers have labelled it 'Forever Dangerous.'
"The power generated during the fission process benefits only those who exist today as the process occurs, not those born tomorrow or next week or next month. All the #RadioactiveWaste and the inherent danger it creates is left to future generations, kicking the can down the road.
"What better place to dump this waste than in an area with a population that has witnessed Newcomers enrich themselves for hundreds of years? Yes, what better place than a population that has been targeted for assimilation, suffered theft of lands, witnessed the taking of naturally bestowed rights? A population that has been subjected to racial Indian Act legislation essentially stripping away all that sustained this population for thousands of years.
"Yes, let us give the Indians some more shiny beads and trinkets so that they willingly agree to care for our radioactive garbage. How do we do this? Let’s talk to the Chief and Council. Let’s wine and dine them. Let’s give them some money, take them to dinner, buy some drinks and make them feel all festive and most of all make them think we are looking out for their best interests. Some Chiefs have taken the bait.
"Egregious as it may be, this is exactly what is happening in some Indigenous communities contrary to the will of the majority. Elected Chiefs are continuing the deception as they are blinded and professing the 'Nuclear is Green' mantra. They have lost connection with the Spirit of Ancestors and traditional values. They need to have a serious introspection and realize that looking forward, we need only look back at what has sustained us to this point in time. We need not do any more than that."
Eric lives in #PeskotomuhkatiNation territory in Maine and stands shoulder to shoulder with his Peskotomuhkati relations in #NewBrunswick in the struggle to achieve Canadian Government recognition.
https://www.wabanakireach.org/first_nations_chiefs_shouldn_t_be_duped_by_the_nuclear_is_green_deception_by_william_altvater
#NoNukes #NoNewNukes #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #UraniumMining #UraniumMilling #LeaveItInTheGround #Greenwashing #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #NuclearIsNotGreen #CanadaPol #NuclearWaste #NuclearIndustry #TEPCOLies #HoltecLies #NuclearColonialism
#FirstNations chiefs shouldn’t be duped by the ‘#nuclear-is-green' deception
by William Eric Altvater, February 6, 2025
"Some First Nation Chiefs are victims of shenanigans, not unlike the swindle behind the purchase of Manhattan. The federal government needs the support of #Indigenous peoples to expand nuclear power generation capacity in #Canada.
"For millennia, the cornerstones of the Indigenous people that inhabit Turtle Island, now known as North America, held all that is essential to life, in reverence. Every decision considered the next 7 generations. These cornerstones are crumbling.
"Newcomers, armed with the #Colonizing tool, 'The #DoctrineOfDiscovery' and their mentality of superiority, invaded the land of those they called 'Savages,' almost totally exterminating #Skicinuwok, People of The Earth.
"Determined to bestow Christianity and civility to this wild untamed population, old growth forests were cut, rivers and streams were dammed to power sawmills, roads and railroads were built, bridges erected. All to create an infrastructure for #capitalism, a system to make a #profit, that morphed into #greed, a word of foreign root. This unbridled desire for progress has ruined what was once called Paradise.
"Now most water is not fit to drink, clean air is scarce, #deforestation is rampant, #biodiversity loss out of control, plants genetically modified, food manufactured with unpronounceable chemicals, caged fish starved of oxygen while being fed chicken feathers and pig parts, cancer cases in the millions, the list goes on.
"As the population increased over this continent the available sources for power generation have not been able to satisfy the insatiable desires of the 'bigger, better, faster, more is never enough' mentality. Some have finally acknowledged the fact that #FossilFuels are not the golden egg they were once deemed to be.
"So-called '#GreenEnergy' is required to slow the blind drive to extinction of man; man, who is considered by some to be the most intelligent creature to ever roam Earth. Unfortunately, the lure of riches and the corruption of self-serving purposes have led man to stray from practices that nurture everything required to sustain life on this tiny blue marble floating through the universe.
"#NuclearPower is now being touted as being 'Green.' It is not. Big money corporations are lobbying legislators to convince them and the public that it is. They are also lobbying to convince the public that they should foot the bill in the form of taxes and rate hikes, for a process that pollutes from the day it starts. Water is life. As soon as #uranium is mined from the earth it begins to contaminate the water in surrounding aquifers.
"When the uranium is processed sufficiently, it is used as fuel for reactors where it generates heat while delivering electricity, not just for essential needs, but also for many things once considered luxuries. This fission generated heat is then dumped into nearby waters where it kills thousands, if not millions of small beings that form the basis of life itself.
"After this radioactive fuel is depleted, it is stored in various containers where it will stay radioactive for eons. Indigenous #Grandmothers have labelled it 'Forever Dangerous.'
"The power generated during the fission process benefits only those who exist today as the process occurs, not those born tomorrow or next week or next month. All the #RadioactiveWaste and the inherent danger it creates is left to future generations, kicking the can down the road.
"What better place to dump this waste than in an area with a population that has witnessed Newcomers enrich themselves for hundreds of years? Yes, what better place than a population that has been targeted for assimilation, suffered theft of lands, witnessed the taking of naturally bestowed rights? A population that has been subjected to racial Indian Act legislation essentially stripping away all that sustained this population for thousands of years.
"Yes, let us give the Indians some more shiny beads and trinkets so that they willingly agree to care for our radioactive garbage. How do we do this? Let’s talk to the Chief and Council. Let’s wine and dine them. Let’s give them some money, take them to dinner, buy some drinks and make them feel all festive and most of all make them think we are looking out for their best interests. Some Chiefs have taken the bait.
"Egregious as it may be, this is exactly what is happening in some Indigenous communities contrary to the will of the majority. Elected Chiefs are continuing the deception as they are blinded and professing the 'Nuclear is Green' mantra. They have lost connection with the Spirit of Ancestors and traditional values. They need to have a serious introspection and realize that looking forward, we need only look back at what has sustained us to this point in time. We need not do any more than that."
Eric lives in #PeskotomuhkatiNation territory in Maine and stands shoulder to shoulder with his Peskotomuhkati relations in #NewBrunswick in the struggle to achieve Canadian Government recognition.
https://www.wabanakireach.org/first_nations_chiefs_shouldn_t_be_duped_by_the_nuclear_is_green_deception_by_william_altvater
#NoNukes #NoNewNukes #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #UraniumMining #UraniumMilling #LeaveItInTheGround #Greenwashing #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #NuclearIsNotGreen #CanadaPol #NuclearWaste #NuclearIndustry #TEPCOLies #HoltecLies #NuclearColonialism
New MMIP Grant Fund Opens
https://return2heart.org/our-sisters-are-sacred-fund/
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5yBgRvwr_1lyp72hSNRGVmPCPTCfhK_47Zqa2jr2I5XQS-Q/viewform?pli=1
This grant opportunity, open to Native women-led organizations and programs across the U.S., will offer one-year grants ranging from $20,000 to $30,000. The funding aims to directly support those addressing the health, safety, and wellbeing of Native communities most impacted by MMIW/G2S.
To qualify, projects must be led by Native women or Two-Spirit individuals who are members of federally recognized tribes. Eligible programs must operate under a 501(c)(3) status or be fiscally sponsored, and applicants need to be over 18 years of age and reside in the United States.
Each project should specifically target Indigenous communities, focusing on both tribal and urban areas where Native populations reside.
In evaluating applications, Return to the Heart Foundation will prioritize initiatives that demonstrate a solid commitment to supporting the health and safety of Native women and girls, show a clear potential to make a meaningful impact in the community, and address urgent needs in areas with high rates of MMIW/G2S cases.
Each project will be assessed on its alignment with Native cultural values and the achievability of its goals within the grant's one-year funding term.
Applications for the Our Sisters Are Sacred grant are due by December 1, 2024, at 9 p.m. PST. Award announcements will follow in late December, with funds disbursed in January 2025.
#MMIP #Indigenous #G2S #MurderedAndMissing #Gender2Expansive
#Grants
https://return2heart.org/our-sisters-are-sacred-fund/
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5yBgRvwr_1lyp72hSNRGVmPCPTCfhK_47Zqa2jr2I5XQS-Q/viewform?pli=1
This grant opportunity, open to Native women-led organizations and programs across the U.S., will offer one-year grants ranging from $20,000 to $30,000. The funding aims to directly support those addressing the health, safety, and wellbeing of Native communities most impacted by MMIW/G2S.
To qualify, projects must be led by Native women or Two-Spirit individuals who are members of federally recognized tribes. Eligible programs must operate under a 501(c)(3) status or be fiscally sponsored, and applicants need to be over 18 years of age and reside in the United States.
Each project should specifically target Indigenous communities, focusing on both tribal and urban areas where Native populations reside.
In evaluating applications, Return to the Heart Foundation will prioritize initiatives that demonstrate a solid commitment to supporting the health and safety of Native women and girls, show a clear potential to make a meaningful impact in the community, and address urgent needs in areas with high rates of MMIW/G2S cases.
Each project will be assessed on its alignment with Native cultural values and the achievability of its goals within the grant's one-year funding term.
Applications for the Our Sisters Are Sacred grant are due by December 1, 2024, at 9 p.m. PST. Award announcements will follow in late December, with funds disbursed in January 2025.
#MMIP #Indigenous #G2S #MurderedAndMissing #Gender2Expansive
#Grants
Despite attempts by local authorities to impede the vote, in a general assembly yesterday, the P’urhépecha community of Tacuro, Michoacán, voted 307 to 0 for autonomy: to directly administer their own resources, make decisions according to traditional forms of governance without political parties, and to self-govern.
https://desinformemonos.org/autonomia-para-tacuro-asamblea-vota-a-favor-de-autogobierno-en-michoacan/
#Mexico #Michoacán #autonomy #Indigenous
https://desinformemonos.org/autonomia-para-tacuro-asamblea-vota-a-favor-de-autogobierno-en-michoacan/
#Mexico #Michoacán #autonomy #Indigenous
After infiltrating #StandingRock, #TigerSwan pitched its ‘#counterinsurgency’ playbook to other oil companies
More than 50,000 pages of newly released documents detail how the security firm targeted #pipeline opponents and tried to profit off its #surveillance tactics.
by Alleen Brown & Naveena Sadasivam
Apr 13, 2023
"The Intercept and Grist contacted TigerSwan, #EnergyTransfer, the National Sheriffs’ Association, as well as Thompson, the group’s executive director. None of them responded to requests for comment.
"To TigerSwan, the emergence of #Indigenous-led social movements to keep oil and gas in the ground represented a business opportunity. Reese anticipated new demand from the #FossilFuel industry for strategies to undermine the network of #activists his company had so carefully gathered information on. In the records, TigerSwan expressed its ambitions to repurpose these detailed records to position themselves as experts in managing pipeline protests. The company created marketing materials pitching work to at least two other energy companies building controversial oil and gas infrastructure, the records show. TigerSwan, which was staffed heavily with former members of military special operations units, branded its tactics as a 'counterinsurgency approach,' drawing directly from its leaders’ experiences fighting the so-called War on Terror abroad.
"TigerSwan did not just work in #NorthDakota. Energy Transfer hired the company to provide security to its #RoverPipeline in #Ohio and #WestVirginia, the documents confirm. By spring 2017, TigerSwan was also assembling intelligence reports on opponents of Energy Transfer and #Sunoco’s #MarinerEast2 Pipeline in #Pennsylvania.
"The documents from the North Dakota security board paint a detailed picture of counterinsurgency-style strategies for defeating opponents of oil and gas development, a War-on-Terror security firm’s aspirations to replicate its deceptive tactics far beyond the Northern Great Plains, and the cozy relationship between businesses linked to the fossil fuel industry and one of the largest law enforcement trade associations in the U.S. The impetus for spying was not simply to keep people safe, but to drum up profits from energy clients and to allow fossil fuels to continue flowing, at the expense of the communities fighting for clean water and a healthy climate.
"'For them, it was an opportunity to help create a narrative against our tribe and our supporters,' said Wasté Win Young, a citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the one of the plaintiffs in a class action civil rights lawsuit against TigerSwan and local law enforcement. Young’s social media posts repeatedly showed up in the documents. 'We weren’t motivated by money or payoffs or anything like that. We just wanted to protect our homelands.'"
Full article:
https://grist.org/accountability/tigerswan-documents-dakota-access-pipeline-standing-rock-surveillance/
#ClimateJustice #BigOilAndGas #WaterIsLife #ACAB #StandingRockSioux #StandWithStandingRock #NoDAPL #Activism #ClimateChange
#EnvironmentalJustice
More than 50,000 pages of newly released documents detail how the security firm targeted #pipeline opponents and tried to profit off its #surveillance tactics.
by Alleen Brown & Naveena Sadasivam
Apr 13, 2023
"The Intercept and Grist contacted TigerSwan, #EnergyTransfer, the National Sheriffs’ Association, as well as Thompson, the group’s executive director. None of them responded to requests for comment.
"To TigerSwan, the emergence of #Indigenous-led social movements to keep oil and gas in the ground represented a business opportunity. Reese anticipated new demand from the #FossilFuel industry for strategies to undermine the network of #activists his company had so carefully gathered information on. In the records, TigerSwan expressed its ambitions to repurpose these detailed records to position themselves as experts in managing pipeline protests. The company created marketing materials pitching work to at least two other energy companies building controversial oil and gas infrastructure, the records show. TigerSwan, which was staffed heavily with former members of military special operations units, branded its tactics as a 'counterinsurgency approach,' drawing directly from its leaders’ experiences fighting the so-called War on Terror abroad.
"TigerSwan did not just work in #NorthDakota. Energy Transfer hired the company to provide security to its #RoverPipeline in #Ohio and #WestVirginia, the documents confirm. By spring 2017, TigerSwan was also assembling intelligence reports on opponents of Energy Transfer and #Sunoco’s #MarinerEast2 Pipeline in #Pennsylvania.
"The documents from the North Dakota security board paint a detailed picture of counterinsurgency-style strategies for defeating opponents of oil and gas development, a War-on-Terror security firm’s aspirations to replicate its deceptive tactics far beyond the Northern Great Plains, and the cozy relationship between businesses linked to the fossil fuel industry and one of the largest law enforcement trade associations in the U.S. The impetus for spying was not simply to keep people safe, but to drum up profits from energy clients and to allow fossil fuels to continue flowing, at the expense of the communities fighting for clean water and a healthy climate.
"'For them, it was an opportunity to help create a narrative against our tribe and our supporters,' said Wasté Win Young, a citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the one of the plaintiffs in a class action civil rights lawsuit against TigerSwan and local law enforcement. Young’s social media posts repeatedly showed up in the documents. 'We weren’t motivated by money or payoffs or anything like that. We just wanted to protect our homelands.'"
Full article:
https://grist.org/accountability/tigerswan-documents-dakota-access-pipeline-standing-rock-surveillance/
#ClimateJustice #BigOilAndGas #WaterIsLife #ACAB #StandingRockSioux #StandWithStandingRock #NoDAPL #Activism #ClimateChange
#EnvironmentalJustice
After infiltrating Standing Rock, TigerSwan pitched its ‘counterinsurgency’ playbook to other oil companies
More than 50,000 pages of newly released documents detail how TigerSwan targeted pipeline opponents and tried to profit off its surveillance tactics.Alleen Brown (Grist)
First, they change the name (Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America).
Then, stake their claim.
Then, take what they think is theirs...
...like they are doing in Gaza...
... like done with our First Nations ...
...and the Jewish people...
The devil is always in the details.
#mexico #gaza #indigenous
Then, stake their claim.
Then, take what they think is theirs...
...like they are doing in Gaza...
... like done with our First Nations ...
...and the Jewish people...
The devil is always in the details.
#mexico #gaza #indigenous
#Reading Georges Erasmus' #memoir Hot'a! It's a walk through 50 years of fighting for #Indigenous #rights and the role community development plays in mobilizing for the good fight. #Canadians can learn a lot from this book especially if you weren't/aren't part of movements that stand for #equality and #humanrights,
A $7M grant to install solar panels through the EPA’s Solar for All program is in limbo. Also unclear: a $300,000 grant for resilient infrastructure from the Department of Energy and $600,000 for food distribution from the Department of Agriculture. https://www.texasobserver.org/climate-funding-freeze-tribes-community-groups/
#Indigenous #NativeAmerican #politics #USpol #Trump #HumanRights #USpol #news
#Indigenous #NativeAmerican #politics #USpol #Trump #HumanRights #USpol #news
‘It’s Demoralizing’: Trump’s Climate Funding Freeze Has Left Tribes and Community Groups in Limbo
Despite court orders to release federal grants, many organizations working on climate projects still don't have access to contractually obligated money.Naveena Sadasivam (The Texas Observer)
Did #albo say anything about the attack on two Muslim women in Melbourne? No?
Didn't they say: "We value every Australian, regardless of their faith, race, gender or LGBTIQ+ status,” ?
Someone reminds me, what do we call it when actions don't match the words?
So violent attacks are not ok if inflicted on Christians or Jews but it's apparently acceptable if inflicted on #Muslims , #women , #indigenous or #lgbtqia community. Because hey it's too complicated and hard to protect anyone other than Christians and Jewish people.
And Albo calls Dutton divisive, while he follows in his footsteps.
#trans #transgender #lgbtq #lgbt #women ##humanrights #auspol
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/feb/17/melbourne-alleged-islamophobic-assaults-women-epping-high-street-shops-ntwnfb
Didn't they say: "We value every Australian, regardless of their faith, race, gender or LGBTIQ+ status,” ?
Someone reminds me, what do we call it when actions don't match the words?
So violent attacks are not ok if inflicted on Christians or Jews but it's apparently acceptable if inflicted on #Muslims , #women , #indigenous or #lgbtqia community. Because hey it's too complicated and hard to protect anyone other than Christians and Jewish people.
And Albo calls Dutton divisive, while he follows in his footsteps.
#trans #transgender #lgbtq #lgbt #women ##humanrights #auspol
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/feb/17/melbourne-alleged-islamophobic-assaults-women-epping-high-street-shops-ntwnfb
Wow, this is a beauty! #Colombian #Indigenous elders explain some ancient #rockart to #archaeologists.
'Painted in vibrant ochre pigments, the high diversity of animal motifs—the artwork ranges from taxonomically specific to quite ambiguous, often showing a fluidity between humans and animals—holds key information for how those in the Amazon understood the world around them.
As archaeologists have studied in the area for the past six years, recently work turned to six of the artistic panels at the Cerro Azul outcrop. Speaking in Spanish and the Indigenous languages of Desana, Tukano, and Nukak, elders told archaeologists how the idea of transformation was a key theme throughout the art, including humans morphing into birds, sloths, lizards, and snakes.
Any time an animal appears in a non-realistic state, such as a panther drawn with two heads, they depict the spiritual world, Tukano-speaking Ismael Sierra said. A Desana elder told the team spirits themselves drew the art because of how high up in the rocks some of the art was.'
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a63633494/amazon-rock-art/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb
'Painted in vibrant ochre pigments, the high diversity of animal motifs—the artwork ranges from taxonomically specific to quite ambiguous, often showing a fluidity between humans and animals—holds key information for how those in the Amazon understood the world around them.
As archaeologists have studied in the area for the past six years, recently work turned to six of the artistic panels at the Cerro Azul outcrop. Speaking in Spanish and the Indigenous languages of Desana, Tukano, and Nukak, elders told archaeologists how the idea of transformation was a key theme throughout the art, including humans morphing into birds, sloths, lizards, and snakes.
Any time an animal appears in a non-realistic state, such as a panther drawn with two heads, they depict the spiritual world, Tukano-speaking Ismael Sierra said. A Desana elder told the team spirits themselves drew the art because of how high up in the rocks some of the art was.'
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a63633494/amazon-rock-art/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb
Researchers Studied a 11,000-Year-Old Rock Art Motif—and Uncovered a Fascinating Story
The 12-mile-long piece of art depicted humans transforming into animals.Tim Newcomb (Popular Mechanics)
“The Treaty bill is not just about legal wording — it’s about economic power. If Te Tiriti is successfully reframed as symbolic rather than contractual, the Crown will have removed one of the last barriers standing in the way of total economic control.” #NZ #Aotearoa #Indigedon #TreatyPrinciplesBill #Indigenous #Māori #ToitūTeTiriti #TeTiriti
https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/were-not-here-to-negotiate-our-own-marginalisation/
https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/were-not-here-to-negotiate-our-own-marginalisation/
We're not here to negotiate our own marginalisation | E-Tangata
"The Treaty bill is not just about legal wording — it’s about economic power. If Te Tiriti is successfully reframed as symbolic rather than contractual, the Crown will have removed one of the last barriers standing in the way of total economic contro…Joshua Koko (E-Tangata)
"The Ayacucho #Commune is an expression of the impressive synergy between a longstanding cooperative way of life, on the one hand, and a nationwide communal movement aimed at #socialism...
The #AyacuchoCommune comprises both #Indigenous and criollo (non-Indigenous) fisherpeople. Their stories in this three-part series shed light on how fisherpeople are working together to build self-government and break their dependency on the capitalist markets..."
https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/the-ayacucho-commune-a-fishing-community-on-the-orinoco-part-i/
The #AyacuchoCommune comprises both #Indigenous and criollo (non-Indigenous) fisherpeople. Their stories in this three-part series shed light on how fisherpeople are working together to build self-government and break their dependency on the capitalist markets..."
https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/the-ayacucho-commune-a-fishing-community-on-the-orinoco-part-i/
The Ayacucho Commune: A Fishing Community on the Orinoco (Part I) - Venezuelanalysis
As part of VA’s Communal Resistance series, fisherfolk explain the challenges of building a commune in a country under siege.cira (Venezuelanalysis)
New blog post: Walking on "Tayal Country" in Taiwan
"It is a place where the Tayal people continue to find ways to practice their traditions while living within the nation-state of Taiwan and adapting to environmental change."
https://davidonformosa.wordpress.com/2025/02/05/jianshi-atayal-culture-trip/
#Taiwan #Hsinchu #TaiwanStudies #Indigenous #台灣 #新竹 #原住民 #blog
"It is a place where the Tayal people continue to find ways to practice their traditions while living within the nation-state of Taiwan and adapting to environmental change."
https://davidonformosa.wordpress.com/2025/02/05/jianshi-atayal-culture-trip/
#Taiwan #Hsinchu #TaiwanStudies #Indigenous #台灣 #新竹 #原住民 #blog
Return to Tayal Country
On my recent visit to Taiwan Professor Lin Yih-ren (林益仁) invited me to join a trip to Jianshi with some students from Taipei National University of the Arts (國立臺北藝術大學). It was the first time I had …David on Formosa
🌏 #News: In #WestPapua, “empty lands” are NOT empty—they sustain countless #indigenous #Malind and #Khimaima people for millennia. Large-scale #palmoil projects destroy livelihoods. Support #HumanRights #IndigenousRights and #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔🧐⛔️https://farmlandgrab.org/post/32579?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
#KristiNoem and friends are taking revenge on #FirstNations! They were concerned that would happen!
#NativeAmerican tribes say #ICE harassing members amid raids
by Erin Alberty,
Russell Contreras, January 28, 2025
"Some Native American tribes say tribal members are being harassed by federal immigration agents, while others fear they could be wrongly caught up in immigration raids.
Why it matters: The angst among some #Indigenous tribes reflects the confusion and fear even among legal citizens during the #Trump administration's immigration raids.
The big picture: Several tribes have issued warnings and advice to their members based on what they say have been encounters in which U.S. immigration agents have demanded proof of citizenship — episodes that the tribes have linked to #RacialProfiling.
The alarm comes as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says its agents are arresting more than 1,000 undocumented immigrants a day, part of President Trump's push to deport "millions" of people not authorized to stay in the U.S.
Immigration raids in cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles — and Trump's new directives to allow searches in schools and churches in addition to workplaces and homes — have heightened concerns in communities across the country.
Zoom in: The #NavajoNation, one of the nation's largest tribes, said federal immigration agents have been questioning its members.
"My office has received multiple reports from Navajo citizens that they have had negative, and sometimes traumatizing, experiences with federal agents targeting undocumented immigrants," Navajo President #BuuNygren said in a statement.
Navajo Nation officials told CNN on Monday that at least 15 Indigenous people in the southwestern U.S. have reported being questioned or detained by immigration officers in the past week.
The 17.5 million-acre Navajo Nation is in northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah. It's larger than 10 states.
ICE offices in Utah and Washington, D.C., did not immediately respond to Axios' requests for comment.
Zoom out: The #MescaleroApache Tribe in New Mexico announced that a member was confronted by ICE agents last week and was asked for ID — first in Spanish, although the member spoke English.
The #SissetonWahpetonOyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation in South Dakota said it was temporarily waiving all fees for issuing or replacing tribal IDs amid members' concerns about ICE encounters.
#Ute Indian Tribe Business Committee — the tribe's governing body — promised in a statement Saturday to "aggressively defend our rights and interests."
The tribe offered legal counsel to members who are "improperly detained or questioned," as did the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah.
The San Juan Southern #Paiute Tribe, whose land crosses the Utah-Arizona border, advised its citizens to record encounters with ICE, ask for agents' badges and keep their doors closed and ask for a warrant if approached at home.
What they're saying: Trump's immigration executive orders have "raised concern among our tribal members, particularly regarding the potential targeting of our community by immigration agents," #ChippewaCree Tribe chairman Harat BaRete said in a statement.
The north-central Montana tribe then released a set of guidelines urging members to remain silent, keep ID handy and report encounters to tribal officials.
"The #RosebudSioux Tribe is in the process of assessing the legal effects of the unlawful and unconstitutional Trump administration Executive Orders and will fiercely defend against any threat to the sovereignty," the South Dakota tribe said in a statement.
Between the lines: It's not unusual for ICE or DEA agents to enter tribal lands for immigration or drug enforcement.
Since the Obama administration, U.S. agents have aggressively targeted human smuggling rings that use isolated Indigenous lands to try to move undetected.
Congress didn't grant citizenship to Native Americans until 1924 — a development President Trump's lawyers cited in their attempt to justify his temporarily blocked executive order to overturn birthright citizenship.
The administration's attorneys last week invoked an 1884 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that denied citizenship to members of tribes to argue that "birth in the United States does not by itself entitle a person to citizenship."
Some tribal leaders saw the argument as a threat against their members' U.S. citizenship."
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/29/native-american-immigration-raids-navajo-nation?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#ICERaids #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousNews #Fascism #SettlerColonialism
#NativeAmerican tribes say #ICE harassing members amid raids
by Erin Alberty,
Russell Contreras, January 28, 2025
"Some Native American tribes say tribal members are being harassed by federal immigration agents, while others fear they could be wrongly caught up in immigration raids.
Why it matters: The angst among some #Indigenous tribes reflects the confusion and fear even among legal citizens during the #Trump administration's immigration raids.
The big picture: Several tribes have issued warnings and advice to their members based on what they say have been encounters in which U.S. immigration agents have demanded proof of citizenship — episodes that the tribes have linked to #RacialProfiling.
The alarm comes as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says its agents are arresting more than 1,000 undocumented immigrants a day, part of President Trump's push to deport "millions" of people not authorized to stay in the U.S.
Immigration raids in cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles — and Trump's new directives to allow searches in schools and churches in addition to workplaces and homes — have heightened concerns in communities across the country.
Zoom in: The #NavajoNation, one of the nation's largest tribes, said federal immigration agents have been questioning its members.
"My office has received multiple reports from Navajo citizens that they have had negative, and sometimes traumatizing, experiences with federal agents targeting undocumented immigrants," Navajo President #BuuNygren said in a statement.
Navajo Nation officials told CNN on Monday that at least 15 Indigenous people in the southwestern U.S. have reported being questioned or detained by immigration officers in the past week.
The 17.5 million-acre Navajo Nation is in northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah. It's larger than 10 states.
ICE offices in Utah and Washington, D.C., did not immediately respond to Axios' requests for comment.
Zoom out: The #MescaleroApache Tribe in New Mexico announced that a member was confronted by ICE agents last week and was asked for ID — first in Spanish, although the member spoke English.
The #SissetonWahpetonOyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation in South Dakota said it was temporarily waiving all fees for issuing or replacing tribal IDs amid members' concerns about ICE encounters.
#Ute Indian Tribe Business Committee — the tribe's governing body — promised in a statement Saturday to "aggressively defend our rights and interests."
The tribe offered legal counsel to members who are "improperly detained or questioned," as did the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah.
The San Juan Southern #Paiute Tribe, whose land crosses the Utah-Arizona border, advised its citizens to record encounters with ICE, ask for agents' badges and keep their doors closed and ask for a warrant if approached at home.
What they're saying: Trump's immigration executive orders have "raised concern among our tribal members, particularly regarding the potential targeting of our community by immigration agents," #ChippewaCree Tribe chairman Harat BaRete said in a statement.
The north-central Montana tribe then released a set of guidelines urging members to remain silent, keep ID handy and report encounters to tribal officials.
"The #RosebudSioux Tribe is in the process of assessing the legal effects of the unlawful and unconstitutional Trump administration Executive Orders and will fiercely defend against any threat to the sovereignty," the South Dakota tribe said in a statement.
Between the lines: It's not unusual for ICE or DEA agents to enter tribal lands for immigration or drug enforcement.
Since the Obama administration, U.S. agents have aggressively targeted human smuggling rings that use isolated Indigenous lands to try to move undetected.
Congress didn't grant citizenship to Native Americans until 1924 — a development President Trump's lawyers cited in their attempt to justify his temporarily blocked executive order to overturn birthright citizenship.
The administration's attorneys last week invoked an 1884 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that denied citizenship to members of tribes to argue that "birth in the United States does not by itself entitle a person to citizenship."
Some tribal leaders saw the argument as a threat against their members' U.S. citizenship."
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/29/native-american-immigration-raids-navajo-nation?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#ICERaids #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousNews #Fascism #SettlerColonialism
#Indigenous ppl in #SouthDakota, #NorthDakota & #Montana are 1/4 of the prison population, despite being less than 1/10 of statewide populations. Nationally, Native youth are incarcerated at a higher rate than Hispanic, Asian, and white people combined. 🧵
https://grist.org/indigenous/prison-funding-states-stolen-indigenous-land-trust/
https://grist.org/indigenous/prison-funding-states-stolen-indigenous-land-trust/
10 states fund prisons using stolen Indigenous lands
State trust lands generate millions of dollars for carceral facilities and programs every year, largely from extractive industries like oil and gas drilling.Alleen Brown (Grist)
“My office has received multiple reports from Navajo citizens that they have had negative, and sometimes traumatizing, experiences with federal agents targeting undocumented immigrants in the Southwest,”
Navajo Nation: #Navajo citizens are reporting being questioned and detained in #immigration raids | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/us/navajo-detained-ice-indigenous-immigration-trump/index.html
#Trump #fascism #politics #USpol #news #Indigenous
Navajo Nation: #Navajo citizens are reporting being questioned and detained in #immigration raids | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/us/navajo-detained-ice-indigenous-immigration-trump/index.html
#Trump #fascism #politics #USpol #news #Indigenous
#Indigenous
#TribalSovereignty
#pronouns
#gender
#SouthDakota
#Racism
#homophobia
#LGBT
#KristiNoem https://apnews.com/article/pronouns-tribal-affiliation-south-dakota-66efb8c6a3c57a6a02da0bf4ed575a5f
#TribalSovereignty
#pronouns
#gender
#SouthDakota
#Racism
#homophobia
#LGBT
#KristiNoem https://apnews.com/article/pronouns-tribal-affiliation-south-dakota-66efb8c6a3c57a6a02da0bf4ed575a5f
Pronouns, tribal affiliations forbidden in South Dakota public university employee emails
A new South Dakota Board of Regents policy keeps employees from including their gender pronouns in school email signatures and other correspondence. That was adopted after Gov. Kristi Noem railed against “liberal ideologies” on college campuses.MARGERY A. BECK (AP News)
"Let Leonard’s freedom be a reminder that the entire 👉so-called United States👈 is built on the stolen lands of #IndigenousPeople—and that #Indigenous people have successfully resisted every attempt to oppress, silence, and colonize us…The commutation granted to Leonard Peltier is a symbol of our collective strength—and our #resistance will never stop." -NDN Collective founder Nick Tilsen
#LeonardPeltier: “It’s finally over–I’m going home”
https://mronline.org/2025/01/24/leonard-peltier-its-finally-over-im-going-home/
#LeonardPeltier: “It’s finally over–I’m going home”
https://mronline.org/2025/01/24/leonard-peltier-its-finally-over-im-going-home/
Leonard Peltier: “It’s finally over–I’m going home” | MR Online
The Indigenous leader and longest-held political prisoner in the United States will be released to home confinement after his sentence was commuted.Peoples Dispatch (MR Online)
🔥🔥🔥🔥 Whoeee! Can someone verify if this ACTUALLY happened? Who would of thought the highlight of my day would happen so early, if this is true ❤️
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oU1yAc8HiCc
#usa
#humanrights
#democracy
#faith
#health
#mexico
#blackmastodon
#indigenous
#immigration
#geopolitics
@palestine
#africa
#eu
#russia
#uk
#lgbtq
#socialism
#ireland
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oU1yAc8HiCc
#usa
#humanrights
#democracy
#faith
#health
#mexico
#blackmastodon
#indigenous
#immigration
#geopolitics
@palestine
#africa
#eu
#russia
#uk
#lgbtq
#socialism
#ireland
- YouTube
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.m.youtube.com
#Shopify was in such a rush to remove their #Indigenous initiative "Build Native" on the day of Trump inauguration that they nuked the website before even updating the footer on their website.
So the footer of shopify.com leads to a 404
So the footer of shopify.com leads to a 404
#BreakingNews: #Biden commutes life sentence of Indigenous activist #LeonardPeltier, 80, to, essentially, House Arrest
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/biden-commutation-leonard-peltier #NativeAmericans #Indigenous #FreeLeoardPeltier
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/biden-commutation-leonard-peltier #NativeAmericans #Indigenous #FreeLeoardPeltier
"From the forced assimilation campaigns designed to erase #Indigenous cultures to the all-encompassing white supremacist terror of the #JimCrow South, it was all too easy to think of ways the #GenocideConvention could be deployed against the US."
How American Racism Sabotaged the World’s Fight Against #Genocide
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/us-genocide-convention-history-gaza/
#UNGenocideConvention #USpol #UShistory #slavery #SettlerColonialism #WhiteSupremacism #WhiteSupremacy #Palestine #Gaza #ColonialViolence @palestine
How American Racism Sabotaged the World’s Fight Against #Genocide
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/us-genocide-convention-history-gaza/
#UNGenocideConvention #USpol #UShistory #slavery #SettlerColonialism #WhiteSupremacism #WhiteSupremacy #Palestine #Gaza #ColonialViolence @palestine
How American Racism Sabotaged the World’s Fight Against Genocide | The Nation
The international laws against genocide were deliberately crafted to prevent the US from being held accountable for its crimes against Black and Indigenous people.The Nation
“In the dying days of the Biden Administration, the solicitor general at the Department of Interior issued a shameful and cowardly ruling that inaccurately and wrongly interprets the Cherokee Nation’s treaties. The solicitor’s opinion is unsupported by law and history, and is offensive to the Cherokee people."
#Tsalagi #Cherokee #Native #Indigenous
https://anadisgoi.com/index.php/government-stories/statement-from-cherokee-nation-principal-chief-chuck-hoskin-jr-on-the-department-of-the-interior-solicitor-opinion
#Tsalagi #Cherokee #Native #Indigenous
https://anadisgoi.com/index.php/government-stories/statement-from-cherokee-nation-principal-chief-chuck-hoskin-jr-on-the-department-of-the-interior-solicitor-opinion
Statement from Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. on the Department of the Interior Solicitor Opinion
“In the dying days of the Biden Administration, the solicitor general at the Department of Interior issued a shameful and cowardly ruling that inaccurate...Anadisgoi
krystal two bulls (oglala lakota/northern cheyenne) explains why indigenous peoples should stand with palestine.
#freePalestine #solidarity #indigenous #gaza #montana
https://youtu.be/iiMpqnFVSGk
#freePalestine #solidarity #indigenous #gaza #montana
https://youtu.be/iiMpqnFVSGk
“Tackling the “black snakes” undermining digital rights worldwide”
by Access Now’s new executive director, Alejandro Mayoral Baños
“According to #Indigenous prophecy, particularly the teachings of the Lakota and Dakota peoples of North America, it was foretold that a ‘black snake’ would slither across the land, bringing destruction to the Indigenous people, their way of life, and the environment around them.”
https://www.accessnow.org/the-black-snakes-undermining-global-digital-rights/
#Press #Digital #Rights #Intersectional #Threat #Humanity
by Access Now’s new executive director, Alejandro Mayoral Baños
“According to #Indigenous prophecy, particularly the teachings of the Lakota and Dakota peoples of North America, it was foretold that a ‘black snake’ would slither across the land, bringing destruction to the Indigenous people, their way of life, and the environment around them.”
https://www.accessnow.org/the-black-snakes-undermining-global-digital-rights/
#Press #Digital #Rights #Intersectional #Threat #Humanity
Digital rights worldwide are being undermined by "black snakes"
Access Now’s new Executive Director, Alejandro Mayoral Baños, PhD, reflects on how to tackle the "black snakes" undermining digital rights.Alejandro Mayoral Baños (Access Now)
📍Norway
The Sami people are the #Indigenous people of #Norway. They stand in solidarity with Palestinians, and are trying to stop Norway from placing Israeli wind-turbines on their land, the profits of which will go to pay for the oppression of Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank.
Ida Helene Benonisen is a Sámi activist who is calling on Nordic Wind, a Norwegian company partially owned by Israel, to stop the #greenwashing of her people's land.
The Sami people are the #Indigenous people of #Norway. They stand in solidarity with Palestinians, and are trying to stop Norway from placing Israeli wind-turbines on their land, the profits of which will go to pay for the oppression of Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank.
Ida Helene Benonisen is a Sámi activist who is calling on Nordic Wind, a Norwegian company partially owned by Israel, to stop the #greenwashing of her people's land.
Indigenous peoples and the California fires:
1. https://ictnews.org/news/native-nations-respond-to-los-angeles-fires
2. https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/tribes-mobilize-fire-crews-resources-for-southern-california
3. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-01-15/us-could-learn-from-australia-s-first-nations-firefighters
#DRR #LAFires #CaliforniaFires #LAWildfires #CaliforniaWildfires #California #fires #Indigenous #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousPeoples
1. https://ictnews.org/news/native-nations-respond-to-los-angeles-fires
2. https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/tribes-mobilize-fire-crews-resources-for-southern-california
3. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-01-15/us-could-learn-from-australia-s-first-nations-firefighters
#DRR #LAFires #CaliforniaFires #LAWildfires #CaliforniaWildfires #California #fires #Indigenous #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousPeoples
US Could Learn From Australia's First Nations Firefighters
Indigenous practices in Australia focus on managing rather than eliminating fire. It reduces damage and protects the environment.David Fickling (Bloomberg)