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The University of New Mexico Statement of Solidarity: No Honor in Onate's Violence
This is the second time a shooting occurred at a peaceful rally against an Oñate statue. The first occurred two years ago in 2021 near Old Town in Albuquerque, when another unprovoked gunman shot and injured a peaceful protester. Here on the UNM main campus, we are pushing for the renaming of Oñate Hall. We should not honor the well-known legacy of violence and trauma....
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2023 12:15pm PDT
Statement of Family of Indigenous Activist Jacob Johns Shot Last Week at Prayer Circle
Indigenous community members were conducting a peaceful and spiritual assembly when they were attacked and made victims of an attempted mass murder. It is only because the shooter’s gun jammed that Malaya Peixinho and others were not also injured or worse....
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2023 12:05pm PDT
Federal Appeals Court Hears Case of Excessive Force by Law Enforcement at Standing Rock
A federal appeals court heard arguments in the class action lawsuit filed for excessive force at Backwater Bridge at Standing Rock, North Dakota, by water protectors who suffered critical injuries. The issues argued include whether the use of munitions, bean bags filled with shot, and water sprayed on water protectors in temperatures below freezing, were justified or legal. Rachel Lederman, lead counsel for water protectors, told the Eighth Circuit Appeals Court's three-member panel of judges...
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2023 8:39am PDT
Roots of today’s Black reparations movement chronicled in new book on 1982 Tribunal
“The Verdict Is In: Reparations Now!” is a collection of personal and empirical testimonies delivered at the first World Tribunal on Reparations for African People, held in 1982 in Brooklyn, New York....
Posted: Tue, Sep 26, 2023 11:06am PDT
Police Transport (Spit) Hoods May Cause Injury or Death
The use of transport (spit) hoods by police increases the likelihood of breathing difficulties and suffocation. These hoods are particularly dangerous when a person is already in distress. When used in conjunction with other restraints (such as handcuffs and hobbles) hoods are highly likely to reduce a person's ability to breathe....
Posted: Tue, Sep 19, 2023 4:36pm PDT
Calling on USians to Memorialize Jennifer Laude, Call for American Withdrawal from the Philippines
An Urgent Plea from the Philippines...
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2023 7:21pm PDT
2023 Intenational Underground Railroad Month: 1854 Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar
Discover the 1854 Gold Mining District of Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar as we featured this 2023 International Underground Railroad Month...
Posted: Mon, Sep 4, 2023 10:16am PDT
Bvlbancha Radio is Live on Traditional Houma Land
Radio Bvlbancha! Seven years after Standing Rock we are back in the community on the ground, setting up and sustaining community lead radio! Community begins with communication. Being prepared for climate chaos is essential for the survival of our peoples and Earth. I’m so thankful to be here on the traditional lands of the Houma Nation in beautiful New Orleans! Back to the grass-roots where it matters and where it starts. Human rights include communication systems!...
Posted: Mon, Sep 4, 2023 8:56am PDT
México: Ecocidio y etnocidio en el desarrollo del Tren Maya
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Tribunal sobre los Derechos de la Naturaleza resuelve que el Estado mexicano cometió ecocidio y etnocidio en el desarrollo del Tren Maya...
Posted: Wed, Aug 30, 2023 11:20am PDT
Paiute Shoshone Defending Massacre Site ask Court to Dismiss Charges by Lithium Americas
A group of seven water protectors sued by a mining company for peacefully protesting the Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada have asked a State Court to dismiss their case. Their brief, filed on Friday, argues that the protesters were exercising their First Amendment rights to peaceful assembly....
Posted: Tue, Aug 22, 2023 10:19am PDT
State of California recognizing our 2023 International Day for People of African Descent
The State of California is poised to join the efforts to elevate International Day for People of African Descent and utilize the influence from the 5th largest economy on earth to align... ``all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and have the potential to contribute constructively to the development and well-being of their societies''....
Posted: Sun, Aug 20, 2023 9:53pm PDT
2023 California Admission Day - Discover International Underground Railroad Month
California Admission Day was an essential part of the 1850 Compromise, a fiercely debated US Congressional Act signed by President Willard Fillmore that strengthened and extended slavery in Utah and New Mexico regions. The passage of the Fugitive Slave Law, which made the federal government financially responsible for capturing and returning freedom seekers to their enslavers...
Posted: Sun, Aug 13, 2023 2:17pm PDT
Grand Canyon Nation Monument Protects Native Ancestral Lands from Uranium Mining
The creation of the new Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni, Grand Canyon National Monument, will halt new uranium mining in the area. Regardless of the United States' assertion of land ownership, this land has been the homeland of Native people since time immemorial....
Posted: Thu, Aug 10, 2023 3:13am PDT
U.S. and Canada Among Top Violators of Indigenous Rights: Mining, Militarization, Schools
The United States and Canada are among the top countries violating the human rights of Indigenous Peoples, with mining companies based in the U.S. and Canada linked to assassinations of Native people around the world, Indigenous told the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples....
Posted: Tue, Aug 1, 2023 5:48am PDT
United Nations Hears Testimony on Violations of Indigenous Rights by Governments, Police
The United Nations heard testimony from Indigenous Peoples around the world, on the devastation from mining, ongoing genocide, and murder by federal agents and militarized forces, during this week's session of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva....
Posted: Sun, Jul 23, 2023 4:34pm PDT
Something is Rotten in France
French police kill 17 year old youth of Algerian background at traffic stop...
Posted: Wed, Jul 5, 2023 11:55am PDT
2023 California Buffalo Soldiers Weekend - July 28-30, 2023
Printed copies of the National Buffalo Soldiers Study were distributed on Veterans Day 2019 at the dedication of Colonel Charles Young Memorial Highway. 2023 California Buffalo Soldiers Day Weekend, we greatly expand our efforts to broadly recognize our California Historic Buffalo Soldiers Trail. Building upon the unexpected promotion, soon the Brigadier General Charles Young Memorial Highway will help share the broader story of the Buffalo Soldiers throughout California and beyond....
Posted: Sat, Jul 1, 2023 5:24pm PDT
U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Peltier, Oak Flat and Line 5 in Final Report
The priorities in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues final report include the release of imprisoned Leonard Peltier, the protection of Apaches sacred Oak Flat, and decommissioning Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline. Censored News looks at what is included in the final report, and what is not....
Posted: Thu, Jun 22, 2023 4:16am PDT
Interior Sec. Haaland Supports Digging into Paiute Massacre Site for Lithium
Paiute Shoshone elders and youths were raided by police, and their Eagles Feathers were confiscated. Now, the foreign company Lithium Americas has filed a major lawsuit against the protectors of the Paiute Massacre Site. Interior Sec. Deb Haaland has further broken the people's hearts by voicing support for this violation of both sacred and human laws, imperiling future generations....
Posted: Wed, Jun 21, 2023 9:20pm PDT
Mohawk Nation News: Indigenous People Demand Moratorium on Quebec Logging
Mohawk Nation News -- "Indigenous guardians of the ancestral territories of the Innu, Atikamekw and Mohawk are demanding a moratorium on logging in Quebec."...
Posted: Wed, Jun 21, 2023 12:51am PDT