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Juneteenth Title 5 US Federal Holiday - A quasi-optional Juneteenth Day of Observance 
The 25th Anniversary of Folsom Juneteenth vs. 4th Annual Black Miners Bar Juneteenth highlights the ongoing challenge of our authentic Title 5 Federal Holiday “not yet” recognized throughout the State of California....
Posted: Wed, Apr 23, 2025 12:42pm PDT
Fighting for the People, Protecting the Water: Navajos Rally Outside Navajo Council 
Navajos marched to the Navajo Nation Council to protect their water, and oppose coal mining, uranium mining and radioactive transport in their homeland today, during the second day of the Navajo Council's spring session. Urging respect for the water, and to keep it clean, Dine' spoke of protecting the sacred....
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2025 8:37pm PDT
Feds Charge Ahead with Plan to Destroy Oak Flat 
The U.S. government today announced that it is forging ahead with plans to transfer a Native American sacred site to a multinational mining giant in as few as 60 days, despite a federal lawsuit challenging the action as illegal....
Posted: Thu, Apr 17, 2025 6:57pm PDT
Diné Coalition Opposes Navajo President's Push for Coal Mining and Uranium Transport 
A coalition of grassroots groups opposes Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren's push for new coal mining and the ongoing dangerous uranium transport in radioactive trucks. The coalition will hold a press conference on Monday, April 21, at the Navajo Nation Council....
Posted: Thu, Apr 17, 2025 6:45pm PDT
Boycott El Salvador! 
Urge to Boycott El Salvador and End Trump Regime...
Posted: Wed, Apr 16, 2025 11:01pm PDT
Dozens of Israeli Airstrikes in Recent Weeks Killed 'Only Women and Children' 
In some 36 strikes about which the U.N. Human Rights Office corroborated information, the fatalities recorded so far were only women and children...
Posted: Sat, Apr 12, 2025 8:11am PDT
'Free Leonard Peltier' Film Receives Standing Ovations, Begins Free Rez Tour 
The new 'Free Leonard Peltier' film is receiving standing ovations and global awards, and now begins its new Rez Tour in the Dakotas with free screenings. After premiering at Sundance Film Festival, the film received high awards in Greece, and has an upcoming screening in Warsaw, Poland. Co-director Jesse Short Bull, Lakota from the Badlands on Pine Ridge, dug deep and reveals the secrets of a hidden uranium mining deal on Pine Ridge. The archival footage is a rich history of the movement an...
Posted: Fri, Apr 11, 2025 9:49am PDT
California Juneteenth currently is not aligned with our newest Title 5 Federal Holiday 
On June 19, 2025, our nation will commemorate and celebrate the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth Celebrations on Port Galveston Island, Texas. The journey toward this historic milestone is an opportunity to pause and reflect on our collective journey towards the end the US Civil War. Today, our Title 5 Federal Holiday is not official throughout California. The assignment to go city by city and county by county remains…...
Posted: Thu, Apr 10, 2025 9:36pm PDT
Standing Rock Chair 'Energy Transfer Case Against Greenpeace is False and Insulting' 
Standing Rock Chairwoman Janet Alkire responded to the verdict in the case of Energy Transfer v Greenpeace. Chairwoman Alkire said the pipeline's lawsuit is a false, self-serving narrative and insulting. The pro-oil jury in a North Dakota district court awarded the owner of Dakota Access Pipeline $667 million in its case against Greenpeace. Most Lakotas said they didn't even know Greenpeace was at the camps in 2016 and 2017. The pipeline claimed Greenpeace led the movement to protect the wate...
Posted: Sat, Mar 29, 2025 4:41am PDT
A path to our 160th Anniversary of Juneteenth comes alive at our California State Capitol 
Our California State Capitol Juneteenth Celebration builds momentum towards the State of California officially recognizing our Title 5 US Federal Holiday for all California employees....
Posted: Wed, Mar 26, 2025 8:31am PDT
A Letter From Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil 
Earlier this month, recent graduate, activist, soon-to-be father, and legal permanent resident Mahmoud Khalil, was arrested and detained in direct retaliation for his advocacy for Palestinian rights at Columbia University. Later, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) transferred him to a Louisiana detention facility 1,400 miles away from his home and his family....
Posted: Mon, Mar 24, 2025 9:46am PDT
Jewish Americans and Allies Occupy Trump Tower Demanding Release of Mahmoud Khalil 
"We know what happens when an autocratic regime starts taking away our rights and scapegoating and we will not be silent."...
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 3:41pm PDT
NLG Condemns the Targeted Detention of Palestinian Student Organizer Mahmoud Khalil FULL TITLE: National Lawyers Guild Condemns the Targeted Detention of Palestinian Student Organizer Mahmoud Khalil and Reiterates its Call for “Sanctuary Universities” to Protect their Students and Workers from Escalating State Repression...
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 8:26am PDT
'Bring Him Home': Mahmoud Khalil's Wife Describes Nightmare Arrest, Demands Safe Return 
"Khalil's abduction, in its cruelty and unlawfulness, has horrified people around the country. Let us be clear: This is what fascism looks like, and it is part of a much broader campaign," said the director of Palestine Legal....
Posted: Wed, Mar 12, 2025 2:55pm PDT
Black Lives Matter Plaza Removed for DC Funding 
WASHINGTON (03-12) – Emboldened by Donald Trump’s war on words and “woke” phrases, Congressman Andrew Clyde (R-GA) a member of the House - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on March 3 introduced bill H.R. 1744 to eliminate Black Lives Matter Plaza (BLM)......
Posted: Wed, Mar 12, 2025 11:29am PDT
In Contempt #50: National Guard Sent in to New York Prisons, Leonard Peltier Comes Home In this column, It's Going Down presents a monthly roundup of political prisoner, prison rebel, and repression news, happenings, announcements, action and analysis. Packed in as always are updates, fundraisers, and birthdays....
Posted: Sun, Mar 9, 2025 11:56am PDT
Standing up for Science Against DOGE Attacks 
Science matters! And on March 7 a “Nationwide Stand up for Science” rally took place along with 32 other “nerd parties across the country” protesting the Trump administration’s attack on federal science workers, programs and research....
Posted: Sat, Mar 8, 2025 6:38am PST
Standing Rock Chair: Energy Transfer's Lawsuit, 'Frivolous' Seeks to Silence Tribe, Allies 
In the case now before the district court in North Dakota, Energy Transfer versus Greenpeace, Standing Rock Chairwoman Janet Alkire blasts Energy Transfer with the facts and makes it clear that the Standing Rock Nation led the resistance to Dakota Access Pipeline....
Posted: Wed, Mar 5, 2025 12:22am PST
Havasupai Elder 'Grand Canyon is Already Contaminated by Pinyon Plain Uranium Mine' 
Havasupai Dianna Uqualla said the Havasupai's ancestral land, the Grand Canyon, is already contaminated by Energy Fuels Pinyon Plain uranium mine....
Posted: Sat, Mar 1, 2025 2:38am PST