Friday, April 26, 2024

This Thanksgiving, a look at the indigenous communities making the climate connection

Here are a handful of front-line organizations and efforts connecting climate change and indigenous communities.

Happy ThanksGetting Day

This column is just about one tiny example of the unfairness of this current corporate/capitalist system.

#BlackFridays walkouts turn rage into action and community

This initiative, connected by the Twitter hashtag #BlackFridays, has resulted in a number of symbolic walkouts across the country led by a network of women of color.
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How America’s perpetual warfare abroad is fueling an increase in white supremacist violence in...

“If you look for instance at the surges in Ku Klux Klan membership, they align more consistently with the return of veterans from combat and the aftermath of war than they do with anti-immigration, populism, economic hardship or any of the other factors that historians have typically used to explain them."

One way to skip Wall Street and invest in your community

The reality is, wealth is usually only a small part of the package of other intergenerational advantages.

The case against WikiLeaks is a crisis for the First Amendment

The Trump administration once celebrated WikiLeaks. Now it wants to prosecute Julian Assange simply for publishing things it doesn't like. That's a threat to all journalists.

The voices of Amazon women and a visionary declaration to protect indigenous lands

"The Amazon Rainforest ecosystems are vital lungs of the Earth. Thus, the justice and well-being for the people of Sarayaku is inseparably tied to the fate of all people worldwide."
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As camp fire death toll rises, meet the prisoners making $1 an hour to...

They make just a dollar an hour battling on the front lines but are rarely eligible to get jobs as firefighters after their release.
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Exclusive: WikiLeaks lawyer warns U.S. charges against Assange endanger press freedom worldwide

It’s unclear what charges may be brought against Assange; the Justice Department has previously considered prosecuting him over his role in the release of hacked DNC emails.