ECONOMIC JUSTICE We demand economic justice for all and a reconstruction of the economy to ensure Black communities have collective ownership, not merely access. This includes: A progressive restructuring of tax codes at the local, state, and federal levels to ensure a radical and sustainable redistribution of wealth. Federal and state job programs that specifically… Read More BLM Policy: Economic Justice for All
Healing the Dominant Group, Breaking the Cycle of ViolenceBasketball, Native youth, men’s healing, indigeneity, a European culture of conquest – all of these things come together in David Dean’s personal story. David’s story takes us on a journey that melds study with life experience as he spends five summers on the Crow Reservation in Montana,… Read More White Awake: Healing Justice
BREAKING: NEB cancels Energy East hearing in Montreal as protesters storm the room The National Energy Board cancelled its scheduled panel session on the Energy East pipeline project after protesters criticizing the pipeline regulator’s integrity stormed the Centre Mont-Royal Monday morning. “In light of the events of this morning, we are obligated to cancel the… Read More Montreal Protesters Shut Down NEB Hearing on Energy East
A new study has found that without action on climate change, the millennial generation as a whole will lose nearly $8.8 trillion in lifetime income dealing with the economic, health and environmental impacts of climate change. The study, “The Price Tag of Being Young: Climate Change and Millennials’ Economic Future,” was produced by NextGen Climate… Read More McGhee: Millennials Lose 8.8 Trillion Due to Climate Change
Another book I absolutely must read but don’t have time: Michael S. A. Graziano’s Consciousness and the Social Brain (2013, Oxford Univ. Press) I scanned the summary page that encapsulates his theory of consciousness: I will reproduce the text here: SPECULATIVE EVOLUTIONARY TIMELINE OF CONSCIOUSNESS The theory at a glance: from selective signal enhancement to consciousness. About… Read More Consciousness and the Social Brain
Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement, has also taken part in the protests against the Dakota pipeline. Banks also was part of the 1973 Wounded Knee standoff: DENNIS BANKS: What’s happening here is equally as important, because of the stand that you’re ready to make. When they threaten the environment, they’re threatening you. We are… Read More Dennis Banks: We Are the Environment
In North Dakota, more than a thousand indigenous activists from different tribes have converged at the Sacred Stone Spirit Camp, where protesters are blocking construction of the proposed $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. Protesters say the pipeline would threaten to contaminate the Missouri River, which provides water not only for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe,… Read More LaDuke: Enbridge Has No Right to Destroy Our Future
