All Notebook Entries
Growing terror in San Marcos Aviles: imminent displacement planned
Posted by Jessica Davies - August 7, 2012 at 1:41 pmURGENT REPORT:
August 6, 2012
Compañer@s:
Greetings to you all from Movement for Justice in El Barrio, the Other Campaign New York.
In view of the seriousness of the latest acts of hostility and aggression in the community of San Marcos Avilés, the Zapatista support bases (BAZ) have urged us to share this report with you:
URGENT: COMMUNITY IN CHIAPAS, MEXICO, THREATENED WITH IMMINENT ATTACK, EVICTION AND DEATH.
Posted by Jessica Davies - August 3, 2012 at 12:59 amHuman rights organisations have warned that the population of nearly 200 Zapatista supporters in the indigenous community of San Marcos Aviles are at very serious risk of violent assault and displacement. The threats made against them have increased sharply since the Mexican elections in July.
Medea Benjamin in Tucson: Drones and Obama's Tuesday Kill List
Posted by Brenda Norrell - August 2, 2012 at 11:46 pmUS citizens to lead anti-drone march in northern Pakistan
Medea Benjamin in Tucson: Obama's Tuesday kill list responsible for assassination of 16-year-old from Denver
By Brenda NorrellINTERNATIONAL CALL TO ACTION: Worldwide Echo in Support of the Zapatistas
Posted by Jessica Davies - July 28, 2012 at 12:42 pmTohono O'odham oppose new federal police on sovereign Indian land
Posted by Brenda Norrell - July 25, 2012 at 1:24 pmBy Brenda Norrell
Photo: New federal BIA police vehicle near Sells, Ariz, on sovereign Tohono O'odham land.
Photo copyright Censored News.
Mexico’s Peña Nieto hires US propaganda firm
Posted by Bill Conroy - July 22, 2012 at 12:18 amCLSA is same media-spin company used by Honduran coup regime
The de facto president-elect of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto has hired Washington, DC-based public relations firm Chlopak, Leonard, Schechter & Associates to help him spread positive propaganda during the transition period prior to his official swearing-in as the majordomo of Mexico on Dec. 1 of this year.
PBS exposes US Border Patrol torture, sexual abuse and cruelty
Posted by Brenda Norrell - July 20, 2012 at 7:24 pmBy Brenda Norrell
Friday, July 20, 2012
Arizona newsmakers: White supremacy, cyber-plagiarism and corporate spin
Posted by Brenda Norrell - July 19, 2012 at 1:46 pmArizona newsmakers: White supremacy, cyber-plagiarism and corporate spin
By Brenda Norrell
Photo by Andrew Curley: Navajos protest uranium mining at Church Rock, N.M. on Saturday.
Romney’s Bain Woes Boil Down To A Paper Trail That Doesn't Add Up
Posted by Bill Conroy - July 15, 2012 at 12:53 amOfficial Records Show Presidential Candidate’s Federal Filings Contradict Filings Made With the State of Massachusetts
The mainstream media reports now zeroing in on presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s role at Bain Capital entities after 1999 can be a bit confusing and seem to focus primarily on whether he said one thing publicly yet was doing something quite different behind the scenes.
Texas Case Raises Troubling Questions About ATF Gunwalking
Posted by Bill Conroy - July 10, 2012 at 8:13 pmRio Grande Valley Businessman Was The Target of Multiple Arms-Trafficking Investigations Yet He Continued To Acquire Guns Through Straw Buyers
Armed agents desecrate sacred fire on San Francisco Peaks
Posted by Brenda Norrell - July 8, 2012 at 1:57 pm
Forest Service desecrates sacred fire on San Francisco Peaks, after similar abuse of Winnemem Wintu ceremony in CaliforniaBy Brenda Norrell
Photo: Chief Arvol Looking Horse present as Forest Service desecrates sacred fire on San Francisco Peaks. Photo by Libby Williams
Navajo Council votes 'No!' to Little Colorado River water rights theft
Posted by Brenda Norrell - July 5, 2012 at 4:47 pmNavajo Council opposes both the Little Colorado River rights theft and the lease extension of one of the dirtiest coal fired power plants in the US
By Brenda Norrell
Photo: Dine' Water Rights
Updated 10 pm Thursday
Media's false report on Hopi Tribe passing water settlement
Posted by Brenda Norrell - June 27, 2012 at 7:22 amBy Brenda Norrell
The media has published false reports that the Hopi Tribe passed the Little Colorado River settlement, which is aimed at giving Hopi and Navajo water to non-Indians in Arizona and the coal fired power plant, Navajo Generating Station, one of the dirtiest in the US, and Peabody Coal.
The bill, devised by Arizona Senators Jon Kyl and John McCain and non-Indian attorneys, would require Hopi and Navajo to give up their aboriginal water rights.
Bullets Over Bogota: DEA Flight Unit to Stockpile Ammo
Posted by Stephen Peacock - June 27, 2012 at 6:41 amThe U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration tentatively is planning to purchase 121,000 rounds of ammunition specifically for DEA Aviation Division operations in the U.S., the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Afghanistan.
Those who build awareness and autonomy are enemies of the state
Posted by Jessica Davies - June 23, 2012 at 11:39 am“PUBLIC LETTER DEMANDING THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF FRANCISCO SÁNTIZ LÓPEZ AND ALBERTO PATISHTÁN GÓMEZ"
Posted by Jessica Davies - June 23, 2012 at 1:51 amTo:
Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa
Presidente de la República
Residencia Oficial de los Pinos, Casa Miguel Alemán
Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, C.P. 11850, México DF
Copy to:
Alejandro Poire Romero
Secretario de Gobernación
Bucareli 99, 1er. Piso, Col. Juárez, Del.Cuauhtémoc,
C.P. 06600, México DF
TO PRESIDENT FELIPE CALDERÓN HINOJOSA:
Indigenous deliver Kari-Oca II Declaration to Rio+20, as military halts hundreds
Posted by Brenda Norrell - June 21, 2012 at 9:55 pmMilitary halts hundreds as Indigenous deliver Kari-Oca II Declaration to Rio+20
Breaking news check back for updates
By Brenda Norrell
Photos by Ben Powless, Mohawk, IEN
Project Gunrunner: The media can't get it right
Posted by Brenda Norrell - June 20, 2012 at 5:56 pmUS games of secrecy, bolstered by the collapsed media, ignore life and death in Mexico
Wikileaks Assange seeks asylum in Ecuador
Posted by Brenda Norrell - June 19, 2012 at 3:40 pmEcuador said Julian Assange is under the protection of Ecuador until it decides whether to grant Assange asylum
Wikileaks exposed US exploitation of Indigenous Peoples in Ecuador and globally
By Brenda Norrell
Indigenous in Rio: 'NO!' to False Green Economy and Carbon Cowboys
Posted by Brenda Norrell - June 19, 2012 at 8:49 amIndigenous in Rio: ‘NO!’ to False Green Economy and Carbon Cowboys
By Brenda Norrell brendanorrell@gmail.com
Photos by Ben Powless, Mohawk, IEN, Rio
Updated
Regarding Syria's Peace Initiative
Posted by Dennes Longoria - June 17, 2012 at 9:01 pmWhile I agree with Kofi that peace should be the ultimate goal and it has to be a concerted effort and not someone forcing their will unilaterally the way Bush did in Iraq, the option to use force has to also be on the table as a last resort if the Syrian leader fails to cooperate and continues murdering his own people. But the first step is absolutely one of getting all the parties that have an interest around a round table and just create an atmosphere of mutual cooperation.
Navajoland: Slick PR green campaign benefits dirty coal power plant
Posted by Brenda Norrell - June 16, 2012 at 9:48 pmBy Brenda Norrell
Climate Vultures Circling Rio
Posted by Brenda Norrell - June 11, 2012 at 10:29 amClimate vultures circling Rio
Forecast for Rio+20: ‘Green Capitalism’ as Indigenous Peoples press for the Rights of Nature
By Brenda Norrell
Photo: Cochabamba by Michelle Cook, Navajo
Estos son los lineamientos y la ruta para la marcha del domingo “Anti Peña Nieto”
Posted by Isadora Bonilla - June 7, 2012 at 1:55 pmDespués de una primera movilización exitosa, grupos ciudadanos y el movimiento YoSoy132 llaman a manifestarse para informar a la población.
Don Juan
Posted by Jessica Davies - June 5, 2012 at 9:16 amLuis Hernández Navarro
On March 28, 2001, Juan Chávez Alonso, Don Juan to his brothers and compañeros, addressed the Mexican Congress along with the Zapatista commanders and two other indigenous delegates. Wearing a hat, his trusty jacket, Purépecha coat and work boots, he addressed the lawmakers in his wise, serene, slow and steady voice.
Juan Chavez Alonso, indigenous leader, dies after an accident at home
Posted by Jessica Davies - June 4, 2012 at 7:35 amA tireless community fighter who has supported the Zapatistas since 1994
In 2001, during the March of the Colour of the Earth, he was one of the main speakers, alongside the General Command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation in the Congress of Union
Gloria Muñoz Ramírez
Special to La Jornada
Sunday June 3, 2012,Morelia, Michoacan, June 2.
Delegation: US participated in Miskito Indian massacre in Honduras
Posted by Brenda Norrell - May 31, 2012 at 3:06 pmBy Brenda Norrell
A delegation of human rights experts interviewed survivors of the Miskito Indian massacre in Honduras and report that the United States participated in the massacre just prior to retrieving a delivery of cocaine.
On May 11, 2012, four helicopters conducted an apparent drug interdiction near the town of Ahuas. At least one of the helicopters opened fire on a passenger boat killing two pregnant women, a 14-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man, while seriously injuring at least four more.
Mexican President Calderón Hires US Propaganda Firm
Posted by Bill Conroy - May 28, 2012 at 3:29 pmLos Pinos Retains Las Vegas-Based R&R Partners to Promote Government’s Successes As the Bloody Drug War Rages On
The administration of Felipe Calderón has retained a politically connected US advertising and public relations firm to promote the political and economic agenda of the Mexican president in advance of the upcoming G20 Summit, which will be held in Los Cabos, Mexico, only a few weeks prior to the July 1 Mexican general election.
Native Americans create authentic websites to counter collapsed media
Posted by Brenda Norrell - May 22, 2012 at 1:03 pmBy Brenda Norrell
Native Americans and First Nations -- Mohawk, Navajo, Hopi, O’odham and Lakota -- have created their own news websites, with authentic Native voices and their own photos, videos and articles, to counter the plague of collapsed media.
