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Flagstaff Police Attack and Arrest San Francisco Peaks Marchers
Posted by Brenda Norrell - August 7, 2011 at 6:37 pmBREAKING NEWS
Updated Monday, Aug. 8 at 7 pm
By Brenda Norrell
Photos: Navajo Klee Benally attacked and arrested by Flagstaff, Arizona, police. Photo by Youth of the Peaks.
US Government Informant Helped Sinaloa Narcos Stay Out of Jail
Posted by Bill Conroy - August 7, 2011 at 3:39 pmMexican Lawyer Who Was Trusted Associate of "Chapo" Guzman Allegedly Paid Off Corrupt Mexican Officials, All Under the Watch of US Agencies
An obscure figure in Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa drug-trafficking organization is key to the US government’s alleged deal with its leadership — a pact that supposedly provided the "cartel's" chief narcos with immunity in exchange for them providing US authorities with information that could be used to target other narco-trafficking organizations.
Corporate destruction of Mother Earth most censored issue in Indian country
Posted by Brenda Norrell - August 4, 2011 at 9:32 pmCorporate destruction of Mother Earth most censored issue in Indian country
By Brenda Norrell
Crow Voices Radio rebroadcasts Protecting Mother Earth Gathering
Posted by Brenda Norrell - August 3, 2011 at 10:16 amIndigenous Peoples gather to halt devastation from mining, tar sands, oil and gas wells and other environmental destruction in Indian country, now causing global warming and climate changeBy Brenda NorrellNatives in Alaska and Louisiana devastated by nation's largest oil spills
Posted by Brenda Norrell - August 2, 2011 at 12:52 pmNation's largest oil spills
devastate Native lands in Alaska and LouisianaArticle and photo by Brenda Norrell
Greenwashing: Corporations target Indian country with scams
Posted by Brenda Norrell - August 2, 2011 at 8:48 amIndian country targeted with the scam of carbon credits and polluting waste incinerators
Article and photo by Brenda NorrellPhoto: Chief Arvol Looking Horse and Ponca Casey Camp greet Indigenous Peoples at the Protecting Mother Earth Gathering.
Indigenous Peoples: Civil disobedience to halt dirty Tar Sands pipeline in US
Posted by Brenda Norrell - August 1, 2011 at 2:03 pm
At the Protecting Mother Earth Gathering, First Nations activists announce civil disobedience to halt dirty Tar Sands pipeline in USArticle and photo by Brenda Norrell
Maya in Guatemala: Seeds, Ceremonies and the Year 2012
Posted by Brenda Norrell - August 1, 2011 at 12:11 amMaya speaks of true mathematics at the Indigenous Protecting Mother Earth ConferenceBy Brenda NorrellNEW TOWN, North Dakota -- Speaking on the vital connection with the natural energies around us, one of the Mayans spoke of the true role of mathematicians and the ceremonies being held in preparation for December of 2012.The Mayan spoke of the need to use traditional seeds and prepare in ceremony for what is ahead today, during an interview at the
US Court Documents Claim Sinaloa “Cartel” Is Protected by US Government
Posted by Bill Conroy - July 31, 2011 at 5:07 pmDeal Allegedly Gave Sinaloa Bosses Immunity in Exchange for Providing Info on Rival Drug Organizations
The son of a heavy hitter in a powerful Mexican drug trafficking organization has filed explosive legal pleadings in federal court in Chicago accusing the US government of cutting a deal with the the “Sinaloa Cartel” that gave its leadership “carte blanche to continue to smuggle tons of illicit drugs into Chicago and the rest of the United States.”
Chief Looking Horse speaks at Protecting Mother Earth Gathering
Posted by Brenda Norrell - July 29, 2011 at 7:32 am
Chief Arvol Looking Horse: 'Grandmother Earth is sick right now'By Brenda Norrell
Lulzsec files: Operation Gunrunner weapons of choice
Posted by Brenda Norrell - July 26, 2011 at 10:26 pmBy Brenda Norrell
Also see breaking news: Journalist found decapitated in Veracruz:
http://cpj.org/2011/07/journalist-found-decapitated-in-mexico.php
Congress Told of Strategy Behind Fast and Furious Months Before Its Launch
Posted by Bill Conroy - July 24, 2011 at 4:54 pmFormer Deputy Attorney General Laid Out Game Plan in Testimony Delivered in March 2009
The Republican-led Congressional witch-hunt to pin blame for ATF’s failed Fast and Furious operation on high-level Obama administration officials may well come full circle back to Congress itself.
Tribal Court Judgment upholds Northern Paiute Gathering Rights
Posted by Brenda Norrell - July 21, 2011 at 6:24 amKuiu Kwaan Tribal Court issues declaratory judgment upholding gathering rights of Northern Paiute 'Kwassuh' Wesley DickCopyright by Brenda NorrellPhoto Wesley Dick
TACOMA, Wash. -- The Kuiu Kwaan Tribal Court in Tacoma, Washington, issued a declaratory judgment in the case of Northern Paiute traditional gatherer"You'll Never Work in this Blogosphere Again!"
Posted by Lorie Cavin - July 20, 2011 at 5:08 pmSome of the folks from the 2008 Obama campaign/blogobamasphere have blogs that I visit.
Obot Obotics, a post of mine from the other day links to a story that just keeps going.
Lawmakers Doth Protest Too Much over ATF’s Fast and Furious Scandal
Posted by Bill Conroy - July 17, 2011 at 7:46 pmCongress Continues to Ignore House of Death Cover-up Spawned During Bush Administration
The hypocrisy of our political leadership is not a man-bites-dog story, of course, but rarely is a brazen act of duplicity so completely ignored by our mainstream media as has been the case with the ongoing saga of ATF’s Fast and Furious scandal — in which the federal agency is accused of knowingly allowing criminals to smuggle weapons into Mexico.
Obot Obotics
Posted by Lorie Cavin - July 14, 2011 at 1:16 amAn angryblacklady shared post sums up why I Obot with Obama/Organizing for America.
R U 2 ?
Update: jane-hamsher-calls-obama-supporters-dumb-motherfuckers
Love you too, Jane Repubfucker.
Mexican Military Commander Removed Following Disappearance Investigation
Posted by Erin Rosa - July 13, 2011 at 7:28 pmShake Up Happens After Morelos Lawmakers Support Withdraw of Soldiers from Streets
Flytilla activists imprisoned in Israel, held like dogs
Posted by Brenda Norrell - July 11, 2011 at 11:36 am
A dark day for Israel, US and Greece
By Brenda NorrellWixaritari form alliances in northwest to halt mining on sacred land in Mexico
Posted by Brenda Norrell - July 10, 2011 at 8:55 pm
Efforts of Indian community to Indian community temporarily halt silver mining on sacred landBy Brenda Norrell
Photos by Robert Free
ATF’s Fast and Furious Seems Colored With Shades of Iran/Contra Scandal
Posted by Bill Conroy - July 10, 2011 at 8:17 pmCongressional Inquiry Raising Specter of Spooks in the Soup
The acting head of ATF (the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) has seemingly blown the cover of both DEA and FBI informant operations in order to spare his own neck and to deflect blame away from a badly flawed operation undertaken by his own agency.
In doing so, ATF Acting Director Kenneth Melson has also left open the door to the house of mirrors that always comes into play when U.S. interests intersect with foreign affairs.
Reno newspaper promotes attackers in hate crime
Posted by Brenda Norrell - July 7, 2011 at 2:31 pmBy Brenda Norrell
The Reno Gazette Journal joined the copycat crew, copying information from two articles in Censored News.
Hacked data: Arizona police tired of lies and delays of Border Patrol agents
Posted by Brenda Norrell - July 5, 2011 at 8:48 amArticle and photo by Brenda Norrell
Photo: Mike Wilson, Tohono O'odham, provides water for migrants dying in the Sonoran Desert. Photo Brenda Norrell.Arizona police say they are tired of the lies of Border Patrol agents who are involved in high speed chases.
Zapatista community of San Marcos Aviles suffers eviction, aggression and threats for building an autonomous school
Posted by Jessica Davies - July 5, 2011 at 12:57 amGood Government Junta Central Heart of the Zapatistas Before the World
July 1, 2011
To public opinion
To the national and international press
To national and international civil society
To Human Rights Organizations
To the alternative media
To adherents to the Other Campaign
To adherents to the Zezta International
Brothers and sisters,
THE GOOD GOVERNMENT JUNTA, CENTRAL HEART OF THE ZAPATISTAS
BEFORE THE WORLD, BASED IN OVENTIC, CARACOL II, RESISTANCE AND REBELLION FOR HUMANITY, HIGHLAND (ALTOS) ZONE OFArizona border: Hacked data reveals team of assassins
Posted by Brenda Norrell - July 5, 2011 at 12:50 am
Hacked Arizona police files describe mercenary-type patrols on the Arizona borderHouse of Death Informant Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Government
Posted by Bill Conroy - July 4, 2011 at 7:05 pmFormer Mexican Cop Who Helped Oversee House in Juarez Used for Torture and Murder Claims ICE Still Owes Him Money
A deactivated U.S. government informant who played a key role in multiple homicides in Mexico while under the supervision of U.S. prosecutors and federal agents has filed a lawsuit against the United States in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Field Hands: What's Up?
Posted by Lorie Cavin - July 4, 2011 at 8:20 amAs the 2012 election draws US into the new realities of who US really is, I found via blackwaterdog this organizing gem that digs deep into what is at stake in 2012.
So. Fieldhands/OfA folks: Let US know what you are up to. Give US what's going on in your neighborhood.
Hackers slam Arizona police for third time
Posted by Brenda Norrell - June 30, 2011 at 11:46 pm
UPDATED: Tuscon police chief candidate in 2009, was a "stalker," according to Fraternal Order of Police, and eight of the worst racist e-mailsBy Brenda Norrell
Hackers slammed the Arizona Department of Police for a third time on Thursday night, exposing police e-mails with more racism directed at Arabs, anti-immigrant chain e-mails, and crude jokes about President Obama.
The Chinga La Migra ComProtesters expose G4S Wackenhut profiteering from migrants misery
Posted by Brenda Norrell - June 30, 2011 at 1:06 pmBy Brenda Norrell
TUCSON -- Community members burst into the Tucson offices of private security firm G4S uninvited, declaring their opposition to the company's profiteering at the expense of immigrant communities in Tucson, across the nation and throughout the world.
Sixteen protesters were cited by police as they exposed the global G4S, which profiteers from the misery of Indigenous Peoples, and all people of col
Hackers expose Arizona police racial slurs, spying on ethnic studies
Posted by Brenda Norrell - June 30, 2011 at 10:11 amBy Brenda Norrell
TUCSON -- Hackers have once again slammed Arizona police, exposing racism and corruption. On Wednesday, the group Anonymous exposed a second set of data of Arizona police officers, which exposed a school cop targeting diversity studies in Tucson schools. The data also exposes racist chain e-mails forwarded by Arizona police officers.
The data on Wednesday exposed e-mails of Tucson schools public safety officer Robert 'Bob' Barry of Tucson.
O'odham Border Patrol protesters found not guilty
Posted by Brenda Norrell - June 30, 2011 at 8:06 amBy Brenda Norrell
Traduction en français:
http://www.facebook.com/l/8AQC5rM9r/www.chrisp.lautre.net/wpblog/?p=123"
TUCSON -- O'odham who protested the Border Patrol and locked down at headquarters were found not guilty on Wednesday, as other protesters targeted Wackenhut profiteers in a new action and were cited for
