Here's a recipe I came up with when I was on a #Macrobiotic diet. It's a hearty and warming soup on cool nights!
Lentil Soup with Kombo Seaweed
The most expensive ingredient in this soup is the seaweed, but if kept dry, a package of dried Maine Sea Vegetables lasts a long time. Doesn't have to be Kombu -- I've used other seaweeds successfully. Other than the initial Seaweed investment, this stuff is cheap, filling and has gotten me through many a fallow period during my Boston days.
8 oz lentils
6 inch (15 cm) strip of kombu seaweed (or any other seaweed)
2 onions, diced
2 pints water (or more if needed)
1 stalk celery, sliced
1 lb carrots, diced
Pinch of sea salt or 1 tablespoon tamari/shoyu soya sauce
Brown rice elbow pasta (optional)
1. Rinse the lentils.
2. Place the kombu on the bottom of a heavy soup pot and cover with the onion, lentils and water.
3. Cover and bring to the boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 40 minutes
4. After 20 minutes add the remaining vegetables and the seasoning.
#VeganRecipes #VeganOnABudget #Lentils
Made one of my favorite "vegan on a budget" dishes last night (I'm not vegan, but I don't eat a lot of meat). I cooked up a tomato-based sauce -- heated up olive oil, sauteed an onion, a couple cloves of garlic, and mushrooms, then added a couple of cans of tomatoes (fresh can work as well), a can of tomato paste, a smidgen of sugar, salt and pepper, and lots of fresh and dried savory herbs (rosemary, basil, thyme, oregano). Then I added chopped yellow squash and zucchini, sliced black olives -- and chickpeas as the protein! I served it over brown rice pasta since I can't do gluten. My partner added parmesan cheese, which then made it not vegan. Chickpeas are so versatile! We'll have to make a falafel meal soon.
#VeganRecipes #Chickpeas #VeganOnABudget
As Waters Rise, a Community Must Decide: Do We Stay or Go?
Faced with more frequent flooding and worse to come, the Philadelphia community of Eastwick is grappling with difficult questions about its future: Will levees and flood walls protect them, or should residents abandon their homes and move to higher ground?
By Jon Hurdle • September 28, 2023
"Across the United States, low-lying communities face similar hydrological challenges: how to protect people and property from rising seas and increased inland flooding. Many of these places are low-income communities of color. But low-lying Eastwick, with a majority Black population and a history of pollution, has long-standing socioeconomic challenges that make adaptation especially urgent and difficult."
Full article:
https://e360.yale.edu/features/chronic-flooding-eastwick-philadelphia?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #EnvironmentalRacism #Pennsylvania #EnvironmentalJustice
Significant #earthquake of magnitude 5.0 reported 86 km east of #Namie, Japan
Thu, 5 Oct 2023, 02:19 02:19 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
"#Japan was shaken near Namie, Futaba-gun, #Fukushima by an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 37 minutes ago, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported.
"The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter near Namie, Futaba-gun, Fukushima, Japan, in the morning on Thursday, October 5th, 2023, at 10:40 am local time. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. Magnitude and other quake parameters can still change in the coming hours as the agency continues to process seismic data."
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/222594/Significant-earthquake-of-magnitude-50-reported-86-km-east-of-Namie-Japan.html
#CenterForBiologicalDiversity
Media Advisory, October 2, 2023
Contact:
Kelley Dennings, (919) 355-8102, KDennings@biologicaldiversity.org
Virtual Film Series Showcases Link Between Health, #Capitalism
Film, Webinar Series Begins Oct. 5
TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity will host an environmental and reproductive health film and webinar series every Thursday this fall beginning Oct. 5. The series will explore how capitalism harms the health of people and the planet.
The featured films are A Silent Transformation, Children of the Vine, We the Guinea Pigs and The Climate Baby Dilemma. Watch each film for free and then join the webinars on Thursdays for live discussions and Q&As with people from the films, frontline communities, and subject matter experts.
“These movies tell powerful stories that show the link between the health of our families and the health of the environment,” said Kelley Dennings, population and sustainability campaigner at the Center. “Those who watch them will walk away with a deeper understanding of how our #extractive capitalist system hurts people and the planet.”
What: Environmental and Reproductive Health Film and Webinar Series, with a focus on our current extractive economy.
When: Every Thursday from Oct. 5 to Nov. 2
Where: Registration is required to view the films and attend the webinars. Sign up at the link below.
Who: Alternative economy webinar speakers include:
- Adoma Addo, former Center staff and co-author of the upcoming report, Alternative Economies: Uplifting Activities for a Sustainable Future.
- Emily Kawano, coordinator at U.S. Solidarity Economy Network and co-director of Wellspring Cooperative Corporation.
- Alison Dreith, director of strategic partnerships with Midwest Access Coalition, an abortion fund mutual aid organization.
Background
The Environmental and Reproductive Health Film and Webinar Series is a follow-up to the Center’s important 2022 report about inequity, reproductive harm, #environmental #pollution and capitalism.
The dates and times are as follows:
A Silent Transformation — film viewing Oct. 5–Oct. 12; webinar Oct. 12. The modern economy increasingly denies people basic amenities for a decent life. This documentary shows how the co-operative model is as critical as ever.
Children of the Vine — film viewing Oct. 12–Oct. 19; webinar Oct. 19. An unsettling investigation into the controversial #herbicide #Roundup and its impact on public health.
We the Guinea Pigs — film viewing Oct. 19–Oct. 26; webinar Oct. 26. As #plastic has gained ground in society this film finds there is also an inexplicable increase in the number of diseases and disorders, from breast cancer to poor sperm quality.
The Climate Baby Dilemma — film viewing Oct. 26–Nov. 2; webinar Nov. 2. Explores the growing number of Gen-Z and millennials who are refusing to bring a child into an increasingly unstable world because of climate change or struggling with the question of whether they should.
Each film is available to view for free for a week. Webinars will take place at 4 p.m. PT/ 7 p.m. ET.
https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/population_and_sustainability/population/environmental_reproductive_health_film_serieshttps://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/virtual-film-series-showcases-link-between-health-capitalism-2023-10-02/
Center for Biological Diversity
For Immediate Release, October 4, 2023
Contact:
Laiken Jordahl, (928) 525-4433, ljordahl@biologicaldiversity.org
#Biden Administration Waives Laws to Rush #BorderWall Construction Through #Texas Wildlands
STARR COUNTY, Texas — The Biden administration announced today that for the first time it will waive environmental, public health and cultural resource protection laws to fast-track construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Texas. The administration says it will take “immediate action to construct barriers and roads” along the border, including through fragile habitat near the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge.
“It’s disheartening to see President Biden stoop to this level, casting aside our nation’s bedrock environmental laws to build ineffective wildlife-killing border walls,” said Laiken Jordahl, Southwest conservation advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. “Starr County is home to some of the most spectacular and biologically important habitat left in Texas and now bulldozers are preparing to rip right through it. This is a horrific step backwards for the borderlands.”
The waiver sweeps aside 26 laws that protect clean air, clean water, public lands, endangered wildlife and Indigenous grave sites. The announcement marks the first time the Biden administration has used the REAL ID Act waiver authority.
“Every acre of habitat left in the #RioGrandeValley is irreplaceable,” said Jordahl. “We can’t afford to lose more of it to a useless, medieval wall that won’t do a thing to stop immigration or smuggling. President Biden’s cynical decision to destroy crucial wildlife habitat and seal the beautiful Rio Grande behind a grotesque border wall must be stopped.”
Wall construction in Starr County could harm recovery plans for endangered ocelots, which depend on contiguous wildlife corridors of protected habitat along the Rio Grande. Two endangered plants, the Zapata bladderpod and prostrate milkweed, are endemic to the area and will likely also be threatened by wall construction with their protections stripped by the waiver.
Last month, the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a damning report detailing the severe damage the border wall has caused to wildlife, public lands, and Indigenous sacred sites and burial grounds along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Beyond jeopardizing wildlife, endangered species and public lands, the U.S.-Mexico border wall is part of a larger strategy of ongoing border militarization that damages human rights, civil liberties, native lands and international relations. The border wall impedes the natural migrations of people and wildlife that are essential to healthy diversity.
Today’s action seeks to waive the following laws:
- National Environmental Policy Act
- Endangered Species Act
- Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
- American Indian Religious Freedom Act
- Federal Water Pollution Control Act
- National Historic Preservation Act
- Migratory Bird Treaty Act
- Migratory Bird Conservation Act
- Clean Air Act
- National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act
- Eagle Protection Act
- National Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956
- Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
- Archeological Resources Protection Act
- Paleontological Resources Preservation Act
- Safe Drinking Water Act
- Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act
- Noise Control Act
- Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
- Antiquities Act
- Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act
- Farmland Protection Policy Act
- National Trails System Act
- Administrative Procedure Act
- Federal Land Policy and Management Act
The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with more than 1.7 million members and online activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places.
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/biden-administration-waives-laws-to-rush-border-wall-construction-through-texas-wildlife-refuge-2023-10-04/
#WildlifeRefuge #Biodiversity #Wildlife #DHS #Habitat #CenterForBiologicalDiversity
@b9482105 Yes, I'm quite familiar with them. They haven't posted anything on their website for a while. These days I follow:
Fukushima Diary (reporting since day 1)
https://fukushima-diary.com/
Safecast (monitors radiation levels in Japan)
https://safecast.org/news/
Simply Info (formerly Fukuleaks) https://simplyinfo.org/
Enviroreporter (with a focus on Rocketdyne/Santa Susana) https://www.enviroreporter.com/
#Nuclear #NuclearNews #FukushimaWaterRelease #NoNukes #NuclearWaste
@06f67baf So much for the #RadiationHormesis theory...! Good for us, my a$$!
"'Our findings suggest an increased risk of diabetes among nuclear emergency workers from low levels of radiation. While the potential mechanisms remain somewhat unclear, reports suggest that radiation can adversely affect pancreatic cells responsible for insulin production, potentially contributing to diabetes. Additionally, there is an association between radiation exposure and heightened inflammation, a well-known factor in insulin resistance and the development of diabetes,' explains lead author Dr. Hu."
#NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #FukushimaWaterRelease #OpFukushima #OpJapan #OpTEPCO #TEPCOLies
In the shadow of a #nuclear plant, #PrairieIsland celebrates steps toward a green future
The Tribal Nation is about two years into an effort to cut its members’ energy costs with a solar field and other eco-friendly projects.
By Gustav DeMars, October 1, 2023
"Prairie island first contacted legislators in 2018 to get support for the project, Johnson said. It wasn’t until two years later in 2020 that Governor Tim Walz signed legislation greenlighting the project.
"The Prairie Island Indian Community reservation, which lies along the Mississippi and Vermillion rivers in and adjacent to Red Wing in southeastern Minnesota, is home to descendants of the Mdewakanton Band of Eastern Dakota.
"Johnson’s family had no electricity or running water until 1968, when the federal government built 12 homes in the community. Tribal members now live in about 150 homes. The reservation operates the Treasure Island Casino, which has operated since the 1980s.
"White Earth Tribal College becomes a bright spot for solar-energy job training.
Native-run solar firm aims to lower heating emissions and costs.
"As the community has grown, so has the need for energy. Now built atop what was once an unused pile of sand dredged from the Mississippi is a mostly complete 5.4-megawatt field of #solar panels that Prairie Island leaders hope will be a step toward what they call 'energy sovereignty.'
"The solar field is not currently in operation; it’s expected to be up and running in early 2024.
"Energy has long been a topic of conversation for Prairie Island’s community, which sits in the shadow of one of Minnesota’s two nuclear power plants. In 1973, the federal government authorized construction of the facility less than a mile from the reservation.
"Over the years, many Prairie Island tribal members have voiced dismay that the plant and #NuclearWaste storage are so close to their reservation. In March, Xcel Energy agreed to increase its annual payment to the community from $2.5 million to $10 million to compensate it for storing spent nuclear waste near its land."
Full article:
https://sahanjournal.com/climate-environment/prairie-island-indian-community-celebrates-green-future/
#NoNukes NoNewNukes #RenewablesNow #PrairieIslandIndianCommunity #EnergySovereignty #SolarFields
#Coffee is in danger. Starbucks is working on solutions
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN
Published Oct 3, 2023 1:58 PM EDT
"Firl thinks that in order for coffee to be sustainable, there needs to be a shift away from the industrialized coffee farm model. 'We need to bring coffee back to its forest roots,' she said, to promote a healthy #ecosystem.
"In 2021, Starbucks made a commitment to invest in forest protection and restoration and set other climate-related goals. Burns described the company’s breeding program as an 'ongoing' process, saying the company will keep trying out new varietals to adapt to #ClimateChange.
"Other coffee varieties, like #robusta and #liberica, hold up better than arabica in these difficult conditions. But coffee makers tend to avoid these varieties because consumers like how arabica tastes and smells, Cornell’s Gomez noted."
The article describes these new varieties: "One makes coffee with notes of melon, honey and sugar cane, while another boasts a citrus, herbal, floral flavor."
Both of those sound good to me!
https://www.accuweather.com/en/climate/coffee-is-in-danger-starbucks-is-working-on-solutions/1584255
As of 10-3-2023, the fundraiser for #JacobJohns is up to $213,000 ($250,000 goal)! Please share and donate if you can!
Help Jacob Johns Recover from Terrorist Shooting
"#Indigenous #ClimateActivist, #artist, #musician, and father Jacob Johns was shot in the chest this morning, Sept 28.2023, during a No Juan de #Oñate statue peaceful protest in Tewa territory (more commonly known as Española, New Mexico). Jacob put his body between women and children when the shooter charged towards the altar. He was air-lifted to a hospital in Albuquerque, and had surgery. The shooter, who was wearing a red MAGA hat, is in custody of tribal police. We ask everyone to please pray with us that he survives this surgery and doctors have’ the strength and wisdom to help him.
"Jacob, who is Hopi and Akimel O'odham, has dedicated his life to Indigenous and climate justice. He is a skilled muralist and speaker, and specializes in non-violent, peaceful 'artivism'."
Link to GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-jacob-johns-recover-from-terrorist-shooting
#ClimateActivist #Fundraiser
UPDATE: Fundraiser for #JacobJohns is up to $213,000 ($250,000 goal)! Please share and donate if you can!
Help Jacob Johns Recover from Terrorist Shooting
"#Indigenous #ClimateActivist, #artist, #musician, and father Jacob Johns was shot in the chest this morning, Sept 28.2023, during a No Juan de #Oñate statue peaceful protest in Tewa territory (more commonly known as Española, New Mexico). Jacob put his body between women and children when the shooter charged towards the altar. He was air-lifted to a hospital in Albuquerque, and had surgery. The shooter, who was wearing a red MAGA hat, is in custody of tribal police. We ask everyone to please pray with us that he survives this surgery and doctors have’ the strength and wisdom to help him.
"Jacob, who is Hopi and Akimel O'odham, has dedicated his life to Indigenous and climate justice. He is a skilled muralist and speaker, and specializes in non-violent, peaceful 'artivism'."
Links to his work are below:
- Free The Vote Mural: https://landscouncil.org/news/free-the-vote-mural
-COP28 Indigenous Wisdom Keeper Delegation https://www.backbonecampaign.org/cop28more
-Jacob’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/studio_1_eleven
Link to GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-jacob-johns-recover-from-terrorist-shooting
#ClimateActivist #Fundraiser
via #DemocracyNow
Gunman Wearing MAGA Hat Shoots #IndigenousActivist at New Mexico Protest over #Conquistador Statue
October 03, 2023
"In New Mexico, a 23-year-old gunman wearing a red MAGA hat opened fire last week on #JacobJohns and other Indigenous activists opposing plans to reinstall a statue honoring the 16th century conquistador Juan de Oñate, New Mexico’s first colonial governor. Johns, the prominent climate activist, was airlifted from Española to an Albuquerque hospital and required emergency surgery. We speak with Malaya Peixinho, who participated in Thursday’s gathering, about how the statue of the colonial leader has divided the local community. 'It is a really controversial thing to talk about #Oñate,' says Peixinho, who believes funds for the statue could go to social programs instead. 'That feels more important than funding a statue being resurrected.' The shooter, Ryan Martinez, was arrested and charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for shooting Johns and aiming the gun at Peixinho, who calls the charges 'fair' and blames police for not intervening. 'They didn’t show up for us,' says Peixinho."
Full story: https://www.democracynow.org/2023/10/3/espanola_protest_shooting
#GoFundMe link:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-jacob-johns-recover-from-terrorist-shooting
#ClimateActivist #MAGATerrorism #ACAB
A piece about #JacobJohns from a few years ago, along with some of his art. Please donate to help medical expenses for this #Artist/#Activist (#Artivist) who was shot at a peaceful rally in New Mexico... (Link to the #GoFundMe at the bottom of the post)
Native Passion
Jacob Johns is an artist and activist who does a little of everything
By Carrie Scozzaro, November 03, 2016
"Jacob Johns has lived multiple lives, many of them wrung to the last drop of bitter and sweet, sometimes in equal measure. As an artist, musician, DJ and hairdresser, he's also an activist, passionate about #NativeAmerican issues and #environmental concerns.
"'I don't have to be confined to one thing,' says Johns, who is of the Hopi and Akimel O'odham nations.
"In addition to #SierraClub rallies and protests against #oil and #coal train traffic, Johns has made several supply runs to the #StandingRock #Sioux camp since September, where he joined #DakotaAccessPipeline protesters and was interviewed by #DemocracyNow's Amy Goodman, documenting his scuffle with guards who had unleashed dogs on the protesters. Amidst that ugliness, Johns still found beauty.
"'Being in that area was such solidarity, such clarity. Everyone was taking care of each other,' he says.
"[As an artist, Johns uses] spray paint, pencil, marker, acrylic and other two-dimensional media, Johns creates works that often combine facial portraits and sacred geometry with gestural expressions of color and graffiti-like stylings. He often donates his time, work or both, such as designing the logo for the recent One Heart Native Arts and Film Festival and participating in auctions benefiting such organizations as Spokane's American Indian Community Center."
Source article: https://www.inlander.com/culture/native-passion-2939812
GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-jacob-johns-recover-from-terrorist-shootinghttps://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/166/098/784/693/326/original/f0e9009b06c581c4.png
‘He is a Spokandian; he is your family’: #Spokane #IndigenousActivist shot in New Mexico
September 29, 2023
By Alexandra Duggan
alexandrad@spokesman.com
"A longtime member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane, [#JacobJohns] has been vocal during #ClimateChange protests in Spokane, has painted #murals on Spokane city walls, has fundraised for #Indigenous groups through selling his paintings, organizes #SocialJustice rallies, and more.
"He just finished painting a mural in the Howard Street underpass on Sept. 19 to celebrate #VotingRights restoration for recently incarcerated people on National Voter Registration Day. Johns was also present at the #StandingRockPipeline protests in #NorthDakota.
"In just two months, he was scheduled to lead an #IndigenousWisdomKeepers Delegation to discuss solutions to climate change.
"'His home is there in Spokane. He tries to help out everywhere he can. Any community mural, anything grassroots. He is a real warrior,' [Johns' friend] Lane said. 'That’s what warriors do, standing up for #MotherEarth. I know that’s what he’s doing that for – his daughter, and all of mankind.'
"Lane is waiting for updates on his friend’s condition. He said as the community waits, they pray.
"'More than anything, I hope this can bring our communities together,' Lane said. 'We are all Americans. All of us. We got more in common than we do the difference.
"'We can’t let this be normal. He is a Spokandian; he is your family.'"
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/sep/29/he-is-a-spokandian-he-is-your-family-spokane-indig/
#ClimateActivist #LandBack #Colonialism #ClimateCrisis #EnvironmentalJustice #IndigenousActivist #IndigenousNews #StandingRock #Colonialism #Oñate
Fundraiser for #JacobJohn's is up to $170,000 ($250,000) goal.
Help Jacob Johns Recover from Terrorist Shooting
"#Indigenous #ClimateActivist, #artist, #musician, and father Jacob Johns was shot in the chest this morning, Sept 28.2023, during a No Juan de #Oñate statue peaceful protest in Tewa territory (more commonly known as Española, New Mexico). Jacob put his body between women and children when the shooter charged towards the altar. He was air-lifted to a hospital in Albuquerque, and had surgery. The shooter, who was wearing a red MAGA hat, is in custody of tribal police. We ask everyone to please pray with us that he survives this surgery and doctors have’ the strength and wisdom to help him.
"Jacob, who is Hopi and Akimel O'odham, has dedicated his life to Indigenous and climate justice. He is a skilled muralist and speaker, and specializes in non-violent, peaceful 'artivism'."
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-jacob-johns-recover-from-terrorist-shooting
Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Shooting of #JacobJohns
For Immediate Release, September 29, 2023
Contact:
Kierán Sucking, (520) 275-5960, ksuckling@biologicaldiversity.org
Statement from Kierán Suckling, executive director, Center for Biological Diversity:
“I’m horrified and devastated by the shooting this week in #NewMexico of Jacob Johns, an #Indigenous climate and justice #activist, by a #MAGA hat-wearing bigot. The Center for Biological Diversity stands by the brave actions of Johns and with the #IndigenousPeoples of New Mexico and North America resisting the resurrection of a monument to violent #conquistador Juan de #Oñate.
“The Center’s work to end the #climate and #extinction crises is rooted in resistance to #colonial #extractivism. We honor the tireless organizing of Indigenous activists resisting all forms of settler racism, including #TheRedNation, the #ThreeSistersCollective, the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women, and #NDNCollective, who led this week’s peaceful gathering in Tewa Territory, Española, New Mexico. We commit to fighting for justice, because injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with more than 1.7 million members and online activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places.
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/center-for-biological-diversity-statement-on-shooting-of-jacob-johns-2023-09-29/
#ClimateActivist #LandBack #Colonialism #ClimateCrisis #EnvironmentalJustice #IndigenousActivist #IndigenousNews
The #RedNation Account of Thursday’s Shooting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
CONTACT
editortherednation@gmail.com
WHAT
THE RED NATION RESPONDS TO RACIST ATTACK ON #INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
WHERE/WHEN
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 RIO ARRIBA COUNTY ANNEX BUILDING
WHO
CALLING ON ALL NATIONAL, STATE, TRIBAL, COUNTY, AND CITY OFFICIALS, AND MOVEMENT #ALLIES, TO CONDEMN THIS RACIST ATTACK AND DEMAND THE PROTECTION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
WHY
An agitator opened fire on a prayerful celebration in #Tewa Territory (#Española, #NewMexico) shortly after 12PM local time on Thursday, September 28. This was a premeditated act of violence. The agitator shot #JacobJohns (#Hopi and Akimel #Oodham in the torso. Johns was protecting a #peaceful group of community members assembled at the Rio Arriba County Annex Building, along with half a dozen community #peacekeepers. The gunman was heard saying 'let’s do this' to a small group of men immediately before opening fire. At the time of the shooting, community members were celebrating a postponement of the reinstallation of a Juan de #Oñate statue that was previously removed from Alcalde, New Mexico on June 15, 2020. Rio Arriba County officials planned to reinstall the statue on Thursday morning in its new location in front of the county annex building, but postponed the reinstallation after community members and activists mounted pressure earlier in the week. News of the postponement came as a relief to organizers, who turned the planned #PeacefulProtest into an impromptu peaceful celebration with speeches and a community feed.
"Before the shooting, the agitator was seen antagonizing the crowd, saying racist remarks, referring to attendees as 'Indians,' and at one point proclaimed himself to be a follower of #QAnon. The agitator also made a point to introduce himself to the media present and requested to be photographed and filmed. In the moments leading up to the shooting, the agitator attempted to approach the small crowd of mostly Indigenous women and children congregating around the event’s speakers in front of the building’s main entrance. Video evidence shows that Jacob Johns and other community peacekeepers successfully stopped the agitator from approaching the crowd. Eyewitnesses speculate that the shooter was trying to break through the crowd to shoot the speaker, or to jump on the cement pedestal to get a vantage point with the intent of carrying out a mass shooting. Video footage also shows that community peacekeepers did not pursue the agitator once they had successfully removed him to the other side of a wall separating the sidewalk from the complex. Despite this, the agitator reached under his sweatshirt with his right hand, drew a pistol, pointed, and shot one round into the crowd, hitting Johns in the torso. Additional ammo was seen tucked into his belt by eyewitnesses and on camera. Eyewitnesses have confirmed that the agitator quickly adjusted his aim after shooting Johns and pulled the trigger a second time with the intention of shooting Malaya Peixinho, one of the attendees, but the gun jammed, preventing the release of further rounds. Upon realizing he could go no further with his planned attack, the shooter turned and fled into the complex’s parking lot, got into a white Tesla, and sped off. Additionally, eyewitnesses report the shooter attempted to unjam his gun as he fled. The shooter was later apprehended eleven miles away by New Mexico State Police in Pojoaque, New Mexico.
Despite Rio Arriba County citing concerns for 'public safety' as the rationale for postponing the reinstallment, the county offered no protection for Indigenous community members on Thursday. In fact Rio Arriba county and leaders at all levels of government were made well aware of the high possibility of gun violence. Denise Williams, mother of shooting victim Scott Williams, who was targeted at a 2020 Oñate protest, said prior to Thursday’s event she called Governor Michelle Lujan-Grisham’s office, the office of U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, New Mexico State Police, the office of the New Mexico Attorney General, all members of U.S. Congress representing Valencia County in New Mexico, and all New Mexico state representatives and senators from Valencia County, to warn them of the high chance of gun violence directed at attendees. State senator Elizabeth 'Liz' Stefanics was the only one to respond. Immediately after the shooting Scott Williams’ father, Dan Williams, called the governor’s office again to tell her that she “had blood on her hands” for failing to properly respond to both shootings.
Immediately after the shooting, two Rio Arriba County Annex employees denied children seeking shelter from the shooter entry into the building. They proceeded to come out, yelling at people to leave, and made disparaging comments about attendees and Jacob as he fought for his life feet away from them. The cops did not show up in a timely manner despite the shooter being in the same parking lot as the Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s office, and it took several more minutes for an ambulance to arrive. Eyewitnesses report the complete absence of police intervention. The event’s organizers assembled a community peacekeeping team to provide the only public safety measures present on the ground. Without hesitation, Johns and half a dozen other Indigenous men and allies volunteered. When Johns was shot, it was attendees who provided the first medical response, saving Johns’ life. The first law enforcement officer on the scene ordered the community members providing medical assistance to move away, but they refused because the officer did not identify himself as a medic and made no other attempts to provide assistance.
We are incredibly alarmed that pretrial services have recommended the agitator be released without cash bail. We know from first-hand experience that politically—and racially—motivated shootings like this embolden other like-minded vigilantes who hold the same contempt for #IndigenousPeople and organizers. The agitator and his sympathizers pose a very real and serious threat to all Indigenous people, and to Indigenous women activists specifically. The establishment, which Alex Naranjo himself lauded as 'a system that we’ve lived with for 400 years,' circles its wagons to protect Indian killers who are colonialism’s foot soldiers. This means there is virtually no formal protection or justice for Indigenous people, women, and activists in these times of heightened danger. We call upon all national, tribal, state, county, and city officials, and movement allies, to condemn this racist attack and demand safety and protection for Indigenous people, women, organizations, and communities. We call upon everyone to contact your officials and apply pressure.
Demand the following:
1. Do not release the shooter!!
2. This must be recognized as the racially-motivated hate crime it is at all levels of government.
3. Protect Native women!!
As of now, the shooter is being held at Rio Arriba County Jail in Tierra Amarilla. The bond hearing is scheduled for Monday at 11:30AM at the Rio Arriba Magistrate Court. We will inform the public of any further updates.
Pray for Jacob Johns and his family. A GoFundMe has been set up to help support him and his family during this recovery. Donate and circulate the donation request.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-jacob-johns-recover-from-terrorist-shooting
The Red Nation Podcast will be recording an emergency live episode about Thursday’s events on Monday, October 2 at 5PM MT. The Red Nation and NDN Collective will be discussing the event’s wider significance for the Native liberation movement.
Further updates, The Red Nation social media channels, news reporting, and other links can be found at https://linktr.ee/Therednation
Our first press release and original demands can be found at https://therednation.org/call-to-action-no-100000-onate-statue/.
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-red-nation-shooters-gun-jammed.html
#IndigenousNews #Activists #NativeAmericanActivists #conquistador #colonialism #LandBack #MAGA #MAGAExtremists #PeacefulProtests
Northern Arapaho and Akimel O'otham Hopi Interrupt Biden at #COP27: No Time Left for False Solutions
November 11, 2022
“#JacobJohns, Akimel O'otham and Hopi, and #BigWind Carpenter, Northern Arapaho, were among four climate activists whose credentials were removed after their war cry and banner drop during President Biden's address.
“Johns told the Guardian, 'We’ve been locked out, our voices silenced,' said Johns, 39, a Washington state-based community organizer. 'The climate collapse is coming, we are literally fighting for our lives. If we’re not allowed to advocate for our future, who will? It’s shameful.'
“‘The world is falling apart but inside the destruction, there is creation and a healthy liveable future, and we try to bring this energy to the chaotic negotiations. International spaces have been historically off-limits to indigenous peoples, but different perspectives can hold a lot of power. I’ve been denied that basic right.'
“Johns raised his own funds to attend COP27 and was then locked out.
“Big Wind, Northern #Arapaho, told the Guardian, 'This is a clear example of radical #Indigenous people and youth being silenced, we’re muted when we try to express our frustration in these spaces. It shows the UN’s true colors.'
“‘We need to accelerate the transition but that’s not going to happen by partnering with big polluters like #Amazon and #PepsiCo, and so we needed to call that out,' he said, in reference to an announcement earlier this week by US climate envoy #JohnKerry, the #Bezos Earth Fund, PepsiCo and others about plans to design an energy transition accelerator.
“Today: Biden's speech was interrupted before the suits moved in, as #Egypt forbids protest in the #BlueZone at COP27.
“The Guardian reports: Protesters interrupt the US president's speech by Nina Lakhani: ‘Four protesters holding a banner which read ‘people vs fossils’ interrupted the speech of Joe Biden, the US president, to Cop27.
'The protesters were youth and Indigenous activists from the US, and they were calling on Biden to stop pushing fossil fuel extraction. They spoke with the Guardian shortly after being escorted out of the plenary hall by security staff.
“‘The president, members of Congress and the state department have come to this international forum on climate change proposing false solutions that will not get us to 1.5C,' said Big Wind, 29, a member of the Northern Arapaho tribe in Wyoming.
“We need to accelerate the transition but that’s not going to happen by partnering with big polluters like Amazon and PepsiCo, and so we needed to call that out,' he said, in reference to an announcement earlier this week by US climate envoy John Kerry, the Bezos Earth Fund, PepsiCo and others about plans to design an energy transition accelerator.
“'Biden referenced Indigenous peoples in his speech, yet has failed to leverage his power to support them directly through direct access to funds needed by communities to adapt to the #ClimateCrisis' said Big Wind.”
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2022/11/northern-arapaho-interrupts-biden-at.html
#ClimateActivism #NativeAmericanActivists #IndigenousNews #Activists
My friend was shot by a Trumper in a #MAGA hat at a peaceful #IndigenousRally. Please help.
by RL Miller, September 30, 2023
"I went to Santa Fe, NM this week for a US #ClimateAction Network conference. During the conference we covered #decolonization and how Santa Fe/NM has been stolen from #Indigenous, first by Spaniards and then by Americans. Several of us decided to attend a rally in opposition to re-erecting a statue of Juan de #Onate, a particularly odious Spanish #Conquistador who massacred an entire pueblo and cut off the right foot of every able bodied male Native. His statue was taken down in 2020 by #IndigenousActivists but the county of Rio Arriba was supposed to take up, on 9/28/2023, an agenda item of re-erecting the statue. We #USCAN folk, including my friend #JacobJohns who is Indigenous, showed up to support. It was a lovely, peaceful, prayerful rally. (The county shut down its building and kicked the agenda item over a week.)
"For two hours I observed a Trumper in a MAGA hat harass, troll, and disrupt the rally. Toward the end of the rally, the speaker asked for all the children to gather. At that point the #Trumper tried to charge the group. A scuffle broke out; they pushed him back behind a low stone wall; he jumped over the wall, pulled out a gun, and shot. My friend Jacob took a bullet to the chest, likely intended for the children.
Jacob was rushed by ambulance to a local hospital and airlifted to Albuquerque. He had his spleen removed, but he's young and strong with the heart of a warrior and was in stable condition undergoing surgery last I heard yesterday.
The Trumper was arrested and charged with attempted murder. We all gave statements to detectives, and one of my twitter pix is evidence showing that the Trumper was harassing us for two hours.
"Your inboxes are likely overwhelmed with appeals from political folk, but please do not look away from the political violence in this country. Donate and share this Go Fund Me to support Jacob and his family:"
https://gofundme.com/f/help-jacob-johns-recover-from-terrorist-shooting
USCAN is working with local Indigenous groups to amplify their voices, make sure this statue doesn't go up again, and bring the shooter to justice. I will have an additional ask in the coming days; this is an AND, not an OR request. Thank you."
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/30/2196520/-My-friend-was-shot-by-a-Trumper-in-a-MAGA-hat-at-a-peaceful-Indigenous-rally-Please-help
#IndigenousNews #Activists #NativeAmericanActivists
#WhiteMesa #Ute #Spiritual Walk and #Protest of #Uranium Mill: Oct. 7, 2023
Posted September 26, 2023, via Censored News
Annual White Mesa Ute Spiritual Walk Draws Attention to Threats from Nearby #UraniumMill White Mesa Concerned Community
protectwhitemesa.org
What: A rally and spiritual walk to protect the White Mesa Ute community’s health, water, air, land, culture, and sacred sites from the nearby White Mesa uranium mill and show community opposition to the mill operating as an international dumping ground for radioactive waste from around the world. The protest and walk are sponsored by the White Mesa Concerned Community and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. All supporters are welcome.
When: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 11 a.m. MDT rally followed by spiritual and protest walk to the White Mesa uranium mill.
Where: The White Mesa Ute Community Center, located in White Mesa, Utah, just south of Blanding, Utah off of Highway 191. The community center is located on the west side of the highway. Turn in at the gas station and continue one block south to the community center.
Why: Citizens of the Ute Mountain Ute community of White Mesa and the #UteMountain Ute Tribe are concerned about contamination from the nearby uranium mill and desecration of sacred sites and cultural resources. The mill is now taking #radioactive waste from Estonia in Europe.
Contact for White Mesa Ute Spiritual Walk and Protest:
Yolanda Badback, White Mesa Concerned Community ybadback427@gmail.com
Bradley Angel, Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice bradley@greenaction.org
White Mesa Concerned Community is a grassroots group of concerned citizens of the Ute Mountain Ute community of White Mesa, Utah, located south of the White Mesa uranium mill. We work to inform our fellow citizens and protect our community, health, water, air, land, culture, and sacred sites from toxic contamination.
The 2023 Rally and Spiritual Walk is sponsored by the White Mesa Concerned Community and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.
Event co-sponsors: #BearsEars Inter-Tribal Coalition, Earthworks, Grand Canyon Trust, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, #Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, #HEAL Utah, #IndigenousEnvironmentalNetwork, National Parks Conservation Association, #PANDOS, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Uranium Watch, University of Utah Environmental Justice Clinic, and the Utah Chapter of the #sierraclub
Full article:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/09/white-mesa-ute-spiritual-walk-and.html
#Activism #NativeAmericanActivists #SpiritualWalk #EnvironmentalRacism #RadioactiveWaste #CulturalGenocide #NativeAmericanNews #EnvironmentalJustice
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Some background about #JacobJohns
‘Shameful’ UN silencing Indigenous voices, say banned Cop27 activists
by Nina Lakhani Climate justice reporter
Fri 18 Nov 2022 09.08 EST
"Four US activists who had their #Cop27 accreditation revoked after briefly interrupting the US president, Joe Biden, in Sharm el-Sheikh have described the UN as 'shameful' and say it has silenced Indigenous voices.
"#BigWind, Jacob Johns, #JamieWefald, and #AngelaZhong missed the second week of the climate conference after being suspended for standing up with a 'People vs #FossilFuels' banner during Biden’s speech last Friday. The #Indigenous activists, Wind and Johns, gave a war cry to announce themselves and draw attention to the fossil fuels crisis before security officials confiscated the banner. The group then sat down and Biden continued.
"The activists appealed against the suspension to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), but the case has not yet been resolved.
"'We’ve been locked out, our voices silenced,' said Johns, 39, a Washington state-based community organiser from the Akimel O’otham and Hopi tribe. 'The #ClimateCollapse is coming, we are literally fighting for our lives. If we’re not allowed to advocate for our future, who will? It’s shameful.'"
Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/18/shameful-un-silencing-indigenous-voices-say-banned-cop27-activists
#ClimateActivism #IndigenousNews #Activists #ClimateActivist #ClimateJustice
#JacobJohns Shot at #Onate Prayerful Protest Undergoing Surgery
By Carlos Martinez Censored News, September 29, 2023
"#Indigenous #ClimateActivist, artist, musician, and father Jacob Johns was shot in the chest this morning, Sept 28.2023, during a No Juan de Oñate statue peaceful protest in #Tewa territory (more commonly known as Española, New Mexico). Jacob put his body between women and children when the shooter charged towards the altar. He was air-lifted to a hospital in Albuquerque and had surgery.
"The shooter, who was wearing a red #MAGA hat, is in custody of tribal police. We ask everyone to please pray with us that he survives this surgery and that doctors have the strength and wisdom to help him.
"Jacob, who is Hopi and Akimel O'odham, has dedicated his life to Indigenous and #ClimateJustice. He is a skilled muralist and speaker, and specializes in non-violent, peaceful 'artivism'. He has a teenage daughter, Lily, she and his other family are currently flying from Washington State to Albuquerque New Mexico to be by his side.
"This inspirational man has put his life on the line over and over again to make a better world for his fellow humans, and now he and his family need your support to recover from this terrible hate crime. As you can imagine, being a climate activist is not lucrative work to readily afford major life- saving surgery. We are humbly requesting your donations to help cover his recovery, his medical bills, and to help support his family needs during what will likely be a very lengthy recovery period.
"This comes just two months before Jacob will be leading an #IndigenousWisdomKeepers Delegation at #COP28 to advocate for #IndigenousSolutions to #ClimateChange. Please pray with us for his recovery and donate if you can."
GoFundMe link:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-jacob-johns-recover-from-terrorist-shooting
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/09/jacob-johns-shot-at-onate-prayerful.html
#ClimateActivism #IndigenousNews #Activists
@385087f8@8601b1d9 I have similar concerns about big solar flares too, but those could be a lot worse here on Earth, since they have the potential of taking down electrical grids as well as satellites.
@8601b1d9 That's a great metaphor! I mean, what happens if there's satellite failure? We're so dependent on having all the information available electronically, what will we do if that's gone? Do we remember how to navigate with the stars? And how will we even see the stars through all the debris?!
But hey, good job criminalizing #ClimateChange #activism
#Australia #wildfires rage as #Sydney breaks all-time September heat record
Although the worst of the heat has ended, persistent dry weather and gusty winds will prolong wildfire dangers, AccuWeather meteorologists warn.
By Renee Duff, AccuWeather meteorologist
Published Sep 20, 2023
Sydney records official heat wave, highest all-time temperature in September
"The Sydney airport recorded its fourth consecutive day of temperatures in excess of 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) on Wednesday, local time. At this point in the spring, historical average high temperatures are only around 67 F (19 C) in New South Wales's most populated city. Meteorological spring officially began in Australia on Sept. 1.
"Prior to the latest heat wave, the hottest it had been at the airport in September was 96 F (35.6 C) on Sept. 29, 2000, according to climate records from Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). This record was surpassed this week, with a temperature of 97 F (35.9 C) on Tuesday.
"'A strong area of high pressure has led to the intense heat,' AccuWeather Lead International Forecaster Jason Nicholls said.
"The hot weather created brutal conditions for runners in the Sydney Marathon on Sunday, as more than two dozen people were taken to the hospital with heat-related illnesses.
"The spring heat burst in this part of the world follows Australia's warmest winter on record."
Read more:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/australia-wildfires-rage-as-sydney-breaks-all-time-september-heat-record/1580727
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateActivism
Conditions on Earth may be moving outside the 'safe operating space' for humanity, according to dozens of scientists
By Laura Paddison, CNN
Published Sep 14, 2023 2:12 PM EDT
"The nine boundaries, first set out in a 2009 paper, aim to establish a set of defined 'limits' on changes humans are making to the planet – from pumping out planet-heating pollution to clearing forests for farming. Beyond these limits, the theory goes, the risk of destabilizing conditions on Earth increases dramatically."
Read more:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/climate/conditions-on-earth-may-be-moving-outside-the-safe-operating-space-for-humanity-according-to-dozens-of-scientists/1579399
#PlanetaryBoundaries #LimitsToGrowth #Extinction #NoJobsOnADeadPlanet #ClimateCatastrophe #Polycrisis #Colonialism #Capitalism #EndGame #Greed #NoPlanetB #LoveYourMother #ClimateActivism #CallToAction #ClimateJustice
Hello all! I hope some of you can join me at 12:00 Noon EDT today at Monument Square for #FridaysForFuture! Please spread the word! And thanks for all you do! @2e526622
So true, @96f62fc0 ! "The idea of being visited by aliens lost its appeal when I realized they’d likely just be some other planet’s asshole billionaires."
My cousin lost the house I grew up in (as did my mom and uncles) because of a medical debt and a hedge fund buying his mortgage and raising it to unaffordable levels. He couldn't refinance because of the medical debt! This needs to stop!
State lawmakers find America’s #medicaldebt problem ‘can no longer be ignored’
By Dan Goldberg, September 7, 2023
"Personal #medical debt has reached startling heights — and state lawmakers are taking notice.
"In the absence of federal consensus and in anticipation of congressional inaction, state legislators have enacted a variety of consumer protections to mitigate or forestall medical debt. Several more bills are being debated in the coming weeks, expected to be signed later this year and taken up when sessions reconvene in 2024.
"The actions — in more than a dozen states — represent a determined, if patchwork, effort to help the roughly 100 million Americans who deal with medical debt, late notices, threatening voicemails and credit score declines. And the bills underscore the difficulty state lawmakers have helping their distressed constituents contend with the ever-increasing costs of health care."
Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/state-lawmakers-find-america-s-medical-debt-problem-can-no-longer-be-ignored/ar-AA1gnILt?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=c1c4011874374a34d5dc0b19de48513c&ei=7
In case anyone doesn't know what "#enby" means, it's a stand-in for "#NB" -- #NonBinary, thus my pronouns are "they, them, theirs," and I consider myself a "per" or "person". #ND is short for "#neurodivergent".
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Center for Biological Diversity For Immediate Release, October 4, 2023 Contact: Laiken Jordahl, (928) 525-4433, ljordahl@biologicaldiversity.org #Biden Administration Waives Laws to Rush #BorderWall Construction Through #Texas Wildlands STARR COUNTY, Texas — The Biden administration announced today that for the first time it will waive environmental, public health and cultural resource protection laws to fast-track construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Texas. The administration says it will take “immediate action to construct barriers and roads” along the border, including through fragile habitat near the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. “It’s disheartening to see President Biden stoop to this level, casting aside our nation’s bedrock environmental laws to build ineffective wildlife-killing border walls,” said Laiken Jordahl, Southwest conservation advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. “Starr County is home to some of the most spectacular and biologically important habitat left in Texas and now bulldozers are preparing to rip right through it. This is a horrific step backwards for the borderlands.” The waiver sweeps aside 26 laws that protect clean air, clean water, public lands, endangered wildlife and Indigenous grave sites. The announcement marks the first time the Biden administration has used the REAL ID Act waiver authority. “Every acre of habitat left in the #RioGrandeValley is irreplaceable,” said Jordahl. “We can’t afford to lose more of it to a useless, medieval wall that won’t do a thing to stop immigration or smuggling. President Biden’s cynical decision to destroy crucial wildlife habitat and seal the beautiful Rio Grande behind a grotesque border wall must be stopped.” Wall construction in Starr County could harm recovery plans for endangered ocelots, which depend on contiguous wildlife corridors of protected habitat along the Rio Grande. Two endangered plants, the Zapata bladderpod and prostrate milkweed, are endemic to the area and will likely also be threatened by wall construction with their protections stripped by the waiver. Last month, the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a damning report detailing the severe damage the border wall has caused to wildlife, public lands, and Indigenous sacred sites and burial grounds along the U.S.-Mexico border. Beyond jeopardizing wildlife, endangered species and public lands, the U.S.-Mexico border wall is part of a larger strategy of ongoing border militarization that damages human rights, civil liberties, native lands and international relations. The border wall impedes the natural migrations of people and wildlife that are essential to healthy diversity. Today’s action seeks to waive the following laws: - National Environmental Policy Act - Endangered Species Act - Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act - American Indian Religious Freedom Act - Federal Water Pollution Control Act - National Historic Preservation Act - Migratory Bird Treaty Act - Migratory Bird Conservation Act - Clean Air Act - National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act - Eagle Protection Act - National Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 - Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act - Archeological Resources Protection Act - Paleontological Resources Preservation Act - Safe Drinking Water Act - Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act - Noise Control Act - Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act - Antiquities Act - Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act - Farmland Protection Policy Act - National Trails System Act - Administrative Procedure Act - Federal Land Policy and Management Act The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with more than 1.7 million members and online activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places. https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/biden-administration-waives-laws-to-rush-border-wall-construction-through-texas-wildlife-refuge-2023-10-04/ #WildlifeRefuge #Biodiversity #Wildlife #DHS #Habitat #CenterForBiologicalDiversity