I’d like to see what would happen if the U.S. courtrooms across the nation were denied their funding. What a victory for Navajo Nation to have their courts funded and able to effect due process as part of self-determination. Here are the materials in Navajo Nation v. United States (D.D.C.): 17 Navajo MSJ 19-1 US…
Category: politics
“Takeover”: Young Lords’ Juan González on Hospital Protest Doc. Shortlisted for Academy Award — Rise Up Times
In a profound bit of synchronicity, a blogmate (you know who you are) and I were dialoguing today about The Bronx *and* about individuals with Puerto Rican cultural roots. The documentary “Takeover,” which chronicles the radical actions of the Young Lords, was recently shortlisted for an Academy Award. In 1970, the Puerto Rican collective took…
Ninth Circuit Briefs in Challenge to Arizona School District Ban on Beaded Graduation Cap — Turtle Talk
Excerpt from the legal challenge: The District’s refusal to allow Larissa to wear her NativeAmerican religious regalia at the graduation, while permitting otherstudents to wear comparable expressive secular messages, was aviolation of Larissa’s rights to free exercise of religion and free speechunder the U.S. Constitution and under Arizona law. First word that comes to mind:…
Indian Child Welfare
image link I’ve been thinking about the overview video I watched yesterday from Turtle Talk. I took a few notes as I listened and hope I got everything straight as I wrote it down. My notes: In 1978, the US Federal Government enacted the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA.) At that time 1/3 of Indian…
Tuesday, January 11, 2022: Call-in Day for Julian Assange — Rise Up Times
Please, mark it on your calendars and call in. Julian Assange is charged under the Espionage Act. He is not a spy. He is a journalist. He provided information of public interest to the whole world, not a foreign adversary.” Tuesday, January 11, 2022: Call-in Day for Julian Assange — Rise Up Times
Hedges: The Execution of Julian Assange — Rise Up Times
Chris Hedges on Julian Assange and the larger ramifications of his continued persecution. “If [Assange is] found guilty it will effectively criminalize the investigative work of all journalists and publishers, anywhere in the world and of any nationality, who possess classified documents to shine a light on the inner workings of power. This mortal assault…
