Video of Marcos at Digna Rabia Chiapas

Subcomandante Marcos begins speaking four minutes into the video, from the Digna Rabia international gathering in Chiapas. Downloaded from today's live webstream by Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/

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Digna Rabia in Chiapas

'Digna Rabia' Dignified Rage in Oventic. Photo by EZLN. Listen to Digna Rabia (En espanol) at: http://www.ezln.org.mx:8000/listen.pls
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'Lost Sparrow' at Slamdance

Film on deaths of two Crow brothers premieres at Slamdance, alternative to Sundance

Chris Billing, Director/Producer, Lost Sparrow
http://www.lostsparrowmovie.com/
The documentary Lost Sparrow will premier at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, UT on Friday, January 16 at 12:30 pm at the Treasure Mountain Inn’s Main Screening Room. The film will also screen on January 20 at 3 pm in the Gallery Screening Room.
Lost Sparrow is the culmination of filmmaker Chris Billing’s two-year investigation into the tragic deaths of his two adopted Crow Indian brothers, Bobby and Tyler. The probe uncovered dark family secrets, but also led to healing and redemption. A brief synopsis is below.
Lost Sparrow features music by premier Native American flute player R. Carlos Nakai. The film’s website is www.lostsparrowmovie.com.
Lost Sparrow synopsis
On June 26, 1978, two Crow Indian brothers ran away from home. Early the next morning, they were struck and killed by a freight train. Their mysterious and sudden deaths sent shockwaves through the tiny, upstate New York community of Little Falls. No one could understand why Bobby, 13, and Tyler, 11, had run away from the white, Baptist family that seven years earlier had adopted them and their two biological sisters out of a troubled home on the Crow Reservation in Montana .
Their adoptive home – a vast 19th-century Victorian castle – seemed idyllic. But the boys had discovered a dark secret. They were killed as they tried to return to the reservation to get help for their sister Lana.
In the documentary film Lost Sparrow, filmmaker Chris Billing investigates the tragic deaths of his adopted brothers Bobby and Tyler, and confronts a painful truth that shattered his family.

Obama's silence and Israeli ownership of General Dynamics

Update: Why is Obama silent on Israeli genocide, especially the murder of children, in Palestine? Among Obama's top supporters is James Crown, on the board of General Dynamics. General Dynamics has a long history of buying and selling weapons, including selling to Elbit Systems, Israel's Apartheid contractor. The Israeli Apartheid manufacturer Elbit purchased a General Dynamics subsidiary and now operates in Fort Worth. Globally, Elbit produces unmanned aerial vehicles, which can spy and kill, controlled by remote operators on computers. On the Southwest border, Elbit supplies unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) based at Fort Huachuca, to the US Border Patrol. Elbit, through a subcontract with Boeing, provided spy technology for the US/Mexico spy towers. Elbit provided spy technology to both Apartheid border walls of Israel and the southern border of the United States. Elbit's robot-type killing machines, including drones, are now being used throughout the world. Canada is now in the market for drones for another Apartheid border.

By Brenda Norrell

Why is President-elect Obama silent on Israel's massacre of Palestinians?
Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney risked her life on the Free Gaza ship that was rammed and destroyed by Israel. McKinney said Martin Luther King, Jr., would not have been afraid.
While researching Israel's Apartheid contractor Elbit Systems, subcontracted by Boeing to build the Apartheid US/Mexico border wall, I discovered that Elbit, this Israeli Apartheid spy contractor, has a long history of financing and weapons with General Dynamics.

Elbit supplied spy technology for the dysfunctional border spy towers and was among the first to supply unmanned aerial vehicles to patrol the US/Mexico border. Elbit is Israel's leading non-governmental military contractor. ( http://www.elbitsystems.com/Aboutus.asp?id=370 )
It was news to me that Elbit had purchased a subsidiary of General Dynamics. The Israeli company now conducts business out of Fort Worth.
Elbit states, "We conduct most of our business in the United States through our wholly-owned subsidiary, EFW Inc. (EFW) and EFW's subsidiaries http://www.efw.com EFW was incorporated in Delaware in 1992 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1993, EFW acquired most of the assets of General Dynamics Corporations Electronics Manufacturing Center in Fort Worth, which mainly manufactured and supplied electronic components for F-16 aircraft."
Since then, EFW has expanded its activities to include the V-22 Osprey tilt rotorcraft and various helicopters and war machinery. Its customers include Lockheed Martin Corporation, the Boeing Company, United Defense LP, the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, the Israel Ministry of Defense, Gulfstream Aircraft Corporation and Bayer Pharmaceutical Company.
Bayer?
As already documented, one of Obama's top supporters, James S. Crown, a member of Obama's national finance committee, serves on the board of General Dynamics.
Few Americans are even aware of the cozy military contracts between the US and Israel. Fewer Americans are aware of the multi-billion dollar aid packages from the US to Israel, while Americans go hungry and homeless, with crumbling schools for their children. Even fewer Americans are aware of how the US trains, and provides weapons, for the most brutal killers in the world. Among these are the Zetas, trained to become US Special Forces, and now responsible for the bloodbath in Mexico.

The US dollars to Israel are seldom exposed in the US media.
Glenn Greenwald, writing in Salon, said, "It's the American taxpayer, with their incredibly consequential yet never-debated multi-billion-dollar aid packages to Israel, who are vital in funding this costly Israeli assault on Gaza. Just as was true for Israel's bombing of Lebanon, it's American bombs that -- with the whole world watching -- are blowing up children and mosques, along with Hamas militants, in Gaza. And it's the American veto power that, time and again, blocks any U.N. action to stop these wars."

In honor of the dying and starving Palestinians, especially the children, Obama must condemn the slaughter of civilians by Israel and show the world that he will not be influenced by the Crown family, General Dynamics, Elbit or Israel's state sponsored terrorism.

The United Nations must rise above US imperialism.

Here's the full quote from Elbit Systems website as of today: http://www.elbitsystems.com/Aboutus.asp?id=370
EFW - [ http://www.efw.com/ ]
"We conduct most of our business in the United States through our
wholly-owned subsidiary, EFW Inc. (EFW) and EFW's subsidiaries. EFW
was incorporated in Delaware in 1992 and is based in Fort Worth,
Texas. In 1993, EFW acquired most of the assets of General Dynamics
Corporations Electronics Manufacturing Center in Fort Worth, which
mainly manufactured and supplied electronic components for F-16
aircraft. Since then, EFW has expanded its activities to a number of
additional areas involving tactical aircraft, helicopters and ground
vehicles, including programs for the V-22 Osprey tilt rotorcraft, the
Bradley A-3 fighting vehicle, the Multiple Launch Rocket System, the
Apache helicopter, the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter, the A-10 aircraft,
the C-130 transport aircraft as well as additional systems for the
F-16. EFW is involved in a number of joint projects with Elbit Systems
and with other U.S. defense companies.

"Major customers of EFW and its subsidiaries include Lockheed Martin
Corporation (Lockheed Martin), the Boeing Company (Boeing), United
Defense LP (UDLP), the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S.
Marine Corps, the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD), Gulfstream
Aircraft Corporation and Bayer Pharmaceutical Company."

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Reference link of Obama, James Crown and General Dynamics:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/us/politics/14campaign.html

Shame on the NY Times: Pimping for gold

By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
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The New York Times gutted its credibility with the advertisement for Barrick Gold and Newmont Mining, disguised as a news article today, "A Nevada town escapes the slump, thanks to gold."
This article reads like a paid commercial for Barrick and Newmont, considering there have been protests underway by the Western Shoshone since Thanksgiving, who are now in court to halt the gold mining on their sacred Mount Tenabo.
The Times article appears one day after I wrote that Barrick and Newmont are among the Worst Companies in the World, according to a Censored News readers' poll of primarily Indigenous readers.
The New York Times article reeks of either a duped reporter or one that has been paid off by Barrick or Newmont to write a spin article to counter the ongoing protests and media exposure.
Perhaps the Times reporter should visit Barrick and Newmont gold mines in Africa, New Guinea or South America, where Indigenous Peoples are being pushed off their lands, raped and killed because of these gold mining corporations and poisoned by cyanide leaching.
Then, the Times can investigate the role of President Bush Sr. with Barrick's boomtown success in Nevada. Bush opened the door for Barrrick's gold mining leases in Nevada while in office, then went to work for Barrick as a senior consultant once he was out of office. Then, the Times could investigate how Barrick hired lawyers to silence reporters in England and book publishers in Canada to prevent the truth from being exposed about miners buried alive in Tanzania.
Journalism can at times rise to the highest good of society and other times, like this, it can plunge readers into the abyss of ignorance, profiteering and sacrilege.
Shame on the New York Times.

Native American film premieres at Sundance

Celebrating its 25th year, the 2009 Sundance Film Festival runs January 15-25 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah

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Wounded Knee

Producer Stanley Nelson

On the night of February 27, 1973, a caravan of cars carrying 200 armed Oglala Lakota—led by American Indian Movement (AIM) activists—entered Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation and quickly occupied buildings, cut off access, and took up defensive positions. When federal agents arrived, they declared, “The Indians are in charge of the town,” and a 71-day standoff ensued. Compiling an astonishing amount of archival film footage (notable for the key moments it captures) and firsthand accounts from participants, Stanley Nelson creates an immersive, comprehensive account of the occupation and its fascinating complexity. The Sioux sought redress of old grievances and broken treaties (just miles from the massacre of 1890) but also demanded the ouster of Pine Ridge tribal leader Dick Wilson, who governed through corruption and intimidation as he pursued deeply divisive policies of assimilation. Nelson also explores the climate of racism in border towns; the broad political context that shaped the AIM—its tactics, organization and ability to exploit the national media; and ultimately the role armed protest played in Native American self-conception. With its iconic images of Indians holding the government at bay, Wounded Knee not only brought national attention to an invisible community and its desperate conditions but contributed to the tribe's awakened sense of dignity and connection with their proud heritage.
Stanley Nelson - Stanley Nelson, recipient of a 2002 MacArthur Fellowship, is executive producer of Firelight Media. Nelson's work includes Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple; A Place of Our Own, which screened at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival; The Murder of Emmett Till, honored with a 2003 Sundance Special Jury Prize, Peabody Award, Primetime Emmy, and IDA Award; and Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind, which screened at Sundance in 2001. He also directed Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords, which won a DuPont-Columbia Silver Baton and the Sundance Film Festival's Freedom of Expression Award in 1999.
Screenings: Fri. Jan 16 2:30 p.m. - WOUND 163A Holiday Village Cinema III, Park City; Sat. Jan 17 6:00 p.m. - WOUND 17BE Broadway Centre Cinemas VI, SLC; Mon. Jan 19 9:00 a.m. - WOUND 19TM Temple Theatre, Park City; Thu. Jan 22 8:30 p.m. - WOUND 223N Holiday Village Cinema III, Park City --Spectrum

Barking Water
Producer Chad Burris
Director Sterlin Harjo
Before Oklahoma was a red state, it was known as the Land of the Red People, described by the Choctaw phrase Okla Humma. In his sophomore film, Sterlin Harjo takes viewers on a road trip through his own personal Oklahoma, which includes an eclectic mix of humanity.Irene and Frankie have a difficult past, but Frankie needs Irene to help him with one task. He needs to get out of the hospital and go home to his daughter and new grandbaby to make amends. Irene had been his one, true, on-again, off-again love until they parted ways for good. But to make up for the past, Irene agrees to help him in this trying time.With steady and graceful performances by Richard Ray Whitman as Frankie and Casey Camp-Horinek as Irene, this story takes viewers for a ride in the backseat of Frankie and Irene’s Indian car, listening to their past and the rhythmic soundtrack that sets the beat for a redemptive road journey. Harjo wraps us in the charm and love of Oklahoma through the people and places Irene and Frankie visit along the way. In this sparingly sentimental and achingly poignant film, Harjo claims his place as one of the most truthful and honest voices working in American cinema today. Barking Water is an expression of gratitude for the ability to have lived and loved.
Sterlin Harjo - Director Sterlin Harjo was selected in 2006 as one of the inaugural recipients (and the first Native American one) of the prestigious United States Artists Fellowship. Harjo's first feature film, Four Sheets to the Wind, premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and has been widely screened nationally and internationally at film festivals and art cinemas. To enable him to concentrate on this production, Harjo was selected in 2004 as one of the Sundance Institute's first five Annenberg Foundation film fellows.
Screenings: Sat. Jan 17 2:15 p.m. - BARKI17 RA Racquet Club, Park City; Sun. Jan 18 noon - BARKI 18SD Screening Room, Sundance Resort; Wed. Jan 21 6:15 p.m. - BARKI 214 E Holiday Village Cinema IV, Park City; Thu. Jan 22 2:30 p.m. - BARKI 22LA Library Center Theatre, Park City; Sat. Jan 24 6:00 p.m. - BARKI 24 WE Tower Theatre, SLC --Spectrum

The Only Good Indian
Producer Kevin Willmott
With this outstanding revisionist western, Kevin Willmott stakes out new territory in a genre that seemed completely settled. Fancifully configuring the symbols of the genre, he creates a fascinating parable of American history. At the outset, young Nachwihiata lives a peaceful existence with his agrarian family until a band of white marauders attacks their homestead. They forcibly remove him and take him to a white Christian boarding school, where Native children are assimilated into the dominant culture. Renamed Charlie, he chafes under the lie of his new identity and, before long, runs away. He’s soon captured by bounty hunter Sam Franklin, an assimilated Indian who now only aspires to round up other Indians for reward money. The plot thickens when Sam and Charlie are pursued by a cruel, grizzled sheriff, who also wants the bounty on the missing boy. Like a true warrior, Charlie faces repeated tests of his courage and self-awareness, discovering the painful contortions of identity and despair to which many of his race are consigned, and the conflicts that remain even after the Indian Wars have supposedly ended. Willmott constructs a fascinating plot, laced with intriguing twists and ever-higher plateaus of suspense, infused with gothic devices that underline the horrors involved. The Only Good Indian is a worthy fictional account of an essential American story.
Kevin Willmott - Kevin Willmott wrote and directed the critically acclaimed feature film C.S.A: Confederate States of America, which speculated on what our lives would be like if the South had won the Civil War. The film premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. His new film is The Only Good Indian, featured in this year's Festival. Willmott recently completed Bunker Hill, which he produced, directed, and cowrote. He has also written, produced, and directed for television and the stage. Willmott is currently an associate professor in the film-studies department at Kansas University.
Screenings: Fri. Jan 16 5:30 p.m. - ONLYG 163E Holiday Village Cinema III, Park City; Sat. Jan 17 3:00 p.m. - ONLY G17 BA Broadway Centre Cinemas VI, SLC; Sun. Jan 18 9:00 a.m. - ONLYG 18TM Temple Theatre, Park City; Sat. Jan 24 9:00 p.m. - ONLY G244 N Holiday Village Cinema IV, Park City; Sun. Jan 25 11:30 a.m. - ONLY G254D Holiday Village Cinema IV, Park City --SpectrumNATIVE AMERICAN ACTOR PATRICK D. SHINING ELK IN “LA MISSION” WITH BENJAMIN BRATT AND “THE ONLY GOOD INDIAN” WITH WES STUDI Two Independent Films World Premiering in the Spectrum Programat the Sundance Film Festival 2009
Patrick Shining Elk in two world premieres at Sundance
By Standing Elk Entertainment
Native American veteran actor Patrick D. Shining Elk will make two world premiere film appearances at the Sundance Film Festival, January 15-25, 2009 in Park City Utah. Sundance 2009 appearances for Shining Elk include his character as “Gary” one of the “Mission Boyz” in Peter Bratt’s film "La Mission" starring Benjamin Bratt, and as “Martin Two Spirit” in Kevin Willmott’s "The Only Good Indian" starring Wes Studi.
La Mission is a haunting story of healing and transformation: the healing of a broken man, of a father’s relationship with his son, and of a neighborhood struggling to break the chains of violence. As a recovering alcoholic and ex-con that gets by on intimidation, Che (Benjamin Bratt) is also a devoted father to teenage son Jesse who he violently rejects after discovering that Jesse is gay. Prompted in part by his headstrong neighbor Lena, Che must confront his long held prejudices to repair his parental relationship. A bus driver by day, Che lives for his son, lifelong friends, and his passion for lowrider cars. Che and the “Mission Boyz” salvage junked cars, transforming them into classics.
Sundance veteran Peter Bratt (Follow Me Home) returns with a powerful second feature. Propelled by commanding performances from Jeremy Ray Valdez as Jesse and Erika Alexander as Lena—and featuring an exceptional turn by Benjamin Bratt.
LA MISSION at Sundance: Monday, January 19, 8:30 pm -- Prospector Square Theatre, Park City; Wednesday, January 21, 2:30 pm -- Library Center Theatre, Park City; Friday, January 23, noon -- Egyptian Theatre, Park City; Saturday, January 24, 9:45 pm -- Broadway Centre Cinemas V,
CONTACT: Michelle R. Shining Elk; SHINING ELK ENTERTAINMENT GROUP; Telephone: 818.813.3701; Email: michelleshiningelk@gmail.com
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