June 20, 2010
Naomi Klein: Gulf oil spill: A hole in the world
Gulf oil spill: A hole in the world
The Deepwater Horizon disaster is not just an industrial accident – it is a violent wound inflicted on the Earth itself. In this special report from the Gulf coast, a leading author and activist shows how it lays bare the hubris at the heart of capitalism
Naomi Klein The Guardian, Saturday 19 June 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/jun/19/naomi-klein-gulf-oil-spill
Chief Arvol Looking Horse: The Oil Spill and Bleeding of Grandmother Earth
Chief Arvol Looking Horse: A Great Urgency
To All World Religious and Spiritual Leaders
My Relatives,
Time has come to speak to the hearts of our Nations and their Leaders. I
ask you this from the bottom of my heart, to come together from the Spirit
of your Nations in prayer.
We, from the heart of Turtle Island, have a great message for the World; we
are guided to speak from all the White Animals showing their sacred color,
which have been signs for us to pray for the sacred life of all things. As
I am sending this message to you, many Animal Nations are being threatened,
those that swim, those that crawl, those that fly, and the plant Nations,
eventually all will be affect from the oil disaster in the Gulf.
The dangers we are faced with at this time are not of spirit. The
catastrophe that has happened with the oil spill which looks like the
bleeding of Grandmother Earth, is made by human mistakes, mistakes that we
cannot afford to continue to make.
I asked, as Spiritual Leaders, that we join together, united in prayer with
the whole of our Global Communities. My concern is these serious issues will
continue to worsen, as a domino effect that our Ancestors have warned us of
in their Prophecies.
I know in my heart there are millions of people that feel our united prayers
for the sake of our Grandmother Earth are long overdue. I believe we as
Spiritual people must gather ourselves and focus our thoughts and prayers to
allow the healing of the many wounds that have been inflicted on the Earth.
As we honor the Cycle of Life, let us call for Prayer circles globally to
assist in healing Grandmother Earth (our Unc'I Maka).
We ask for prayers that the oil spill, this bleeding, will stop. That the
winds stay calm to assist in the work. Pray for the people to be guided in
repairing this mistake, and that we may also seek to live in harmony, as we
make the choice to change the destructive path we are on.
As we pray, we will fully understand that we are all connected. And that
what we create can have lasting effects on all life.
So let us unite spiritually, All Nations, All Faiths, One Prayer. Along
with this immediate effort, I also ask to please remember June 21st, World
Peace and Prayer Day/Honoring Sacred Sites day. Whether it is a natural
site, a temple, a church, a synagogue or just your own sacred space, let us
make a prayer for all life, for good decision making by our Nations, for our
children¹s future and well-being, and the generations to come.
Onipikte (that we shall live),
Chief Arvol Looking Horse
19th generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe
(www.Wolakota.org)
June 19, 2010
Earthcycles/Censored News Live Broadcast US Social Forum Detroit
Emergency Fundraising
Earthcycles/Censored News live broadcast at US Social Forum Detroit
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Earthcycles and Censored News will broadcast live online from the US Social Forum, June 22--26, with a focus on Indigenous issues. Please join us at http://www.earthcycles.net/ to listen. Read articles at http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/
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Invitation to Indigenous Peoples from the US Social Forum, June 22--26, 2010
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/06/us-social-forum-events-detroit.html
INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY
Indigenous Peoples Assembly: Primary contact: Jihan Gearon: ienenergy@igc.org
Convening organizations: Indigenous Environmental Network; Black Mesa Water Coalition (BMWC), Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment (MASE), Fort Berthold Environmental Awareness Committee
Ecological Justice: Primay contact:
Adrienne Brown Adrienne@ruckus.org
nancytprice@juno.com
Convening organizations: Ruckus Society; Movement Generation; Southwest Workers Union; EJCC; GAIA; Mothers on the Move; Women of Color United; Just Transition Alliance; Alliance for Democracy; Indigenous Environmental Network; Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative; Mountain Justice; Southern Tier Advocacy & Mitigation Project
Tar Sands: Rhonda Anderson Rhonda.anderson@sierraclub.org
Convening organizations: Sierra Club, Indigenous Environmental Network, Rain Forest Action Network, Forest Ethics, Sierra Club Environmental Justice Program, The Ruckus Society
See all workshops:
http://organize.ussf2010.org/workshops
Schedule at a glance:
http://www.ussf2010.org/scheduleataglance
Photo: Earthcycles bus at the end of the Longest Walk across America in 2008. The culmination of the five month Longest Walk Talk Radio by Earthcycles producer Govinda and Censored News publisher Brenda Norrell. Photo Brenda Norrell
June 18, 2010
Uranium is the New Asbestos
URANIUM IS THE NEW ASBESTOS
AUSTRALIA: UNION BAN ON NUCLEAR WORK
AAP, Brisbane Times, May 31 2010
Australia - The Electrical Trades Union has banned its members from working in uranium mines, nuclear power stations or any other part of the nuclear fuel cycle.The union says uranium is the new asbestos in the workplace.
Photo: Navajo uranium miners during the Cold War were sent to their deaths in the mines, after the US knew of the dangers of radioactivity.
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