Now! NO! XL Students shut down State Building in San Francisco

Students shut down the US State Dept in San Francisco today, in protest of the Kesytone XL tarsands pipeline. Arrestst underway. March 3, 2014 Twitter photos Ethan Buckner.

Students arrested, rally continues outside.

Rebeldia Zapatista: The Word of the EZLN

Editorial. Rebeldía Zapatista (Zapatista Rebellion), the Word of the EZLN

By Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés

Reposted from Enlace Zapatista at Censored News

We rebellious Zapatistas, along with our mother earth, are threatened with destruction in our Mexican homeland. Both above and below the earth’s surface, the bad governments and bad rich people, all neoliberal capitalists, want to commodify everything they see.

They want to own everything.

Sonny Skyhawk at the Oscars 2014

By Sonny Skyhawk
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Photo courtesy Sonny Skyhawk (Left to right) Alex Nogales, NHMC. David Cohen, Comcast, and Sonny Skyhawk, AIFT, at the Hispanic Gala celebrating Diversity in Media.

The Academy Awards are here and everyone is all gussied up for their grand entry and walk down the Red Carpet. For the American Indian community of actors, above and below the line participants it may seem like an impossibility, but it should not be. That is where AIFT, American Indians in Film and Television, comes in. We have been diligently opening doors in the mediums of film, television and media for the last 30 years. Maybe you have never heard of us, and that's ok, because we are not interested in promoting ourselves, we're interested in the consideration, inclusion and career opportunities for our people in these mediums, and empowering them to walk through those doors and be the best that they can be. That's who we are. You see, until we have those opportunities become a reality, we will continue to be the audience instead of the participants, and our aim and existence is to change that.

AMERICAN INDIANS IN FILM & TELEVISION, (AIFT) is a Native non-partisan , non-profit, media advocacy and civil rights organization established in 1981 in Los Angeles, California. Its mission is to empower the American Indian, educate and influence media corporations to be more receptive and inclusive in hiring Native professionals. We create internships, in order to augment the pool of talent that presently exists. Equally important is to challenge misperceptions and those that would carelessly exploit negative stereotypes and images of the American Indian. After having made changes and great strides towards inclusion and understanding in the past 33 years, we continue our diligent efforts to seek equal access and acceptance in the spectrums of digital and linear communications. We presently and responsibly act as Representatives, and / or Advisors to the Federal Communications Commission, Cable and Broadcast Networks, in the effort to gain and influence the participation and acceptance, in all matters pertaining to mainstream communications. We will always seek a just and respectable relationship with anyone who is willing to meet us half way and who is looking to implement and provide transparent business opportunities and access for our people. We have created and implemented Native councils and committees at each hub of the entertainment business. We have instituted standing committees at the Actors, Writers, Producers, and Directors Guilds, so as to create pipelines and infuse and inspire participation and access for those Native people interested in pursuing entertainment careers. We provide access to Showcases for actors and writers at each Network to be able to practice their craft and be seen by casting directors and agents. Our goals are simple and direct. We believe passionately, that in order to change perceptions and misconceptions about us, we need to participate in the process, and if we do not, we are relegated to be the audience versus the participant. Those are our proven beliefs and mandates and we intend to pursue them to the best of our abilities, with the help of our Creator, and believe in empowering our people, who deserve no less. We can be contacted at reelndn@charter.net or soon at our new address, yet to be announced.

Lock-down die-in NO! Keystone XL at White House

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Censored News
Sunday, March 2, 2014

Hundreds of students have locked themselves to the White House Fence in an act of civil disobedience, mass arrests underway.
http://new.livestream.com/JamesFromTheInternet/events/2780094
or
LIVE http://www.ustream.tv/rootsmedia
Students die-in outside White House to say #NoKXL

More than 350 students remain tied to the White House fence, Twitter report

Photo Jenna Pope/Twitter

March through Gerogetown in DC today/Photo M. Scott Mahaskey/POLITICO

Twitter photos
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Photos Wounded Knee Liberation Day 2014

Photo Wakiyan Tatanka

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Photo Wakiyan Tatanka

Photo Wakiyan Tatanka

                                       Photo Wakiyan Tatanka "My Lakota people and warriors of AIM"

Photo Wakiyan Tatanka

Photo Wakiyan Tatanka

Photo Wakiyan Tatanka 

Photo Wakiyan Tatanka

Photo Wakiyan Tatanka

Photo Bex Cedarface

Photo Bex Cedarface

Photo Bex Cedarface

Liberation Day Wounded Knee Photo by Wakiyan Tatanka and Bex Cedarface, thank you for sharing with Censored News! Bex, on Pine Ridge, said of photo one, "On our way to Green, we stopped for walkers in Manderson. Thought this was awesome, kids, elderly and women."

More photos from today: Honoring Carter Camp, photos by Julie Camp-Horinek:
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2014/02/photos-carter-camp-honored-at-wounded.html

                                                      In Memory, Carter Camp, Ponca

                                                        In Memory Russell Means, Lakota

AIM Casualities 1973 -- 1976

          4.17.73-Frank Clearwater-AIM member killed by heavy machine gun round at Wounded Knee. No                   investigation.

 4.23.73-Between eight and twelve individuals (names unknown) packing supplies into wounded Knee were intercepted by Goons [Guardians of the Oglala Nation] and vigilantes. None were ever heard from again. Former Rosebud Tribal President Robert Burnette and U.S. Justice Department Solicitor General Kent Frizzell conducted unsuccessful search for a mass grave after Wounded Knee siege. No further investigation.

4.27.73-Buddy Lamont-AIM member hit by M16 fire at Wounded Knee, Bled to death while pinned down by fire. No investigation.

6.19.73-Clarence Cross-AIM supporter shot to death in ambush by Goons. Although assailants were identified by eyewitnesses, brother Vernal Cross-wounded in ambush-was briefly charged with crime. No further investigation.

4.14.73-Priscilla White Plume-AIM supporter killed at Manderson by Goons. No investigation.

7.30.73-Julius Bad Heart Bull-AIM supporter killed at Oglala AIM supporter killed at Oglala by "person or persons unknown." No investigation.

9.22.73-Melvin Spider-AIM member killed Porcupine, South Dakota. No investigation.

9.23.73-Philip Black Elk-AIM supporter killed when his house exploded. No investigation.

10.5.73-Aloysius Long Soldier-AIM member killed at Kyle, S.D. by Goons.No investigation.

10.10.73-Phillip Little Crow-AIM supporter beaten to death by Goons at Pine Ridge. No investigation.

10.17.73-Pedro Bissonette-Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Organization (OSCRO) organizer and AIM supporter assassinated by BIA Police/Goons. Body removed from Pine Ridge jurisdiction prior to autopsy by government contract coroner. No investigation.

11.20.73-Allison Fast Horse-AIM supporter shot to death near Pine Ridge by "unknown assailants." No investigation.

1.17.74-Edward Means, Jr.-AIM member found dead in Pine Ridge alley, beaten. No investigation.

2.27.74-Edward Standing Soldier-AIM member killed near Pine Ridge by "party r parties unknown." No investigation.

]4.19.74-Roxeine Roark-AIM supporter killed at Porcupine by "unknown assailants." Investigation open, still "pending."

9.7.74-Dennis LeCompte-AIM member killed at Pine Ridge by Goons. No investigation.

9.11.74-Jackson Washinton Cutt-AIM member killed at Parmalee by "unknown individuals." Investigation still "ongoing."

9.16.74-Robert Reddy-AIM member killed at Kyle by gunshot. No investigation.

11.16.74-Delphine Crow Dog-sister of AIM spiritual leader Leonard Crow Dog. Beaten by BIA police and left lying in a field. Died from "exposure." No investigation.

11.20.74-Elaine Wagner-AIM supporter killed at Pine Ridge by "person or persons unknown." No investigation.

12.25.75-Floyd S. Binais-AIM supporter killed at Pine Ridge by Goons. No investigation.

12.28.74-Yvette Loraine Lone Hill-AIM supporter killed at Kyle by "unknown party or parties." No investigation.

1.5.75-Leon L. Swift Bird-AIM member killed at Pine Ridge by Goons. Investigation still "ongoing."

3.1.75-Martin Montileaux-killed in a Scenic, S.D. bar. AIM leader Richard Marshall later framed for his murder. Russell Means also charged and acquitted.

3.20.75-Stacy Cotter-shot to death in an ambush at Manderson. No investigation.

3.21.75-Edith Eagle Hawk and her two children-AIM supporter killed in an automobile accident after being run off the run by a white vigilante, Albert Coomes. Coomes was also killed in the accident. Goon Mark Clifford identified as having also been in the Coomes car, escaped. Investigation closed without questioning Clifford.

3.27.75-Jeanette Bissonette-AIM supporter killed by sniper at Pine Ridge. Unsuccessful attempt to link AIM members to murder; no other investigation.

3.30.75-Richard Eagle-grandson of AIM supporter Gladys Bissonette killed while playing with loaded gun kept in the house as protection from Goon attacks.

4.4.75-Hilda R. Good Buffalo-AIM supporter stabbed to death at Pine Ridge by Goons. No investigation.

4.4.75-Jancita Eagle Deer-AIM member beaten and run over with automobile. Last seen in the company of provocateur Douglass Durham. No investigation.

5.20.75-Ben Sitting Up-AIM member killed at Wanblee by "unknown assailants." No investigation.

6.1.75-Kenneth Little-AIM supporter killed at Pine Ridge by Goons. Investigation still "pending."

6.15.75-Leah Spotted Elk-AIM supporter at Pine Ridge by Goons. No investigation.

6.26.75-Joseph Stuntz Killsright-AIM member killed by FBI sniper during Oglala firefight. No investigation.

7.12.75-James Briggs Yellow-heart attack caused by FBI air assault on his home. No investigation.

7.25.75-Andrew Paul Stewart-nephew of AIM spiritual leader Leonard Crow Dog, killed by Goons on Pine Ridge. No investigation.

8.25.75-Randy Hunter-AIM supporter killed at Kyle by "party or parties unknown." Investigation still "ongoing."

9.9.75-Howard Blue Bird-AIM supporter killed at Pine Ridge by Goons. No investigation.

9.10.75-Jim Little-AIM stomped to death by Goons in Oglala. No investigation.

10.26.75-Olivia Binais-AIM supporter killed in Porcupine by "person or persons unknown." Investigation still "open."

10.26.75-Janice Black Bear-AIM supporter killed at Manderson by Goons. No investigation.

10.27.75-Michelle Tobacco-AIM supporter killed at Pine Ridge by "unknown persons." No investigation.

12.6.75-Carl Plenty Arrows,Sr.-AIM supporter killed at Pine Ridge by "unknown persons." No investigation.

12.6.75-Frank LaPointe-AIM supporter killed at Pine Ridge by Goons. No investigation.

2.76-Anna Mae Pictou Aquash-AIM organizer assassinated on Pine Ridge.. FBI involved in attempt to conceal cause of death. Ongoing attempt to establish "AIM involvement" in murder. Key FBI personnel never deposed. Coroner never deposed. [depose-to remove from power...to testify or bear witness, especially on oath in court]

1.5.76-Lydia Cut Grass-AIM member killed at Wounded Knee by Goons. No investigation.

1.30.76-Byron DeSersa-OSCRO organizer and AIM supporter assassinated by Goons in Wanblee. Arrests by local authorities resulted in two Goons-Dale Janis and Charlie Winters-serving two years of five year sentences for "manslaughter." Charges dropped against two Goon leaders, Manny Wilson and Chuck Richards, on the basis of "self-defense" despite DeSersa having been unarmed when shot to death.

2.6.76-Lena R. Slow Bear-AIM supporter killed at Oglala by Goons. No investigation.

3.1.76-Hobart Horse-AIM member beaten, shot, and repeatedly run over with automobile at Sharp's Corners. No investigation.

3.26.76-Cleveland Reddest-AIM member killed at Kyle by "person or persons unknown." No investigation.

4.28.76-Betty Jo Dubray-AIM supporter beaten to death at Martin, S.D. No investigation.

5.6.76-Marvin Two Two-Aim supporter shot to death at Pine Ridge. No investigation.

5.9.76-Juia Pretty Hips-AIM supporter killed at Pine Ridge by "unknown assailants." No investigation.

5.24.76-Sam Afraid of Bear-AIM supporter shot to death at Pine Ridge. Investigation "ongoing."

6.4.76-Kevin Hill-AIM supporter killed at Oglala by "party or parties unknown." Investigation "still open."

7.3.76-Betty Means-AIM member killed at Pine Ridge by Goons. No investigation.

7.31.76-Sandra Wounded Foot-AIM supporter killed at Sharp's Corners by "unknown assailants." No investigation.

 Using only documented political deaths, the yearly murder rate on Pine Ridge Reservation between 1, 1973 and March 1, 1976, was 170 per 100,000. By comparison, Detroit, the reputed murder capital of the United States, had a rate of 20.2 per 100,000...An estimated 20,000 persons were murdered in the United States during 1974. In a nation of 200 million persons, a murder rate comparable with that of Pine Ridge between 1973 and 1976 would have left 340,000 persons dead for political reasons alone in one year; 1.32 million in three...The political murder rate at Pine Ridge between March 1, 1973, and March 1, 1976, was almost equivalent to that in Chile during the three years after a military coup supported by the United States deposed and killed President Salvador Allende...Based on Chile's population of 10 million, the estimated fifty thousand persons killed in three years of political repression in Chile (1973-1976) roughly paralleled the murder rate at Pine Ridge.