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Making the Connections: Militarism, Climate Chaos, and the Environment
Including: Effects of neoliberal capitalism, U.S. empire, and militarization: U.S. Military Bases worldwide, Climate Chaos and Colonization—U.S. occupation of/war with indigenous and sovereign lands, Fossil Fuels, Water Pollution, Nuclear War, Agent Orange and Burn Pits, Superfund Sites, and more.
Barb Tilsen Singer, Songwriter, Poet, Mother, Grandmother, Organizer
I’m a singer, songwriter, poet, mother, grandmother, auntie, activist and organizer. I have been involved in many organizations. Through them, networks developed and the relationships underlying them endured and grew. It’s those connections that support our ability to sustain activism over time and make change. — Barb Tilsen By Anne Winkler Morey Minneapolis Interview Project […]
Rebellions! Worldwide: Brazil, Hong Kong, Ecuador, Haiti and more
Haiti: 4 More Dead in Longest Bout Of Protests Against President Telesur October 12, 2019 So far, around 17 people have died and almost two hundred have been injured in the month-long protests. At least four people have died and dozens were injured between Friday and Saturday in strong protests in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after police used tear gas to […]
JOHN PILGER: The War on Venezuela is Built on Lies
A war has been declared on Venezuela, of which the truth is “too difficult” to report.
Mary Beaudoin: Flooding Wall Street
People demand system change, not climate change. When world leaders gathered at a preliminary meeting on climate change at the UN headquarters in New York, and one day after hundreds of thousands (estimates range from 311,000 to 400,000) people marched in the Climate Convergence, there was a coordinated effort to demand accountability for the corporate […]
Ann Wright: Renowned World Leaders and Activists Say “Don’t Give Up!”
“If you take action, you can be a greater peace with yourself and your own conscience” — Archbishop Desmond Tutu By Ann Wright (about the author) OpEdNews.com September 5, 2014 The Elders (image by Ann Wright) The Elders are a group of leaders who were brought together in 2007 by Nelson Mandela to use their […]
▶ Neil Young: Mother Earth [Music]
Thanks to Bruce Gagnon, Organizing Notes Sunday Song Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. Find us on Twitter at Rise Up Times (@touchpeace). Rise Up Times is also on Pinterest, Google+ and Tumblr. neilyoungchannel Published on Jan 29, 2014 […]
Chiapas: Peace Caravan
Chiapas: Caravan to the South Day 3 SIPAZ Drawings for peace (@SIPAZ) The third day of the journey of the Carvan for Peace in Chaipas began with a visit by a commission of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity to the Zapatista caracol of Oventic. A member of the Good-Government Council (JBG) gave […]
WAMM: An apology to the indigenous people of the United States and the people enslaved by the United States
An apology to the indigenous people of the United States and the people enslaved by the United States WAMM acknowledges the enormous wrong done by the United States to: 1) the Indigenous people of this country whose land and lives were taken from them by the Europeans who “discovered” it and 2) the African people […]
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