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Stories of Resistance: Indigenous Nations Unite Against Mining in Arizona

Garet Bleir April 9, 2018 Garet Bleir

Indigenous nations have accused the Canyon Mine mining company of desecrating land, medicine, and water surrounding Red Butte in Arizona, just six miles from the Grand Canyon and from land held sacred by the Havasupai Tribe. In response, a four day Havasupai Prayer Gathering invited other native nations to come together beneath Red Butte for ancestral ceremonies, inter-tribal gatherings, entertainment, direct action training, and speakers. Participants spoke of past and current illegal land grabs, religious and cultural oppression, spiritual guidance, and stories of resistance.

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Cornel West: Martin Luther King Jr was a radical. We must not sterilize his legacy

Cornel West April 6, 2018 Cornel West

Source: The Guardian

If King were alive today, his words would threaten most of those who now sing his praises

The major threat of Martin Luther King Jr to us is a spiritual and moral one. King’s courageous and compassionate example shatters the dominant neoliberal soul-craft of smartness, money and bombs. His grand fight against poverty, militarism, materialism and racism undercuts the superficial lip service and pretentious posturing of so-called progressives as well as the candid contempt and proud prejudices of genuine reactionaries. King was neither perfect nor pure in his prophetic witness – but he was the real thing in sharp contrast to the market-driven semblances and simulacra of our day. read more

Palestinian singer Rim Banna

A Voice that Penetrated the Apartheid Walls: Singer Rim Banna and Palestinian Cultural Resistance

Ramzy Baroud April 4, 2018 Ramzy Baroud

Palestinian singer Rim Banna passed away at the age of 51. Her death on March 24, after a decade-long battle with cancer, brought grief to Palestinians everywhere. Music unites Palestinians when politicians fail. In fact, while for years the collective calls for 'Palestinian unity' has gone unheeded, Palestinian music has continued to bring Palestinians closer.