Even in the face of planetary destruction, it is capitalism and capitalistic interests that dictate the response to our current climate catastrophe. Flashback to September 2018: former California Governor Jerry Brown has a plan to save the world. He explains: “Plastic has helped advance innovation in our society, but our infatuation with single-use convenience has...
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Elizabeth Warren’s Claims of Indigeniety are a Slap in the Face to Indigenous People
While tribal citizenry and membership are important they still aren’t enough to make one Indigenous. By Jen Deerinwater When I first heard that Senator Elizabeth Warren was Tsalagi (Cherokee) I was beyond excited. What a blessing it was to finally have a Native senator and one from my tribal nation at that. However, after looking...
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4 Ways to Decolonize on Columbus Day
This Columbus Day, it’s important that we continue to fight against colonialism and defend Native people and the land that belongs to us. Here are 4 ways you can do just that! 1. Understand the actual history of Christopher Columbus. The story goes that Columbus discovered America, like we all were taught in our middle-school...
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What We’re Up Against Is Bigger Than Pussy Hats and Deleting Apps
To win this war against Donald Trump, we must do more than wear pussy hats and #DeleteUber. We must abandon liberalism and move to the left. Protests against President Donald Trump’s agenda have not let up an inch since he stood before a funny-as-hell, near-empty mall in Washington, D.C., and took the oath of office. There...
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If Water is Life, Then What About Flint?
Former Flint, Michigan, Emergency Managers Darnell Earley and Gerald Ambrose are being charged with criminal activity for their role in perpetuating the water crisis. Earley and Ambrose are just two of several city-appointed leaders who co-signed to switch Flint’s residents to a water supply that was found to be 19 times more corrosive than the water in Detroit, causing lead...
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With DAPL’s Access Denied, We Need To Fight The Sabal Trail Pipeline Threatening Florida’s Water
Do we truly believe that “injustice anywhere is a threat to everywhere,” regardless of how homely and plain the injustice? News is sinking in about the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s victory over the formidable forces of capitalism (the Dakota Access Pipeline): the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers recently blocked the construction of the DAPL after eight contentious...
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Why Standing Rock Will Always be About Natives
by Rafaella Gunz The Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock have been going on for months, but are only just starting to get mainstream media attention. Unfortunately, that’s partly because a white woman — not the Native tribes who started the protests — recently became a martyr for the cause. The weekend before Thanksgiving (a holiday that...
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White Americans: If You Truly Believe in Thanksgiving Values, Stand with Standing Rock
Traditionally we have been taught that Thanksgiving is a holiday about sharing, gratitude and cross-cultural communion. That’s the story of the Pilgrims and Native Americans, right? In 1621, the Wampanoag Indians, like Squanto, helped the Pilgrims learn how to survive and farm in the “New World.” In celebration of their first bountiful harvest, Thanksgiving was...
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Dakota Pipeline Activist: Police Attacks Have “Become the Norm”
When the news surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) broke last month, it seemed everyone wanted to write about it. News spread faster than most stories about grassroots actions — and then seemed to fizzle out. Where has all the coverage gone? Since news broke about the continued injustices against the Standing Rock Sioux tribe...
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Meet the Native Women at the Heart of the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
The battle to block the Dakota Access Pipeline was launched by Native Women. by Jen Deerinwater Sixty percent of the adult human body is made of water. Seventy-five to 80 percent of an infant’s body is made of water. Without clean water, no living being — plants, animals, or humans — can survive. Despite this,...