Indigenous people from across Pacific help build Swinomish clam garden | The Seattle Times

Robyn Porter, center, and others situate stones along the rock wall and clam garden Monday on Swinomish land.  (Daniel Kim / The Seattle Times) Source: Indigenous people from across Pacific help build Swinomish clam garden | The Seattle Times

Búsqueda desde la infancia – Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

Buscaba, desde entonces, un motivo, una señal, un detalle, una explicación, para entender la grandiosidad que descubría, cada instante, aquí y allá. Necesitaba desentrañar lo que tanto me cautivaba, la esencia y la naturaleza de todo, lo que palpitaba en mi interior y lo que miraba afuera…

Source: Búsqueda desde la infancia – Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

Human rights is about humanity! Messages from Stand Up for Jamaica, and Benjamin Zephaniah – Petchary’s Blog

The amazing Black British poet, performer and activist with Caribbean roots, Benjamin Zephaniah, believed in human rights for all. He passed away a few days ago, and I wrote a tribute to him here. Before it was “fashionable,” he advocated for justice for the Palestinians, visited there and met the people. He spoke out against homophobia in Jamaica; he spoke up for the citizens of an obscure island named Chagos, who suffered from the aftermath of colonialism; and highlighted the challenges faced by black British youth, including racism and police abuses.

“When it comes to the Human Rights, (or Animal rights for that matter), I’m not a black guy or a white guy, I’m not a Asian or an Hispanic guy, I’m a human guy. This is about the humanity and dignity of a people.”

Zephaniah Speaks: Does the UK Really Care About Human Rights? Do you?Source: Human rights is about humanity! Messages from Stand Up for Jamaica, and Benjamin Zephaniah – Petchary’s Blog

Último Degrau – Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

O último degrau é sempre o mais bonito.

Nele, se vê o Tapajós

Correndo lentamente

Formoso e sorridente

Encantando nós.

 

O último degrau permite uma ampla visão,

É um encanto meu torrão,

Do alto ou do chão,

Santarém do meu coração

Tu és terra de encantos

Que fascina todos nós.

 

Princesa da luz,

Pérola do Tapajós,

Tens Maria como padroeira

Minha santinha linda e mensageira

Que apazigua o coração de todos nós.

 

Santarém do meu amor!

 

Eu conto as tuas formosuras

Sob um céu de candura,

E o olhar extenso ‘prateado’

Que se enche de luz

e imacula o coração dos filhos teus, apaixonados.

 

Marii Freire. Último Degrau

 

Marii Freire.

https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Imagem: Marii Freire/Pensamentos.me

Santarém, Pá 10 de dezembro de 2023

 

Source: Último Degrau – Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Texas GOP Rejects Ban on Association with Nazis and Extremists

Over the weekend, a majority of the Texas State Republican Executive Committee (SREC) voted to remove language from a resolution affirming support for Israel that would have prohibited party associations with people and groups “known to espouse or tolerate antisemitism, pro-Nazi sympathies or Holocaust denial.” Members of the state party committee—who are elected by party delegates—voted 31-29 to remove that language. About half the committee also tried to block a public record of the vote…  Source: Texas GOP Rejects Ban on Association with Nazis and Extremists