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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

The Awakening — From Behind the Pen

In 1996, my mother’s poem, “The Awakening,” was published in the anthology “Recollections of Yesterday.” Work on submitting your poetry somewhere this month during National Poetry Month.

The Awakening — From Behind the Pen

El Congreso de Brasil está acelerando un proyecto de ley de «paquete de muerte» genocida, PL191, para abrir las tierras Indígenas a la minería, una actividad prohibida por la Constitución. Según los líderes Indígenas, «destruirá nuestro bosque y contaminará a los animales y peces, así como a nuestro suelo y aguas sagrados».Los pueblos indígenas se manifestaron frente al STF (Supremo Tribunal Federal) en Brasilia llamando a los legisladores: «¡No legalicen el robo de nuestras tierras y la muerte de nuestros niños!» — Barbara Crane Navarro

En un ataque legal anterior a los derechos de los pueblos Indígenas el año pasado, el ministro de la Corte Suprema de Brasil, Edson Fachin, votó a favor de rechazar el «marco temporal» ya favor de los derechos de los pueblos Indígenas. Fachin dijo: «No hay mayor certeza jurídica que el respeto a la Constitución», […]

El Congreso de Brasil está acelerando un proyecto de ley de «paquete de muerte» genocida, PL191, para abrir las tierras Indígenas a la minería, una actividad prohibida por la Constitución. Según los líderes Indígenas, «destruirá nuestro bosque y contaminará a los animales y peces, así como a nuestro suelo y aguas sagrados».Los pueblos indígenas se manifestaron frente al STF (Supremo Tribunal Federal) en Brasilia llamando a los legisladores: «¡No legalicen el robo de nuestras tierras y la muerte de nuestros niños!» — Barbara Crane Navarro

Malaria surges in the Amazon as wildcat gold mining devours Indigenous land! — The Japan Times — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News — Barbara Crane Navarro

Malaria cases among Yanomami Indigenous people living in the Brazilian Amazon have risen more than 700% over the past decade as illegal gold mining intensifies in the world’s largest rainforest, health researchers say. Miners leave behind gaping craters in the ground as they clear huge tracts of forest, creating ideal conditions for the spread of […] […]

Malaria surges in the Amazon as wildcat gold mining devours Indigenous land! — The Japan Times — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News — Barbara Crane Navarro

Brazil’s Congress fast-tracks plans to mine Indigenous land for potassium, blaming Russia sanctions – Coda Story — The intention is to legalize gold mining! — Barbara Crane Navarro

Deforestation and mercury contamination from gold mining in Indigenous lands Brazil’s Congress fast-tracks plans to mine Indigenous land for potassium, blaming Russia sanctions – Coda Story https://ift.tt/OGVTrB1 Brazil’s Congress fast-tracks plans to mine Indigenous land for potassium, blaming Russia sanctions  Coda Story Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/lawphSk Brazil’s Congress fast-tracks plans to mine Indigenous land […]

Brazil’s Congress fast-tracks plans to mine Indigenous land for potassium, blaming Russia sanctions – Coda Story — The intention is to legalize gold mining! — Barbara Crane Navarro

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs law to codify ‘fundamental right’ to abortion – UPI.com

With the signing of the law, Colorado joins the 15 other states and the District of Columbia that have laws in place to protect abortion access.

“This landmark bill enshrines the fundamental right to abortion into Colorado law, and we sincerely hope other states choose to follow our lead,” state Sen. Julie Gonzales, one of the bill’s Democratic sponsors, said in a statement. “The health and well-being of millions of Americans depends on it.”

Source: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs law to codify ‘fundamental right’ to abortion – UPI.com

The threat of deep sea mining hangs over our ocean as negotiations in Jamaica close

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To me, it is quite terrifying to imagine that in just over a year’s time, deep sea mining may be given the go-ahead. Greenpeace USA was at the meeting in Kingston, Jamaica of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) and has been sounding alarm bells since it began. The meeting ended last Friday, April 1, 2022. The ISA’sconcluding press releasestates, quite bluntly, what the main order of business was:

The ISA Council meetings focused on the draft Regulations on exploitation of mineral resources in the Area.

This threatened plunge (literally) into the depths of the ocean to extract minerals, without understanding or recognizing the science or the expected devastating environmental impact, would be irreversible and impossible to repair or restore. We would not be able to go back and “fix” it later. It is funny how humans seem to think this is always possible, after we have already brought…

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