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

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm | a bleeding moon (154) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm, the poet and translator, born 1971 in Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. The pharmacist currently lives and works in Western Sydney, Australia.

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm | a bleeding moon (154) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

13 Reasons Why You Should Boycott Gold For The Yanomami People! — Palm Oil Detectives — Tiny Life

Barbara Crane Navarro

Illegal gold mining site contaminating river near Yanomami communal dwellings – photo: Bruno Kelly

Hunger for Gold in the Global North is fueling a living hell in the Global South. Here are 13 reasons why you should #BoycottGold4Yanomami 13 Reasons Why You Should Boycott Gold For The Yanomami People — Palm Oil Detectives

13 Reasons Why You Should Boycott Gold For The Yanomami People! — Palm Oil Detectives — Tiny Life

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Barbara Crane Navarro: Artist & Activist In Her Own Words — Palm Oil Detectives – Please BoycottGold4Yanomami! — Tiny Life

Barbara Crane Navarro

Gold mining pit in Indigenous Territory – Photo of Yanomami family, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela and photomontage: Barbara Crane Navarro

Gold mining site in Indigenous territory, Publicity for Cartier, ring “LOVE” ™®© Cartier – photomontage: Barbara Crane Navarro

Barbara Crane Navarro: In Her Own Words Artist, Writer, Environmental & Indigenous Rights Activist Bio: Barbara Crane Navarro Barbara Crane Navarro is a French artist, writer, Indigenous and animal activist who lives near Paris. From 1968 to 1973 she studied at Rhode Island School of Design, then she went on to study at the San[…][…]

Barbara Crane Navarro: Artist & Activist In Her Own Words — Palm Oil Detectives – Please BoycottGold4Yanomami! — Tiny Life

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Combustível, pistas clandestinas, armas e rádios: como funciona logística do garimpo na terra yanomami – BBC News Brasil — THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON…

Barbara Crane Navarro

Dados preliminares indicam que pelo menos 277 pistas de pouso clandestinas foram identificadas nos arredores da terra indígena yanomami, região — habitada por 27 mil indígenas — em que desmatamento avançou 516% no periodo 2019-2020, segundo Inpe. Fonte: Combustível, pistas clandestinas, armas e rádios: como funciona logística do garimpo na terra yanomami – BBC News[…]

Combustível, pistas clandestinas, armas e rádios: como funciona logística do garimpo na terra yanomami – BBC News Brasil — THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON…

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Rapid antigen tests will soon be free for millions of Australians — who’s eligible? When do you need a PCR test? – ABC News

National cabinet has agreed to extend the availability of free rapid antigen tests to some Australians — but supply shortages remain a serious issue across Australia.

Source: Rapid antigen tests will soon be free for millions of Australians — who’s eligible? When do you need a PCR test? – ABC News

More notes on Mutual Aid

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I’ve been preparing for a discussion my Quaker meeting will have this weekend about Mutual Aid. At the end of this is a table of posts I’ve been writing to help me organize my thoughts. I am not satisfied with how this post has turned out, but these are notes, not a finished document.

Stepping back from the details, I’m reflecting on what I hope will happen as a result of this discussion. My hope is that we begin to use Mutual Aid to guide our work, both in our Quaker meeting and how we do our work in the community for peace and justice.

Mutual Aid requires a paradigm shift from a community of primarily White Quakers immersed in the capitalist economic system, white supremacy, settler colonialism and land theft, forced assimilation, foreign and domestic militarism, state sanctioned violence, punishment oriented criminal justice system, fossil fuel power, and whatever…

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Opinion | Jimmy Carter: I Fear for Our Democracy – The New York Times

However, one year on, promoters of the lie that the election was stolen have taken over one political party and stoked distrust in our electoral systems. These forces exert power and influence through relentless disinformation, which continues to turn Americans against Americans. According to the Survey Center on American Life, 36 percent of Americans — almost 100 million adults across the political spectrum — agree that “the traditional American way of life is disappearing so fast that we may have to use force to save it.” The Washington Post recently reported that roughly 40 percent of Republicans believe that violent action against the government is sometimes justified.

Politicians in my home state of Georgia, as well as in others, such as Texas and Florida, have leveraged the distrust they have created to enact laws that empower partisan legislatures to intervene in election processes. They seek to win by any means, and many Americans are being persuaded to think and act likewise, threatening to collapse the foundations of our security and democracy with breathtaking speed. I now fear that what we have fought so hard to achieve globally — the right to free, fair elections, unhindered by strongman politicians who seek nothing more than to grow their own power — has become dangerously fragile at home.