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

USS Indianapolis (CA-35) – 30 July 1945

Pacific Paratrooper

USS Indianapolis off Mare Island, 10 July 1945

Sadly, four days later after delivering the components of the atomic bomb from California to the Pacific Islands in the most highly classified naval mission of the war, USS Indianapolis is sailing alone in the center of the Philippine Sea when she is struck by two torpedoes and sunk within twelve minutes. The ship was without a sufficient number of lifeboats, her disappearance went unnoticed for almost four days and the navy search team was called off early. Therefore, only 316 men of her 1,196-man crew were rescued. This has been considered the most controversial sea disaster in American history.

For the next five nights and four days, almost three hundred miles from the nearest land, the men battle injuries, sharks, dehydration, insanity, and eventually each other. Only 316 will survive.  For the better part of a century, the story of USS 

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« Non capisci perché vogliamo proteggere la nostra foresta? Chiedimi, ti rispondo! »

Barbara Crane Navarro

Cacciatore Yanomami che prepara il suo arco, Amazonas, Venezuela – foto: Barbara Brändli

« Non capisci perché vogliamo proteggere la nostra foresta? Chiedimi, ti rispondo! I nostri antenati furono creati con lui all’inizio dei tempi. Da allora, la nostra gente ha mangiato la sua selvaggina ei suoi frutti. Vogliamo che i nostri figli crescano ridendo qui.

In passato, molte delle nostre persone sono morte a causa delle vostre epidemie. Oggi mi rifiuto di lasciare che i nostri figli e nipoti muoiano a causa del fumo dorato! Dai la caccia ai cercatori d’oro da casa nostra! Sono esseri nocivi il cui pensiero è oscuro. Sono mangiatori di metalli coperti dal fumo mortale dell’epidemia di xawara. »

  • Sciamano Yanomami e portavoceDavi Kopenawa

Il 30% di quelle che ora sono riconosciute come terre indigene ancestrali rischia di essere “legalmente” aperto all’estrazione dell’oro e ad altre operazioni minerarie, nonché al disboscamento e all’agricoltura…

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Repressão: governo assalta as terras indígenas à mão armada  — Brasdangola Blogue — Barbara Crane Navarro

Na última terça-feira, 22/6, os cães de guarda da burguesia avançaram violentamente contra uma manifestação de indígenas em Brasília. A Polícia Militar e Fonte: Repressão: governo assalta as terras indígenas à mão armada • Diário Causa Operária Repressão: governo assalta as terras indígenas à mão armada  — Brasdangola Blogue

Repressão: governo assalta as terras indígenas à mão armada  — Brasdangola Blogue — Barbara Crane Navarro

Masih Alinejad: Iranian intelligence agents plotted to kidnap dissident journalist in Brooklyn, U.S. prosecutor say – The Washington Post

This is not some far-fetched movie plot. We allege a group, backed by the Iranian government, conspired to kidnap a U.S. based journalist here on our soil and forcibly return her to Iran,” FBI Assistant Director William F. Sweeney Jr. said in a statement Tuesday, adding: “Not on our watch.” Source: Masih Alinejad: Iranian intelligence agents plotted to kidnap dissident journalist in Brooklyn, U.S. prosecutor say – The Washington Post

German president joins campaign to reinvigorate vaccinations – The Washington Post

Germany’s president appealed Wednesday to hesitant compatriots to get vaccinated against COVID-19, adding to efforts by top politicians to reinvigorate the country’s inoculation campaign as infection numbers have begun to creep higher.

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s video message came a day after Chancellor Angela Merkel urged German residents to get the shot.

Although case numbers remain very low — currently around seven weekly new cases per 100,000 residents — they have been edging up for a week, and German leaders are wary of worse to come now that the more contagious delta variant is dominant. And the number of people getting shots has slipped in recent weeks.

Source: German president joins campaign to reinvigorate vaccinations – The Washington Post

Unvaccinated may require tougher tactics amid COVID-19 surge – Los Angeles Times

The solution won’t be easy, but officials and experts are pretty confident they know what will work.

First, sending trusted people in communities to advocate for vaccinations at events and doing door-to-door outreach can do wonders in convincing people to get vaccinated, said UC San Francisco epidemiologist Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo. Getting vaccines into the offices of primary care physicians, where doctors can answer patients’ questions directly, can help too.

Another strategy would involve new requirements to get vaccinated, such as at workplaces, Bibbins-Domingo said. Short of that, she said, employers could require unvaccinated workers to get tested daily — an approach that has been used elsewhere around the world.

“When being vaccinated becomes the more convenient of the two options, that will drive people to be vaccinated,” Bibbins-Domingo said. “You have to make it slightly less convenient to be unvaccinated at this point.

“If you choose to get tested every day, because you don’t believe in vaccination, that might be fine. But I think for some, being tested every day or being tested at some very regular interval might be that the thing that says: ‘Well, yeah, when I look at the risk and benefits, the vaccine is looking a little bit better.’”

Source: Unvaccinated may require tougher tactics amid COVID-19 surge – Los Angeles Times

The United States: A SECULAR Nation! Let’s Keep It So

Filosofa's Word

The United States of America is, by definition, a democratic republic.  It is also, by definition, a secular nation.  A secular nation, not one ruled by religious dogma, but by laws that are just and that benefit all citizens.  This nation is not a theocracy!  Please allow me to define these terms for you:

  • Secular – not subject to or bound by religious rule.
  • Democratic Republic – A democratic republic is a form of government operating on principles adopted from a republic and a democracy.
    • Republic – A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives.
    • Democracy – A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
  • Theocracy – a form of government in which a deity of some type is recognized as the supreme ruling authority, giving divine guidance to human intermediaries…

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