By Kathleen Dean Moore & Robin Wall Kimmerer, Yes Magazine, November 5th, 2016 https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2016/11/05/the-humvees-and-the-white-horse2014two-futures/ Right here, between the barricades on a North Dakota highway, is a pivotal confrontation between two world views, two futures. Two lines, facing each other on a North Dakota highway. On one side, concrete barriers protect a row of armored vehicles […]
President Obama a Pedophile and a Satanist? I Think Not
“[Obama] is a pedophile and a satanist. He is sick and evil. I will not visit this page or share from it. He will be going to jail soon for preying on children!!! Shame on you!” This is an email I received today. I don’t think I should have to write another defence of Pres. […]
When will Britain Face up to its Crimes against Humanity?
Demands are being heard for accountability in human rights, race relations and historical representations. Four stories are featured today on the issue in different countries. When will Britain face up to its crimes against humanity? Kris Manjapra, Guardian, 29 Mar 2018 (https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/29/slavery-abolition-compensation-when-will-britain-face-up-to-its-crimes-against-humanity) After the abolition of slavery, Britain paid millions in compensation – but every […]
Canada’s History with Indigenous People is Cruel and Unfair, but We Need to Own up to It
Two stories on Canada’s troubled history with racism and harassment. Racism goes back centuries. (1) Canada’s history with Indigenous people is cruel and unfair, but we need to own up to it Indigenous people have been damaged by generations of oppression, but we have not been broken Kerry Benjoe, CBC, July 1, 2020 (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/point-of-view-kerry-benjoe-racism-george-floyd-canada-indigenous-1.5632918) On […]
Belgian King Conveys ‘Deepest Regrets’ for Brutal Colonial Past in Congo
By Colin Dwyer, NPR, June 30th, 2020 https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/30/885178095/belgian-king-conveys-deepest-regrets-for-brutal-colonial-past-in-congo The policies of Belgian King Leopold II left millions of people dead more than a century ago in the region that is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Now, in a first for the Belgian monarchy, King Philippe has expressed his “deepest regrets” for a colonization […]
Why am I Letting Urban Looters Set My Agenda?
Why am I letting urban looters set my agenda? Why do I keep forgetting the basis of my faith that all will work out? A basis deeper than listening to anyone else’s words, no matter how exalted they are. The testimony of my own Inner Self. I know from realization and experience that things like […]
So Many Wrongs to Right
There are so many wrongs that need righting in our world – Rohingya, Yemenis, Iraqis, Palestinians, Syrians, Uighers, on and on the list could go. What ever can be done to right these wrongs? The establishment of equity/equality everywhere in our world? One person, one right to all the amenities of life: Shelter, food, clothing, […]
20/20, June 10, 2020 – 1
Events are happening faster than we can write articles on, so we’re switching to a summary format for some articles. Thanks to Kathleen for these articles. IBM Abandons Facial Recognition Products, Condemns Racially Biased Surveillance Bobby Allyn, National Public Radio, June 9, 2020 (https://www.npr.org/2020/06/09/873298837/ibm-abandons-facial-recognition-products-condemns-racially-biased-surveillance) IBM announced this week that it would stop selling its facial […]
20/20, June 8, 2020 – 1
Events are happening faster than we can write articles on, so we’re switching to a summary format for some articles. Some subjects may be too uncomfortable to read. We ask you to use discernment in your choice. Skirting the meme war does not affect the subjects we cover; only the sources we use to cover […]
La Dolce Vita and the RV by Kat
The energies have been so intense these past weeks that I totally lost it the other day and wrote a grumpy blog about someone who’d been writing deceitful blogs for years. Normally I can easily let blogs like that go but because the negative energies swirling around were getting to me and I allowed them […]
20/20, June 5 – Part 1
Events are happening faster than we can write articles on, so we’re switching to a summary format for some articles. Some subjects may be too uncomfortable to read. We ask you to use discernment in your choice. Skirting the meme war does not affect the subjects we cover; only the sources we use to cover […]
Rivera Sun: Black. Lives. Matter. Rising Up For Racial Justice.
Thanks to Sitara. Black. Lives. Matter. Rising Up For Racial Justice. Nonviolence News, May 30, 2020 https://mailchi.mp/d3e4c06b3256/may-thirty?e=c632f93431 Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun The United States is, once again, erupting with racial justice struggles. The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cops comes on the heels of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and just days after […]
20/20, May 28 – 2
Events are happening faster than we can write articles on, so we’re switching to a summary format for some articles. Some subjects may be too uncomfortable to read. We ask you to use discernment in your choice. Skirting the meme war does not affect the subjects we cover; only the sources we use to cover […]
Videos/Docs of the Day
What Went Wrong with the Inauguration? Simon Parkes Hit graphic to view video White Cloud tells us how topsy-turvey it’s going to get in the immediate future Hit graphic to watch video (https://hooktube.com/iLRicCK5YSg) From the Video: The Federation of Light and indeed myself have said many times, many, many times, that your world is […]