[photo: black and white images of various farmers facing the viewer. each person is in various poses. someone is crouching down, someone has their hands on their hips, a few others are holding tools.]

todayinlaborhistory:

Today in labor history, February 11, 1903:  Japanese and Mexican laborers unite to form the Japanese-Mexican Labor Association to fight the labor contractor responsible for hiring at the American Beet Sugar Company in Oxnard, California.  They refused to work until their grievances were addressed and by the first week in March, over 90% of the county’s beet industry labor force had joined the JMLA, bringing the sugar industry to a standstill.  The laborers ultimately won most of their demands.

sinidentidades:

One of my coworkers is texting with me talking about how she’s still mindblown from the idea that desegregating schools may have been motivated by the fact that the state not overseeing people of color’s education led to them learning about their histories and revolutionary politics, so they wanted to put a stop to that by declaring they saw the wrong in their racist ways when really they just wanted to make sure that people of color had the most whitewashed education possible because who wants to see shit like this: 

The thing most feared was poc solidarity of course: 

adailyriot:

thecomababies:

rhubarbstrawberrypie:

Idle No More rallies to date.

This makes me happy.

Repost of Planned Events from the IdleNoMore News Group page:

CLICK ‘SEE MORE’ TO VIEW LIST

(msg or comment to add events and SHARE to spread the word)

Temporary calender:

http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/idle-no-more-temporary-calandar

»>NEW BRUNSWICK«<

Peaceful Highway Protest
Friday, January 4, 2013 3:45pm in UTC-04
Kingsclear First Nation, Fredericton, New Brunswick
https://www.facebook.com/events/101451876697445

»>QUEBEC«<

(please post comments with events in Quebec)

»>ONTARIO«<

IDLE NO MORE MATTAGAMI FIRST NATION
January 3, 2013 at from 11:00AM – 4:00PM PST (officially starting at 12noon)
Mattagami First Nation, Ontario
https://www.facebook.com/events/381571918598753/?ref=3

#idleNOMore Powwow
January 4 at 3:00pm until January 6 at 12:00pm in UTC-06
Sioux Lookout, Ontario
https://www.facebook.com/events/574026405947259

Border Crossing Rally
Saturday, January 5, 2013 11:00am in EST
Niagara Falls, Ontario
https://www.facebook.com/events/542113902465933

Idle No More: Niagara Falls Border Crossing Blockade
Saturday, January 5, 2013 11:00am until 2:00pm in EST
Niagara Falls Border Crossing:
www.facebook.com/events/113400872163096/

»>MANITOBA«<

Idle No More - Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jan 2nd 1pm - 3pm CST
St. Charles & Portage (the West Perimeter) Winnipeg, Manitoba
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/23337_128611197302060_190142877_n.jpg

»>SASKATCHEWAN«<

***FLASH MOB ROUND DANCE*** Saskatoon
Thursday, Jan 3rd, 2013
Saskatoon, Sask
http://www.facebook.com/events/244017195728811/

Idle No More - Prince Albert and Surrounding First Nations Communities! Jan 3rd, 2012
Thursday, January 3, 2013 1:00pm until 3:00pm in CST
Randy Hoback MP (office?), Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
https://www.facebook.com/events/318758788240700

IDLE NO MORE ~ NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN
January 5, 2013 at 11:00am in CST
BUFFALO NARROWS SASKATCHEWAN
https://www.facebook.com/events/460071217390671/

Idle No More Saskatoon Rally
January 5, 2013 at 12:00pm in CST
TBA
https://www.facebook.com/events/184640201677756/

PEACEFUL “SLOW DOWN” BARRICADE IN SUPPORT OF IDLE NO MORE (IN HONOR OF CHIEF THERESA SPENCE) - REGINA
January 6, 2013 at 1:00pm until 3:00pm in CST
Highway # 1 (REGINA, SK)
https://www.facebook.com/events/144191049066202/

»>ALBERTA«<

Idle No More - Edmonton - GO TO GROUP & BECOME MEMBER
Public · By Shannon M Houle, Eriel Tchekwie Deranger and 11 others
https://www.facebook.com/groups/INMEdmonton/

TURN OFF THE TAPS! BLOCKADE AT THE PIPELINE TERMINAL IN HARDISTY, ALBERTA.
January 5, 2013 time TBA
Hardisty, Alberta in Hardisty, Alberta
https://www.facebook.com/events/546688902025681/

LATIN@S IN EDMONTON IN SOLIDARITY WITH IDLE NO MORE
January 12, 2013 at 1:00pm in UTC-07
HMV stage which is located in between entrance 56 and 58 on the West side of the Mall

Idle No More: FLASH MOB GRAND ENTRY @ W.E.M.
January 12, 2013 at 1:00pm in UTC-07
West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta
https://www.facebook.com/events/486612161390070/

»>BRITISH COLUMBIA«<

” Idle No More ” NCN Community Gathering on January 3rd, 2013
Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 12:00pm until 2:00 pm PST
Port Alberni, BC
http://www.facebook.com/events/179940208815902/

Idle No More Flash Mob/Round Dance @ Broadway Skytrain Station
Thursday at 6:30pm
Broadway Skytrain Station in Vancouver, British Columbia
https://www.facebook.com/events/331845693597251/

Global Idle No More - Online and Interactive Global Teach-In from Victoria, BC
January 3, 2013 9PST/7CENTRAL/6EST
Global (online URL will be announced on event page)
www.facebook.com/events/324517640994602/

Idle No More Salt Spring Island: Solidarity with First Nations
Saturday, January 5, 2013 12:00pm until 2:00pm PST
Centennial Park, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada
https://www.facebook.com/events/125098510989374

Flash Round Dance ~ End Bill C-45
Saturday, Jan 5th, 2013 1:00 pm until 1:30 pm PST
Kelowna, BC
https://www.facebook.com/events/180107732135817/?ref=3

#IdleNoMore VICTORIA: March and Rally
Saturday, Jan 26th, 2012 10:00 am until 2:00 pm – Victoria BC:
http://www.facebook.com/events/386174398135943/

»>CANADA«<

Idle No More - Online and Interactive Global Teach-In from Victoria, BC
January 3, 2013
www.facebook.com/events/324517640994602/

Idle No More: Turtle Island Movement - Border Blockade
Saturday, Jan 5th, 2013 – All of Canada:
http://www.facebook.com/events/377706782321580/

»>AMERICA«<

Idle No More - Online and Interactive Global Teach-In from Victoria, BC
January 3, 2013
www.facebook.com/events/324517640994602/

Idle No More Solidarity Protest International Falls, Mn Border Crossing.
Saturday, Jan 5th, 2013 time TBA (1pm?)
International Falls, MN Border Crossing
http://www.facebook.com/events/399425550131879/

Idle No More State Inaguaration Day, Helena, MT
Monday, Jan 7 2013 @ 11:00 am
(No link provided)

Idle No More Prayer Circle
Saturday, January 12, 2013 1:00pm PST
Indian Park @ Pike Place Market Seattle Wa
https://www.facebook.com/events/184442018365642

INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS SOLIDARITY RALLY AT THE UNITED NATIONS
January 29, 2013 at 12:00pm in EST
760 United Nations Plaza, New York, New York 10017, United States
https://www.facebook.com/events/146722888810431/

»>GLOBAL«<

Idle No More - Online and Interactive Global Teach-In from Victoria, BC and Online:
January 3, 2013 9PST/7CENTRAL/6EST
Online
www.facebook.com/events/324517640994602/

Idle No More Solidarity - Sydney, Australia
January 4, 2012 @ 9pm
Martin Place

https://www.facebook.com/events/116439198525911/?ref=3

Idle No More, London UK Solidarity Action
Monday, January 28, 2013 8:30am until 9:00am in UTC - LONDON, UK:
http://www.facebook.com/events/458961510829311

PURPOSE:
Chief Spence has, from the beginning of her Hunger Strike, been calling for a meeting, not with herself, but between First Nations Leadership and the Crown, PM Harper and the provincial Premiers to create a new and respectful relationship as predicated in the Treaties. http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Politics/ID/2318285061/

UNCONFIRMED AND NO EVENT PAGE LISTINGS

New Mexico
has had numerous events - links to a couple
Occupy New Mexico has good coverage on their site: http://occupynewmexico.org/ and via twitter https://twitter.com/0ccupyNewMexico

Joe Thorne also jan. 2 on the island …at 740 am our time
(Vancouver Island, BC)

DC Noon Jan 2 Union Station

Colorado Jan 2
Flatirons Mall, Broomfield,CO, January 2 7:30PM
(no link)

Milyssa Lopez - chicago has one too in Jan i think the 5th but i am not sure
(no link given)

Saturday, January 5th at 12:00pm, Oshawa will be the next community to join the thousands of voices across Canada participating in Idle No More. The solidarity rally will take place on the Albert St bridge over highway 401.
https://www.facebook.com/IdleNoMoreCommunity/posts/128655687297611

Round Dance Flash Mob Lancaster PA Jan 5th 1pm
Lancaster Square, 100 block of N. Queen Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvan
http://www.facebook.com/events/520699981297197/520723107961551/?notif_t=event_mall_comment

Chicago Jan 5 2pm Canadian consulate
https://twitter.com/IndioAndretti_/status/285969944536023040/photo/1

Flagstaff Jan 8 10am
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/532060_188827667925295_689871912_n.jpg

Edmonton 1/10
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/75333_10152374476690603_1617988235_n.jpg

Vancouver Island 1/12
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/206625_10200366959604916_284670196_n.jpg

Jan 19 - 6pm
Sandy, Utah
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/406747_10151170950661417_747782772_n.jpg

IN THE PLANNING STAGES: Please Join
http://www.facebook.com/groups/514111615276986/
Idle No More Columbus, OH Planning

[photo: a child at the Idle No More action in Minneapolis, Minnesota is holding a sign above their head that reads, “people of the earth unite rise decolonize.”]

idlenomore:

Minneapolis

radicallydisabled:

lastrealindians:

Idle No more Mall Of America Happening right now over 1000 people

REBLOGGING BECAUSE INDIGENOUS POWER

lastrealindians:

Clyde Bellecourt of the American Indian Movement arrested after peaceful Idle No More Gathering in Minneapolis, MN

lightspeedsound:

reallifedocumentarian:

ankh-kush:

This has gotta be the coolest thing I’ve ever seen on the internet

Black Panther Party and the Asian American Political Alliance

The very birth of the term Asian American came from a rejection of white supremacy, institutional racism and in full support of Black Power [via the Asian American Political Alliance, particularly in regards to the work being done by the Black Panthers]. We stood together. Some of us still stand together. We must stand together again.

I fucking love this gif.

seriously best gif ever

this gif is making me feel deep, really powerful feelings. 

kalisherni:

Woven Survival by Khushboo Kataria Gulati 
October 2012 

struggles overlap, intersect & parallel
we will not be divided and conquered 
we need each other 

recover the love buried under layers of trauma & hate 
love’s possibilities travel beyond borders, 
thrives beyond binaries & past paradigms that seek to stagnate us 
break down viciousness in our communities 
strength comes from our unity 
plant them solidarity seeds

eljotitodeperris:

#solidarity #ethnicstudies #arizona (Taken with Instagram)

kamikazemilkman:

“When about 650 members of community, labor and faith organizations rallied today in Elwood, Illinois in support of workers at a key Walmart warehouse striking to protest “poverty wages,” sexual harassment, racial discrimination and extreme work conditions, they were met with riot-gear-clad police and the private security Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System Mobile Field Force who surrounded them, arrested all 47 who committed civil disobedience by sitting in the road, and told the other peaceful protesters to disperse or risk “chemical or less lethal munitions being deployed.””

pambana:

HEY

C’MON
COME OUT

WHEREVER YOU ARE

WE NEED TO HAVE THIS MEETING
AT THIS TREE

AIN’ EVEN BEEN
PLANTED
YET

by June Jordan 

a-bayani:

run-in-the-shadows:

a-bayani:

i know that visiting the support websites and reading updates can be emotionally overwhelming for a lot of us. so now you can easily access their addresses and cute faces with a rainbow glittery background! :)

i also included the phone and fax numbers for the DA, the prison, and the judge. i will be calling and faxing them all every weekday (unless matt or kteeo requests that i stop) to politely ask about how they are doing, see if matt is getting vegan food and kteeo is getting gluten-free food, and demand that they be released, the charges dropped, and the grand jury ended.

there is information about how you can send them commissary money and books as well as some things they’d like. if you are upset that you can’t be with people in the northwest right now you are not alone. there are so many other ways you can support matt and kteeo!

if anyone out there does not know what i am talking about there are links there to the support websites which will tell you everything you need to know about why these incredible people are being targeted by the state, in solitary confinement in federal prison. plus updates about their court dates and how you can support them!

i will also update the page regularly/whenever i feel like it and probably add lots of adorable pictures of kittens or something.

http://a-bayani.tumblr.com/mattandkteeo
http://a-bayani.tumblr.com/mattandkteeo
http://a-bayani.tumblr.com/mattandkteeo
http://a-bayani.tumblr.com/mattandkteeo
http://a-bayani.tumblr.com/mattandkteeo
http://a-bayani.tumblr.com/mattandkteeo
http://a-bayani.tumblr.com/mattandkteeo

#matt and kteeo
#matt and kteeo
#matt and kteeo
#matt and kteeo
#matt and kteeo
#matt and kteeo
#matt and kteeo

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 FTP//ACAB//FUCK THE GRAND JURY <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

This page is a great resource for anyone to help out Matt and KTEEO.  These are our friends and this is our community.  We need to take care of them.  If you can’t donate money or send a book, then consider faxing or calling anyone and everyone involved in this witch hunt.  

GET THE WORD OUT Y’ALL! THIS SHIT IS GONNA GO VIRAL. THERE WILL BE ATTACK KITTENS EVERYWHERE HISSING, SCRATCHING, BITING, AND MEOWING LOUDLY FOR THEIR RELEASE!!! <3 =^.^=

sandsgotokorea:

Dear friends, comrades, and loved ones,

This summer, we (Sam and Sarah) are embarking on a journey together to South Korea on a political exchange program called KEEP-ROK (Korea Education & Exposure Program - Republic of Korea). We are going on KEEP-ROK as the two delegates from HOBAK (Hella Organized Bay Area Koreans). As two young diasporic Korean queers and activists/organizers, this is a huge opportunity for us to learn and grow, both politically and personally.

KEEP is a two-week long program for Korean activists and organizers in diaspora to return to Korea to learn and build solidarity with activists on the peninsula towards our common goals of global peace and justice. From July 28 to August 11, we will be traveling all around southern Korea (Seoul, Kwangju, Jeju, etc.) to meet with some of the folks most directly impacted by and engaged in resisting violence, exploitation, and repression in the ROK. In past years, KEEP has met with organizations like MTU (Migrant Trade Union), Mamma Mia and TRACK (justice for unwed mothers and adoptees), KCTU (Korean Confederation of Trade Unions), Kkiri Kkiri and Dongsungaeja Inkwon Yondae (LGBT organizations), Solidarity Against Discrimination of Disabled, Naju Farmer’s Association, Poor People’s Solidarity, and many others. Upon returning to the US, we all commit to doing reportbacks and community education for at least one year.

This year, the aim of KEEP-ROK is to take those who struggle against militarism to those sites of struggle in southern Korea, with a commitment to continue anti-militarism work at home. With this objective in mind, we will be spending a much longer time in Jeju Island than in previous years to support and build with the activists and villagers of Gangjeong — a small village that the US and ROK governments have designated as being a “strategic” site for “maintaining security in East Asia,” and are attempting to build a naval base upon.

We’re both hella juiced for this trip to happen, on both political and personal levels. As Koreans who often have difficult and confusing relationships to our Korean identities, we feel that this experience will help us to grow clarity and insight within ourselves and our work. It would be so great for us to get to connect in person with rad Korean activists on the peninsula to share experiences, knowledge, and strategies with them, build with the other folks in our delegation who are from all across the US, and bring all of it back to our organizing and communities in the States.

However, as two newly graduated young people trying to make the rent, pay the bills, pay off our student loans, and support our families, we know we can’t afford to go on KEEP without a lot of support from our communities. Program fees and plane tickets will set us both back 4000 each, which is why we need your help. While any donation would help, we ask that you consider donating $10 (or more!) to our KEEP 2012 fund. We have less than a month to go — KEEP begins on July 28th, and we leave for Korea on the 27th! Will you help us to make this trip a reality?

What you can do:

• REBLOG this post and share widely! (Email, Twitter, Facebook…)
• FOLLOW our Tumblr (sandsgotokorea.tumblr.com) to follow our updates and learn about upcoming fundraising events in the Bay!
• DONATE to our KEEP 2012 funds! Our paypal link is u (15% of funds raised will be donated to the activists of Gangjeong Village of Jeju Island.)

For donors who contribute:

• $25.00, we will send you a hand-written postcard from Korea!
• $50.00, we will write you a hand-written postcard, send you a zine that we will make about our experiences and what we learn on KEEP, and a hella cute original HOBAK hand-made reunification patch!!

Thank you all so much for your support and love! Stay tuned for more updates!

With love,
Sam and Sarah

freececemcdonald:

Write CeCe

Please send a letter to CeCe while she is in jail. Let her know she has a huge amount of community support and that we are all here for her.

Chishaun McDonald OID #238072 Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. Cloud
2305 Minnesota Boulevard S.E.
St. Cloud, MN  56304

Incoming mail must include the recognized legal name and Offender Identification (OID) number (listed above).Incoming mail may include paper with words/drawings; signed unmusical, commercial greeting cards and postcards; photographs (Polaroid photos must have the backing removed); periodicals and published materials shipped from the publisher; and clippings or photocopies of published materials that meet criteria.

Packages will not be accepted and will be returned to the sender.  Photographs will be removed from the envelope and returned to the inmate at the time of release.  Please note that all letters sent to the jail are opened, read, and inspected by jail staff. Use good sense about what you say in your letter, and don’t write about anything that is likely to get you or anyone else in trouble with the cops. Click here for more information about the DOC’s mailing regulations.

You can also organize a letter writing party! If you live in the area, you don’t even have to worry about paying for postage-bring your letters to the drop box for at The Exchange (3405 Chicago Ave S, Mpls) and we will mail them for you.