(2023-01-02). Venezuela Present at Lula's Inauguration in Brazil. orinocotribune.com 
This Sunday, January 1, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil's president, while harshly criticising former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro and promising a change of course to rescue a nation plagued with hunger, poverty and racism, all of which were exacerbated during Bolsonaro's rule. | The president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, arrived in Brasilia on Sunday afternoon as the official representative of the Venezuelan State. | "On behalf of the President of the republic Nicolás Maduro, we arrived in the city of Brasilia to accompany our Brazilian brothers and sisters in the…
(2023-01-02). Enticed by Wealth, the Media is Complicit in the Crimes of Corporations in Indian Country. indybay.org Enticed by wealth and self-glory — the media, corrupt tribal governments, and self-dealing non-profits operate a vacuum for truth, violating the sacred places of origin. The most censored issues in Indian country in 2022.
(2023-01-02). Astonishment. The Beginning and End of Theology. indybay.org Debt relief is absolutely essential. Making persons morally liable who are materially in debt is a mistake. Condemning the helpless and broken is completely wrong. They urgently need help. Forgiveness of material debts and moral offenses is one and the same for Jesus. Human existence is crucial.
(2023-01-02). Saturday 1/14: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Less Is More. indybay.org Online: Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.
(2023-01-02). Homeless deaths of the dispossessed and unhoused in 2022 are heartbreaking. indybay.org Makeshift Tombstones Honoring Homeless Persons Who Died In 2022:…
(2023-01-02). Judge Donna Ryu condemns City of San Francisco's attacks on the homeless encampments. indybay.org Protest Against Attacks On San Francisco Homeless Encampments:…
(2023-01-01). Eradication of poverty and hunger key priorities for Lula government. peoplesdispatch.org On Sunday January 1, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party of Brazil (PT) gave his first speech to the Brazilian people as president at the National Congress. In the speech, he presented a brief diagnosis of the situation and conditions of the country that he will govern over for the next four years. | "It's appalling," said Lula, about the conditions in which he receives the country from his predecessor, former president Jair Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party, who abandoned the country and went to the US just before the inauguration. "They have emptied out the resources for health. They have dismantled th…
(2023-01-01). A Black-Led Bike Share Company Is Charting A New Course. popularresistance.org Youngstown, Ohio – From protecting the planet to serving the public of entire cities with accessible and affordable transportation options, the missions of bike share services across the country and around the world are often broad. They're intended to serve large swaths of a population, yet people of color, low-income folks, and others from marginalized communities are often left out as services bend toward wealthier and whiter neighborhoods and urban centers. | Most bike shares also rely on corporate sponsorships for their existence. When this critical financial support evaporates at the whims of said corporati…
(2023-01-01). 2022 Saw Historic Strikes In The United Kingdom. popularresistance.org Even as 2022 is drawing to a close, the strike wave that swept the UK this year, with hundreds of thousands of workers in the public and private sector downing tools to fight for better conditions, is showing no signs of slowing down. | On Saturday, December 31, over 1,000 members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers (RMT) who are working on contract as cleaners in the railways are set to walkout in the first national strike of its kind. Workers at private companies including Atalian Servest, Churchill, and Mitie are fighting for a £15 ($18.04) per hour wage, company sick pay, good…
(2023-01-01). Colorado Law Could Force Boulder to Sell Oil and Gas to a Private Company. truthout.org Extraction Oil and Gas, a Denver-based energy company, sent Boulder County an offer this summer. It's one that local officials don't want, but can't refuse. The company, a subsidiary of one of Colorado's largest oil and gas producers, Civitas Resources Inc., gave the county three options: Sell access to its oil and gas, partner up as a working interest owner or get thrown into a legal process… |
(2023-01-01). Let 2023 Be the Year of Dismantling Incarceration. truthout.org Over the past year, organizers across the country have been working nonstop to free people from jails and prisons — and yet, of course, millions remain behind bars. Faced with this reality, it can be easy to slip into discouragement at the outset of a new year. But long-time abolitionist organizer and author Mariame Kaba reminds us that "hope is a discipline" — one we must practice even when the… |
(2023-01-01). Building Solidarity And Strength On The Streets Of Pittsburgh And Chicago. popularresistance.org From 'hood to 'hood and city to city, we stand the most to gain in uniting, as an oppressed community capable of liberating ourselves from our collective social conditions! Over half a million people are experiencing homelessness here in the US, 580,466, as of January 2020. However, more than 16 million housing units in the United States are vacant. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the same social contradiction exists, where over 800 people are documented as homeless. | According to the Pittsburgh Quarterly, however: | The city of Pittsburgh has nearly 24,000 vacant properties, including 7,500 vacant houses and build…
(2023-01-01). Santa Cruz Homeless Death List for 2023: Follow-Up. indybay.org Two public ceremonies were held December 21st where the names of the unhoused dead for the year (some of them) were read. My response was the attached flyer, reprinted in the Serf City Times, suggesting some obvious but likely to be ignored remedies to ward off the 2023 deaths list. Also attached is the Homeless Persons Health Project/County report.