Category Archives: Spirituality
Margaret Sarfehjooy> The Business of Islamophobia
The Business of Islamophobia A positive view of Muslims would hinder the multibillion dollar Islamophobia industry that promotes fear as part of the U.S. “War on Terror.” By Margaret Sarfehjooy http://www.worldwidewamm.org WAMM Newsletter March/April 2013 Part I: The Attack on CAIR-MN With offices in the U.S. and Canada, the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) […]
Idle No More Oklahoma> I can’t believe . . .
I CAN’T BELIEVE…… Idle No More Oklahoma rallies at the state capitol to protect the water and environment of the area. Crystal Zevon who sent around the above video, and has been with indigenous people’s recently at Tar Sands protests as she tours the country, writes: I believe the theme emerging from my travels is that […]
Video> Steve Clemens Speech Accepting the 2012 Vince Hawkinson Honorary Award
Published on Oct 15, 2012 by mennonista1 the text is at my blog: http://www.mennonista.blogspot.com
All My Relations Gallery> DED UŋK’UŋPI—WE ARE HERE through September 28
DED UŋK’UŋPI—WE ARE HERE 2012 marks the 150th anniversary of the largest mass execution in the history of the United States. On December 26th, 1862, 38 Dakota warriors were sentenced to be hung as a result of the U.S./Dakota wars. This timely and important exhibit features works by 20 Native American artists whose work responds […]
Ending Moral Exclusions
Posted by David Culver Tom Niemisto, Minnesota 2020 Conservative policy justifies disinvesting in public services and health care by using a moral exclusion argument—i.e. people who depend on these services must be deserving in some moral way to qualify for them. Minnesota native Marisa Egerstrom, who is pursuing a Ph.D. at Harvard University in early […]
David Harris> Experience and Reflections in Hennepin County Jail> June 26-28, 2012
Experience and Reflections in Hennepin County Jail June 26-28, 2012 By David Harris Editor’s Note: David was arrested at Alliant Tech Systems—a manufacturer of weapons of mass destruction—before they moved their corporate headquarters from Eden Prairie MN to Arlington VA to be closer to Washington DC. David is part of the Alliant Action, a group […]
An artist remembered> Art by Dorothy Sauber
Dorothy Sauber Dorothy’s artistic medium was pictorial hooked rugs. She created images of women and of family around women’s and progressive issues, often drawing on her rural background. Dorothy died in 2008 of cancer. Her sons gathered her essays and published them in a book Cancer Essays: Not the Book I Intended to Write. A more extensive biography […]
Compassion – Where Has It Gone?
Of course the right wing wants us all to believe they are compassionate people and are crusading for the welfare of all. This ruse should be over by now, but too many people (voters) do not see it for what it truly is. The Democrats have always talked about compassion but it appears now to […]
Reflections on Coldwater
Reflections on Coldwater Written after the final Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) meeting regarding the determination of Wetland A at Coldwater Springs. Development is not necessarily improvement: that attitude is a 19th century/20th century intellectual construct. We are now in the 21st century, and a new construct that recognizes that development may be a curse […]
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