Sunday afternoon while people were working on the cleanup from the ceremony Deb suggested we “quickly power out a garden”.
I agreed and she said she had seedlings in her trunk.
We recruited Angelo, Yusuf, Alexandria, Ricky & my little brother Jared and 30 minutes later had a full organic garden planted. 

“Grow Food Everywhere©”

Yesterday with Kato Shonin and Alex before I left the dojo.
The Hana Matsuri was beautiful
I should have more pictures up soon
Including the ones of my talk during the ceremony :)
paz.

@MicLawry came into Tedeschis the other day and told me to look up his music - I knew he looked familiar :)

Thanks Mike & Evan for fixing up the Victrola.

AN URGENT APPEAL TO THE CONSCIENCE OF INDIA ON KOODANKULAM

Dear Fellow Citizens of India,

On the occasion of our Parliament, the pinnacle of democratic governance, celebrating its 60th anniversary, our hard earned democracy is being ruthlessly repressed and violently suppressed. Within the accelerated race towards ‘destructive development’ and the generation of nuclear power to fuel such ‘development,’ entirely peaceful mass protests voicing people’s legitimate dissent are brutally put down. The common man, woman and child are unheard. In utter desperation, people at large are surrendering their ‘Voter ID cards,’ the ultimate symbol of ‘people’s power,’ which is the essence of any genuine democracy. Can there be a more ominous way to dissent?

Much like the recent anti-corruption upsurge, various actions for social, gender and ecological justice and other struggles in various parts of the country to safeguard people’s rights for their lives, , dignity, resources, and livelihoods, the people’s movement in Koodankulam demanding a safe future is facing callous repression from the government and continued apathy from the public at large. Disappointingly, our mainstream media also persists in under-reporting this genuinely populist movement.

People in Idinthakarai village had to end their 14-day long fast this week. It is appalling that nobody from the Tamil Nadu, or Central, Government came to speak to them, and that police strength in the area has been intensified, with every possible intimidating tactic –including taking away the food ration cards of agitating villagers.

We appeal to you in a state of urgency and desperation.

The debate on India’s energy future is far from settled. We will need broader consensus and greater persuasion to ensure that India opts for the safest, most sustainable people-centric energy future.

The reactor project in Koodankulam perpetrates too many unacceptable violations of norms and procedures. The agitating people are peacefully and persistently trying to raise several important questions – both site-specific and generic with regard to nuclear power – through all possible forums. Many independent experts and scientists have already emphasized the various dangers of going ahead with the Koodankulam reactors.

At this critical juncture, we urge taking a much-needed pause in realization of the need to have a wider consultation before embarking on the large-scale nuclear expansion that this government is planning.

We entreat you to demand that the government immediately stop intimidating and harassing peaceful protesters.

It is imperative that we immediately unite by raising our voices to defend democracy and the ethos of our country. Unacceptable precedents like the outright repression and silencing of the Koodankulam people’s movement will have adverse implications for all future individual and collective struggles.

With best regards,

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(Source: facebook.com)

Vandana Shiva at yesterday’s action outside of the New Delhi gate in protest of the Koondankulam reactor.

-Stand with the people of Koondankulam for a nuclear free future —>

A Documentary by Mustafa Abu Ali, Palestine.

(The title is borrowed from a statement made by Criminal former Israeli Prime Minister, Golda Meir, to the Sunday Times on June 15th, 1969: “There is no such thing as a Palestinian people… It is not as if we came and threw them out and took their country. They didn’t exist.”)”

Full video online —>

(Source: dethjunkie, via amiiira)

leleyfrazier:

A lot of people misunderstand the ground and basis of what they stood for.

Huey P. Newton interview from jail. 

We need an updated Black Panther Party in the United States. I don’t count Occupy or the NBPP.

peacewalks:

Saburu worker from Fukushima speaks to a delegation from “Shut Down Indian Point” in upstate New York.

Their action plan (or part of it) is to contact first responders such as firemen, EMTs, police, volunteers — everyone that would be responsible for getting people to safety in the event of an evacuation.

Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI

Cesium Red Alert

rejoice-life:

 I support the Palestinian Prisoners. 

And Happy Nakba Day.

• Denial of Nakba is as much a crime as Nakba itself

• Nakba Day, translated to ‘catastrophe day,’ marks the day the state of Israel was created and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced.

• Three Border Police, one IDF soldier, 270 Palestinians lightly injured; Fayyad says no compromise on right of return.

• Thousands of Palestinians have attended demonstrations to commemorate what they refer to as the “Nakba” or Catastrophe.

(Source: , via pintu)