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Resistance, Remembrance, and Comunidad: Cinco de Mayo, Mount Pleasant, and the Rebuilding That Erases

Cinco de Mayo is often misunderstood in the United States. It is reduced to a marketing holiday, a day of beer specials, paper flags, mariachi clichés, and the shallow consumption of Mexican culture without the burden of remembering Mexican history. But the heart of Cinco de Mayo is not consumption. It is resistance.

The day remembers the Battle of Puebla, May 5, 1862, when Mexican forces defeated the French army, then one of the most powerful military forces in the world. It was not Mexican Independence Day. It was not the founding of Mexico. It was a day when a people under pressure from empire stood their ground. It was a day when the powerful were resisted by those who were supposed to lose. It was, at its deepest level, a day about memory, dignity, land, sovereignty, and the refusal to be swallowed by imperial appetite. (MySA)

That is why, for me, Cinco de Mayo cannot be separated from another May 5: May 5, 1991, in Washington, D.C.

I was there.

Read the rest of the essay at PeaceGrooves.com.

Hi lovely YOU,

Over 100 hearts in the making ❤️ 🥰
Just a little fun background information on our silent Sit-In for peace, love, and compassion.

🗓️ Feb 14 2026
📍 Utrecht Central Station
⏰️ 12:00 – 13:00

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#love #peace #peaceandjustice #earth #compassion #connection #sitin #Silence #you #Utrecht #choselove #meditation #universal #universallovebeat

Peace without justice is just a delayed conflict. Real peace needs real fairness. Let’s talk about it. #PeaceAndJustice #EthicsMatter #JusticeForAll #LeadershipMatters #HumanDignity #SocialConsciousness #SanjayKMohindroo #PublicLeadership #MoralResponsibility #CivicDuty #FairnessFirst
https://medium.com/@mohindroo.sanjay66/peace-and-justice-are-two-sides-of-the-same-coin-dwight-d-eisenhower-44e0e8cb4bb4

There are 2 main reasons why some people are missing limbs:

1. Cars
2. Wars

#Cars need #oil for which #wars are fought.

Eliminate oil, and car culture, and #war ends too.

Every DUI begins with a "D" for driving.
Give up driving, and never have a DUI again.

#SolarPunk futures should imagine bicycles with power assist, electric batteries and regenerative braking. And Zeppelins for slow travel across the globe.

#Earth #EqualRights #Justice #peaceandjustice #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd

What’s in Trump’s big bill? Trillions in tax cuts, changes to Medicaid and more

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO
Updated 8:21 PM EDT, May 13, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — "#Republicans in Congress are moving with rapid speed to advance President Donald Trump’s big bill of #TaxBreaks, #SpendingCuts and beefed-up border security funding as leaders work to enact many of his campaign promises.

"House committees have been laboring for months to draft the legislation, which Republicans have labeled 'THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL,' a nod to Trump himself. Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing to approve the package and send it to the Senate by Memorial Day.

"Democrats say they will fight what House party leader #HakeemJeffries calls 'this extreme and toxic bill.' "
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tax-cuts-bill-medicaid-work-requirements-17cbde167f3b434e925a199c3253b8e1

#BigUglyBill #Environment #Ethics #StudentLoans #Medicaid #TaxBreaksForTheRich
#CorporatePolluters #AirIsLife
#WaterIsLife #LandIsLife
#MAGADeathCult #TrumpHatesTheEnvironment
#TrumpHatesThePoor
#AntiLife #Greenpeace
#Indivisible #FreePalestine
#CREW #PeaceAndJustice
#Corporatocracy #CharacteristicsOfFascism
#SilencingDissent
#USPol #HR9495 #StopHR9495
#TaxPackage #Authoritarianism
#AuthoritarianRule
#FightForTheFuture
#Section112209

House Republicans look to help Trump strip tax-exempt status of nonprofits he says support terrorism

By ALEXA ST. JOHN and MATTHEW DALY
Updated 1:37 PM EDT, May 13, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — "A proposal by Republicans in Congress would allow President Donald Trump’s administration to remove the tax-exempt status of nonprofits that it says support #terrorism, creating what some #nonprofits say is an arbitrary standard to financially punish #charities that advocate for issues that don’t align with his agenda.

"Unusual language added Monday to a reconciliation bill from the House Ways and Means Committee — the tax-writing committee — would allow for terminating the tax-exempt status of groups the administration deems 'terrorist supporting organizations.' The language mirrors a bill from the last Congress that passed in the House but did not pass the Senate.

"The definition and criteria for determining whether or how an organization supports terrorism are unclear. The bill also targets nonprofits in other ways, echoing complaints by Trump, who has called the tax-exempt status a 'privilege' that has been 'abused.' Trump has threatened to revoke tax-exempt status for groups that don’t abide by his directives or agree with his views."

[...]

"Michelle Roos, executive director of the Environmental Protection Network, which represents hundreds of former scientists and regulators, said last month 'we all pay the price' when charitable organizations are silenced based on politics.

"For example, the move to revoke #TaxExempt status could choke off funding for groups that urge greater action to promote clean air, water and land, work to help communities most affected by industrial pollution and advocate for projects and policies to combat #ClimateChange — among other issues.

" 'It threatens the rights, health, and future of every community,' Roos said in a statement.

Last month, Trump said he could target environmental groups and the ethics watchdog organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/congress-nonprofits-tax-exempt-terrorism-trump-f9f5cfad4ea64c0745313a0b8a84fccf

#Environment #Ethics #AirIsLife #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #MAGADeathCult #TrumpHatesTheEnvironment #TrumpHatesThePoor #AntiLife #Greenpeace #Indivisible #FreePalestine #CREW #PeaceAndJustice #CorporatePolluters #Corporatocracy #CharacteristicsOfFascism #SilencingDissent #USPol #HR9495 #TaxPackage #Authoritarianism #AuthoritarianRule #StopHR9495 #FightForTheFuture #Section112209

russia's actions reveal a pursuit of terror, not peace.

True, lasting peace requires holding russia accountable for its crimes.

The democratic world must stand united with #Ukraine, for global security depends on it.

#StandWithUkraine #PeaceAndJustice

My heart is breaking for the people of Ukraine and for President Zelenskyy. My heart is breaking for all of us. How did we come to this place? I fear we are on the precipice of WW3. I call for all Americans to stand up against your fascist regime and I call for the rest of us to do everything we can to call them out and to support Ukraine in any way we can. #ukraine #peaceandjustice #fightfascism

John McDowell, a NJ Presbyterian minster, on the 10 Commandments. Christians sometimes fall into the sin of covetousness. Good luck trying to convince them of this sin in their lives, despite how bad it is, how often in the Bible.

How’d people react if persuaded to renounce this sin: would they appeal to bible, catechisms?

How can you be open to areas into which you might have fallen into covetousness?

#christian #lightwarriors #peaceandjustice #givehope #inspirehope

Lol, the #Guardian talking about #Starmer leading with 'love and ambition'

As if.

He's a #zionist who has supportsed the #Israeli ambition of ethnic cleansing and genocide in #Gaza, along with a continuing murderous rampage in the West Bank to kill as many #Palestinians as possible.

#PeaceAndJustice
#CeasefireNow
#FreePalestine

Are you British?
Do you know German?
If so, watch this report from German TV: I hope you find it as inspiring as I found it.
https://www.daserste.de/information/politik-weltgeschehen/weltspiegel/sendung/grossbritannien-millionaere-die-mehr-steuern-zahlen-wollen-100.html

#taxTheRich (40 of them beg to pay more taxes!!!) #peaceandjustice
#FoodIsAHumanRight
#GreatBritain #Change

#Mastodon has mostly been a pretty friendly and welcoming place, but just now, for the first time, I turned down a follow request, and it made me feel bad. A person who, in their profile, mentioned being part of a political organization (nameless) which I can't support, tolerate, or even want their poison potentially touching my feed. Sorry. If you don't respect democracy, flawed though it is, and you think casual violence is a solution to problems, I've got no time for you.
#peaceandjustice

Kohle, Öl und Gas heizen nicht nur die Atmosphäre auf, sondern auch Kriege an. Deshalb ist es höchste Zeit, die Erneuerbaren Energien stark auszubauen – für #PeaceAndJustice! 💛💙

Danke an alle 220.000, die dafür gestern auf der Straße waren!

"Fossile Energien töten, weil sie nur begrenzt verfügbar sind und deshalb Kriege um sie geführt werden. Oder weil sie die Kriege von Autokraten finanzieren." sagt Elisa Baş in Hamburg und fordert #PeaceAndJustice

Der Demozug ist am Rathaus in #Bielefeld angekommen die Stimmung und die Musik ist gut
#ClimateStrike #FridaysForFuture #Klimastreik #PeopleNotProfit #PeaceAndJustice #ReichtHaltNicht

Auch unser Block ist jetzt bei der Abschlusskundgebung am Brandenburger Tor angekommen und noch immer kommen mehr und mehr Menschen dazu. ❤️✊🏽

#PeopleNotProfit
#PeaceAndJustice
#KlimakatastropheStoppen

An über 300 Orten in Deutschland stehen wir heute für #PeaceAndJustice auf der Straße & fordern einen Importstopp von Kohle, Öl und Gas aus Russland. Die EU füllt Putins Kriegskasse täglich mit über 600 Millionen Euro. Wir brauchen sofortigen Ausbau von Erneuerbaren Energien!

Wo seid ihr heute beim Klimastreik mit dabei?

#PeopleNotProfit #PeaceAndJustice