#restinpower — Public Fediverse posts
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Lifelong activist, organizer and educator Denise Oliver-Vélez has died at the age of 78.
She was a central figure in the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s and was the first woman elected to the Young Lords Central Committee, a radical Puerto Rican human rights group modeled on the Black Panther Party, which Oliver-Vélez was also a member of. She later became the first Black female program director in public radio and taught at SUNY New Paltz.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/17/denise_oliver_velez
#DeniseOliverVelez #RestInPower #YoungLords #BlackPanthers #CivilRights #PuertoRican #NYC #SUNY #Activism
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We've lost a formative giant. We'll carry on the work.
#BelovedCommunity
#NoJusticeNoPeace isn't a threat - it's the Law of Moral Gravity✊🏾🕯🙏🏽🕯👑
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Today marks seven years since Heather Heyer lost her life while standing up to fascists in Charlottesville. We honor Heather’s courage and the courage of all the others who knowingly put themselves in harm’s way that day for the sake of protecting others.
In 2024, the site of the attack remains a place of memory, mourning, and calls to resist.
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#Another1000Years - "The last track on #WorldParty's last album [#DumbingUp, 2000]. #SocialCommentary with a touch of the Beatles song Baby You're A Rich Man"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omc8AU931Io
#KarlWallinger #RIPKarlWallinger #RestInPower #ActivismThroughMusic #FridayNightMusicVideos
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Song of the Day January 31 2024
In remembrance of the birth of Jackie Robinson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson
Jackie Robinson on "The Dick Cavett Show," 1972
https://youtu.be/YCr0RAzf8ds?si=LokQlQbmZ8YimHPd&t=40
#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #January31 #JackieRobinson #BrooklynDodgers #LosAngelesDodgers #MLB #MajorLeagueBaseball #ColorBarrier #Racism #StolenStatue #StatueBurned #HallOfFame #42 #RestInPower #1970s
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This hits home for me. I worked with Klee's family and provided #MutualAid when I was reporting on #BigMountainResistance years ago. My heart goes out to the Benally family and all those whose lives he touched. #RestInPower Klee. Link to fundraisers via #IndigenousAction at the end of the post.
Warrior #KleeBenally Never Surrendered: A Life of #RevolutionaryLove, Resounding '#RegainYourPower
by Brenda Norrell, #CensoredNews, January 2, 2024
"Our hearts are broken by the sudden passing of our friend Klee Benally. Reflecting on Klee's life, we remember the words of #CheGuevara that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.
"Klee never surrendered, he never surrendered to #capitalism, the media, or the forces of conformity that sought to change who he was.
"Ultimately, Klee taught us to regain our power, regardless of the road that led us to the present.
"#LouiseBenally, #Dine' of Big Mountain, said, 'Klee was our spokesman and leader. His departure only means we have to rise and carry on the work for justice for #nature and humanity. I will miss him Greatly and Honor him highly.'
"His roots come from Big Mountain, grandson of the late #RobertaBlackgoat.
"'He was an honorable young leader, well respected and moved with a lot of compassion. My nephew brother and my leader. A truly beautiful and amazing person who really lived up to his beliefs, and was not driven by money but by needs and concern, a real warrior.
"'He was our shining Star, he will continue to shine on us from the other side.
"'He always honored me, I will miss that,' Louise said.
"#MichelleCook, Dine', said, "We are deeply saddened and shocked by the news of the passing of our beloved warrior Klee Benally. We ask for prayers for his family during this time. For decades Klee led an uncompromising position, for the liberation of our peoples and lands developing and synthesizing an embodied praxis of #Indigenous-based political, economic, and social resistance against all forms of #SettlerColonialism that degrades people and the planet.
"Klee was our North Star guiding with his heart and mind. While some may not have shared his positions, no one can question his dedication, determination, and sheer drive to protect his people despite the risks and danger.
"He risked his life through forms of #CivilDisobedience and #DirectAction to protect our Dook’o’oosłiid, #HolyMountain, from development to maintain our ceremonial practices and way of life.
"Klee taught us all to be brave to fight against #genocide, the co-optation of our movements by the non-profit #IndustrialComplex. To be steadfast in what is right and wrong. To honor our ancient law and the sacred teachings of our ancestors and Grandmothers. His departure leaves a void in #DinehNation and #IndianCountry," Michelle said.
"Now with his absence from this material plane, we have no choice but to pick up his work, pick up the slack, carry on, and continue our journey as Dineh in a beautiful way.
"Klee's development and articulations of Indigenous peoples and archaism remain relevant for social movements within and outside of #TurtleIsland.
"He will forever remain in our hearts and minds as a guiding light and a growling voice, screaming freedom, for our earth and peoples. We love you Klee.
"Rest now our sacred warrior. Your work is done. We are so proud of the legacy you cultivated and left for this world. Journey well our sweet warrior until we meet again in the great Star Camp beyond," Michelle said.
"Klee passed to the Spirit World on Sunday, after being hospitalized.
"We send our sincere condolences to his family, his wife Princess, family Jones, Berta, Jeneda and Clayson, and all those who knew and loved him.
"From locking down in U.S. #BorderPatrol headquarters in Tucson, to chaining himself to equipment in defense of Sacred San Francisco Peaks, to battling the auctioneers of the sacred ceremonial items in Paris, and leading the #HaulNo movement to protect the #GrandCanyon region from #UraniumMining, to feeding the #unsheltered in Flagstaff, and standing strong for #Palestine, Klee's powerful actions remain a moving force to resound, and rivet us all, to struggle for a world without compromise.
"Klee recognized that the non-profit industry was designed to water down the resistance and turn the sacred movements into an ATM machine for a select few.
"Fly high, my sweet friend."
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/01/warrior-klee-benally-never-surrendered.html
https://www.indigenousaction.org/donations-accepted-for-the-family-of-klee-benally/
#Dineh #IndigenousActivist #NativeAmericanActivist #FirstNations #IndigenousAnarchist #Resistance #ClimateJustice #ClimateWarrior
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Benjamin Zephaniah and Sinead O'Connor. https://yewtu.be/watch?v=wN94IoPCGN4 🥀 🥀 🥀 #RestInPower
#BenjaminZephaniah #Sinead