Environmental Justice

snow white is an alien and dopey is everyone’s favorite dwarf

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how does it feel to relinquish
to let go and dive into pools
pools of joyful ignorance
pools of infant arrogance
to forget care and caution
to reject compassion and consequence
to be foolishly unremorseful and gluttonous
if simplicity were a gown, surely it would be lace and lamé
i would adorn myself in it daily
i do not want riches or royalty
i do not want to be powerful
i want to listen to music
without instruments, just technology
i want to appreciate the plight
of not being able to find a bitch to fuck
i want to wear nike and not care about the warehouses
i would love to find prefab premade processed food
in bags in boxes on shelves in stores and not read the ingredients
i want to not know the side-effects of monosodium glutamate
to never see a fantasy re-enactment of the process and production
“partially defatted fatty tissue-the musical”
i want to be blind to mc-ee-d’s and their magical meat
the bread that will never mold and a crypt of special sauce
i want an orange tan from a can and curly locks from a box
i want an over-sized-hot-wheel sports utility vehicle
to cruise around in listening to fake music
talking shit with my fake friends about the other fake friends
and eating my two number 4’s
and not giving a damn about the enviroment
or the slavery or the repercussions or the oppression
but there are some of us born with the burden of this
we see in every action the possible and probable reactions
we know footsteps handshakes and bad business deals create tsunamis
and therefore we must always be burdened with forethought
there can be no shrugging off responsibility
it finds us like a mangy dog no one wants to pet
it haunts our dreams and our moments in restrooms
screams of the tortured past present and future
create tumors in our bodies and minds
we do not need meetings and diplomacy
we do not need figures and graphs
when we see wrong we do, we act, we verb
because humanity must be humane
we know our silence is consent
random rantings of a madwoman

“Good morning w…

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“Good morning world! The sun is shinning on Rock Creek and it is a brand new day! Birds are chirping, and so are the squirrels, and I am having the first cup of coffee since Thanksgiving. I will attempt to recount the harrowing experiences of this last week, certainly one of the more interesting ones I’ve had. I am getting a lot of advice on how to break my fast. Too much. Way too much. Here is what I did. I drank a half a gallon off store bought egg nog. I ate two pieces of steamed fish. I had a quart of Chunky Monkey and two beers. I went to bed at 1:00 am and slept like a log until 11:00. So do not worry about my health. I went through several months of training for this, knowing what happens to those to continue to resist inside the jail. I expected to be tested this time but I never once thought I would be giving the treatment I received. I thanked Allah for this opportunity. (Or what every his or her name is.) Anyway, I walked through the lions den wearing pork chop underwear, and lost only the underwear, and emerged unscathed and stronger. This is because I never felt alone or abandoned as o many do in jail. I knew my team was engaged fully, and so was our network of beautiful friends who’s phone calls so irritated the staff that they continually made mistakes and over reacted. They tried to break me, and unbowed, they turned up the pressure (but not the heat!). This only increased my determination to endure. For this I thank the jailers.”-Mike Roselle via facebook 12-4-13

mike roselle was arrest thanksgiving day for delivering dust from a mountaintop removal coal mining site near his house in west virginia.  he was told to go get the dust and take it back, and he refused so he was arrested.  he left the dust there so the governor of west virginia could have it tested to find out it’s toxicity level.  because independent scientist have analyzed the dust it is known to be toxic, but despite overwhelming evidence showing what this dust is capable of doing to all living things it comes into contact with, mountaintop removal coal mining is going on constantly and without regulation poisoning the water system and the air, to not mention the destruction of habitats and ecosystems.  roselle and friends  started protesting to bring light to the problem of the mining on November 25.  at this time he began a hunger strike also.  he is kinda a badass!

random rantings of a madwoman

climate ground zero update

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climate ground zero update

from the facebook page of mike roselle:

“We will be here every day until we get justice. Until justice flows like a mighty river. Until it lifts all boats. Until we are truly free from the bondage of big coal, big oil and the cult of death. Free the Earth! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!”

“Today I’m celebrating by putting sugar in my coffee. No food for four days. Never felt better. James Guin McGuinness and I go back to the steps today at noon. It is too cold to do more than four hours at a time. The Capital Police are nice but won’t arrest us. Those who agree with our message stop and talk. Those who don’t avoid us and look the other way. Everyone knows the truth about MTR but here in West Virginia few have any hope that this state can be freed from the Coal Bosses that have plundered Appalachia for over a century. But maybe a few is enough if we stand together….”

that is right these fellas are kickin it at the west virginia capital for thanksgiving!!!  hells yeah!!!!

 

random rantings of a madwoman

beehive collective “mesoamérica resiste” kickstarter campaign

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beehive collective “mesoamérica resiste” kickstarter campaign

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most ppl in the activist world have heard the words-beehive collective, whether you are an environmental activist or a gender queer anarchist or just a left leaning human, if you have been around movements, you have a sense of who they are and what they do.  the beehive is an art collective telling stories from around the world, focusing on intersections of environmental and economic and ethical justice.  they tour the country w huge murals printed on specially made recycled material, using animals and  plants as the center of stories purposefully and intentionally to leave racial stereotypes in the dust, the beehive collective is now launching it’s brand new poster- mesoamérica resiste.  this poster is mindblowing, and the work the artists and storytellers have put into it is overwhelming!  the lowest donation is a dollar and every dollar counts!  if you can donate, please do!!  all of the proceeds go into spreading the word for humanitarian justice around the world!