tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67183521562122639762024-03-13T11:56:36.828-04:00Roots of Humanity<br><br><br><br><br><br>Raise Awareness: Let's remember what makes us human and empower it in a world that has forgotten compassion and reality.The Roots Of Humanity Are Withinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16123106560710423693noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-11938483437337152232011-12-27T22:24:00.003-05:002011-12-27T22:56:10.562-05:00Am I Not Human: Get Free<img style="width: 420px; height: 315px;" alt="http://englishcafecdn.englishcafe.com/files/images/ec_3850_1237829824.preview.jpg" src="http://englishcafecdn.englishcafe.com/files/images/ec_3850_1237829824.preview.jpg" /><br /><br /><br />Over the years, the Am I Not Human campaign has sought to raise awareness of human rights abuses with a monthly commitment on the 27th to take action (usually through blogging). With the uncertainty of western freedoms and bills like NDAA and SOPA, the writing on the wall is now appearing in neon ink: We have no choice but to stand and Get Free.<br /><br />Now is the time to gain independence, prepare and support like-souls in off-grid, independent living and merchantry. Information abounds. Acquire as much of it as you can. Even wikipedia can be downloaded (seriously, look up the link on their site).<br /><br />I've blogged monthly even after the initial Roots Of Humanity group fell away, but I will now be raising awareness on the 27th beyond the blog. Posts may appear here from time to time to update on issues and actions that can be taken, but you can find more information at Ultraviolet Underground on a regular basis. I do not plan to blog every 27th day of each month any longer. It was hoped a good deal of progress could be made with the blogging aspect of the 'Am I Not Human' campaign, but it has been fairly slow to catch on. I thank all of you who read and participate. The goal now is to focus on potential book and zine projects that can raise awareness hopefully with more efficacy. Updates will be posted about the direction the campaign will take in terms of zines or zine columns and events or days of group action.<br /><br />I hope everyone knows how serious the importance is to get mentally prepared and seek alternative news outlets. "Program" yourself rather than tune into mainstream programs. Your mind is precious. Care for it. Know who your dollars support (google the companies who make your products and see how they treat the workers and the earth - look them up in the green pages or only shop with transparent, ethical, green merchants). You have power. It's in your focus : your choice.<br /><br />I'll continue to uphold a focus on human rights on the 27th every month in varying forms as an alternative to blogging (art pieces, events, etc). I hope you will too.<br /><br />On behalf of us all, I ask:<br /><br /><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TEnx_FhobqI/AAAAAAAAA_I/9M4NQrS4XVs/s400/AmINotHumanLogo.gif" />PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-52969912753015076982011-11-27T21:38:00.000-05:002011-11-27T21:39:15.203-05:00Am I Not Human: Don't Feed The Monsters<h1 style="display: block;"><br /></h1> <p><em><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 357px; height: 224px;" src="http://dailybail.com/storage/dollar-3.JPG?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1319472328170" alt="" /></span></span></em></p><p><br /><em><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span></span></span></em></p><br />Whether or not the Occupy movement was initially "seeded" to create conditions that would justify the shadow government and its puppet goverment(s) to attempt martial law, it is changing the international conversation to a focus that can produce an evolution of the condition of the 99 percent from perceived powerlessness and apathy to one of solution and autonomic action. It's making it clear to people of all economic positions that feeding corporate monsters is killing the planet and its inhabitants. If we're to improve our condition, we should have indie merchants on speed dial, and establish bartering systems that can sustain us through these times of transition out of the dungeon of the grotesque-mind as we return to humanity.<br /><br />In essence, we can't feed the monsters if we expect change. They'll change nothing but the positions of the actors (entertainers, politicians, and whoever else picks lint from their pockets) and props in their international puppet show, but the script will remain the same in their hands. Will it be easy to green ourselves and distance ourselves from the flashing lights and hollow-promises issued from our hypno-boxes and spin-papers? It will be psychologically difficult for some more than others, but starting even with the smallest steps creates <span style="font-weight: bold;">actual</span> change.<br /><br />Here are some ways to make the transition easier:<br /><br />-<span style="font-weight: bold;">Get familiar with DIY alternatives</span><br />('Making Your Own' supplies and culinary and hygiene staples cuts puppet strings)<br /><br /><a href="http://microcosmpublishing.com/">Microcosm publishing </a>(among others) can help.<br /><br /><br /><br />-<span style="font-weight: bold;">Support Indie</span><br />(Indie artists, Merchants, and Opensource technology abounds. We've had solutions for quite some time now...)<br /><br /><a href="http://ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu</a><br /><a href="http://gimp.org/">Gimp</a><br /><a href="http://openoffice.org/">Openoffice</a><br /><a href="http://scribus.net/">Scribus</a><br /><a href="http://etsy.com/">Etsy</a><br /><a href="http://artfire.com/">Artfire</a><br /><br /><br /><br />-<span style="font-weight: bold;">Share Information</span><br /><br />Movements like <a href="http://occupygeorge.com/">Occupy the dollar</a> are ingenious and encourage a departure from the hoarding rat race through the return of shared valuables like: education (even in bits).<br /><br /><br /><p><em><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 344px; height: 216px;" src="http://dailybail.com/storage/dollar-5.JPG?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1319472379531" alt="" /></span></span></em></p><br /><br />I plan to update the Indie list with more resources. If you know of some sparkling ones, your suggestions are welcome in the comments.<br /><br />On behalf of, and as one of, the 99%, I ask:<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TEnx_FhobqI/AAAAAAAAA_I/9M4NQrS4XVs/s400/AmINotHumanLogo.gif" />PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-83214901006737076602011-10-27T23:38:00.004-04:002011-10-28T00:01:52.111-04:00Am I Not Human: Occupy Your Heart<img style="cursor: -moz-zoom-in" alt="http://captainkudzu.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/occupy-atlanta-064.jpg?w=450&h=600" src="http://captainkudzu.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/occupy-atlanta-064.jpg?w=450&h=600" height="429" width="321" /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">image: Occupy ATL</span><br /><br />Too corny? It shouldn't be. For this month's focus, I'm going to keep the Am I Not Human post short and centered. I'm placing the emphasis on centeredness because, that's what we're all lacking. Even as the masses wriggle, shout, and march, we need to look at what aspects of this beast of a western system that we support and how we can discontinue it.<br /><br />We all have to eat, but our blood, sweat, and tears (at least for many of us) benefit a system that won't think twice about taking out a village of innocents or installing a fake dictator it controls like a puppet until it doesn't need him anymore. Until we can gather the resolve to develop real bartering systems, communities that are sustainable, and the will to fight a very evil giant with our own steel wills, our protests may well lack the center (power) they need.<br /><br />What we're missing, is our rootedness. We can ask for and demand justice, but we can also build our own community with the many alternative resources available to us. So long as we provide the fuel and consume its products, this system is unlikely to truly hear anything we have to say. It ignored the masses, the pope, the previous execution staff, and the ex- fbi director of the Reagan administration to kill the obviously innocent Troy Davis (to cover up God knows what). It has entirely too much of our power and energy in its grasp.<br /><br /><br />On behalf of us all I ask us all:<br /><br /><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TEnx_FhobqI/AAAAAAAAA_I/9M4NQrS4XVs/s400/AmINotHumanLogo.gif" /><br /><br />And if so, will we demand through action as well as word to be treated as such?<br /><br />Shine bright and march on (with focus).PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-85470316564110168222011-09-27T11:00:00.001-04:002011-09-27T11:00:03.559-04:00Am I Not Human: Peace<img alt="http://myfellowamerican.us/" src="http://kwout.com/cutout/n/sz/m9/4x5_bor.jpg" style="border: medium none;" title="My Fellow American" usemap="#map_nszm94x5" height="474" width="590" />
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<br /><a href="http://myfellowamerican.us/">MyFellowAmerican.us</a> has launched a campaign to help us remember tolerance in a time of doublespeak where media messages, angles, and outright deception have done alot to skew reality. We're focusing on this campaign this month because the ethnic group of anyone can find itself the target of a hate-focus, especially if they happen to be of lands with natural resources to be had... Eyes and hearts open, we send peace thoughts to our muslim brothers and sisters inside and outside of America. Borders are manmade. We are all humans upon the earth, and most of us are seeking peace.
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<br />On behalf of muslims and victims of middle-eastern descent who have been harassed, assaulted, and injured by hate crimes, we ask:
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<br />PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-60663919798206004472011-08-27T11:38:00.007-04:002011-08-27T12:55:12.977-04:00Am I Not Human: Police Brutality and Community Outrage<img alt="http://breakthematrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/police-brutality.gif" src="http://breakthematrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/police-brutality.gif" />
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<br />What is it going to take for concrete measures against police brutality to be taken? Without staunch regulation that acts as a strong deterrent,<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://newsone.com/nation/casey-gane-mccalla/racism-riots-and-police-brutality-a-never-ending-cycle/">we can expect more riots like the one that took place in the UK earlier this month to happen again</a>. Community "powerlessness" will soon become communal fury faced with terrors issued from the hands of those who are charged to serve and protect.
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<br />Please take a moment to visit the following links and add any word you may have of movements to push for severe regulations that will discourage the abuse of power in uniform (post links in or outside of the states in the comments so everyone can hopefully find resources). At the very least, we all have the power to spread news of resources and organizations who are dedicated to eradicating police brutality.
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<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://newsone.com/nation/casey-gane-mccalla/how-to-fight-police-brutality/">5 Ways to fight Police Brutality</a>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://wabisabi.podbean.com/2011/08/06/sign-petition-to-governor-va-police-brutality-against-persons-with-disabilities-autism-free-neli/">Petition Against Police Brutality Targeting Disabled People</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> (US)</span>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=40&pst=914859">Stop Police Brutality of the Samburu</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> (Kenya)</span>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://caaav.org/coalition-against-police-brutality">Coalition Against Police Brutality</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> (Asia)</span>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="https://vicharak1.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/sign-the-petition-open-letter-to-pres-india-police-brutality-at-ramlila-grounds/">Petition Against Police Brutality in Delhi</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> (India)</span>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.change.org/petitions/lets-stop-police-brutality-against-students">Petition Against Student-targeted Police Brutality</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> (US)</span>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/support-raza-against-police-brutality/">Petition Against Police Intimidation and Brutality (US)</a>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.petitiononline.com/RASMARCH/petition.html">Global petition against Rastafarian-targeted Police Brutality</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> (US)</span>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-police-brutality-against-black-people">Petition Against Black-targeted Police Brutality</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> (US)</span>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/support-latino-rights.html">Petition against Latino-targeted Police Brutality</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> (US)</span>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://eagainst.com/campaign-against-racism-and-police-brutality-in-greece/">Petition Against Racism And Police Brutality</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> (Greece)</span>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.petitiononline.com/0o9i8u7y/petition.html">Stop police brutality of Namibidian Youth</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> (Namibidia)</span>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.radioproject.org/2010/07/oscar-grant-and-police-accountability/">An earlier broadcast from RadioProject</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> (US)</span>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=108900">Resist Police Brutality</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> (US)</span>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://monthlyreview.org/commentary/contemporary-police-brutality-and-misconduct">Contemporary Police Misconduct</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> (US)</span>
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<br />This is a global problem:
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<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Judge-Condemns-Uganda-Police-Brutality-On-Unarmed-Protesters-120542419.html">Uganda</a><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3a0_1306584479">
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<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.iq4news.com/iq4news/alleged-police-brutality-south-africa-nigerian-man-dies">Johannesburg</a>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8183662.stm">South Asia</a>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10625867/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/t/china-police-block-familys-claims-brutality/">China</a>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/20-killed-in-Tanzania-police-brutality-20110804">Tanzania</a>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://asiancorrespondent.com/49771/police-brutality-caught-on-tape/">South Korea</a>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/global/civil_human_equal_rights/PalmIsland.asp">Australia</a>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/tags/police-brutality/">Arkansas</a>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://asiancorrespondent.com/40619/rights-group-urges-vietnam-to-tackle-police-brutality%E2%80%8E/">Vietnam</a>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.crethiplethi.com/wikileaks-police-brutality-in-egypt/usa/2011/">Egypt</a>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/32615">Sydney</a>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201105030456.html">East Africa</a>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.toledomuslims.com/criterion/Article.asp?ID=282">Syria</a>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.newswires.asia/report/800-hishammuddin-assures-unbiased-investigation-police-brutality-saturday-chaos">Malaysia</a>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.policymic.com/articles/police-brutality-in-morocco-will-only-strengthen-protesters">Morocco</a>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/austrian-police-brutal-and-racist-722129.html">Austria</a>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.economist.com/node/15731344">Russia</a>
<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLzp_4L5tCA">South Africa</a>
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<br />Let's put our heads and voices together and find a solution.
<br />On behalf of all innocents who deserve to be served and protected without threat or power-abusive beatings, electrocution (tasers), and murder, we ask:
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<br />PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-25754307735706517982011-08-15T21:28:00.004-04:002011-08-15T21:32:58.684-04:00Please Excuse The Absence of July's Post
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<br />I apologize for the absence of July's 'Am I Not Human' post. Things have been challenging on this end after a big move and a robbery (we weren't home and are okay). I have every intention to post a bright light for the August 27th campaign.
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<br />Unnecessary setbacks be damned. We persevere.
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<br />Blissings 'pon your lights.
<br />-PZ
<br />PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-36002216563269177622011-06-27T22:42:00.004-04:002011-06-27T23:35:37.481-04:00Am I Not Human: Evidence Of Good<a href="http://images.pictureshunt.com/pics/s/sun-2271.jpg"><img alt="http://images.pictureshunt.com/pics/s/sun-2271.jpg" src="http://kwout.com/cutout/6/bz/ki/feh_bor.jpg" style="border: medium none;" title="sun-2271.jpg (JPEG Image, 600x600 pixels)" height="423" width="446" /></a><br /><br /><br />For this month's installment of the Am I Not Human campaign, we're taking a look at the good news we're rarely shown. Our flames need the recharge that comes with seeing the triumphs as well as the violations we need to take a stand to correct as a collective.<br /><br />As difficult as it might seem to find, there are victories happening in human rights.<br />Feel free to share your heartlight-igniting findings in the comments.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br />Evidence Of Good:</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bloodisthenewblack.com/wp/wp-content/gallery/blog/ai-weiwei-dropping.jpg"><img alt="http://bloodisthenewblack.com/wp/wp-content/gallery/blog/ai-weiwei-dropping.jpg" src="http://kwout.com/cutout/c/nt/vq/s2u_bor.jpg" style="border: medium none;" title="ai-weiwei-dropping.jpg (JPEG Image, 370x397 pixels)" height="286" width="270" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Impassioned Human Rights advocate, Ai Wei Wei, is finally free</span> after being detained since April 3rd (with literally no word from the government about his abduction until recently - his wife and friends were also held for a time for "questioning"). Ai Wei Wei is no stranger to the stifled-voice-by-government approach issued from those disturbed by his candor. He's been detained before and beaten (to the point of hospitalization) for speaking his heart against injustices.<br /><br />Despite efforts to remove demands for his freedom from websites and placing pressure on campaigners to avoid using his name directly, the international pressure grew quite substantial and weighed heavily over the heads of his captors. Ai Wei Wei is considered a hero in Human Rights. it's very good to see him released from the censorship machine.<br /><br /><p>More intel is available at SMH: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/world/chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-released-on-bail-20110623-1gg84.htm">http://www.smh.com.au/world/chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-released-on-bail-20110623-1gg84.htm</a><br /></p><br /> <div class="photo-div"> <img style="width: 414px; height: 427px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3420/3311564671_57f9457054_z.jpg?zz=1" alt="photo" /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br />President Juan Manuel Santos signed the Victims and Land Restoration law into on the 10th of this month</span>, with the aim of seeing stolen land returned to internally displaced peoples in Columbia. The Law includes financial compensation (reparations), and intended protection from armed bands that have expressed opposition to the legislation.<br /></div><br />For over 20 years, more nearly 4 million Columbians have been forced into a displaced position and abused for seeking to having their 16 million acres of land returned. Leaders have also been subject to multiple assassinations for taking a stand in favor of restitution.<br /><br />While implementing the legislation will be a challenge, to say the least, its existence is a beacon of hope for a disenfranchised people.<br /><br />Read more at HRW: <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/10/columbia-victims-law-historic-opportunity">http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/10/columbia-victims-law-historic-opportunity</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Uplifting news for negatively-saturated times.<br />Keep your heads up.<br />It ain't over 'til it's over.<br /><br /><br />On behalf of all our global siblings impacted by violations against humanity, we ask:<br /><br /><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TEnx_FhobqI/AAAAAAAAA_I/9M4NQrS4XVs/s400/AmINotHumanLogo.gif" /> <span class="post-author vcard"></span><br /><br />The answer is yes.PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-61317031358543401462011-05-28T09:00:00.000-04:002011-05-28T09:00:01.712-04:00An interview with Troy's Sister Martina Correia<h1 style="display: block;"><br /></h1> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uFYgUHmfifc" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" width="360"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://colorofchange.org/campaign/save-troy-davis-life/">Your voice may be the tipping point: http://colorofchange.org/campaign/save-troy-davis-life/</a>PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-654541682754067512011-05-27T23:01:00.003-04:002011-05-28T01:18:52.730-04:00Am I Not Human: It Bears Repeating<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1DGqRFM443Y" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" width="360"></iframe><br /><br />The critical nature of this case has prompted a second call to action for this month's Am I Not Human Campaign.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">If you haven't already signed, please support actual justice:</span> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://colorofchange.org/campaign/save-troy-davis-life/">http://colorofchange.org/campaign/save-troy-davis-life/</a><br /><br /><br />On behalf of Troy Davis, I ask:<br /><br /><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TEnx_FhobqI/AAAAAAAAA_I/9M4NQrS4XVs/s400/AmINotHumanLogo.gif" />PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-79501865730638080802011-04-27T22:41:00.006-04:002011-04-27T23:11:18.595-04:00Am I Not Human: Free Troy Davis<div class="left_image"><a href="http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/save-troy-davis-life/"><img src="http://www.colorofchange.org/static/uploads/campaign_image/troy_davis.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />It is likely you are already familiar with this case. And this means you may have already signed the petition more than once. You're being asked to signed it again now, alongside the many of us who believe this man is innocent and are standing to disallow him to be sacrificed and put to death without evidence or justifiable cause. There is no evidence linking this man to murder. Police have coerced witnesses in this case. These same witnesses have advised they were forced to give false testimony. Has internal affairs even bothered to investigate the officers who are dishonoring their badges this way?<br />Where is the justice there? How can so much energy be placed on trying to put an innocent man to death, when it is obvious there is cleanup that needs to take place in a department, where there are officers who dishonor the law they claim to serve, by coercing testimonies in their 'favor'? What are we missing here? What happened behind the scenes we're not being told about that would motivate officers to force untruths out of people and claim they are witnesses? If we don't stand against corruption in the 'justice' system, who will?<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Color of Change recently advised:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"The state of Georgia is moving to put Troy Davis to death despite major doubts about his guilt. All but two of the state’s non-police witnesses from the trial have recanted their testimony — and many have sworn in affidavits that police pressured or coerced them into testifying or signing statements. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">There is still serious doubt as to Troy Davis’ guilt, and by putting him to death Georgia runs the risk of killing an innocent man. Please call on the board to save Troy Davis’ life. And tell others about this -- Troy Davis needs as many of us as possible to speak up. "</span><br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eT95gIOnyLU" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" width="360"></iframe><br /><br />The below video was filmed several years ago, and is unfortunately the same message we find we have to deliver today (he should have been freed long ago). Troy Davis is an innocent man. That matters. Free him.<br /><br />Please take a moment to add your signature in a stand for justice <a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" href="http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/troy/">here</a>. A flood of voices communicates our non-compliance with corruption in our civil system. Thankyou.<br /><br />On behalf of Troy Davis and the others the system has attempted to sacrifice despite their innocence, I ask:<br /><br /><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TEnx_FhobqI/AAAAAAAAA_I/9M4NQrS4XVs/s400/AmINotHumanLogo.gif" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">note: Participants of </span><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-style: italic;" href="http://rootsofhumanity.blogspot.com/2011/03/am-i-not-human-going-within.html">Sunday Mass Meditation</a><span style="font-style: italic;">, there's now a link to an accompanying .mp3 you can use if you find it easier to work with guided meditation. Thankyou for all of the positive energy you're raising. It makes a difference. Shine bright.</span>PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-64253368383908595892011-03-27T23:24:00.001-04:002011-03-27T23:24:46.234-04:00Am I Not Human: Going Within<a href="http://mingkok.buddhistdoor.com/resources/get/b5b55dc2e14b0ea9c45fd907cf792a60ea21b739/241/0"><img alt="http://mingkok.buddhistdoor.com/resources/get/b5b55dc2e14b0ea9c45fd907cf792a60ea21b739/241/0" src="http://kwout.com/cutout/a/4f/gf/ehr_bor.jpg" style="border: medium none; width: 251px; height: 164px;" title="0 (JPEG Image, 241x161 pixels)" /></a><br /><br />There are a number of theories why we're in the state of catastrophe we're in today, but rehashing them again, when you've all been over-exposed to images and thoughts of despair, bloodshed and deprivation, is not the most useful application of time or energy for any of us. We've learned that the enormous amount of money donated to relief efforts for Katrina victims, Survivors of the Haitian earthquake, and countless others I'm sure, have been largely pocketed by the more-prominent organizations that pledge to donate them on our behalf. It doesn't do much for our clarity as we seek direction towards the correct way to do something positive that will impact the catastrophes that have come of greedmonger-rooted abuses of peoples and resources. We have to find a new direction. My increasing belief is that the simplest way is likely the most effective way.<br />While I remain a staunch advocate that we raise our voices against tyranny, I also know the value of silence, and going within to balance our own and communal energy after we have said our peace.<br />With the reasons gov pulls out of its hind to go to war, the senseless catastrophe in Japan which added a man-made nuclear nightmare to an already impossible effort to grapple with an earthquake of mammoth proportions, we need to take control of our minds back. We need to meditate, and become acquainted with the very real, scientifically measured ability that masses of people have to reduce war and crime, when focus is projected to distressed areas. We need to begin visualizing justice, and balance. The images of horror that flood our media create a view of the world that claims many villians, when in reality most are media-created, or focused on to the disclusion of outnumbering positive forces. Our minds are used against us, and filled to brim with thoughts of despair, powerlessness and crippling fear. We can stop this. We can turn off our televisions. We can stop funding mass media outlets that report biased news they are paid to report to bury the 'full story'.<br />I do no believe the government wants us to believe peace is even possible, regardless of the doublespeak that is often used to confuse us into believing that they're actually seeking it on our behalf. They cannot give us something we possess within. Peace cannot be sold to us. Peace cannot be murdered out of or into us. Peace is ours, if we seek it.<br />And this is exactly why we need to breathe life into it with intention.<br />It was here before on a mass level. It will come back again.<br />We're taught, influenced and set-up to act inhumane. We are not naturally like this.<br /><br />I propose a weekly mass meditation on Sundays, that includes either chanting 'We are at peace. Everyone's needs are met' or something related, a visualization of a peaceful, nurturing life experience for all of the world's diverse peoples, focusing on love and bliss and projecting it to war-torn areas and areas in distress.<br />I'd say we should do this collectively everyday but I'm realistic that day to day work demands, make this difficult. Purple Mag hosted a monthly mass meditation but a month is a long span of time to wait to do another mass meditation, when we are in times that are in as intense need as this.<br /><br /><br />If you're with it, please leave a comment. Something more official should be available soon in the way of a video, or mp3, etc that can make the process more easeful for folks who are new to meditation.<br /><br /><br />On behalf of the world populations struggling under the force of an inhumane few, I ask:<br /><br /><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TEnx_FhobqI/AAAAAAAAA_I/9M4NQrS4XVs/s400/AmINotHumanLogo.gif" />PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-34531533903036270232011-02-27T22:15:00.001-05:002011-02-27T22:17:10.223-05:00Am I Not Human: Grassroots Activism and V. May<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AxJQ_gGtvXA/TWsIN6zD_iI/AAAAAAAABB8/YUhCJV6Xtps/s1600/PurpleTen-Bloom-page38.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AxJQ_gGtvXA/TWsIN6zD_iI/AAAAAAAABB8/YUhCJV6Xtps/s400/PurpleTen-Bloom-page38.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578561598643240482" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The above screenshot comes from and interview done with grassroots activist V. May. It's done in a whimsical format, but touches on the very important work, being done in 'innercities'. It seemed appropriate in the increased confusions the world is beset with to focus upon a freedom fighter who is walking the walk to make an impact plenty just talk about.<br /><br />The full interview can be read in this month's <a href="http://issuu.com/purplemag/docs/bloomissue">Purple #10 release</a>, but a few key words have been extended here as food for thought as we watch and learn how to take back our communities:<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">'I was conceived during the tumult of the 1960’s; during the summer of 1968 to be exact. I’ve always felt that I am here to complete some unfinished business. </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">For some reason, Robert F. Kennedy’s paraphrase of George Bernard Shaw’s famous quote resonates in my soul and reverberates through every fiber of my being, “There are those who look at things the way they are and ask, “Why?” I dream of things that never were and ask, “Why not?”</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I have always been hands-on with my activism. I don’t understand complacency. If things can be made better, I don’t understand inertia. '</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">'My present involvement in the quest for the balancing/greening of my city came about during a trip to the public library. On my way out, I happened to peruse the free community newspapers, weeklies, and event flyers lying on the public information shelf. One of the community newspapers had a story regarding the city of Los Angeles trying to secure a zone variance that would allow a trucking school to operate at the Lopez Canyon Restoration Project site. The Lopez Canyon Restoration Project site is a former landfill that is now zoned open space and is being transitioned back to a recreation area that is to be replete with hiking and equestrian trails, a park, and scenic vistas. Los Angeles is a concrete jungle. It needs more open and green space.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">With a little research, networking, and synchronicity, I was able to hook up with others that held my same concerns. The effort to quickly transition the Lopez Canyon Restoration Project site to an industrial and commercial use free open space has blossomed. By reaching out, the effort has garnered many supporters.'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">'As the early feminists of the early 1970’s declared, “The personal is the political.” Whether we like it or not, politics affects our personal lives. We have to be ever vigilant if we want to maintain personal freedom. </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The section of the San Fernando Valley where I grew up and now reside is the step child of the Valley. This area is oversaturated with Section 8/low income housing, industrial zoned areas, and facilities that other areas do not want. The former landfill was the anchor for this designation. Once it was established, the area was targeted as the spot to put the “undesirables”. </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">There are some who want things to stay [as] they are. However, there are more that want to see things change for the better.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Now that the landfill is transitioning, some of us are hoping to bring about sustainable and attractive redevelopment without displacement. By decreasing the number of liquor stores, bringing in needed financial, retail, and commercial ventures, increasing community policing, providing positive alternatives for youth, and improving the overall appearance of the community; we hope to create community that attracts civic minded residents while retaining established ones. This community has been hit by the foreclosure crisis and new homes are being built. Consequently, there are homes available for purchase. We hope to create a community that home purchases will love to live in and contribute to.'</span><br /><br /><br />On behalf of our sisters and brothers scapegoated into lives conditioned to be caricature, through environments beset with the installation of liquor stores at every turn, poison peddling of other varieties, GMO-laden 'options' in cornerstores devoid of nutrition, and a dire lack of mind-nourishing outlets for healthy personal development, we ask:<br /><br /><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TEnx_FhobqI/AAAAAAAAA_I/9M4NQrS4XVs/s400/AmINotHumanLogo.gif" />PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-89499731965990192992011-01-27T05:23:00.001-05:002011-01-27T05:26:25.226-05:00Am I Not Human: Black Mother Jailed For Sending Kids To Wrong School District<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://www.purplemag.com/2011/01/am-i-not-human-black-mother-jailed-for.html"><br /></a> </h3> <p>So a mother decides she wants her children to have a better education than her district would provide her girls with, and fibs about her residence so they can attend a better school. This school is in a white school district. This mother and her girls are black. Her proposed punishment? A felony conviction.<br />This mother is also just credits away from her teaching credentials; a job she can't hold with a felony conviction. Guess this Ohio town had to show the Black gal where her 'place' is, in a land stolen primarily for 'white use', and begrudgingly 'shared' with freed-abductee and immigrated people of color.<br /><br /><img style="width: 295px; height: 197px;" alt="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3237/2713841277_c32ef47c99.jpg" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3237/2713841277_c32ef47c99.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">'Williams-Bolar is black and poor. Plenty of observers in Akron, in Ohio and around the nation have called this further fallout of a history of racism in general and racial apartheid in American schools.</span><br />-<a href="http://blogs.babble.com/strollerderby/2011/01/26/petition-to-reduce-jailed-ohio-mothers-sentence-link/">Madeline Holler</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" href="http://criminaljustice.change.org/petitions/view/calling_for_reduction_on_appeal_of_ms_kelly_williams-bolars_unfair_sentencing_for_fraud_and_theft">(Click here) Your petition signature says 'you disagree' with Good 'Ol Boy justus.<br />19, 657 signatures and growing</a><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/ohio-mom-jailed-sending-kids-school-district/story?id=12763654">Read More about this disgusting, a--backwards miscarriage of Justice</a><br /><br /><br /></p>On behalf of indigenous peoples everywhere who have had their wealth stolen, only to be treated at nearly every turn as 'the criminal' reflection of real criminals, I ask:<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TEnx_FhobqI/AAAAAAAAA_I/9M4NQrS4XVs/s400/AmINotHumanLogo.gif" />PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-18537670270729414352010-12-27T18:35:00.001-05:002010-12-27T18:35:56.584-05:00Am I Not Human: Veto HR2751<p><a href='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TRki2dw1g3I/AAAAAAAABA0/55z4Ug1DKGE/VetoHR2751.jpg'><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TRki2dw1g3I/AAAAAAAABA0/55z4Ug1DKGE/s400/VetoHR2751.jpg' /></a></p> <br/> During what tends to be a holiday season for several cultures, a bill, attempting for the 3rd time, to make it impossible for all but those with corporate-coin level wealth to grow food, was passed on December 21st. <br/> <br/> <br>It would further endeavor to target organic food producers, who this bill has aimed to force to treat harvests with trace amounts of poisonous agents, under the guise of 'Food Safety'. Such a thing would render our food, inorganic. There would no longer be such a thing as truly organic food available for purchase in the US. <br/> <br> <br/> I wrote a bit about this last week on UU, but a drive for signatures is imperative, and requires all who are standing up to continue spreading the word and urging action. This is not the kind of bill people will want to find they regret signing 'later', when the horror can be avoided by acting now. <br/> <br>It's one of the most serious issues, second only to air that affects our ability to live, and raise families. <br/> We need food to feed our children. Corporations cannot be trusted to control that. Ever. Currently <a href="http://healthfreedomusa.com">HealthfreedomUSA</a> is contuining to champion this movement, after some success somewhat softening the bill from its previous nightmarish position, but we cannot relax yet. There are hidden clauses in it that make this bill a real danger, which could have us literally starving for nothing more than the reason of corporate greed. <br/> We're writing to Michelle Obama, a staunch advocate of organic gardening, and healthy eating for children, to relay the importance of a veto of this bill. <br/> <br> <br/> An elder asked me recently (mildly paraphrased): <i>'Don't folks think it's strange that laws were put in place to stop US farmers from growing food awhile back, so our food is imported and more expensive? The food is imported from countries the US has no legal power over. They use pesticides not even lawful in the US, now. Does that sound like food safety? And now a bill's trying to make it so everyday people can't plant seeds if they choose to grow their own food? What do folks think of that?'</i> <br/> <br><br> <br/> What do you think of that? <br/> <b>Are we willing to take the chance that one day, with such a bill, the government could weave a tale about trouble with imports, and without rights to grow our own food, force us to slowly starve, and suffer in the inevitable chaos? I'm not. I'm pushing back. Are you?</b> <br/> <br/> Please take a minute (literally) to send your version of the digital template letter to Michelle Obama, urging her to give crucial support to a vetoing of this bill, here. <br/> <br/> <b>On behalf of everyone threatened or afflicted with the depravity of corporate food control/poisoning I ask: </b> <br/> <br> <br/> <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TMdVMNSUN8I/AAAAAAAABAQ/95QuIbLc9w0/s1600/AmINotHumanLogo.gif"><div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.2</div>PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-91260716506963301972010-11-27T12:53:00.000-05:002010-11-27T12:53:00.161-05:00Am I Not Human-The freeing of Aung San Suu Kyi<a href="http://osocio.org/images/uploads/Shepard-Fairey-Aung-San-Suu-Kyi.jpg"><img alt="http://osocio.org/images/uploads/Shepard-Fairey-Aung-San-Suu-Kyi.jpg" src="http://kwout.com/cutout/9/my/6y/jbq_bor.jpg" style="border: medium none;" title="Shepard-Fairey-Aung-San-Suu-Kyi.jpg (JPEG Image, 500x737 pixels)" height="542" width="373" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">art: Shephard Fairey</span><br /><br />Spending 15 years under house arrest, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel prize winner and political activist--whose goal has long been revolution without violence--was finally released on November 13th 2007, with a fixed eye upon her goal for Burmese democracy. A realist, rather than the optimist some would paint her, Aung is continuing with her goals for the party, with the perseverance necessary to achieve a goal that would change life entirely in Burma, where life under military control has kept the people under an inconceivably oppressive rule.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Impact Mag had this to say of Aung San Suu Kyi's struggle:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"The Amnesty International ‘Burma Campaign’ which had been campaigning for Aung San Suu’s release knows that even now the fight is not over. 2,002 political prisoners still remain in Burma, all under house arrest or detained in prison facilities. Each prisoner is further evidence of repressive rule by the Burmese junta, a regime accused by Harvard Law School of war crimes and crimes against humanity, a regime without freedom of speech and without freedom of political representation. The figurehead of resistance in Burma may be free at last, but many other dissidents will continue to be silenced as long as this regime is in power."</span><br /><br />Aung's release is wonderful news, but it is news that should continue to fuel grassroots awareness-raising and action.<br /><br /><br />On behalf of political prisoners everywhere, I ask:<br /><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TEnx_FhobqI/AAAAAAAAA_I/9M4NQrS4XVs/s400/AmINotHumanLogo.gif" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related:</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /> <br /> <br /></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9LizSi4zc&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9LizSi4zc&feature=related</a><br /><br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR_e9mvaMMY&feature=fvw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR_e9mvaMMY&feature=fvw</a><br /><br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4zs0T335NY&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4zs0T335NY&feature=related</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.impactnottingham.com/2010/11/aung-san-suu-kyi-may-be-free-but-burma-is-not/">http://www.impactnottingham.com/2010/11/aung-san-suu-kyi-may-be-free-but-burma-is-not/</a>PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-87079004739214592402010-10-27T06:00:00.000-04:002010-10-27T06:00:00.322-04:00Am I Not Human: UN Affirms Right To Water<h1 style="display: block;"><br /></h1> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TMdVMNSUN8I/AAAAAAAABAQ/95QuIbLc9w0/s1600/AmINotHumanLogo.gif"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TMdUN3fmudI/AAAAAAAABAI/XFhlRxzs8js/s1600/opt-water-300.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TMdUN3fmudI/AAAAAAAABAI/XFhlRxzs8js/s400/opt-water-300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532483264459487698" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The UN Human Rights Council affirmed the human right to water and sanitation as legally binding at September's end, considering it a right to an adequate standard of living. It's a victory that lays the groundwork for a world where basic resources, which are already free, are available to everyone, as nature intended, hopefully in organic and non-fluoridated forms.<br /><br />It seemed right posting this for October's focus.<br />We need to raise awareness about triumphs as much as causes to rally action for, because there <span style="font-weight: bold;">are</span> victories. We're not caught in a cycle of unliftable oppression.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Our actions make change.</span><br /><p><a href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2010/10/12/a-historic-step-as-un-affirms-the-right-to-water-and-sanitation-as-legally-binding/">Read more about this important win</a><br /></p><br /><br />Civil society groups across the globe, campaigning for recognition of the right to water and sanitation, on behalf of all humanity asked:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TMdVMNSUN8I/AAAAAAAABAQ/95QuIbLc9w0/s1600/AmINotHumanLogo.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 76px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TMdVMNSUN8I/AAAAAAAABAQ/95QuIbLc9w0/s400/AmINotHumanLogo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532484335461218242" border="0" /></a><br />The UN gave the correct answer.PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-40801042269895508972010-09-27T21:11:00.001-04:002010-09-27T21:11:55.846-04:00Am I Not Human: Tapestries Of Hope <br/> <br/> <img src="http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy225/pidem1/tapestries_of_hope.jpg"> <br/> <br/> Tomorrow, September 28th, filmmaker Michaelene Risley's documentary 'Tapestries of Hope' will air with the intent of exposing the horrors of sexual assault that have been exacted on thousand's of young Zimbabwean girls by men led to believe it will cure HIV/Aids. <br/> More than 100 theaters are screening the film around the country to raise awareness about the 'International Violence Against Women' Act, a bipartisan bill seeking to implement legislation ends violence against women and girls worldwide. <br/> <br/> You can lend your voice here: <br/> http://capwiz.com/fvpf/issues/alert/?alertid=16531596&queueid=5764695991 <br/> <br/> For additional details about the film and bill please visit the source of this story at <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BoldAsLove/~3/OM4BdZ3Iljo/violence-against-women.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email">BoldasLove.us</a> <br/> <br/> On behalf of our sisters who have suffered the assault of their bodies, and spirits, I ask: <br/> <br/> <img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TEnx_FhobqI/AAAAAAAAA_I/9M4NQrS4XVs/s400/AmINotHumanLogo.gif"> <br/> <br/> <div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.2</div>PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-81855015987018423842010-08-27T16:22:00.001-04:002010-08-27T16:22:38.712-04:00Am I Not Human: Turning To the Media to Free Troy Davis<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/THgdV-AcunI/AAAAAAAAA_o/zBbY1sdotGQ/s1600/Troy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 215px; height: 360px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/THgdV-AcunI/AAAAAAAAA_o/zBbY1sdotGQ/s400/Troy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510186407347141234" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/lte/troy.php?ICID=T1006A01&z=06051-3008">Amnesty International has reported</a> Troy's appeal has been denied. Our hope now lays in raising alot of news in the media. Where there's a will, there's a way. Please pick up your pen, or engage your keyboard.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Amnesty's Talking Points:</span><br /><br />Alert the media! Troy Davis must not be executed!<br /><br />Federal Judge William T. Moore, Jr., has ruled that Troy Davis did not meet the very high standard to "clearly establish" his innocence at the hearing held in Savannah on June 23-24.<br /><br />The hearing did not erase doubts about Troy Davis' guilt; those doubts persist, but for the moment, Troy's death sentence stands. Write a letter to your local newspapers expressing your concern that an execution could still be carried out, despite these continuing doubts about Troy Davis' guilt. <br /><br />• Troy Davis may be back on track for execution following the August 24th decision of a federal judge to reject his petition<br />• With no physical evidence, Troy Davis had to prove his innocence by relying on witnesses whose credibility was called into question by the judge, yet they were the very people whose testimony put Davis on death row<br />• The hearing did not resolve doubts about Troy Davis' guilt; no execution should go forward when there is so much doubt and uncertainty<br />• This case illustrates why the death penalty is fundamentally flawed and should be abolished<br /><br />Letter-writing Tips<br />Make it your own. Use these talking points as a guide, but put your letter in your own words. Try to frame your letter as a response to a recent article, editorial, or event covered by your newspaper.<br /><br />Keep it short. Most newspapers will only accept letters of 150-200 words.<br /><br />Pick one angle: You likely have many reasons for believing what you are advocating for, but you only have 250 words to tell your side of the story. Pick just one reason and tailor the LTE to fit that choice.<br /><br />Make sure to give your contact details, including phone number. (Phone numbers will not be published; editors generally call authors to confirm the validity of the letter before publishing.)<br />to save a copy of your letter and try again with another newspaper.<br /><br /><br /><br />On behalf of Troy Davis, I ask:<br /><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TEnx_FhobqI/AAAAAAAAA_I/9M4NQrS4XVs/s400/AmINotHumanLogo.gif">PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-88668865099222381352010-07-27T22:37:00.000-04:002010-07-27T22:38:42.181-04:00Am I not Human: 'Just-us' and The blood of innocents<p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TEnyWYU_szI/AAAAAAAAA_Q/lmunhAwOPy4/s1600/Oscar%20Grant_0.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497191286483956530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 331px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TEnyWYU_szI/AAAAAAAAA_Q/lmunhAwOPy4/s400/Oscar%2520Grant_0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I needed time to allow my feelings to process into something coherent, and productive, hearing the 'verdict' extended to Oscar Grant's murderer, on what I percieve to be a stingingly silver platter.<br />Everything stopped in the air around me when I learned that Meserhle was slapped on the hand for taking the life of an innocent, despite video proof graphically presenting the cold reality of his actions. How does a <b>cop</b>not know', he pulled a gun instead of a taser, which either way, was completely unwarranted? I know a large portion of the water supply is fluoridated, drugging a hefty amount of us with unregulated levels of this FDA-classified poison, but how stupid do 'they' think we are? Or rather, how docile, and cowed are they counting on us to be?<br /><br />The state comments of homeland-security allied (homeland-security?!) 'preparedness' against expressions of outrage, bordered on hinted-willingness to lynch the attenders of the peaceful protest of the lawless verdict, were the state given the hair of a chance. And even fully knowing that this country is built of the blood and anguish of innocents in a hall of smoke and mirrors, something went quiet within me. It was too soon after the murder-by-cop of a 7 yr old child while she slept. I couldn't process it. I spoke a bit of my peace in the dimensions of 140, but I couldn't for long, and dsisconnected to stare at the ceiling, and let my psyche protect me from what , at that moment, was impossible to stomach.<br /><br />The reality, that even in the face of indisputable evidence for anyone with functional grey matter, the 'justice' system didn't care enough to punish a dishonorable, not to mention murderous officer, burned cold. Something in me seized and I was concerned at how sober my reaction was from what would normally be flames erupting.<br />It opened my throat for more swallowed tears, but this time, I couldn't 'react'. I couldn't say more of the same.<br />On the heels of the police murder of a 7 year old in our commmunity, while she slept, with all indications that a child was in the home the police shot into, unequivocally discernable as there were visible toys on the lawn, and verbal warnings of the fact, I became still.<br />I had to go around the place within me where words are a sanctuary, and wait outside.<br />I'm not accustomed to it.<br />I would usually rebel at walking around with a knot anger deprived of progressive action, even if that action was only raising awareness, but doing 'the usual' has only delivered the usual result. and I fear that more of the same *will* escalate into the full-on extermination of my people, given the chance.<br />And I wonder, in full sincerity, how anyone claiming to be human, and even further a protector of humanity can take the lives of innocents, fully knowing it is against the code they swore to uphold. Perhaps they simply do not see people of color, or even, as we've seen from quite a few taser murders, impoverished peoples of Euro descent, as people. It could very simply be the 'better-than' poison at work, that has dehumanized the world to such a hollow state of denial, suggesting the solution is rooted in celebrating commonality, and breaking down the walls of 'separate and divide',to at the very least, have honest discussion about solutions. It's an incredibly complex exercise for peoples of color still recovering from the force stripping of identity by inarguably inhuman methods, who are still seeking ways to celebrate root-identity and somehow reconcile it with integrated, and it can be asserted, compromised identity.<br />It seems a certainty to me that this conflict has to be resolved once and for all, as this liminal station serves only our own deaths, rather than the rebirths we've sought on a communal level for too long.<br />The glittering distractions of modern day buffonery will dazzle some, but the realities of our true predicament are glaring, and cannot continue to go unanswered, or worse, answered by the seeming 3 out of 100 of us willing to sign a petition, march for a cause, attend city hall meetings, create communiversities, and the like.<br />Organizations like @TheImpactPanel are an immensely hopeful sign, but it will take participation for these seeds of healing, and affirmed whole-identity to successfully take root.<br />I choose to continue to believe in our collective spirit, and even have hope for those who pretend none of this is happening, because truly, nothing happens without a reason. There is always a lesson. That wisdom goes without question. The true matter at hand, is 'What have we learned, and *when* do we apply it?'.<br />In a society that serves justice on a whim or by forced hand, I wonder if its true that justice can never be, on stolen land, which leads me to ask:<br /><br /></p><p>On behalf, of the sane, the *truly* human in a dying world one hopes means a rebirth free of government corruption, I ask:<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TEnx_FhobqI/AAAAAAAAA_I/9M4NQrS4XVs/s1600/AmINotHumanLogo.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497190886299692706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 390px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 76px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7fMXnEWRhiQ/TEnx_FhobqI/AAAAAAAAA_I/9M4NQrS4XVs/s400/AmINotHumanLogo.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></p><br /><br />Note: Please excuse any typos I didn't catch with the red pen. As the pc is having issues *again*, I had to type this on the G1, which was quite the venture, but worth every bit of effort. Shine bright and asante for your patience. Equipment replacements are being arranged for August. Electronics and I have had a strange relationship. Your high thoughts are appreciated.PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-78017097238181332982010-06-27T20:29:00.004-04:002010-06-27T21:38:35.501-04:00Am I Not Human: June 2007 Posts<a href="http://marenda.biz/2010/06/am-i-not-human-boy-dont-hit-girls/">Marenda</a>, <a href="http://www.bohemianchick.com/2010/06/27/am-i-not-human-chocolate-slaves">Bohemian Chick</a>, <a href="http://electronicvillage.blogspot.com/2010/06/am-i-not-human-usmexico-border-killings.html">Villager</a>, <a href="http://www.mybrowneyedview.com/2010/06/day-of-blogging-for-justice-on-behalf.html">Ms Lady Deborah</a>, <a href="http://rootsofhumanity.blogspot.com/2010/06/coastal-governors-call-for-prayer-on.html">Eddie Griffin</a> (posted food for thought abt delusional 'officials' before campaign day), and <a href="http://rootsofhumanity.blogspot.com/2010/06/am-i-not-human-making-of-girl-child.html">PZ</a> ask:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DmtdGP6kzMQ/SQW7c_duIFI/AAAAAAAAHsU/MoGKjTAeo_Q/s400/AmINotHumanLogo.gif" /><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Check current and past reported posts, </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >by clicking the the yellow button in the sidebar.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Linklist note: </span>Click on the above names to visit the posts. If your post is up, please include it through the yellow button in the side bar. Thankyou for taking the time to focus attention on the human rights crisis', and solutions we can all take action in empowering with our signatures, signs, blogs, wallets, divestments, and the like.<br />Our mainstream media may ignore the majority of human rights violations in favor of diversion-media, but we have the power to spread the word about what's really happening in the world, in our efforts to power solutions.<br /><br />This practice of posting campaign links was something Sir Wayne offered as a service in the early days of the 'Roots-Of-Humanity' groups' 'Am I Not Human' campaign. As a reminder of the post-links available through the yellow button in the sidebar, we may be offering this from time to time when there are abundant links on a given month <3PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-17712834331873351092010-06-27T20:17:00.001-04:002010-06-27T20:25:40.269-04:00Am I Not Human: The Making Of Girl Child Soldiers<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> </h3> <div class="post-body entry-content"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jezebel/2009/07/Picture_2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://m.jezebel.com/5313508/girl-soldiers-continue-to-suffer-as-taylors-war-crimes-defense-begins&usg=__K_VCb3bAqbE0T-Ce003a9amD0FI=&h=279&w=340&sz=57&hl=en&start=80&sig2=3UldNNVPnryn_v13JKZnfA&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=j6lEww6Ge2C_jM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=119&prev=/images%3Fq%3DGirl%2Bchild%2Bsoldiers%26start%3D60%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=t-cnTKyYJIKpnQfjt928Bg"><img style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:j6lEww6Ge2C_jM:http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jezebel/2009/07/Picture_2.jpg" height="98" width="119" /></a><br /></div><br />The systematic dehumanization the world over has targeted its efforts heavily on females, including child females, who have been subjected to rape, forced witness of the murders of their loved ones, and forced service in para-military operations, often funded by Western interests who benefit from the creation of in-fighting in lands with resources desired. Liberia being just one of them.<br /><br />I offer the following video in the spirit of humanity, as well in caution. Without unity, and the building of better systems for 'the common people', this could take place anywhere in the world. Our 'leaders' have proven repeatedly that there is no true care in Western governments for its people, the natural world, or anything outside of profit and their profit-sharing corporate friends. It is beyond time to wake up as global people, and especially those amongst us with means to make a differnce and raise awareness. We can not turn away from what is happening to our children, our sisters, or our brothers the world over in redeveloping countries, anymore than we can ignore what is happening on the soil we currently reside on. We *are* one, regardless of the illusions that would suggest we're somehow 'safe'.<br /><br />The destruction of senseless wars has struck peoples in the redeveloping world, in the middle of the night oftentimes, when the people are most vulnerable, without warning, leaving children parentless, and without protection or resources; reducing them to prey for soulless predators who would make soldiers of them.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">'Sometimes we had no food, so we'd look for potato leaves in the bush.'</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">- Mamie, a girl child forced to aid soldiers and endure repeated rape.</span><br /><br /><object height="300" width="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V_idiRoOLN0&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V_idiRoOLN0&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="360"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://thedailyhussy.superhussy.com/post/732256050/liberia-girl-child-soldiers"><span style="font-size:78%;">Vid Source</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> If you haven't added your signature to the Child Soldier Prevention Act (S. 1175), please do so now:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/children/child-soldiers/page.do?id=1051047">http://www.amnestyusa.org/children/child-soldiers/page.do?id=1051047</a><br /><br />Thankyou for your consideration.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">On behalf of our siblings who have been robbed of their innocence, and all that matters most. I ask:</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DmtdGP6kzMQ/SQW7c_duIFI/AAAAAAAAHsU/MoGKjTAeo_Q/s400/AmINotHumanLogo.gif" /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related:</span><br /><a href="http://m.jezebel.com/5313508/girl-soldiers-continue-to-suffer-as-taylors-war-crimes-defense-begins"><br />Girl Soldiers Suffering while Taylor's War Crimes Defense Begins</a></div>PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-48784533196046910342010-06-25T16:51:00.001-04:002010-06-25T16:53:25.360-04:00Coastal Governors Call for Prayer on June 27th<strong>Gulf State Governors Call for Prayer- not Repentance:</strong><br /><em><strong>The waters are troubled and not yet healed</strong></em><br /><br />By Eddie Griffin<br /><br />Friday, June 25, 2010<br /><br />From the <em>Plano Examiner</em>: “<a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-47500-Austin-Church--State-Examiner~y2010m6d25-UPDATE--More-Governors-Proclaim-Call-For-Prayer-This-Sunday">UPDATE! More Governor’s Proclaim Call For Prayer This Sunday</a>”<br /><br />67 days into the Gulf oil spill crisis, four affected State Governors have now issued proclamations declaring this Sunday, June 27th as A Day Of Prayer.<br /><br /><strong>Texas Governor Rick Perry</strong> stated-" It seems right and fitting that the people of Texas should join with their fellow Gulf Coast residents and others across the country and around the world to thank God, seek his wisdom for ourselves and our leaders, and ask him for his merciful intervention and healing in this time of crisis."<br /><br /><strong>Alabama Governor Bob Riley</strong> said-"Throughout our history, Alabamians have humbly turned to God to ask for His blessings and to hold us steady during times of struggle. This is certainly one of those times."<br /><br /><strong>Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour</strong> wrote-" Prayer allows us the opportunity to reflect and seek guidance, strength, comfort and inspiration from Almighty God and citizens of Mississippi are urged to pray....."<br /><br /><strong>Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal</strong> declared-"June 27th as a Statewide Day of Prayer for perseverance."<br /><br /><strong>COMMENTARY by Eddie G. Griffin (<a href="http://eddiegriffinbasg.blogspot.com/">BASG</a>)</strong><br /><br />As surely as I write, I knew the day would come when they, collectively, would call upon the God of Heaven to heal their waters. So, I ask: “Who shall pray, non-believers?” They are all non-believers, because they say one thing and mean another.<br /><br />Only yesterday, it seems, Governor Rick Perry was calling the BP disaster an Act of God, now he request prayer: to wit, “thank God, seek his wisdom, ask for his merciful intervention, and healing.” Yet he rejects wisdom and denies mercy. Why didn’t he pardon Timothy Cole before his life expired in prison? Oh, but he is so sad that the State of Texas allowed an innocent, college student, and veteran die in prison like a dog. And, the blood of Jamie Scott is now upon the head of Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour.<br /><br />Let me admonish the governors that the oil is here, and it is here to stay for a long while. It is not an inevitable. It is a fact. Leaders accept facts. Prayer, in this case, is an act of desperation, in lieu of the facts. They want a miracle for nothing, without even having to pay the price of their sins.<br /><br /><strong>Merciful Intervention and Healing</strong>: What the Governor of Texas ask, is this not what we poured out our tears over? Is this not why we begged and pleaded with Governor Haley Barbour for mercy and compassion upon humanity, for the release Jamie and Gladys Scott from prison? For an $11 robbery in which no one was hurt, these two young mothers, with no prior criminal records and had no direct part in the crime, were sent to prison in the State of Mississippi, sentenced to double life… seventeen years ago. [See <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/03/11/left-wing-pardon-me-governor-barbour.html"><em>Newsweek</em> story</a>]<br /><br />Now both women who went to prison at ages 19 and 22 years old are grandmothers, and Jamie is dying from kidney failure. Both have consistently maintained their innocence. And, there is no evidence or proof that either took direct part in the robbery, nor heretofore, either had prior criminal record. Why then is the Governor of Mississippi so hard-hearted in this case.<br /><br />How can they have the audacity to pray for mercy, when they are so unwilling to show mercy? And anyway, June 27th is already reserved as a Day of Blogging for Justice by <a href="http://rootsofhumanity.blogspot.com/">ROOTS of HUMANITY</a>, and some of us will be blogging for Justice on behalf of the <a href="http://freethescottsisters.blogspot.com/">Scott Sisters</a>.Eddie G. Griffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13283895629656619113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-5566822711830791542010-06-21T11:05:00.002-04:002010-06-21T11:11:14.666-04:00Oil for Justice in MississippiAM I NOT HUMAN<br /><br /><em><strong>Long overdue Justice may be coming to Mississippi… in the form of oil upon the pristine Gulf casino beaches</strong></em><br /><br />There comes a time when a man becomes so angry and frustrated that there is only one place to appeal: And, that is Heaven.<br /><br /><strong>I DECLARE:</strong><br /><br />I, <strong>Eddie Griffin</strong>, will not eat or sleep until there is <strong>Justice for the Scott Sisters </strong>who are in prison, in the <strong>State of Mississippi</strong>. I may eat tomorrow because Justice may be on its way, in the form of oil upon the pristine Gulf casino beaches where the sin of sins thrives: <strong>Injustice</strong>.<br /><br />In 1994, the <strong>State of Mississippi</strong> sentenced <strong>Jamie and Gladys Scott </strong>to consecutive double-life terms each for two counts of armed robbery they did not commit. They did not have prior criminal records, vigorously maintained their innocence, approximately $11 was said to have been netted, no one was harmed or injured and no weapon was ever recovered. Witnesses testified that they were coerced and threatened to lie on the Scott Sisters and their unbelievable convictions rest entirely on a combination of contradictory, coerced, and potentially perjured testimony by the victims and two other people charged with the crime who were offered lighter sentences for their cooperation.<br /><br />For me, it is not an issue of guilt or innocence. It is the magnitude of Crime and Punishment, where punishment is so excessive that it can be called OPPRESSION.<br /><br />Eddie Griffin (<a href="http://eddiegriffinbasg.blogspot.com/2009/03/scott-sisters-wrongful-conviction.html">BASG</a>) quietly and discretely petitioned government officials in the State of Mississippi to recognize the legitimate grievances in disparities of justice being practiced inside the courtrooms. Mississippi is not the only southern state that still practices Race Justice.<br /><br />Our words have had little consolation. But there is some comfort to know that Mississippi will cry to Heaven when the oil hit the coast. <br /><br />And, when they cry to Heaven and utter of many prayers. Then I would hope and pray for Mercy, first for the Scott Sister, and then to the State of Mississippi, and not in the reverse order.<br /><br />I need no approval or authority or consent of men. This is personal.Eddie G. Griffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13283895629656619113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-27728765328760962822010-05-27T21:47:00.001-04:002010-05-28T09:47:58.484-04:00Am I Not Human: Questions<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://purplezoe.blogspot.com/2010/05/am-i-not-human-questions.html"><br /></a> </h3> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.iaaa.org/exhibit/images/peace-on-earth-spadoni.jpg&imgrefurl=http://iaaa.org/exhibit/gall5.html&usg=__vT7PqKCskxLny9GDAYehUFP-30g=&h=700&w=525&sz=89&hl=en&start=12&sig2=z754fudC_3Q-cpP7d7bMsw&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=i3b0W1mIW8l8bM:&tbnh=140&tbnw=105&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPeace%2Bon%2BEarth%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=xB7_S5uYCcGAlAft4pjmCQ" id="apf11"><img style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:i3b0W1mIW8l8bM:http://www.iaaa.org/exhibit/images/peace-on-earth-spadoni.jpg" id="ipfi3b0W1mIW8l8bM:" height="140" width="105" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />I've been having discussions lately about humanity, needed anti-violence police to safeguard our communities, the practical applications that have yet to be revealed for community safety, and the needed healing return towards the peace consciousness of the ancient matrilineal cultures.<br /><br />Utilizing positive-thinking/dreamvision ('I-am-human' affirming) for a loving peaceful world at least once monthly and raising awareness through the 'Am I Not Human' campaign are two efforts, but solid brainstorming is needed on how we can assure community safety and stop the terrorizing on our streets by the police in the force who desecrate their oath to serve and protect (would be very helpful I imagine, if officers who do uphold their oath would speak out against police brutality as well, just as I hope any group placed in a position of power privileged by Western society would speak out against those in their group abusing power, to take down the us/them barriers something serious) and those without power, trying to create power through non-privileged criminality aided no doubt by poverty and stereotype.<br /><br />War makes more war, and pacification encourages arrogance in the pacified. We know we can't continue with those approaches and see anymore change for the better in the world than they've already failed to influence. If we call for cameras everywhere, we aid big brother's orwellian dream (though I still believe officers should wear cameras that are accessible by community watch and grassroots orgs as a safeguard against police brutality- a suggestion made in the Afrospear sometime ago).<br />There are always solutions, if there are problems. But it will take dialogue, and interest in finding those solutions for real, coupled with the hardwork of putting them into action. It starts with questions. If we're serious, we'll find the answers.<br /><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/IsisPaperZz">Golden Maat</a> and the facilitator I spoke with where I live raise points about humanity.<br />Golden Maat reminded us in her timeline in recent weeks that we've largely forgotten humanity. The facilitator reminded me police are being trained to regard us as non-human.<br />In turn the actions of their renegades who end up playing the part of the beast, as they approach our community as if it were full of beasts, has us regarding the police as inhuman. It doesn't work, and <span style="font-weight: bold;">is</span> imploding on itself.<br /><br />We've reached a critical place with the recent slaying by police of 7 year old #Aiyana Jones, in her sleep.<br /><br />SOMETHING has to give.<br /><br />I applaud <a href="http://purplezoe.blogspot.com/2010/05/innocence-targeted-by-cowards-creeping.html">Representative John Conyers for his efforts to launch investigation into this murderous style of policing.</a> I applaud those <a href="http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/aiyanajones">running this petition</a> demanding release of the tape that will disprove the police-coverup of #Aiyana Jones' slaying. <a href="http://purplezoe.blogspot.com/2010/05/stand-up-humanity-if-you-havent-signd.html">If you haven't signed already please stand for humanity by standing for justice and sign</a>.<br /><br />On behalf of the innocents being slaughtered by those completely misinterpreting the right use of power. I ask:<br /><br /><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DmtdGP6kzMQ/SQW7c_duIFI/AAAAAAAAHsU/MoGKjTAeo_Q/s400/AmINotHumanLogo.gif" />PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718352156212263976.post-79423409270973647612010-04-27T19:33:00.001-04:002010-04-27T19:34:58.100-04:00Am I Not Human: Too Graphic for Youtube. Okay for the eyes of Eastern children, regularly.<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://purplezoe.blogspot.com/2010/04/am-i-not-human-too-graphic-for-youtube.html"><br /></a> </h3> <p><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2010/04/27/article-1272379581593-094FB2E4000005DC-708447_636x300.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/music/823588-m-i-as-born-free-video-removed-from-youtube&usg=__Wc1M0Ec05cVo6aiQsuY9w19OtZA=&h=300&w=636&sz=22&hl=en&start=3&sig2=cvray_cp_spmKnjDgyjVKA&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=AY6Ju1n_VwyH1M:&tbnh=65&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMIA,%2BBorn%2BFree%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=v3HXS4u-CsSqlAe90JT0Aw" id="apf2"><img style="border: 1px solid ; vertical-align: bottom;" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:AY6Ju1n_VwyH1M:http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2010/04/27/article-1272379581593-094FB2E4000005DC-708447_636x300.jpg" id="ipfAY6Ju1n_VwyH1M:" height="65" width="137" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Warning:</span></span><br /><br />The video posted below is beyond graphic. I wouldn't recommend viewing it with a child under the age of 13 in room, as even with explanation, the developing minds in that age bracket could experience some degree of trauma. This video is <span style="font-weight: bold;">that</span> graphic. It is as real as the horrors, our Eastern siblings have faced, regardless of age.<br />I am not however, in disagreement with the graphic nature of the imagery in this video. In this case it is actually necessary to the point. It is truly revolutionary, as opposed to the buzz generating pseudo-depth media we've been subjected to <span style="font-weight: bold;">far too often</span>.<br />Some have said this vid was made without a point. I vehemently disagree. <span style="font-weight: bold;">This vid was made without it's point needing to be sub-titled, or announced at the end to assist us in 'getting the point'.</span> Instead, it requires us to think.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">M.I.A- Born Free</span><br /></p><p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" height="300" width="360"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="src" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11219730&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1"><embed style="visibility: visible;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11219730&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="360"></embed></object><br /><br /></p><br />I left the below comment @ <a href="http://www.innyvinny.com/">InnyVinny's</a> spot (and hit enter without thinking-then when I finally hit submit on-purpose I realized the pre-typo fix version had already posted). The commentary below, is a little less fragmented and shares my impression of the vid, and how it relates to the violation of human rights the West commits in a business-as-usual fashion:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">[Semi-Spoilers herein]</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"<a href="http://www.innyvinny.com/2010/04/27/video-born-free/#comment-7334">Kristine's assessment</a> is spot on. </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> I definitely felt it was a commentary on genocide, clothed in a Euro case of racial profiling (The abuse of the Gingers might be reflecting on the abuse of the Irish, who were even labeled 'Black' at one time, believe it or not). </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> I think it speaks to those who may be desensitized to seeing bodies of color blown up by landmines or mulilated by schrapnel, by providing a likeness that is closer to home for the proclaimed-majority in the West. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> It's a beyond clever way to speak to power, and privilege, police-state hivemind, senseless abuse of power/the frenzy-state of the power-drunk against the helpless.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> I am amazed. </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Folks speak of other vids recently released 'being deep', even with those that were remakes, and etc. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Nothing comes close to what M.I.A's placed before us. <b>This</b> is revolutionary, and I am completely unoffended by the graphic nature of the vid. The graphic nature was entirely needed to make the point. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> We're so cushioned in the West, from what many of our siblings in the East suffer in horrific norms. I'm all for removing the 'softening' of media-extended realities, where reporting on human rights is concerned. It's a decade into the new millennium, and we're in at least 2 completely unnecessary wars right now. How many people even know that in this country? And of those who know, how many care? </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Something has to wake the collective up..."</span><br /><br /><br />For those of you who make/made it through the vid, what's your impression?<br /><br /><br />On behalf of all my human siblings suffering unimaginable violations of their humanity. I ask:<br /><br /><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DmtdGP6kzMQ/SQW7c_duIFI/AAAAAAAAHsU/MoGKjTAeo_Q/s400/AmINotHumanLogo.gif" />PurpleZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.com1