Any Emergency Or Escalation At Uva Today Was Caused By The Institution And The Police, Not Protesters.

Lakota elders helped a white man preserve their language. Then he tried to sell it back to them.

“No matter how it was collected, where it was collected, when it was collected, our language belongs to us," said Ray Taken Alive, a Lakota teacher.

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STANDING ROCK INDIAN RESERVATION, S.D. — Ray Taken Alive had been fighting for this moment for two years: At his urging, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council was about to take the rare and severe step of banishing a nonprofit organization from the tribe’s land.

The Lakota Language Consortium had promised to preserve the tribe’s native language and had spent years gathering recordings of elders, including Taken Alive’s grandmother, to create a new, standardized Lakota dictionary and textbooks.

But when Taken Alive, 35, asked for copies, he was shocked to learn that the consortium, run by a white man, had copyrighted the language materials, which were based on generations of Lakota tradition. The traditional knowledge gathered from the tribe was now being sold back to it in the form of textbooks. 

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July 25th is The International Day of Solidarity with Antifascist Prisoners! We are calling on everyone opposed to fascism to mark next Thursday with a demonstration of solidarity and support for the 35+ antifascists currently behind bars for the "crime" of defending their communities from the scourge of bigotry, fascism, and hatred. Not sure what you can do? Some ideas: 1) Write to an antifascist prisoner. Letters from the outside mean A LOT when you're locked up inside! You'll find a list of the mailing addresses of antifascist prisoners here. Please also read this tip-loaded primer for writing to prisoners! 2) Spread the word about the day & things people can do to support antifa prisoners. You'll find everything you need to do that right here. If you're posting about it on social media, please use the hashtag #j25antifa so your posts are easy for others to find! 3) Get this t-shirt:

These shirts were designed by a former antifascist prisoner & all proceeds are donated to current antifascist prisoners. Get yours here. 4) Donate to antifascist prisoners. We run a donation page for antifascist prisoners and donate 100% of the proceeds directly to antifascist prisoners, either via their prison commissaries, families, support groups, or legal teams. You'll find a list of other ideas here. JULY 25TH = THE TIME TO SHOW SOME SOLIDARITY WITH OUR COMRADES!

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Alex Stokes Contompasis defended anti-fascists being assaulted by the Proud Boys in Albany, New York on January 6, 2021 & wound up with a 20-year prison sentence for his trouble. You'll find more info about Alex's case on his support website. Watch this excellent video explaining his case! Donate to Alex's sentence appeal. 

Write to Alex: Alexander Stokes Contompasis DIN: 22B5028 Upstate Correctional Facility P.O. Box 2001 Malone, NY, 12953

I don’t care who you are or who you ship or what you’ve done. All I ask is that you take 30 seconds to read this.

Bangladesh is currently on the brink of civil war.

The prime minister, Sheik Hasina is extremely corrupt and has recently stated, and I am paraphrasing, “why should razakars (the ones who supported Pakistan during the genocide they committed in Bangladesh back in the 1970s. Research the Liberation War) take the jobs of the children of the veterans that have fought in the war?“

This has led to mass prejudice. People and the police are harassing innocents, attacking universities, going into peoples home to harm them. There is no proof that these people are razakars, they are attacking based on a feeling of all things.

They are killing and harming people near constantly and Bangladesh has turned off the network over there, keeping people from asking for help from the outside. I am terrified for my friends and family over there. A friend of mine, her cousins are all currently in the hospital from having acid thrown at them and being beaten brutally by the police.

I am not asking for donations or charity of any kind, all I ask is for you all to please educate yourselves and spread the word in whichever way you can. Even a simple instagram story can help. They should not be ignored.

Thank you for your time.

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Right wing youtuber Arielle Scarcella has spent the past few weeks posting libsoftiktok style videos harassing random trans people online. She has a massive following and these videos are getting in the tens of thousands of views each, which is seriously dangerous for the people she attacks in them. Could everyone who can please help me report as many of her recent videos as possible? And please help by spreading this post