It’s been a number of years since the Standing Rock Encampment in North Dakota. Many people are continuing to cash in and rewrite the history of the camp and their involvement and lack of to give themselves credibility.
This page revives KPPP-LP 88.1 Radio coverage of Standing rock from August 2016 to January 2017 for research and clarity from the on the ground coverage.
No movement where people demanded their rights has ever been successful without the oppressed rising up. And usually, a critical mass of the target group must rise up before a shift in ideas or behaviors begins to take place. It was how the civil rights movement was won. Today, however, we hear there is a war on women’s rights and women are losing the battle.
Condemnation of authorities or government – – even when those entities are being outrageous—goes against our better judgment as ‘good Americans’. My zeal in fact finding and repeating news was coming across as hatred of police—which is totally untrue.
I do, however, hate injustice. Currently (and historically) police and government authorities have been at the heart of many of those injustices.
I had never thought of my grandmother as a “mother figure” before her death. She was way too cool for that. Despite being the epitome of a dignified woman, Jesus was fun and funny. Her lessons about life, love, self respect have been priceless to me.
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Find me at the movies and put your queer lens on if you wish!
