(From the Los Angeles Times)
"California authorities rearrested Sara Jane Olson at noon Saturday, just hours after she was prevented from flying home to Minnesota from Los Angeles, and said she must serve one more year in prison because they miscalculated her release date.The former member of the radical Symbionese Liberation Army had been paroled Monday from a California women's prison after serving about six years for her role in a 1975 plot to kill Los Angeles police officers by blowing up their patrol cars."
The Psychological Warfare Tactics of Cointelpro; Sara Olson and her Re-Arrest
Jeff Hendricks
I saw this headline in the news this morning while drinking my cup of coffee. This is such an obvious psychological warfare tactic on the part of the state. We all know cointelpro never died and many of its tactics were purely psychological. Just imagine, after dealing with the psychological torture of being in prison for the past 6+ years and finally feeling the relief that you are going home only to be re-arrested the minute you walk out the prison door.
The idea that the bureau of prisons made a "mistake" in calculating her release date is patently ridiculous. As Olsons attorney Shawn Holley commented "The idea that suddenly they discovered an error is untrue. What appears to be the truth is they are bowing to pressure from the Police Protective League or someone else."
I agree with Holley, but I think it goes much deeper than that. This release and re-arrest is no mistake. It is a psychological warfare tactic of cointelpro to destroy the confidence and courage of those who challenge this system. They are trying their best to psychologically break Sara Olson just like they are trying to do to all the current Green Scare prisoners/fugitives.
Lets hope it does not work.
http://www.tiamatpublications.com/newspage.html
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Vernal Equinox, Norooz & Ostara
Its Iranian new year today (Norooz) and its no coincidence that today is also the Spring Equinox, a time of balance between day and night, the negative and the positive, and a time to remember your earth roots.
The Spring (Vernal Equinox) is also a sacred day for many indigenous tribes, including the Tongva, the original people of the area where I live (Long Beach) and other neighboring tribes such as the Tataviam, Chumash, Kitanemuk, and Serrano.
Its also no coincidence that the Christian holiday of Easter is this Sunday.
Although it is still debated whether or not the Catholic church artificially placed this day in correspondence with the Equinox to subvert ancient European nature religions and impose the imperial religion of Rome, or if the crucification of Jesus (and his believed resurrection) actually took place at this time.
No matter what, this is a powerful time for everyone the world over, no matter your culture or your beliefs. Go out into the world tonight and smell the air and the sea. Taste the wind. Get in tune with your energy.
The earth is being reborn and hopefully some aspect of you will be too.
Take back your power from those that stole it from you.
From Jeff
The Spring (Vernal Equinox) is also a sacred day for many indigenous tribes, including the Tongva, the original people of the area where I live (Long Beach) and other neighboring tribes such as the Tataviam, Chumash, Kitanemuk, and Serrano.
Its also no coincidence that the Christian holiday of Easter is this Sunday.
Although it is still debated whether or not the Catholic church artificially placed this day in correspondence with the Equinox to subvert ancient European nature religions and impose the imperial religion of Rome, or if the crucification of Jesus (and his believed resurrection) actually took place at this time.
No matter what, this is a powerful time for everyone the world over, no matter your culture or your beliefs. Go out into the world tonight and smell the air and the sea. Taste the wind. Get in tune with your energy.
The earth is being reborn and hopefully some aspect of you will be too.
Take back your power from those that stole it from you.
From Jeff
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Green Scare Raids in Cincinnati
March 11, 2008 at 5:25 am
At approximately 11:38 AM EST on March 10, 2008, long time environmental activist and community organizer Marie Mason was arrested by federal agents. Marie has been harassed (she has been raided by federal agents in the past) by the FBI for over a year, repeatedly refusing their requests to discuss Midwest ELF actions. She is currently being held in Butler County jail (southwestern Ohio) pending transfer to Michigan, and her charges remain unknown. Friends are in the process of establishing a support network for Marie and raising funds for any potential legal costs. To get in contact with Marie’s support crew, email freemarie@riseup.net.
More info here:
March 10, 2008: Cincinnati Greenscare Raids
February 7, 2008: Cincinnati, Ohio: Police GPS Tracking Device Found on Activist’s Car
Nearly 200 Indigenous Ancestor Remains Unearthed at Orange County, CA Construction Site
Excerpt of article By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
February 28, 2008
"Archaeologists [grave robbers] have removed 174 sets of human remains from a controversial housing development under construction in Huntington Beach, bolstering claims that it was a significant prehistoric Native American settlement.
Dave Singleton, program analyst for the California Native American Heritage Commission, said 87 sets of remains were removed before Hearthside Homes broke ground on its Brightwater development near the Bolsa Chica wetlands in June 2006 and 87 more since then...
The finds also support the belief of community activists who sought to derail the housing project because of its closeness to the wetlands and because they said the area was once part of an 8,500-year-old Native American settlement...
Flossie Horgan, executive director of the Bolsa Chica Land Trust, a group opposing development at Bolsa Chica, said Hearthside has tried to cover up the finds by not disclosing them to the public...
A business manager at Scientific Resource Surveys, the archaeological firm excavating at the site, would not comment on the remains...
A handful of prehistoric human remains were found at Bolsa Chica mesa starting in the early ’90s, according to the Orange County coroner’s office, but the total was not made public until this week.
The site is claimed by two Native American groups: the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians and the Gabrieleno-Tongva tribe...
Joyce Perry, cultural resource director of one Juaneño group, said that she has monitored the Bolsa Chica site since the early ’90s, and that although she was aware of the number of human remains found for several years, it is the tribe’s policy not to make the location of burial sites public out of fear they will be looted...
Also found at the site were at least 400 cogged stones, artifacts that resemble gears and are believed to have been ceremonial objects. The stones are similar to those found in coastal prehistoric sites in Chile, Singleton said. More than 5,000 other artifacts, including scraping tools and mortars and pestles, have been removed from the site, filling 2,000 boxes, he said.
“This is an important archaeological site and one of the state’s densest concentrations of Native American remains,” Singleton said."
Click here to read full article
For More Information on Bolsa Chica please visit the following link:
www.bolsachicalandtrust.org
February 28, 2008
"Archaeologists [grave robbers] have removed 174 sets of human remains from a controversial housing development under construction in Huntington Beach, bolstering claims that it was a significant prehistoric Native American settlement.
Dave Singleton, program analyst for the California Native American Heritage Commission, said 87 sets of remains were removed before Hearthside Homes broke ground on its Brightwater development near the Bolsa Chica wetlands in June 2006 and 87 more since then...
The finds also support the belief of community activists who sought to derail the housing project because of its closeness to the wetlands and because they said the area was once part of an 8,500-year-old Native American settlement...
Flossie Horgan, executive director of the Bolsa Chica Land Trust, a group opposing development at Bolsa Chica, said Hearthside has tried to cover up the finds by not disclosing them to the public...
A business manager at Scientific Resource Surveys, the archaeological firm excavating at the site, would not comment on the remains...
A handful of prehistoric human remains were found at Bolsa Chica mesa starting in the early ’90s, according to the Orange County coroner’s office, but the total was not made public until this week.
The site is claimed by two Native American groups: the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians and the Gabrieleno-Tongva tribe...
Joyce Perry, cultural resource director of one Juaneño group, said that she has monitored the Bolsa Chica site since the early ’90s, and that although she was aware of the number of human remains found for several years, it is the tribe’s policy not to make the location of burial sites public out of fear they will be looted...
Also found at the site were at least 400 cogged stones, artifacts that resemble gears and are believed to have been ceremonial objects. The stones are similar to those found in coastal prehistoric sites in Chile, Singleton said. More than 5,000 other artifacts, including scraping tools and mortars and pestles, have been removed from the site, filling 2,000 boxes, he said.
“This is an important archaeological site and one of the state’s densest concentrations of Native American remains,” Singleton said."
Click here to read full article
For More Information on Bolsa Chica please visit the following link:
www.bolsachicalandtrust.org
Friday, March 7, 2008
Smashing States of Mind on Inner Battlefields
Ben Axiom
Originally published in Profane Existence Magazine #52
Hippie, wu-wu, crystal worshipper, new-ager, wing-nut, health nut; for most of my life these damning labels shaped my attitude towards the holistic movement. It wasn't until recently that I became passionate about many things I was so intent on laughing off in the past. My declining mental and physical health brought me to the brink of collapse a few years ago and drove me to develop a deeper understanding of health and wellness.
I'd been treating my whole being like most people treat their cars: it's a vehicle of your will, it's not sacred. You don't know much about it, what it's made of, or how it works, and you only wish you did when it breaks down. Most people take their body and mind 'in' somewhere to "get fixed". When money doesn't allow, you have to do-it-yourself.
I had the good fortune of happening upon a radio program while at work called the Aware Show. The hosts interview cutting edge researchers, authors, healers, masters, and gurus of all types. Of course at first I xenophobically sneered at some of the far-out subject matter. I, like the Tibetan temple destroying communist Chinese, had fallen prey many years ago to the Marxian fear and disdain of all that was other-worldly.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Briana Waters: Verdict Announced
Briana Waters has been found guilty on two counts of arson.
The jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on the remaining counts of possession and use of a destructive destructive device. It is the destructive device charge that carries a mandatory minimum sentence of thirty years.
Media reports indicate that for each count of arson, Briana faces a maximum sentence of five years. There is no mandatory minimum. Sentencing is scheduled for May 30. Details will be posted as they emerge on Portland Indymedia and Olycivlib.Org.
Thank-you to everyone who is supporting Briana through this difficult time.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Jaguar Medicine
Alberto Villoldo
Until 1971, it was thought that the Nile was the longest river in the world. That year, National Geographic explorer Loren McIntyre, along with a local Indian guide and a friend who owned a pick-up truck, set out to discover the source of the Amazon. On October 15, 1971, McIntyre and his party reached a summit 18,200 feet in altitude, an icy ridge called Choquecorao from which they spotted a body of water 1,000 feet below them. Thirsty, they decided to descend to this small lake, and as they looked at the five brooks that trickled outward and down the mountainside, McIntyre realized they had found the origin of the great Amazon. This daring expedition would lead to the revelation that the twisting and turning river is longer than the Nile by nearly 100 kilometers, and would stir interest in uncovering the mysteries of this region of the world that had been almost completely hidden to westerners.[1]
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