The “Uncivil War” (U.S. Civil War) was not a romantic defense of southern freedom, nor was it a protest against a power-hungry federal government. It was in the main a struggle over the status of women and labor and specifically the control over unborn fetuses. Women who were held to be slaves (captives or private prisoners, . . . → Read More: Control of Labor and Fetuses: A Dirty Little Secret of the Uncivil War for Freedom of Labor
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A recent 5-4 Supreme Court decision (Citizen’s United) has alarmed many advocates of democracy by empowering private corporations and unions to participate directly in political campaigns through the direct expenditure of funds. This disputed decision ultimately rests upon several prior opinions equating The meaning of the term “person” . . . → Read More: Are Corporations Super Persons? Many Native People have become so used to the idea of “blood quantum” (degree of “blood”) that the racist origin of this idea is forgotten. It’s use started in 1705 when Virginia adopted laws which made both a person of American race and a person of half-American race ( a “half-blood” in other words) as legally . . . → Read More: The Blood Grows Thinner: Blood Quantum, Part 2 Many Native People have gotten so used to the idea of “blood quantum” (degree of “blood”) that sometimes the origin of this racist concept is forgotten. Its use started in 1705 when the colony of Virginia adopted a series of laws which denied civil rights to any “negro, mulatto, or Indian” and which defined the above . . . → Read More: Blood Quantum: A Relic of Racism and Termination This letter is for you, dear friend Compassionate friend, teacher and How many years you have Many non-Native scholars and government officials continue the practice of giving names to First American locations, towns, reservations, tribes, languages, cultures, and new bio-linguistic groupings without giving the least thought to asking First Nations People what they would like or what name they already are using. This would seem to be the height of arrogance wherein . . . → Read More: The Colonialism of Names |
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