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Anna Mae Pictou Aquash was born into a poor Mi’kmaq family in the community of Indian Brook, Nova Scotia, Canada. She grew up experiencing racism, marginalization, and the systemic oppression faced by Indigenous peoples in Canada. From a young age she developed a strong sense of justice and awareness of colonial violence against Native communities.
She became politically conscious during the 1960s, a period marked by civil rights struggles and Indigenous resurgence across North America. Seeking to be part of this awakening, she moved to the United States and became involved with the American Indian Movement (AIM), an organization fighting police brutality, broken treaties, land theft, and cultural destruction.
Anna Mae quickly emerged as a respected organizer, speaker, and strategist. She worked on community programs, helped organize demonstrations, and supported occupations aimed at reclaiming Indigenous sovereignty. She was present during major AIM actions, including the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee in South Dakota, one of the most important acts of Indigenous resistance of the twentieth century.
She was also a mother of two daughters, whom she loved deeply. Despite the dangers surrounding her activism, she refused to abandon the struggle, believing that Indigenous children deserved a future free from fear and humiliation.
During the 1970s, AIM was heavily infiltrated and targeted by the FBI through COINTELPRO, a covert counterintelligence program designed to destabilize radical movements. False rumors were deliberately spread to create internal suspicion. Anna Mae was accused without evidence of being an informant. She consistently denied these accusations and demanded proof, which never existed.
In December 1975, she was abducted on the Pine Ridge Reservation, interrogated, and ultimately executed. Her body was found months later, with her hands and feet bound and a gunshot wound to the back of her head.
For years, authorities failed to seriously investigate her murder. Decades later, it emerged that members of AIM were responsible for carrying out the killing, acting under paranoia fueled by infiltration and disinformation. At the same time, documents revealed that the FBI had prior knowledge that Anna Mae’s life was in danger and did nothing to protect her.
Her murder represents a convergence of internal movement tragedy and state-enabled destruction. She was not a traitor. She was a devoted activist who believed in liberation, dignity, and truth.
Anna Mae Aquash is remembered today as a martyr of the Indigenous resistance, a woman who stood firm under pressure, refused to betray her people, and paid with her life. Her story exposes how repression works: divide, isolate, and destroy.
Her legacy lives on in Indigenous struggles for land, sovereignty, justice, and cultural survival across the world. I publish this series to preserve real history, to honor those who gave their lives for dignity, freedom, and justice, to challenge propaganda and official lies, to speak directly to younger generations, and to invite conscience, awareness, and resistance against oppression in all its forms.
ILARIA ALPI
(Ancona, Italy, 24 May 1961 – Mogadishu, Somalia, 20 March 1994)
Ilaria Alpi was an Italian journalist and TG3 correspondent, known for her courage, determination, and commitment to exposing international crimes. Born in Ancona to a family attentive to culture and justice, she earned a degree in Foreign Languages and Literature and pursued a journalistic career driven by the pursuit of truth.
In the 1990s, she was sent to Somalia, where she investigated complex and dangerous cases of illegal arms and toxic waste trafficking involving multinational corporations, criminal groups, and corrupt local and international actors. Alpi meticulously documented the collusions between economic interests, political corruption, and human rights violations.
On 20 March 1994, while returning from an assignment in Somalia, she was **assassinated in an ambush in Mogadishu**, along with cameraman Miran Hrovatin, by men linked to interests that wanted to bury the truth. Her death drew international attention to the risks of investigative journalism and the necessity of transparency and justice.
Ilaria Alpi gave her life for truth, denouncing what many wanted to hide. Her courage and example continue to inspire journalists and citizens worldwide to defend justice and human rights.
JUAN ANTONIO LÓPEZ
(Honduras, 1978/1979 – 14‑9‑2024)
Juan Antonio López was a Honduran environmentalist, human rights defender, community leader, and Catholic activist born in the department of Colón, Honduras.
Married and father of two daughters, he served his community as a coordinator of social pastoral work in the diocese of Trujillo and co-founder of the pastoral for integral ecology.
From 2015, he co-founded and coordinated the *Comité Municipal por la Defensa de los Bienes Comunes y Públicos* in Tocoa, fighting to protect the Guapinol and San Pedro rivers and the Montaña de Botaderos “Carlos Escaleras Mejía” National Park from mining and other destructive activities threatening the water and land of local communities.
López denounced corruption, impunity, and severe environmental violations and received threats for his commitment. Despite protection measures by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, on 14‑9‑2024, while leaving Mass and entering his car in Tocoa, he was **assassinated by gunfire from unidentified men**, in a murder connected to his fight against economic and political powers seeking to exploit natural resources at the expense of the communities.
I publish this series of characters to awaken consciences and reveal injustices committed by those in power against courageous individuals. Each story aims to remind the public, especially young people, that the people must be aware of their rights, that injustices must not be forgotten, and that remembering history can inspire acts of courage, solidarity, and resistance. These individuals paid with their lives for standing up to defend truth, freedom, and human rights.
Rigoberto López Pérez was born in León, Nicaragua, on May 13, 1929, into a humble family. He grew up surrounded by hardship and dignity, with an early talent for words and music: he wrote poetry, composed songs, and drew, searching for beauty and truth in a country crushed by fear. He received practical and commercial training, learned different trades, frequented cultural and musical circles, and published his first texts at a very young age. His private life remains partly discreet, but it is known that he had important emotional relationships and that these connections led him to move between León and the capital, maintaining a network of contacts in a climate where speaking and organizing could cost one’s life. During the years in which Nicaragua was dominated by Anastasio Somoza García and his National Guard, Rigoberto developed the conviction that the dictatorship would not fall through words alone. He was not “only” an attacker: he was an artist who transformed political conscience into a final gesture, seen by many as the beginning of the end of Somoza rule. In a context of repression, corruption, and systematic violence, his figure represented the idea that even a single individual, without armies or power, could break the spell of impunity. On September 21, 1956, he managed to enter a public event where Somoza was present and shot him in the chest. It was not a duel, but an act against a system armed to the teeth. Rigoberto was immediately hit and killed in a hail of bullets from the National Guard. Somoza, mortally wounded, died a few days later. The retaliation did not stop with him: the dictatorship also targeted people from his environment and family, trying to erase the political meaning of the act and prevent it from becoming a symbol. Over time, that meaning instead grew: Rigoberto López Pérez came to be remembered as a national hero by sectors of Nicaraguan society and as a threshold figure in the memory of resistance. His legacy is not only the armed act, but the tragic knot between art, conscience, and history: when power closes every space, even a poet can be driven to choose his own life as his last word.
I publish these portraits to keep their names alive.
They were killed for truth, justice and human dignity.
This series is an act of remembrance and resistance.
Because hatred and injustice must not have the last word.
I publish these characters to remember those who died for humanity, dignity, freedom, and justice, to speak to younger generations through real lives and real sacrifices, to show that people have been killed for centuries simply for saying that injustice is wrong, that oppression is wrong, that exploitation is wrong, and for trying to defend human rights. This is my way of resisting. This is my way of saying that what is happening in the world today is wrong. It is a refusal to accept silence, indifference, and normalization of violence. It is an act of memory, conscience, and resistance.
**Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007)**
Benazir Bhutto was a Pakistani political leader and the first woman to head a Muslim-majority country. Born in Karachi to a prominent political family, she was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, a former Prime Minister executed after a military coup. Educated at Harvard and Oxford, Benazir became a symbol of courage, democracy, and women’s empowerment in a deeply patriarchal society.
After years of exile and imprisonment, she returned to Pakistan to continue her fight against corruption, dictatorship, and the alliance between politics and religious extremism. Her goal was to restore democracy and justice to her country.
On December 27, 2007, during a campaign rally in Rawalpindi, Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in an attack involving both gunfire and a suicide bomb. Her death was not an accident — it was the silencing of a woman who challenged the system and exposed the dangerous ties between power, military forces, and extremist groups.
Benazir Bhutto remains a symbol of moral resistance and sacrifice — a reminder that truth and freedom often demand the highest price.
The *Characters* series was created to awaken consciousness and remind people — especially younger generations — that history is also made of voices silenced by power.
Each photograph is an act of memory and resistance, a tribute to those who paid with their lives for truth, courage, and integrity.
These portraits seek to inform, to move, and to raise awareness.
They are small lessons of history, sociology, and above all, humanity.
Because remembering is not just a duty — it is a form of rebellion against indifference.
John F. Kennedy — 1917–1963
President of the United States, symbol of hope and justice. Murdered for trying to reform the global financial system.
This series was created to awaken a hidden place in the heart. Everyone knows the truth, but it is time to open our eyes. What is happening in the world can no longer be ignored. Adults must listen to and support the young who rise up against emptiness, injustice, and indifference.
For this reason, I chose to revisit public images of historical figures and remember them: so that their voices and their actions will never cease to speak to the present.
It is shameful that, after the death of John F. Kennedy, who had warned the world of the dangers of the financial and economic system, the situation instead of improving has worsened, becoming catastrophic at economic, political, and social levels.
Pier Paolo Pasolini (05/03/1922 – 02/11/1975) was an Italian poet, writer, filmmaker, and intellectual, one of the most fearless voices of the 20th century. He exposed injustice, hypocrisy, and corruption in every form, challenging the mafia, political power, and societal lies. His works — from novels to poetry, from films to journalism — were a relentless call to see the truth.
On November 2, 1975, Pasolini was brutally murdered at the Ostia seaside near Rome. The official version blamed a young man considered his friend, with whom he allegedly had a personal relationship. Later testimonies and evidence suggested that the confession was coerced and that the murder was orchestrated to silence him for his uncompromising critique of power and corruption.
Pasolini’s death was not just an assassination: it was a calculated act to extinguish a voice that shone too brightly. His legacy endures through his writings and films, continuing to awaken consciences and challenge lies and injustices in the world.I publish these images to honor those who were killed for truth and to keep their memory alive.
In today’s darkest times, it feels as if their voices never existed, as power continues to suppress and replace them with imitation.
These works are a reminder that truth must never be forgotten.
Bassel al-Araj (1984–2017) was a Palestinian intellectual, writer, and activist, symbol of resistance against the Israeli occupation. Born in the village of Al-Walaja, near Bethlehem, he graduated in pharmacy but chose to dedicate his life to the liberation of Palestine through writing, education, and political activism.
Critical of the Oslo Accords and the security cooperation between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, al-Araj promoted popular and intellectual resistance against the occupation. Arrested in 2016 by the Palestinian Authority, detained without trial and subjected to torture, he was released after a hunger strike. Afterwards, he lived in hiding, with his family home repeatedly raided by Israeli forces.
On March 6, 2017, al-Araj was killed during an Israeli operation in Ramallah. His death sparked outrage and protests against the occupation and cooperation with Israel. His legacy lives on in the Palestinian collective memory as an example of intellectual resistance and commitment to social justice.
This series was created to awaken consciousness and remember those who gave their lives for justice, freedom, and truth. Bassel al-Araj, like many others, challenged injustice and oppression, paying with his life. Remembering his example shows that resistance, dignity, and the fight for human rights must not be forgotten. History is made by the people, and these martyrs are living proof. I want those who see these photos to feel the moral responsibility to know the truth and to fight against what is unjust in the world.
Pio La Torre (December 24, 1927 – April 30, 1982) was born in Palermo, Sicily, into a humble family of farmers. He completed classical studies and graduated in law, though his true calling was social and political activism. Unmarried and entirely devoted to public service, La Torre dedicated his life to defending workers’ rights and confronting the deep social inequalities of postwar Sicily.
He began his career as a trade unionist, organizing landless farmers and opposing the Mafia’s control over rural communities. A member of the Italian Communist Party, he became one of the most courageous voices for justice, transparency, and social reform in Italy. His work challenged both criminal networks and the political structures that silently tolerated them.
As a Member of Parliament, La Torre co-authored the historic Rognoni–La Torre Law of 1982, which for the first time introduced into Italian law the crime of “Mafia-type association” (Article 416-bis) and allowed the confiscation of assets belonging to Mafia members. This struck at the economic heart of organized crime.
On April 30, 1982, Pio La Torre and his driver, Rosario Di Salvo, were ambushed and killed in Palermo by Mafia gunmen. The assassination was ordered to silence a man who had dared to expose the Mafia’s political and financial power. His death shocked Italy and became a turning point in the nation’s awareness of the need for an uncompromising fight against organized crime.
La Torre’s legacy lives on as a symbol of courage, moral integrity, and civic resistance. His life reminds us that justice demands both vision and sacrifice.
I publish this series of characters to awaken consciences and share the stories of those who paid with their lives for defending truth, justice, and human rights. I want especially young people to understand that power often represses those who expose injustices, but remembering and telling these stories is an act of resistance and memory. The series aims not only to inform but also to create empathy, encourage reflection on social and political dynamics, and show that a united and aware people can oppose indifference and oppression.
In essence, it is a way to teach history and sociology through memory, to give voice to those who no longer have one, and to remind that truth and courage must never be forgotten.
Fred Hampton was born on August 30, 1948, in Summit, Illinois, USA. Raised in a modest African-American family, he showed from an early age a strong sense of justice and a deep commitment to social issues and civil rights. Moving to Chicago during his adolescence, he became acutely aware of the daily struggles of the black urban community, including poverty, discrimination, and police violence.
As a young man, Hampton stood out for his intelligence, charisma, and organizational skills. While attending Collins High School, he engaged in social and political activities, showing a particular interest in fighting racism and injustice. His upbringing and family environment nurtured a strong ethical sense and a vision of collective struggle for civil rights.
In 1968, at just 20 years old, Hampton became the leader of the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party, an organization committed to defending African-American rights and fighting police brutality. He distinguished himself for his ability to unite people of different social and racial backgrounds, promoting community programs such as free breakfast for children and educational initiatives.
One of his most significant projects was the creation of the Rainbow Coalition, an alliance aiming to bring together African-Americans, Latino communities, poor whites, and other marginalized groups to collectively fight economic and social injustices. His growing influence was perceived as a threat by local and federal authorities.
On December 4, 1969, Fred Hampton was **assassinated in a coordinated raid by the FBI and the Chicago police** while sleeping in his apartment. The operation aimed to neutralize him because he was feared for his ability to organize the community and build coalitions among marginalized groups. The killing involved excessive force and legal violations, and his death profoundly shocked public opinion, becoming a symbol of systematic repression against civil rights leaders in the United States.
Hampton is remembered not only as a political leader but also as a young visionary who inspired hope and unity in a context of oppression and discrimination. His life and death continue to serve as examples of courage, social commitment, and resistance against injustice.
I publish this series of figures to awaken consciences and to remind the world, especially young people, that those who fought for truth, justice, and the rights of the oppressed were often silenced violently. Each person featured represents the courage to confront corruption, abuse of power, and injustice, paying the ultimate price for defending humanity.
This series is a call to remember, reflect, and inspire action: to recognize injustice, to understand the cost of standing for what is right, and to unite in resistance against oppression. Through these stories, I aim to honor their sacrifice and keep alive their message that the people must remain vigilant and courageous.
Amidst unresolved captivity conditions, I have persistently sought legal aid and essential support in Greece. My efforts included in-person visits to ‘SolidarityNow’ offices in December 2023 and twice in April 2024, which disappointingly mirrored previous outcomes with similar organizations.
On December 28th, 2023, after a decade of ignored correspondences, I encountered a prolonged, unexplained wait and discovered my communications had been deliberately deleted from their system. Subsequently, I decided to lodge a formal complaint, but the staff tried to dismiss me, hiding complaint forms and suggesting an informal note instead.
During my inquiry into the intentional deletion of my communications, I encountered unprovoked aggression from visiting individuals, potentially premeditated. My visit the prior afternoon, dismissed by staff citing closure, coupled with their generally obstructive demeanor, indicated an orchestrated intimidation to deter future visits and assistance requests.
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Preparing De Dam square for the Black lives matter protest during corona times in Amsterdam June 6th 2020.
Black lives matter activist tries to let people keep 1,5 meters distance during the protest in Amsterdam June 6th 2020.
In the face of some recently expressed Flickr skepticism from (mostly US) quarters, as to there ever having been a "Free Wales Army", I share here a dramatic portrait of dashing, one-eyed (sadly without his usual Moshe Dayan-style eye-patch) Commandant Dennis Coslett, and links to some of his obituaries from serious UK broadsheet newspapers, and other sources, confirming the one-time existence of this organisation.
This posting is dedicated to FWA officer, the late Ron "The Brigadier" Williams, of Merthyr Tydfil, and all others who fought for justice for the victims of the terrible Aberfan disaster, against a cruel and heartless National Coal Board [NCB] and Labour government.
www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dennis-coslett-5499...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1462637/Dennis-Coslet...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Wales_Army
awnms.blogspot.com/2009/02/fwa-sixtiwill-be-revisted-soon...
adfywiad.blogspot.com/2009_05_16_archive.html
www.bbc.co.uk/wales/walesonair/database/march.shtml
Fe godwn ni eto ~ VIVA GWALIA! ~ They used to say.
In this photograph, Dennis looks as Eddie Olive, the world's finest wedding photographer, must appear, as he describes himself kitted out with bandoliers of cheap cameras in the caption of this marvellous photograph of his:
Missing Pieces Info
missingpiecesshow.homestead.com/MissingPiecesEpisode22Arc...
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WOMAN???
Jessie Foster
We are having a fundraiser dinner at Jameson’s Irish Pub to help raise money to keep the search for Jessie going.
We will never stop our search for Jessie, we need to find her and bring her home.
The dinner will be held At Jameson’s Irish Pub.
Address:3575 20th Ave N.E Calgary,on March 15th, 2007 at 5 pm.
The tickets are 30 dollors each and are for sale right away.
Contact: :Sri Whorrall for more info or to purchace tickets.
We are looking for individuals and businesses that would be willing to donate gift certificates, items or services for our raffle draw.
All items are appreciated and gratefully accepted.
Thank You for your help Sri Whorrall can be reached also by phone at 1-403-282-2979.
DONATIONS are greatly appreciated & gratefully accepted at any branch of the CIBC Bank
(Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce), for the JESSICA FOSTER in TRUST FUND
TRANSIT #00050…ACCT #98-27412, to aid in the search for JESSIE,
Thank you, very much.
Sincerely, Jessie’s family and friends.
WEBPAGES THAT JESSIE IS ON:
Globe & Mail Newspaper:
Homepages: www.jessiefoster.ca / www.FindJessieFoster.com / www.FindJessieFosterNewsletter.com
Vancouver Province Newspaper (available on our website): jessiefoster.ca/Province February 26 2007.html
CFUN Talk Radio / Nik & Val Show: www.cfun.com/nikval.php (there is a link from this site to our Missing Jessie page)
Global TV: www.canada.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=0e1d06bb-f... (this goes to where you can watch the news report from TV on video and to printable version)
Las Vegas City Life: www.lasvegascitylife.com/articles/2007/02/01/news/cover/i...
Geraldo at Large: video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=5643107135068549039&p...
Project Jason: www.projectjason.org/Faces.html
Project Jason: voice4themissing.blogspot.com/2006/12/121906-home-for-hol...
Caroline Johnson: carolinejohnson.multiply.com/video/item/5 (a woman from Kamloops who made this video for us)
Porchlight USA: z13.invisionfree.com/PorchlightUSA/index.php?showtopic=4839 on the USA board
Porchlight: z10.invisionfree.com/usedtobedoe/index.php?showtopic=13923
National Center for Missing Adults: www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/gallery/ncmaprofile_all.php?A2...
Truckingboards: www.truckingboards.com/trucking/upload/missing-adults/667...
Jessie's Missing Person Alert!: video.google.com/videoplay?docid=278181280969570811
Las Vegas Sun: www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-other/2006/sep/24/5...
I am Missing: www.iammissing.ca/missingusa/jodiefoster.htm (they list her in the index as Jodie Foster, but on the page as Jessie Foster)
Highway of Tears: highwayoftears.ca/
Hedley Online: www.hedleyonline.com/web/bulletinboard/viewtopic.php?t=2745
James Randi Swift: www.randi.org/jr/2006-09/091506remembering.html#i4
Vancouver Province: www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=5f52dc35-66...
Catch a Moment Video: video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5851376373243199781
Missing Pieces: www.missingpieces.info (then click on Archives, then scroll down to episode #22 and you can listen to the interview)
Holly's Fight for Justice: fightforjustice.blogspot.com/2007/02/help-find-jessie-fos...
Angelbound: angelboundamw.blog-city.com/jessica_edith_louise_foster__...
HOTT on the Trail: hot-on-the-trail-at.blog-city.com (mail page)
HOTT on the Trail: hot-on-the-trail-at.blog-city.com/jessica_edith_louise_fo...
MySpace (Glendene): www.myspace.com/jessiesmomglendene
MySpace (Find Jessie Foster): profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile...
MySpace: profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile...
Mike on Crime Radio Show: mikeoncrime.com/ (we have been on this show 3 times)
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JessiesMom
Chriss Crime Forum: www.forumspring.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=338&highli...
Chriss Missing Canadian Children: www.freewebs.com/missingcanadians/missing.htm
Crime & Justice: www.crimeandjustice.us/forums/index.php?showtopic=8940
Crime & Justice II: www.crimeandjustice.us/forums/index.php?showtopic=8236
Doe Network: www.doenetwork.us/nampn/cases/foster_jessica.html
WI Catholic Musings: wicatholicmusings.blogspot.com/2007/01/fwd-about-story-on...
Hazel8500 Word Press: hazel8500.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/i-have-a-better-photo-...
Vancouver Missing Guest Book: www.e-guestbooks.com/cgi-bin/e-guestbooks/guestbook.cgi?a...
Charley Project: www.charleyproject.org/cases/f/foster_jessica.html
Sex Trade Workers of Canada Missing People: www.sextradeworkersofcanada.com/sex trade/Pictures/default.asp?iChannel=3&nChannel=Pictures
The Missing Project (Brandi & Silvia): www.youtube.com/watch?v=gda1f1d31KY
Spiritual Relic: www.spiritualrelic.com
Globe & Mail Newspaper: www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070404.BCVEGA...
Calgary Sun article: calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2007/03/28/3852693-sun.html - TITLED: Woman missing a year
Kamloops This Week article: www.kamloopsthisweek.com - TITLED: She vanished a year ago today
Kamloops Daily article: Mom Still Holds Out Hope For Daughter's Survival
Mike on Crime interviews: Mike on Crime
Missing and Murdered Women
missingwomen.blogspot.com/2007/04/have-you-seen-this-woma...
Help stop the imprisonment of thousands of innocent minorities and impoverished, and homeless communities, for the profit of the government!
It is a heartbreaking story, as Gata is now being framed and facing 6-10 years in prison, after calling an ambulance for an elderly man who needed help. When ambulance and sheriff's arrived, gata was thrown into las colinas jail in far southeast san diego, denied basic human rights such as shower, phone calls, leaving cell, toilet paper, and adequate food.
Preparing De Dam square for the Black lives matter protest during corona times in Amsterdam June 6th 2020. These guys are marking 1,5 meter distant places for the protesters to keep safe distance. In the end so many people came to the square, that it was impossible to keep safe distances.