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On a day when the Greta Thunberg FRSGS inspired SS4C movement organised their latest strike to draw attention to Government and big business inaction on anthhropogenic climate change the Federal Environment Minister declared that the Government was on track to meet its targets and the Education Minister attributed declining test scores with the SS4C movement. One wonders whether they are deluded or simply kowtowing to a Prime Minister who puts his faith in export revenue from the sales of coal to China and India and a spectacularly invisible imaginary friend. Ironically the said PM was conspicuous in his absence, kowtowing himself to America while studiously avoiding a climate summit in New York which he should be attending, itself a trigger for the latest SS4C action. In his stead, the acting PM, leader of the National Party by a corrupt convention as a reward for getting the minority Liberals into power, questioned why the SS4C rallies could not be held on the weekend. Enough said. They just don't get it. That's precisely why we have to rattle their complacency.
I'm old enough to remember Sputnik. The insouciant disregard shown by Churchill and Menzies for the populace of Australia with the terrifying atmospheric atomic bomb tests in Western Australia and South Australia that scared and scarred me deeply. The cruel mistreatment of the Aboriginal peoples about Maralinga cannot be overstated and nor should we forget that the populace east of the blasts, including me, were guinea pigs for the impacts of fallout on a civilian community; no better than the horrors of Joseph Mengele. The lessons of Kennedy, King, Woodstock, Vietnam and the Kent State Massacre are formative of my character. I was there in the fight for reparations for Vietnamese orphans we helped to create, against damming of Tasmania's wild rivers and the cruel mistreatment of boat-borne immigrants. I travelled overland through Sumatra before the forced relocation of Javanese and heard wild orangutan in the jungle before all the burning and planting of palm oil trees. Issues demanding our action are simply not going away. The reality that I may not live much longer does not justify self-indulgent complacency that would make me no better than the Parliamentarians by whom we are betrayed.
If as I suspect our leaders are afraid of the lessons of a little Swedish teenager then they ought to cower ahead of the militancy of Extinction Rebellion. Their stated aim of using civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance to compel government action on climate breakdown, biodiversity loss, and the risk of social and ecological collapse makes the SS4C movement look like a teddy bears' picnic. Yet within the Cabinet we see the views of Ministers who don't understand and cannot cope with the low level protests born of the despair of children for their future. Wait until they meet the grown-ups!
What do we make of Greta's post-nominal FRSGS? It's an honorary award given by the Scottish Geographical Society. She has been honoured; earned her accolades and as a vegan who sailed to New York to avoid using unnecessary fossil fuels, lives by her high ideals. She is a leader. What of her critics? Well, the Environment Minister added an extra "s" to her name because of her faith in numerology. The Education Minister can make claim to a BA and a couple of irrelevant to his portfolio masters degrees. Perhaps on matters of science, like evidence for anthropogenic climate change, he's a bit out of his depth. Our Deputy PM boasts no post-nominals at all beyond the MP to which he is entitled on his election. Ironically, in his maiden speech to Parliament he declared I promise not to be silent when I ought to speak. Has he misled Parliament? Lastly we have a PM with a BSc in economic geography and a failed ambition to study theology. Anyone with a genuine BSc knows that geography is not science: first year for them is line drawing, it isn't until the second year of studies that they are allowed to use coloured pencils and ink is forbidden before their third year! Nowhere has their insufficiency as leaders been better demonstrated than, well, lack of leadership on the moral imperatives of representing all stakeholders in the present climate emergency. Undoubtedly they will not understand Extinction Rebellion, fail to react appropriately and forestall, obfiscate and adopt affected outrage over anti-social behaviour, professional demonstrators, unemployed anarchists blah, blah, blah, meanwhile continuing as acolytes for coal, land clearing and business as usual. That is, until they become politically extinct....Why not follow the leader and help them on their way?
The Korean War Veterans Memorial was authorized by Public Law 99-572 on Oct. 28, 1986 "…to honor members of the United States Armed Forces who served in the Korean War, particularly those who were killed in action, are still missing inaction, or were held as prisoners of war." The law established an advisory board of 12 veterans appointed by the president to coordinate all aspects of the memorial’s construction. The site is located adjacent to the Lincoln Memorial directly across the reflecting pool from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The American Battle Monuments Commission managed the project and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provided assistance. The architect of record is Cooper Lecky Architects. President Bill Clinton and South Korean President Kim Young Sam dedicated the memorial on July 27, 1995. Since the dedication several modifications have been incorporated: a kiosk to provide shelter for National Park Service personnel and a computer system with data housing the "Honor Role," which was accessible to the public. Correcting accessibility issues and replacement of the lighting in the statuary and along the mural wall with a state-of-the-art fiber optic system were required. Reconstruction of the pool and tree grove by the National Park Service and Corps of Engineers to improve tree maintenance and operate the reflecting pool was completed in July 1999. The overall cost for the design and construction of the memorial and kiosk was $16.5 million.
Statues:
There are 19 statues sculpted by Frank Gaylord of Barre, Vt., and cast by Tallix Foundries of Beacon, N.Y. They are approximately 7’3" tall, heroic scale and consist of 14 Army, 3 Marines, 1 Navy, 1 Air Force. They represent an ethnic cross section of America with 12 Caucasian, 3 African American, 2 Hispanic, 1 Oriental, 1 Indian (Native American).
The juniper bushes are meant to be symbolic of the rough terrain encountered in Korea, and the granite stripes of the obstacles overcome in war. The Marines in column have the helmet chin straps fastened and helmet covers. Three of the Army statues are wearing paratrooper boots and all equipment is authentic from the Korean War era (when the war started most of the equipment was WWII issue).
Three of the statues are in the woods, so if you are at the flagpole looking through the troops, you can't tell how many there are, and could be legions emerging from the woods. The statues are made of stainless steel, a reflective material that when seen in bright sunlight causes the figures to come to life. The blowing ponchos give motion to the column, so you can feel them walking up the hill with the cold winter wind at their backs, talking to one another. At nighttime the fronts of the statues are illuminated with a special white light; the finer details of the sculpture are clearly seen and the ghosts appear.
In response to the NRA's 2018 national convention in Dallas, skilled light technicians and activists in over 15 cities will project anti-gun violence messages on buildings across the US this Thursday through Sunday. The messages read “The NRA Enables Domestic Terrorists”, an image of an AR-15 with a slash through it, and another calling out the amount that city’s Congressional District’s elected officials’ have taken from the NRA, in exchange for their silence on ending gun violence.
The action is coordinated by the Washington State-based Backbone Campaign, an organization that provides creative tactics to the progressive movement. Backbone Campaign’s network of Solidarity Brigades, skilled tacticians in over 20 cities, is mobilizing this largest coordinated grassroots light projection action.
With a light projector, GOBOs (metal stencils), and a battery, images and text will light up sides of buildings protesting the NRA and elected officials’ collusion with their platform. Local activists in each city have researched the amount their elected officials have taken from the NRA in campaign contributions and will be exposing those amounts in a large, visible, and public way.
Actions are planned to happen today (5-3-18) through Saturday in Dallas, Boulder, LA, San Diego, Tallahassee, Nashville, Spokane, Madison, DC, NYC, Chicago, Portland, Atlanta, Detroit, Tacoma, Seattle.
"The majority of Americans support stronger gun laws as a real way to reduce deaths, but our Congress refuses to act, out of fear of alienating their sugar daddy, the NRA. We are exposing the blood money that our elected officials have accepted from the NRA for inaction. Their collusion with an organization that enables domestic terrorists and endangers us all is cause for their removal from office,” says Backbone Campaign Executive Director Bill Moyer.
“Our youth should not have to be traumatized by “shooter drills” so that profiteers of violence can continue making and selling these weapons of war. Too many lives have already been lost. It is long past time to grow constituent pressure for an assault weapons ban. Thus, We the People - especially the youth - are taking leadership since the so-called leaders have failed us.”
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Vancouver, BC / Canada – October 25, 2019: Speakers from Canadian First Nations tribal leadership join in solidarity with Greta Thunberg to protest Canada’s inaction on global climate change.
My gear as I was getting ready to leave for a job. This a traditional photojournalist or editorial set up and It accidently end up looking pretty cool to me so I took a quick shoot for my blog before I took off.
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Opening reception and performance (at 5pm) for Inaction, a new sculptural and performance-based installation by Brendan Fernandes.
Photography by Rich Marinelli
The United States Capitol is the meeting place of the United States Congress, the legislature of the federal government of the United States. Located in Washington, D.C., it sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall. Though it has never been the geographic center of the federal district, the Capitol is the origin by which both the quadrants of the District are divided and the city was planned. Officially, both the east and west sides of the Capitol are referred to as "fronts." Historically, however, only the east front of the building was intended for the arrival of visitors and dignitaries. Like the federal buildings for the executive and judicial branches, it is built in the distinctive neoclassical style and has a white exterior.
Dokhi Fassihian, executive director of Reporters Without Borders USA, highlights the lack of accountability for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, saying, "Murderers do not deserve the protection of the government."
On Tuesday, March 3, Sen. Wyden (D-OR), Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), and fiancée of the late Jamal Khashoggi, Hatice Cengiz, hosted a press conference to discuss the administration’s refusal to publicly release details on the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and to announce next steps for securing transparency and accountability for his murder.
Co-sponsors:
– Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain
– Committee to Protect Journalists
– Human Rights First
– James W. Foley Legacy Foundation
– PEN America
– Project on Middle East Democracy
– Reporters Without Borders
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 215
50 Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC 20510
Photo credit: April Brady/Project on Middle East Democracy
Unlike the wildlife documentaries the real life action that occurs on a river crossing is brief, sudden and unexpected -happening unpredictably in between long periods of relative inaction.
This yearling Wildebeest was grabbed and despatched by two large crocs working together. I missed the strike and was holding the wrong camera/lens combo when the action unfolded. The young Wildebeest died quickly and the large croc on the right carried the body to the far bank where the remains of a large tree which had been washed down the river was snared. I cannot be certain but it appeared that the wildebeest carcase was deposited in a cache below water among the tangle of branches. Later we saw another croc appear to transport a carcase to the same location.
Our guide Ben expressed the belief that these crocs were smart, working together and that during times of plenty they racked and stacked the carcases.
We also observed large crocs appearing to hold carcases allowing smaller crocs to spin & tear off chunks of flesh.
I had always assumed that crocs were rather primitive uncomplicated creatures devoid of social interaction and driven purely by basic genetically programmed instincts .........now I'm not so sure!!!
Re-worked and framed by a friend.
Hundreds of young activists joined an inspiring Youth Climate Strike in Santa Rosa, to demand action on climate change.
This North Bay strike was organized by young climate activists Lucy London and Kelley Tillman, along with their peers at the Novato High Earth Club. They gave speeches, sang together, made posters, marched on City Hall and created a beautiful mosaic to honor mother earth.
Over a million students around the world skipped school this Friday to protest government inaction on climate change, with thousands of rallies in 125 countries, making it the largest youth climate action in history.
Their peaceful demonstration in Santa Rosa was very moving: these young people are sweet, smart, articulate, dedicated and they share an amazing creative energy and love for the earth. I want to be like them when I grow up!
Our Green Change team supported their youth action by providing a sound system, a large earth globe, and shooting videos and photos of their uprising. Thanks to our crew members Sarah Acker and Marilyn Price for their invaluable support of this important cause. :)
In coming weeks, I will create a special video story featuring Lucy, Kelley and their friends for Climate Heroes, our new series on the new leaders of the green revolution.
Even though this was a youth-led event, they welcomed the help of adult allies like us. It was a pleasure to join forces with these young leaders to fight for climate action together, across generations!
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Michael DeDora, Washington advocacy manager at the Committee to Protect Journalists, says there can be no justice for Jamal Khashoggi without transparency and accountability.
On Tuesday, March 3, Sen. Wyden (D-OR), Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), and fiancée of the late Jamal Khashoggi, Hatice Cengiz, hosted a press conference to discuss the administration’s refusal to publicly release details on the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and to announce next steps for securing transparency and accountability for his murder.
Co-sponsors:
– Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain
– Committee to Protect Journalists
– Human Rights First
– James W. Foley Legacy Foundation
– PEN America
– Project on Middle East Democracy
– Reporters Without Borders
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 215
50 Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC 20510
Photo credit: April Brady/Project on Middle East Democracy
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