Denver Kolumbus Day Reportback
(raimd.wordpress.com)
On Saturday October 10, 2009 there was another wack ass parade of white settlers celebrating Columbus Day, disrespecting Native peoples, and engrossing themselves in settler parasitism. Denver has been an epicenter of resistance to this celebration of genocide and racism, as Colorado was the first state to officially celebrate Columbus Day over [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘First Nations’
October 18, 2009
Denver Kolumbus Day Reportback
October 8, 2009
Call Out to Oppose KKKolumbus Day and Settler Colonialism
Join RAIM-Denver and other Denver activists as we oppose the annual celebration of genocide, Kolumbus Day.
Saturday, October 10th, 9:30 am
West Steps of the State Capitol building
August 1, 2009
Sacred, Indigenous Site Made Into Fill-Dirt for New Sam’s Club, Revolution Needed
http://raimd.wordpress.com
In Oxford, Alabama something awful is happening. A hill, on top of which lies a Native American rock mound, is being destroyed in order to procure fill-dirt for a new Sam’s Club a few miles away.
The rocks were arranged on the 200 foot (60 meter) rise over a millennium ago. The site was fundamental in [...]
February 23, 2009
Robert Robideau – A True Defender of Indigenous Peoples Passes On
From the American Indian Movement of Colorado:
http://colorado-aim.blogspot.com/2009/02/robert-robideau-true-warrior-passes-on.html
Robert Robideau – A True Defender of Indigenous Peoples Passes On
It is with sadness that we report the passing of our brother and friend Bob Robideau to the Spirit World. Many people talk about what it is to be a “warrior,” and what it is to fight for the [...]
January 30, 2009
Boulder Peltier Events
Friday Febuary 6th 2009:
Rally for Leonard Peltier
Noon @ Boulder City Council Building
followed by:
Leonard Peltier: 33 years behind bars, 33 years looking for justice
an educational event presented by ISN, LPDOC, and 180-11
7pm @ Room 100, Mathematics Building of DU
October 7, 2008
KKKolumbus Day 2008: Fight Racism and National Oppression
Transform Columbus Day has several events coming up this week in the Denver area. RAIMD encourages participation against this white supremacist holiday. We will post more info as we get it.
Saturday:
Monday:
Racism 101
Student’s Walkout On Racism!
Join us on the 101st Anniversary of Columbus Day and make a stand against RACISM!
What: Racism 101 [...]
May 8, 2008
Benefit for Big Mountain/Black Mesa Resistance
the Strength of the Earth
is my strength
the thoughts of the Earth
are my thoughts
-traditional Dine ‘song of the Earth Spirit’
Benefit will be held at the Mercury Cafe
2199 California Street
May 15th, 2008, Beginning at 9PM
Art raffle, free literature, and giveaway items included!
Hektor Munoz, Performance Artist
Sarah Morelli and gueass, traditional classical dance/music from North India
Zay and guests with [...]
April 16, 2008
Benefit for Big Mountain at the Merc. Cafe
Benefit for Big Mountain at the Merc. Cafe
May 15th
9:30 PM
March 20, 2008
RAIMD denounces senseless killing of 30 Buffalo
RAIMD denounces the senseless killing of 30 Buffalo near Fairplay Colorado. (1) RAIMD suspects that Amerikkkans with no respect for life are involved in this incident. This senseless act is an attack on Native peoples, the environment, and human decency.
Notes.
1. http://cheyennefreedom.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/in-the-denver-news-buffalo-shot-killed-in-park-county/
February 26, 2008
Northern Cheyenne Freedom Movement: Camp Freedom
The Northern Cheyenne (Tsisistas and Suhtaio) Nation Camp Freedom was established on Medicine Wolf Paradise Acres on January 30, 2008. Camp Freedom will open on April 4th, 2008 in conjunction with Great Grandfather Chief Little Wolf’s Homecoming Pow-Wow and Festival! By honoring our Great Chief we are honoring ourselves as the Great Cheyenne (Tsisistas-Suhtaio) People! [...]
January 29, 2008
Northern Cheyenne meeting with Russell Means
Announcing grassroots Northern Cheyenne meeting with world renown activist/actor Russell Means, Oglala Lakotah, Director of the Treaty School Ranch POB 99 Porcupine South Dakota.
January 29th and 30th
Charging Horse Casino
Lame Deer Montana
HWY 212
Calling all Northern Cheyenne to attend. Come hear, listen and learn about our treaties with the United States government. We invite all surrounding [...]
January 28, 2008
National Liberation and Anti-Imperialism
By Nick Brown
The Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist Movement- Denver is a movement for global equality. We stand for the end of the imperialist system: the system whereby a handful of powerful nations exploit the peoples of the world. We see the termination of imperialism as a necessary first step to a world of lasting peace and real [...]
December 21, 2007
Freedom! Lakota Sioux Indians Declare Sovereign Nation Status
More info: Lakota Freedom Delegation
Source: Lakota Freedom Delegation media page
MEDIA ADVISORY
Immediate Release: 19 December 2007
Media Contacts:
Naomi Archer, Communications Liaison (828) 230-1404 lakotafree [at] gmail.com
Freedom! Lakota Sioux Indians Declare Sovereign Nation Status
Threaten Land Liens, Contested Real Estate Over Five State Area in U.S. West
Lakota Satisfies Treaty Council [...]
November 2, 2007
TCD covered in Egypt
Egyptian Weekly Newspaper, Al-Ahram, covers KKKolumbus Day:
Burying Columbus in Palestine
Indigenous movements in the 21st century understand that the struggle is not about gaining access, but defeating domination. Will the Palestinians take heed, asks Bassem Ahmed*
For more than a decade now, thousands of people in Denver, Colorado, have been spending the first weekend of October in [...]
October 15, 2007
KKKolumbus Day: White trash spectacle opposed, over 80 arrests
RAIM-D report from Transform Columbus Day
The AIM/TCD march kicked off once again in Denver, the birthplace of the KKKolumbus Day holiday. This being the 100th anniversary of the celebration of genocide against the native peoples, all out efforts were made for this protest. And it came off as one of the more militant [...]
September 2, 2007
A Bunch of Eichmanns Put on Notice That They’re A Bunch of Eichmanns
In a very special event celebrating the two-faced “humanitarianism” that comes hand in hand with amerikan imperialism, Wayne ‘Dirty’ Murdy was given an “International Bridge Builders” award by the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver. There to present the award was none other than Madeleine ‘Worth It’ Albright. So of course, [...]
August 24, 2007
RAIM-Denver mentioned by Newmont PR
With the recent news of Newmont Chair Wayne ‘Dirty’ Murdy getting a humanitarian award despite the mining company’s numerous human rights violations, and the outrage it has generated, in some of this coverage our own blog has received attention.
From the blog of Al Lewis, who wrote an article giving fair time to activist criticisms of [...]
August 5, 2007
Pre-TCD 2 for 1
Before the Transform Columbus Day protests there will be a very special pre-event. On August 30th the University of Denver will be will be hosting an awards dinner featuring not one, but two, modern day perpetrators of genocide.
Wayne Murdy, the CEO of Newmont Mining, is being given an award by the University of Denver. [...]
May 1, 2007
When Race Burns Class: Interview with J. Sakai
WHEN RACE BURNS CLASS
“Settlers” Revisited
An Interview With J. Sakai
EC: In the early eighties you wrote Settlers: Mythology of the White Proletariat, a book which had a major impact on many North American anti-imperialists. How did this book come about, and what was so new about its way of looking at things?
JS: Settlers [...]
May 1, 2007
Stolen At Gunpoint: Interview with J. Sakai
Stolen At Gunpoint: Interview with J. Sakai
Written by Ernesto Aguilar
Thursday, 16 September 2004
Interview with the author of Settlers, covering Chicano Mexicano liberation, the Southwest and settlerism, for the Latino-culture program Sexto Sol. The show originates from KPFT in Houston, Texas. The collective assessment of Sakai and Aguilar was that the interview [...]
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