LARENCORE

mardi 2 mai 2023

Le splendide SALUT AU SOLEIL de José LE MOIGNE.

Je te salue soleil

pétrisseur de forêt,

soleil de silex,

de porphyre et de poix

semant à profusion

sur le ciel brisé

les cruelles laitances

de tes nuées ardentes.

Texte (in Pays d’absence) et photographie : José LE MOIGNE.

Le CHANT PRINTANIER de Patricia LARANCO (Moris/France).

Fleurs gorgées, saturées de granules féconds

au point d’en devenir lumière à l’état pur,

au point d’en devenir

accumulation,

mousse à l’aspect gluant,

à la texture floue.

Fleurs soules, enivrées

par les flux capiteux

de vos émanations

propres de parfum lourd

qui, répandues autour,

reviennent à vous

berçant votre torpeur

trop chargée, en hamacs.

Fleurs tendues vers partout,

étranges entités

d’hyperséduction,

trop visibles,

soudain

vous me faites l’effet

d’être tels des géants,

d’omniprésents réseaux

d’organes excroissants

qui veulent éclipser

le Tout par leur présence.

Texte et photographies : Patricia Laranco.

lundi 1 mai 2023

U.S (NATIVE ORGANIZERS ALLIANCE ACTION FUND): SAVE the GRAND CANYON OF COLORADO !!

Friend,

The threat looming over the future of the Grand Canyon is not new.

Multinational mining conglomerates have long sought to extract nearby stores of uranium regardless of harm to the canyon and the people who live in the region. Since the 1950s, the Grand Canyon area and surrounding Colorado Plateau have been home to at least 22 uranium mills and the majority of all uranium mining activities conducted in the United States.

These mines have left a toxic legacy on the land and local tribal communities. Nearly one in five uranium mines is located within 6 miles of a Native American reservation, and more than three quarters of them are situated within 50 miles of a reservation.

On the Navajo Nation alone, estimates suggest that there have been more than 1,000 uranium mines since modern extraction methods began. More than 500 of these mines have been abandoned and remain in need of cleanup.

This is the real legacy of uranium mining in the Southwest : Today, women and newborn babies exhibit higher levels of uranium in their bodies than people in other parts of the country. More than a quarter of Navajo Nation residents participating in one study recently tested positive for high levels of uranium.^[1]

Enough is enough is enough. President Biden can use his authority under the Antiquities Act to save the Grand Canyon from uranium mining once and for all.

Send a direct message to the president calling for the establishment of the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument to protect the cultural, archaeological, and sacred sites of ancestral importance to Indigenous peoples and tribes now.

CONTACT THE PRESIDENT

Despite a 20-year uranium mining moratorium established in 2012, as recently as 2020 Donald Trump’s administration proposed spending $1.5 billion to prop up the country’s nuclear fuel industry, emboldening Canada-based Energy Fuels Inc. to take steps toward boosting operations at dormant uranium mines outside Grand Canyon National Park.

Now as MAGA Republicans are seeking to establish increased supplies of domestic stockpiles of rare earth minerals once again, we have to step up to protect Mother Earth, our rights, and our people.

Don’t sit this fight out. Take action. Take just a moment to sign and send your message to President Biden now.

We can save the Grand Canyon and protect the Colorado River -- including the clean water it provides to 40 million people and 1.8 million acres of land used to grow crops and raise livestock in seven states -- but only if we demand action now.

Hawwih (“thank you” in Caddo) for joining the fight today.

Judith Le Blanc (Caddo)
Executive Director

DONATE TODAY

^{[1] US official: Research finds uranium in Navajo women, babies}

U.S (VOCAL NEW YORK) : VOCAL-NY Guide to Your Week !

NYC Upcoming Events.

Wednesday, May 3 @ 6:00 PM: Phone Banking for #CareNotCuts : Join us and The People's Plan coalition for an evening of phone banking. We'll be calling constituents in local districts and asking them to call their councilmember to hold the line against the Mayor who continues to threaten cuts to essential services that help our communities in New York on a daily basis : housing, healthcare, mental health care, childcare and schools— all while our Mayor is pushing to dump more money into wasteful and harmful entities like the NYPD and DOC.

Where : In person at VOCAL's office (300 Douglass St in Brooklyn) or online via zoom. RSVP here to join us!

Thursday, May 4 @ 5:00 PM: PLU Town Hall Assembly : HASA will be in the CASA ! HASA senior executive team will be joining in-person/via hybrid to engage directly with PLU members, leaders and HASA residents to answer questions, share updates and hear the PLU Union's (HASA residents) list of demands.

Where : The People’s Forum, 320 W. 37th Street Contact : kipp@vocal-ny.org 917-861-5697 RSVP here to join us!

Thursday, May 4 @ 6:30 PM: The Notorious and True History of NYC's Finest: Panel Discussion - Join PROP for the release of our new report that documents the racist history of the NYPD going back almost 200 years to the founding of New York's first modern police force. Where : St. Mary's Church - 521 W. 126th Street. Trains : 1, A,B,C,D to 125th Street. Contact : keli@vocal-ny.org, 929-363-4713 RSVP here to join us!

Week in Review

This week VOCAL-NY continued to stand in support of Kawaski Trawick and demand the firing of the officers who killed him. VOCAL-NY joined allies to rally against CitiBank for Climate Justice on Monday. VOCAL-NY went up to Albany Tuesday for End Qualified Immunity Advocacy Day to demand safety and accountability.

Are You Eligible for the NYC Bail Settlement ?

A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit that claims the City of New York violated the law when it delayed releasing people after their bail was paid. This means that anyone who was released on bail (whether cash bail, bail bond, partially secured bond, or any form of payment the New York Department of Corrections accepts for payment of bail) from Rikers or any NYC jail between October 4, 2014 and October 21, 2022 may be entitled to $3,500 or more. In order to receive payment, eligible individuals must submit a simple claim before June 6, 2023.

Follow this link to find out your eligibility and start the claim process online.