January 31
Muharram (Islamic New Year)
1876
The U.S. government ordered that all Native Americans must move to reservations by this date or be declared hostile. Most Sioux do not even hear of the ultimatum until after the deadline.
Sitting Bull: One of several chiefs who refused to comply
Last week a Salt Lake Tribune reporter called Tom and interviewed him on his stance on the Iraq War for an article he was doing on religious communities in Utah and their views on war.
Yesterday’s Salt Lake Tribune ran the article,Utahns and the War: A religious divide. Tom is quoted in the article (see excerpt below).
The reporter discovered, through his inquiries to people of different faiths and the results of a Tribune poll, that Mormons were fairly unified in their support of the President, event though the LDS church has not taken an official stance on the Iraq War.
The poll surveyed attitudes on issues ranging from the teaching of evolution in public schools to the prohibition of gay student support clubs to the banning of smoking in nightclubs. But no issue separated Utah’s Mormons and non-Mormons more than the war.
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This week’s Carnival of the Carnival of the Green is hosted by Urban Eco, a site dedicated to educating urbanites about sustainable living.
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Check Legislative Updates at Equality Utah
Articles in local papers from this weekend:
Salt Lake Tribune
Legislature schedule
Environmental suits may need bond
Prompted by Legacy: Bills would provide relief against litigation designed to interrupt construction
Proposal sets off debate on parental rights
Charter school funding tight: State’s not keeping pace with migrating students
No-fault apologies proposed for docs
Doctors’ mistakes: Utah families divided over a bill that would prevent use of such statements in suits
Deseret News
Cuts may affect more than groceries
‘Sideshow’ bills run gamut
Plan would disinherit murderers:Loophole currently lets killers make estate claim
Special interests are busy donating
Active duty a financial boost: Study shows most reservists earn more than as civilians
Bills could restrict information access
Pawnshop bill would help owners: Measure to ease requirements for selling merchandise
Cities could be blocked from regulating home aesthetics
GOP looks at plan to cut legislative retirement
Legislation cracks down on parents of truant kids
Awhile back I created a page specifically on The Green Party of Utah(left side bar), including links to information on the 2004 split.
Nationally and locally there are folks who are boycotting one of the split groups or another….or both. Nationally and locally there are folks who continue to attack one side or the other…..or both. Nationally and locally there are folks who continue to analyze that situation (the split). I understand the need to do this, to complete and analysis to provide information and to eventually come to possible personal closure on this issue.
I also feel, for myself, that the issue, while still effecting some aspects of the Green Party in Utah, is in the past, both groups have moved on and enough is enough.
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January 30
1948
Gandhi Assassinated, New Delhi.
1956
As Martin Luther King, Jr. stood at the pulpit, leading a mass meeting during the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott, his home was bombed.
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For some months now I have listed David Rovics’ Songs of Social Signifance in my The Arts of Activism section (linked from the left sidebar of my blog).
Just today I discoverd David Rovics’ LJ Blog! And the big news is that David is a new father! Congratulations, David and Nathalie!
I recently have become more involved in projects at the national level of the Green Party of the United States.
I am up for election as one of three Forum Managers. Per the passed proposal #186: Listserv Protocol for Delegates Discussion and Votes Lists, there are to be three Forum Managers elected to facilitate the implementation of the List Guidelines. There are three of us listed in the proposal and one alternate. We represent Florida, Indiana, Rhode Island, and Utah. The vote will take place February 6-12.
The four of us together have been developing a “handbook” and have been discussing further clarification of some of the policy.
The other project I have been involved in which I have posted about in this blog previously, is the GPUS Eco Action Committee. (Description of the committee can be found on the GPUS voting results page)We had our first conference call a couple of weeks ago and had a very productive meeting. Along with some other projects, we are tentatively planning to prepare reports and a workshop at the National GPUS Committee Meeting in July. The members of this committee represent the states of Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Utah.
There are a lot of positive things going on at the national level and it is exciting and educating to be part of these projects and to be working with some very dedicated and knowledgeable people.
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January 29
Chinese New Year (Year of the Dog)
1996
Four Ploughshares activists cause millions in damage and are arrested in Warton, England for disarming a British Aerospace F-16 fighter jet destined to be sold to Indonesia for use in its illegal occupation and genocide of East Timor. Tge four were later acquitted of all charges on the grounds of preventing a greater crime.
Seeds of Hope/East Timor Ploughshares activists
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