VIDEO: Indigenous Resistance In An Extraction State
Greg Harman Marisol Cortez writes this week about various ways people can help the Carrizo-Comecrudo Tribe of Texas (Esto’k Gna) resist the construction of the border wall in the Rio […]
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Stopping Bolsonaro’s Genocidal Policies Targeting Brazil’s Native Peoples
It is official. On the first of the year, Jair Bolsonaro, was inaugurated as the 38th President of Brazil. One of his first official acts as a newly inaugurated president was doing away with demarcation of indigenous territories in Brazil. All of us living on this planet should be fearful of this act.
Standing with Migrants Means Putting Bodies on the Line
Pedro Rios / Peace Voice On December 10, I stood at the U.S.-Mexico border alongside hundreds of faith leaders to protest the cruel and unjust treatment of migrants and the […]
Children Still Being Seized on the Border
Immigration lawyers say border agents are again removing children from their parents. The explanation? They’re protecting kids from criminal dads and moms. Immigration advocates say it’s zero tolerance by […]
Karnes Immigrants Forced to Breathe Fracking Fumes
‘The prisoners have no choice but to inhale the toxic fumes coming from these sites.’ Jeremy Deaton Karnes County was once one of the poorest counties in Texas, but a few […]
For Immigrant Children: Ghost Trains to Tent City
In Dead of Night, Trump Administration Transferring Children to Tent Camp With No Schooling and Limited Legal Services Jake Johnson With detention facilities overflowing due to President Donald Trump’s monstrous […]
San Antonio: Rise for Climate on Saturday!
On September 8, San Antonians will join thousands of rallies being held in cities and towns around the world to demand our leaders commit to building a fossil free world […]
Mayor Backs #OccupyICE Call for SA Police to Stand Down
This morning, San Antonio’s SAPD stopped by the #OccupyICE camp outside a Northside US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and warned of imminent arrest for the protestors. Then they drove […]
ICE Attack: How to Support Family Reunification
Local, state, and federal officials in San Antonio spoke out last night against the punitive federal practice of separating asylum-seeking families at the U.S.-Mexico border. They were joined in front […]
For Rohingya Refugees, a ‘Frenzy of Sexual Violence’
In ‘silent anguish,’ thousands of women fear community stigma as births begin to spike. Late last year, as violent repression in Myanmar sent Rohingyas fleeing to safety in Bangladesh, women […]
VIDEO: César E. Chávez March for Justice in San Antonio
¡ADELANTE! Videos from yesterday’s César E. Chávez March for Justice in San Antonio. Greg Harman Lining up for the march begins around minute 7:30 in clip one below. Other markers […]
Beyond DACA: Toward a Native Understanding of Nationhood
Last week, Deceleration ran an article by Bettie Lyons of the American Indian Law Alliance calling on people of conscience to understand DACA from an Indigenous People’s perspective. To delve more deeply […]
MOVE U: Immigration
With Refuge And Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), Texas Organizing Project, and Mi Familia Vota, MOVE San Antonio is proud to host on March 19th from 2-3PM. […]
VIDEO: International Women’s Day, San Antonio
Start-to-finish livestream from today’s International Women’s Day March in San Antonio, Texas. Greg Harman Deceleration was proud to march today with newly minted and seasoned activists alike in the streets […]
‘Fake News’ Got you Down? Try Not Thinking
Cristina Orsini In 2017, the term “fake news” was used 365 percent more often than in 2016, earning the award for “Word of the Year” by the Collins Dictionary. Yet, […]
On the Border: Deaths Rising as Migration Falls by Nearly Half
The number of migrants who died crossing the United States-Mexico border in 2017 remained high, despite a 44 per cent decrease in border apprehensions reported by the US Border Patrol […]
World Denounces Trump’s Racist Insults
“This is not just a story about vulgar language, it’s about opening up humanity’s worst side.” Julia Conley / Common Dreams Leaders from around the world expressed disgust and outrage […]
Kairos Seeking Equity Fellows for Paid ‘Civic Tech’ Training
The Spring 2018 Kairos Fellowship Equity Cohort is an eight month paid on-the-job training program for emerging leaders of color in the field of civic technology. Kairos, an ancient Greek […]