On Love and Revolution Radio, we seek out real people and real stories about the heart of change. This week, we speak with Sandy Lyon of Northern Wisconsin about thirty years of nonviolent organizing that has asserted treaty rights, stopped mines, and driven out a US naval base. We'll be asking about the role of love, community, and the community radio station in creating a culture of creative, bold change.
To learn more and connect:
www.honorearth.org
Books and Resources Mentioned:
"Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer
"Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn
Community Rights and Thomas Linzey with the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) http://celdf.org/
Learn more about the Northern Wisconsin Treaty Rights Struggles:
https://www.opendemocracy.net/tom-hhastings/anishinabe-and-unsung-nonviolent-victory-in-late-twentieth-century-wisconsin
Know Your Nonviolent History: The Bread and Roses Strike of 1912
Learn more at: http://www.riverasun.com/bread-and-roses-strike-begins-jan-11-12-1912/
Music by:
"Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.org
"Turn up your heart" by Jenny Bird www.jennybird.com
About your co-hosts:
Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/
Rivera Sun is a novelist, and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/