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• On March 5, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Latakia region in the past 24 hours
• On March 4, US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A Milley made an unexpected visit to a US base in northeast Syria
• On March 4, Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar and Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad talked over a phone call, emphasizing the return of diplomatic relations between the two countries to their normal track
• On March 5, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SAA positions in Ziyara
• President Vladimir Putin submitted an agreement with Syria on the extradition of criminals to the Russian State Duma for ratification. The agreement is set to enhance effectiveness of cooperation between Russia and Syria in fighting crime

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• Military Situation In Syria On March 4, 2023 (Map Update)
• Military Situation In Syria On March 2, 2023 (Map Update)
• Military Situation In Syria On March 1, 2023 (Map Update)

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• The Stop Higher Education Espionage and Theft Act of 2023, H.R. 1146, introduced by U.S. Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA), would direct the FBI to designate foreign intelligence threats to higher education in America and would empower the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security to initiate removal proceedings against agents of such operations.
• Rep. Steel said, This legislation will ensure any bad actors seeking to infiltrate academia to influence our youth and spy on sensitive research projects are quickly and decisively expelled.
•  If enacted, H.R. 1146 also would improve transparency by requiring disclosure of foreign gifts and contracts at institutions of higher education. Read More

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Recent mass protests in Israel against controversial, undemocratic judicial reforms have raised concerns about the potential for domestic civil clashes which threaten the fundamental stability of the Jewish state. As tens of thousands of Israelis rallied in protests against their governments judicial reform plan, the Israeli army conducted a major security operation in Nablus on 22 February, []

The glib talk of people dying for no good cause, but rather only for a clique of clowns and their imperial circus, is the ultimate sick joke. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky sparked indignation and outrage this week with his grim warning that Americas sons and daughters will end up fighting and dying if Russia is []

In January, Salvadoran newspaper El Faro revealed that the countrys police have purchased three Israeli surveillance tools. Through the approximately $2.2 million contract, El Salavadors police acquired the Wave Guard Tracer, from Wave Guard Technologies, designed to trace calls, text, and data, the GEOLOC system sold by an unknown Israeli firm, which intercepts signals between SIM cards []

• A quarterly threat report released by Meta said Russian disinformation campaigns have become less successful on Facebook.
• Meta attributed this to new measures the company implemented at the beginning of the war limiting the reach of Russian state-sponsored media.
• The report indicated that Russian state media outlets have been turning more to alternative platforms like Telegram and their own websites to spread their propaganda. Read More

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MARCH 2ND, 2023 Source Rarely does the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations make an official remark expressing happiness over any U.N. proceeding concerning the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Indeed, the Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour is very happy that there was a very strong united message from the Security Council against the illegal, unilateral measure undertaken by []

• At least a dozen Colorado districts went on temporary lockdown or secure mode after receiving a spate of phone threats from unidentified sources.
• The measures were lifted after police determined the threats were unfounded. Read More

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Free West Media | March 5, 2023

More than 2,500 farmers from Belgiums Dutch-speaking Flanders region gathered at Brussels central Arts-Loi street and blocked roads with tractors toward Brussels to protest the regional governments plan to limit nitrogen emissions.

The European Commission did not release funds to farmers in the region under the EUs Common Agricultural Policy because it did not find the regional governments reduction measures sufficient.

The angry farmers protested against the Flanders regional governments plan to limit nitrogen emissions by 2025, carrying banners that read: No farmers, no food and no future.

Repeating the nitrogen hoax

If Flemish environment minister Zuhal Demir (N-VA) gets her green-extremist way, hundreds of farms will have to close down.

Last year, 44 per cent more farmers already reported being in trouble. Minister Demir currently refuses as many as 9 out of 10 licences for farmers.

Farmers have been investing in solutions for years and are now faced with a government that says its never enough!. They therefore want the nitrogen agreement to be immediately consigned to the dustbin.

Nobel Laureate Dr. Kary Mullis assessment of the current state of climate science was that its a joke. There is no published empirical scientific evidence that any CO2, whether natural or man-made, causes warming in the troposphere. Yet nitrogen emissions are linked to this.

Politicians from the Flemish nationalist party Vlaams Belang joined in the demonstration.

• Police identified a suspect in a shooting threat at Roy High School in Roy, Utah.
• Police said they were notified of a social media post circulating that said a shooting would occur at the school on Monday (Feb. 27). Read More

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• A 12-year-old Woodbridge, Va., girl was arrested and charged after police say she made threats toward Lake Ridge Middle School on Snapchat.
• Investigators determined the threat to the school was not credible. No injuries were reported.
• The girl is charged with threats of death or bodily injury and is being held at the juvenile detention center. Read More

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• Eugene Thompson, 19, of Montgomery County, Md., was indicted on hate crime and robbery charges.
• Thompson allegedly knocked a victim unconscious and stole his keys at a Gaithersburg, Md., grocery store.
• According to the charging documents, Thompson put up his hands in a fighting stance and shouted, Lets go, fng Jew. Read More

The post Man Charged With Hate Crime for Grocery Store Assault appeared first on The Clarion Project.

• Tevin Grant, 28, of Dania Beach, Fla., was arrested after being caught on camera attacking a bicyclist and calling him an antisemitic slur.
• Grant was booked into jail and faces one count of aggravated assault. Read More

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Tunisia: Protesters defy ban to rally against President Saied

By Sergey Lebedev Sputnik 05.03.2023

Countries could not reach an agreement on the treatys content for more than ten years because there was no unanimity on how the ocean resources should be shared out.

Representatives of more than 100 countries have signed The High Seas Treaty after ten years of negotiations.

The agreement was reached on March 3 at the UN Headquarters in New York City. The latest round of negotiations lasted 38 hours.

According to the document, 30% of the worlds oceans will now become a protected area by 2030, bringing in serious restrictions on their use, possibly including a complete ban on fishing and exploration activities like deep sea mining.

The International Seabed Authority will make sure that any future activity in the deep seabed will be subject to strict environmental regulations and oversight to ensure that they are carried out sustainably and responsibly.

The previous international agreement on the protection of the oceans was signed in 1982 the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. It introduced the concept of high seas international waters, where all countries have the right to engage in fishing, navigation and research activities. Only 1.2% of these waters are protected internationally.

It took decades of talks to agree on a new treaty because of contradictions between the states.

Wealthier countries now have the capacity and funds to explore the deep ocean, but poorer countries would like to see discovered resources shared equally.

According to Robert Blasiak, an ocean researcher at Stockholm University, the problem is that no one can estimate the cost of resources that can be extracted from the ocean, therefore, it is not clear how they can be divided.

If you imagine a big, high-definition, widescreen TV, and if only like three or four of the pixels on that giant screen are working, thats our knowledge of the deep ocean. So weve recorded about 230,000 species in the ocean, but its estimated that there are over two million, he reportedly said.

Background: Energy abundance of methane hydrates now off limits.

• According to police, Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, the suspected gunman accused of killing five people at an LGBT nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., ran a neo-Nazi website and used gay and racial slurs while gaming online.
• Aldrich, who identifies as nonbinary and uses the pronouns they and them, administered the obscure website called freespeech2.ru that included what has been described as a neo-Nazi white supremacist shooting training video glorifying mass shootings.
• Aldrich faces hate crime charges in addition to other charges, including murder and attempted murder. Read More

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• Russian forces destroyed 2 ammo depots of the AFU near Zaporozhye with high-precision missiles
• Russian forces destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Avdiivka with high-precision missiles
• Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Kupyansk
• Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova
• Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Mariinka
• Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Ugledar
• Clashes between Russian forces and the AFU continue in Bakhmut
• Russian air defense systems shot down 12 Ukrainian drones near Berestovoye in the Kharkov region, Pologi in the Zaporozhye region, Yelenovka, Kremenets, Spartak, Nikolskoye, Yevgenovka, Ivanovka in the DPR, Kremennaya, Petrovskoye, and Zaliman
• Russian air defense systems shot down 6 HIMARS and Smerch projectiles in the DPR and LPR

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• Military Situation In Ukraine On March 4, 2023 (Map Update)
• Military Situation In Bakhmut On March 4, 2023 (Map Update)

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• Antisemitic protesters from the Goyim Defense League (GDL) harassed Jewish people at the entrance of the Chabad House in Orlando, Fla.
• The GDL frequently engages in antisemitic stunts to troll and harass Jews, including showing up at Jewish events in a van marked with swastikas and shouting profanities.
• The GDL had recently moved its headquarters to Florida from Californias Bay Area. Read More

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Last week's post on Moon of Alabama: Feb 27 - Edward Snowdon Signs On To Distribute U.S. Gov Propaganda Feb 28 - The Context Of The New Anti-China Campaign Related: - Lab-Leak Intelligence Reports Arent Scientific Conclusions - Scientific America...

• Neo-Nazis protested outside the first preview of Parade on Broadway, chanting, holding antisemitic banners and passing out false information about the shows subject.
• The protesters held signs referring to the National Socialist Movement, one of the largest neo-Nazi groups in the U.S.
• The play is about the trial and lynching of Jewish man in Atlanta in 1915. Read More

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In a video released on 4 March 2023, Yevgeny Prigojine threatens to withdraw the Wagner Group from the Russian front in Bakhmut. The Wagner Group is a Russian private military company.

Israel air force reservists refuse to train in protest against judicial reforms

Edward curtin On the short roof outside the bedroom window, two black vultures sit, staring in.  They have come to remind me of something.  I put my book down and peer back at these strange looking creatures. The book: Our War: What We Did in Vietnam And What It Did to Us by David Harris.  I had

Larry Romanoff The Unz Review Feb 18, 2023

The best way to forget history is to rewrite it. And in the rewriting, to carefully delete references to any historical events or circumstances we find uncomfortable. Thus, American history books are totally silent on the matter of these white slaves, mostly of European stock with a great number of Irish, but also English and Scottish, who were kidnapped or otherwise forcibly deported to the US as slave labor. In fact, an examination of available documentation indicates that white slavery in the Americas was a much more extensive operation than was black slavery, and the numbers may be severely under-estimated.[1]

Several authors have claimed, and I have seen reports that appear credible, that white slaves in America outnumbered the black. In his book, They Were White and They Were Slaves,[2]

Michael Hoffman wrote, Negro slavery was efficiently established in colonial America because Black slaves were governed, organized and controlled by the structures and organization that were first used to enslave and control Whites. Black slaves were late-comers fitted into a system already developed.

The new nation had a need for cheap labor since the settlers were in the process of exterminating the inhabitants of a large country and taking possession of the lands, but lacked the workers to develop it. These white slaves were more important than the blacks, in both number and economic advantage. One white slave owner, Virginia planter John Pory, stated that white (not black) slaves were the nations principal wealth. It was due in large part to the overwhelming majority of white slaves that America built its foundations of wealth, since slavery was exclusively a matter of economics and profit. American capitalism was viciously predatory from the days of its birth. One eyewitness to the mass kidnapping of poor Whites estimated that from his personal knowledge alone, at least 10,000 were sold into slavery every year from throughout Great Britain for perhaps two centuries.

American history texts make reference to what is called indentured servitude, as a kind of benignly paternalistic system whereby colonial immigrants spent a few years working off their passage and went on to better things. The myth is that overseas passage was expensive and British and European civilians willingly signed indentures requiring them to work for a few years to pay off the cost of their passage, after which time they would be given land and their freedom to pursue a glorious future in the New World. But it was no such thing. There may indeed have been a few such indentured persons fitting this description, but they were a minuscule......

Leo Hohmann leohohmann.com March 3, 2023

Americans love shiny and new technology. Some of us worship it almost like a god.

But we should have learned by now that when the glamor of the gadget wears off, it can turn on you in an instant. Suddenly you realize, you are a slave.

Residents of a county near Denver, Colorado, found this out the hard way last summer when a voluntary Smart Thermostat program they were enrolled in to help conserve energy suddenly became not so voluntary. During the hottest days of the summer, they found themselves locked out of their own thermostats, which set themselves at a temperature preferred by the state and the utility company, not the occupants of the house.

A/C locked remotely due to emergency pic.twitter.com/H56G2EA9rz

Mr Smith (@WestwoodParking) September 2, 2022

The same trendlines are in place for appliances, automobiles, laptops, cellphones, and pretty much every consumer product. Have you noticed that with each new model, more control over the products operation is ceded to the manufacturer while less control is retained by the owner? This invokes the warning of Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum which ominously predicted the future will be one in which: You will own nothing, you will have no privacy, and learn to like it. Yes, you may have the title or the receipt showing you purchased the item in part or in full, but do you really own it?

In yet another a glimpse of this dystopian future that global technocrats have in store for us, Ford Motor Company filed a U.S. patent application recently that shows autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles could soon be able to repossess themselves if their owners miss lease or loan payments.

Zero Hedge writes:

The idea of self-driving cars repossessing themselves might sound dystopian, but it is not surprising that automakers are considering this technology to ensure payment. Repossession is a common practice, and as weve described recently, cracks are beginning to form in the subprime auto loan market.

The patent, titled Systems and Methods to Repossess a Vehicle, e...

HenryMakow.com March 4, 2023

The whole point of feminism was depopulation. Women were to have careers not families. However women were designed for babies. Now their lives have no purpose.

Remember when little girls used to play with dolls?

Remember when they pushed them in baby carriages?

Remember when society loved and valued children?

Instead of corrupting and exploiting them?

Remember when we had a future?

Why do 30% of girls want to die?

by Patrice Lewis (henrymakow.com)

When I was a young woman (early 80s), modern feminism was on the ascendance. We were strong, we were invincible, we could look forward to careers, we were competing with men in the workplace.

Above all and this was critically important we insisted on being regarded for our brains, not our bodies. Gone were the days when women were viewed as irrational, emotional creatures unable to withstand the stresses of the workplace. We had transcended our lady parts and emerged as purely intellectual creatures.

Or so the theory went.

In practice, of course, things didnt go quite that smoothly. Those women who truly were career-minded settled into their vocations and clawed their way to the top. Those who were less competent and presumably unable to compete with men in their chosen fields became radical feminists raging against the unfairness of the patriarchy.

Crucially, these radical feminists found the one place they could dominate: education. (Whats the old line? Those who can, do. Those who cant, teach.) Whether in K-12 or at the university level, these ladies found themselves in the enviable position of indoctrinating the next generation of children and young adults into their unorthodox theories.

Having been in charge of education for the last several decades, the fruit of their radical teaching is now becoming apparent. According to CDC data from 2021, almost 6 out of 10 girls felt persistently sad or hopeless, the highest numbers ever recorded. And it gets worse. Consider this tragic column by Auguste Meyrat: ...

Introduction March 5, 2023

What was probably clear to most regular visitors to this website is now becoming more apparent to the general public.

The idea that in 2020-2022 we faced a life-threatening pandemic, promoted by most politicians and the media, was entirely unfounded. In short, Covid-19 was a con.

While real, Coronavirus was simply a variant of the cold and flu virus that appears every few years. Like those viruses it could be deadly, particularly for the old and vulnerable. However, it was no more deadly than the H2N2 pandemic was took hold from 1957-58 and is estimated to have accounted for 1.1 million deaths worldwide. Or the 1919 Spanish Flu which was estimated to have accounted for many millions of deaths globally.

As a result of the measures used to contain the most recent pandemic jobs were lost, businesses closed and some lives were ruined. So as it becomes more apparent that governments around the world worked hand-in-hand with the media to promote a false narrative they now have to cover their tracks and offer up a fall guy.

In Britain, that fall guy conveniently takes the form of Matt Hancock. So now the media that once breathlessly warned us about the life-threatening dangers posed by Covid and its variants are offering the former Health Minister as a token sacrifice. No doubt, hoping that it will distract us from contemplating the broader damage their lies over Covi-19 wrought. Ed.

Matt Hancock leaks lead to cover-up fears over eat out to help out scheme

Jon Ungoed-Thomas The Guardian March 5, 2023

Health Minister Matt Hancock (right), with his REAL boss Bill Gates. Click to enlarge

Rishi Sunak faces calls for an inquiry into whether Treasury officials buried or ignored evidence that his 849m eat out to help out scheme fuelled the spread of the pandemic.

Officials dismissed a Warwick University study in October 2020 that said Sunaks initiative ma...

Chris Menahan Information Liberation March 3, 2023

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With Russia winning battle after battle in Ukraine, Estonias Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu is now floating arming Volodymyr Zelensky with nuclear weapons to use against Russia.

From Newsweek, Only NATO or Nukes Can Save Ukraine From Russia: Estonia Foreign Minister:

Estonias foreign minister urged NATO allies not to exclude Ukraine from the transnational alliance in exchange for peace with Russia, warning that doing so would strand Ukraine in a grey zone in which its only means of deterring further aggression from Moscow would be increasingly devastating weapons.

Urmas Reinsalu told Newsweek that the NATO alliance cannot ignore Kyivs accession ambitionswhich he said remains the elephant in the roomwhile Russian revanchism poses a threat to Ukraine.

National leaders and NATO officials have defended the alliances open door policy, refusing Russian demands to exclude Ukraine and repeatedly assuring Kyiv that it will one day be welcomed into the transatlantic bloc, though stressing accession should be a long-term goal.

Reinsalu, now in his second stint as Estonias foreign minister, told Newsweek that NATOs commitment to its open door policy and eventual Ukrainian membership is far from being enough.

If we say that we would not in practice see Ukraine as a member of NATO after this war, it would mean that we are afraidor predict thatRussia will attack again and then NATO countries will be involved in a world war, or at least a war over the European continent, Reinsalu said.

This is already admitting that large-scale war will repeat itself. And this is something that I think is very dangerous from our perspective, that we are already admitting that we have not tamed [the danger], or we dont know the outcome of the current war.

Diane L. Gruber Liberty Sentinel March 3, 2023

Washingtons Democrat Attorney General, Bob Ferguson, wants to be governor.  He thinks the best way to accomplish his goal is to build gulags & psych hospitals, much like in Soviet Russia, and populate them with Christians, Conservatives and Republicans.  If House Bill 1333 passes and Democrat Governor Jay Inslee signs it (he will), Fergusons office will have the power to arrest and/or civilly commit anyone for uttering wrong facts.  This is a terrifying plan to redefine domestic terrorism to punish conservative speech.

Ferguson seems especially afraid of older Americans because they have more knowledge of and respect for the Bill of Rights THAT EXISTS IN NO OTHER COUNTRY ON EARTH: What can we do to prevent the radicalization of folks who are a bit older, in their 40s, their 50s, their 60s?  And help them to get out of that if they are radicalized.  He mentioned forced counseling.

COMPLAIN ABOUT THE DMV, WIND UP IN PRISON OR PSYCH WARD

The AG defines domestic violence extremism as much more than real, blood-in-the-streets violence.  Ferguson includes online disinformation and anti-government ideologies as examples of the domestic violence extremism they want to criminalize.  Actually, street violence is acceptable under this bill, so long as it is committed by thugs pushing a Marxist agenda.

Fergusons office claims conservative views, or anything he deems as misinformation, are examples of domestic extremism.  He also wants to "https://dianelgruber.substack.com/p/american-goebbels-alejandro-border"> Bidens Ministry of Truth to fund journalists to push his political agenda.   [Oregon has pending legislation to pay newspapers for pushing left-wing propaganda.]

HB 1333 would create a Domestic Violent Extremism Commission in the AGs office, staffed only with Democrats, Liberals, Progressives, Socialists, Communists and Marxists. The members will recommend legislative solutions to combat disinformation and misinformation, address early signs of radicalization, and develop a public health-style response.

Of course, if free thinking were a public health issue, it would be housed in the Department of Health, not in the Attorney Generals office.  The commissions comprehensive report will evaluate current laws and tools to ta...

Al Mayadeen.net March 4, 2023

A shift to a wartime economy model in the EU has become imminent according to the Commissioner for Internal Market of the European Union Thierry Breton, who argued that the European defense industry must shift to a wartime economy model to cater for our defense production needs.

Breton explained that with the support of EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, the two were determined to support the production ramp-up of the European defense industry to face the realities of a high-intensity conflict starting with the question of ammunition.

According to Foreign Policy, Brenton and Borell have been working on a plan to use 500mn of EU money to expand arms production by financing factory expansion, eliminating supply bottlenecks and placing big orders to stimulate investment.

It was also noted that several EU members remain skeptical of Brentons suggestions. One of the primary questions asked by the skeptics is How are we going to pay for this?

War in Ukraine cost Germany $106.7bln in 2022

The President of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) Marcel Fratzscher said earlier in February that since the start of the war in Ukraine, Germany has lost over $106.7 billion.

In an interview, Fratzscher told the Rheinische Post that the Ukraine war and the associated explosion in energy prices cost Germany almost 2.5 percent, or 100 billion euros in economic output in 2022, adding that costs will continue to accumulate in the coming years.

Germany, according to Fratzscher, has been more severely impacted by the economic crisis because it is extremely dependent on exports and global supply chains.

Berlin also has a significant share of an energy-intensive industry that depends on increasing energy costs.

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On the afternoon of February 26^th two Israeli brothers Hallel Yaniv, 21 and Yagel Yaniv, 19 from Har Bracha were shot dead in their car in a shooting attack in the town of Huwara, south of Nablus.

Later that evening scores of Israeli citizens descended on Huwara and carried out a vigilante rampage that included numerous cases of arson. One Palestinian man was shot dead in unclear circumstances.

The following day, February 27^th, terrorists carried out three drive-by shooting attacks on Route 90 in the Jordan Rift Valley, one of which resulted in the murder of Elan Ganeles, an Israeli-American visiting Israel to attend a wedding.

How did the BBC News website cover those three incidents?

The website did not produce any stand-alone reporting on the terror attack in Huwara in which the two brothers were killed. The first mention of those murders came in a report by the BBC Jerusalem bureaus Yolande Knell about the same days Aqaba summit which was published on the evening of February 26^th under the title Israel and Palestinians pledge to reduce violence....

<figure><img alt="" class="u-photo" src= "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2023/03/02/header.jpg"></figure> <p>In the following text, participants in the movement to defend Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta, Georgia describe some of the values that animate this struggle. For background on the movement, start <a href= "https://crimethinc.com/2023/02/22/the-forest-in-the-city-two-years-of-forest-defense-in-atlanta-georgia"> here</a>.</p> <hr> <p>This is a collection of short essays reflecting on the abundance that exists in our communities and in the more-than-human world, and how we not only can practice gratitude for this abundance but embody it as a way of approaching the world.</p> <p>We dedicate this work to our friend, Tortuguita, who was part of these conversations. Georgia State Troopers killed Tortuguita on January 18, 2023 at the forest they loved so dearly. This piece is for them and for all past, present, and future Warriors defending and loving the Sacred Web of Abundance everywhere.</p> <p>With profound love and admiration,<br> The <a href="mailto:weelauneewebcollective@proton.me">Weelaunee Web Collective</a>: Abundia, Jesse, Jordan, & Mara

Introduction

The threads of our lives have been slowly woven together through meals cooked communally, organizing meetings, bonfires and late conversations, foraging, harvesting, taking care of each other, and, lately, mourning a fallen comrade and friend. We all came together to protect Weelaunee Forest: the trees, waters, people, and all beings of this land. We came together to Stop Cop City and the violent military occupation of police in our communities, especially the Black and Brown ones, in Atlanta, Georgia. We came together amid COVID, when we felt the loss of closeness with our people, knowing we had to find creative ways of fostering community. We have come together to build the world we want to live in, even as we recognize we are all swimming in the extractive and oppressive systems of colonization, white supremacy, and capitalism, programmed for convenience and quick rewards. We keep coming back together, gathering with each other, to live in the joy and rest and wellness of community care.

The topic of this piece is the Sacred Web of Abundance (SWoA). The larger Sacred Web of Abundance is the sum of the vast, intricate system that sustains all life on this planet. Your Sacred Web of Abundance is the place that you live, the ways in which it sustains you, and the ways in which you sustain it. We are here to be part of this web and invite in others who are on the same land. What we have found is that the Sacred Web of Abundance, with her billions of years of wisdom, is there for us, waiting for our gratitude, delight, offerings, rituals, and ceremonieswaiting to build a relationship with us.</p> <p>These uniqu...