Search Episodes (Genocidal Part One )

Added 01/09/12
0 Views

Only As Equals By Palestinian Poet Remi Kanazi

Added 05/06/11
11 Views

Only As Equals By Palestinian Poet Remi Kanazi

[LESS INFO] 11 VIEWS | ADDED 01:07:59 05/06/11
Palestinian poet Remi Kanazi performs his poem "Only as Equals" at Monkeywrench Books in Austin, Texas on 4/4/11. Remi Kanazi - a poet, writer, and activist based in New York City. Poetic Injustice is the long-awaited release by this Palestinian-American poet and it is a diverse mix of unabashed resistance poems. Laced with searing indictments of occupation, ethnic cleansing, and war, Remi tackles some of the most important issues facing the world today. Remi is also the editor of Poets For Palestine (Al Jisser Group, 2008). His political commentary has been featured by news outlets throughout the world, including Al Jazeera English, GRITtv with Laura Flanders, and BBC Radio. His poetry has taken him across North America, the UK, and the Middle East, and he recently appeared in the Palestine Festival of Literature as well as Poetry International. He is a recurring writer in residence and advisory board member for the Palestine Writing Workshop. Only as Equals: Every time I think of 9/11 I see burning flesh dripping off the bones of Iraqi children in Fallujah Now Gaza I tend to memorialize the forgotten The collateral damage eclipsing our unpunished crimes Maybe it’s because I’m a numbers guy Because if I had a dollar for every time an Iraqi died since 2003  I’d be a millionaire And don’t get me wrong Sometimes I don’t know who I hate more The governments in the West Or the politicians in the East Who sell their souls quicker than the oil they export Straw men who use Palestine as a tool to line their pockets And don’t give a nickel to their people Quisling governments Who stitch mouths shut for a check from Washington and AIPAC How can you be their prototypical anti-Semite If you are signing peace accords to oppress your own people? And then Orientalists and idiots talk about how We can’t have democracy in the Middle East Because of what happened in Gaza A Hamas boogyman wrapped in democratic elections Rahm Emanuel wants to educate me and my people about democracy gone wrong Why doesn’t he try implementing one Israel first? Instead of bowing down to terrorists like his father and the IDF Lauding a third rate, racist, European society that’s imploding quicker Than its moral standing in the world Enlightened like 1950s Afrikaners and slave traders Just because the house is beautiful Doesn’t mean the bones you built it on have fully decomposed The Israeli left is about as alive as Ariel Sharon I’m sick and tired of asking for permission to resist From antiquated leftists and progressives Who care more about keeping it Kosher than moving things forward I put down my pen and waving fist to resist with college kids and Palestinians Boycott and divest! Because who cares about preserving a living when governments are killing civilians Complicity by silence and reserve units bombing Gaza Your academics and scholars, theater groups and practitioners, are part of the problem And if logic doesn’t fit into your long term plan of rejecting My right to return, I’m sorry Maybe one day you’ll return to reality Where my people have babies quicker Than Zionists can concoct Jordanian options I don’t want your sympathy or introspective confessions Won’t sit on my hands till they loose oxygen Like the people of Balata and Rafah Vote for Barack Obama And pretend that his 22 day silence was golden While emaciated children starved to death Surrounded by their parent’s corpses This can’t be America the Beautiful A criminal with a few positive attributes Doesn’t alleviate genocide Bombing Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq Into oblivion doesn’t make you historic It makes you as blind and bloodthirsty As the white men that came before you Apathetic hipsters now excited about a presidentWho broke history, but not poverty, occupation, or corporate interests I’d rather proudly walk through the graveyard of peace accords And failed dialogue sessions Than see my people just as occupied or third class citizens We are the gavel that will slam down like a verdict We are not waiting for Israel or America or the Supreme Court to approve it We’ll boycott Lev Leviev, Caterpillar and your apartheid companies We’re taking back the right of return and the keys to a country Because we never asked you to go back to Europe or sit in open air prisons I’m not asking for your advice, I’m explaining the decision You can stay here, with us, but only as equals It’s not that you’re Israeli, it’s that you’re wrong That’s why I fight for my people! Produced by Jeff Zavala. A ZGraphix Production.http://zgraphix.org

Serj Tankian INTERVIEW Imperfect Harmonies, System of a Down, ...

Added 03/07/11
14 Views

Serj Tankian INTERVIEW Imperfect Harmonies, System of a Down, and Armenia Genocide

[LESS INFO] 14 VIEWS | ADDED 22:38:34 03/07/11
http://causecast.org/music http://axisofjustice.net Serj Tankian (System Of A Down) on the Armenian Genocide, creating the Axis of Justice , and how music can be a powerful tool to let causes be known. FULL TRANSCRIPT: Serj Tankian: "Yes, It's Genocide" is the first song that I've ever written in Armenian, and it's on my new record "Imperfect Harmonies." We started working with the Armenian National Committee of America and the Armenian Youth Federation in trying to use the song as a way of getting attention to the awareness, having to do with the Armenian Genocide. During World War I, the Ottoman Empire, which is the pre-cursor to the government of Turkey today, committed massacre and genocide of 1.5 million Armenians. They also killed Greeks, Assyrians, Jews. It started with the philosophers, the senators, and- kind of the thinkers- being arrested in Istanbul and hung in public format, taken into the army for "work camps," but they weren't work camps, they were just all killed. And then the women and children were put out of their homes within 24-hour notice, pogrom in the desert, through the Deir ez-Zor desert, toward Syria, which was also part of the Ottoman Empire at the time. The hypocrisy of the denial of the Armenian Genocide led me to think, 'if this truth- how can this truth be denied in a known democratic country like ours, and why?' And that realization led me to go, 'how many other truths are there out there?' And that opened my eyes to all sorts of injustices. Axis of Justice, we started Axis of Justice around 2000, Tom Morrello and myself. It was a way of bringing together activists and fans of music and musicians into dealing with the nonprofit world, into dealing with causes and activism. We realized- we started with Ozzfest in 2002, we realized there were all these booths selling merchandise and tattoos and all these things, but there was no one selling knowledge, you know what I mean? So we became an umbrella organization at first for Amnesty and Greenpeace and a number of other NGO's, later on grew into our own organization. There's always something new going on because we don't have one cause, our cause is injustice, you know. Or justice, I should say. Brandon Deroche: What do you attribute your overall awareness to? What path in life I guess you can say, what keeps you there? Serj Tankian: Curiosity. I never thought about that before, so thanks for asking that. But the activism part came from the hypocrisy of the denial of genocide that I learned about that opened my eyes to other things. And sensitivity and compassion opened up from that knowledge of so many injustices, and then the curiosity keeps me kind of on the edge of trying to find out what else is out there. It's an incredibly exciting time where, you know because of the internet and technology, we have so much information at our fingertips, yet what are we doing with that information? We're not asking the 'why?' We know the details, and we take them for granted, because they're available, they're so amply available, but we're not asking why. And that why is very important, why something has come to its fruition. And that's not on Google, believe it or not. Because that requires understanding of the whole issue, not a wikipedia page, you know? Brandon Deroche: We've been working on a campaign, for a continuation of Haiti relief efforts, specifically driven by music, and the goal for that is to kind of take the network that has come together and be able to apply it to Darfur, or homelessness, or any other cause that it's about, and really just people who want to be doing something to create a better world in a sense. Serj Tankian: In the case of Haiti, I think obviously not far from our shores, I think it's very important to carry through with those obligations. Not just raise the money, but make sure that we have organizations that are taking the aid to where it goes, construction where it's necessary, obviously. Construction is a part of it, because the aid is keeping people alive, but if they're all living in shanty-types of getups, than it's really hard to secure their existence with another- whether it's a hurricane or an earthquake or whatever. It's no secret that with the growth of populations and the diminishing of natural resources on the planet, we're kinda looking at a weird graph. In other words, we can't continue to live our lives this way. And sometimes we always say well how can I make a difference, or how can one person make a difference, it's the accumulation of all of our awareness that can definitely make a difference, that's what it really comes down to.

THAT OLD TAM FEELING **updated x3**

Added 06/24/09
1 Views

THAT OLD TAM FEELING updated x3

[LESS INFO] 1 VIEWS | ADDED 15:36:00 06/24/09
A nd that stands for Tian An Men. But you knew that. Image: Wasserman / Boston Globe Iranians had been further threatened with violence today, and it looks like the Ayatollah delivered on it. The free elections movement attempted to gather at Baharestan Square, near the parliament, in late afternoon. Khamenei's forces were out in force. Citizen journalist persiankiwi was in the square, and I take the liberty of taking his series of tweets out of crimped-speak .> Just in from Baherestan Square, the situation today is terrible. They beat the people like animals. I've seen many people with broken arms, legs or head. Blood is everywhere, and pepper gas. It's like war. They were waiting for us, they all have guns and riot uniforms. It was like a mouse trap, people being shot like animals. I saw 7 or 8 militia beating one woman with a baton on the ground. She had no defense, nothing. I'm sure that she is dead. So many people are arrested, young and old. They take people away, we lose our group. People run into alleys, and militia are standing there waiting. From two sides they attack people in the middle of the alleys. All the shops were closed. Nowhere to go, they follow people with helicopters. Smoke and fire is everywhere. An Iranian student, who had been twittering under his own name before things began heating up, stopped broadcasting on Saturday afternoon. His latest entry .> I'm going to sleep a little before joining with the others, please pray for all people of Iran & wish us peace & freedom 5:55 PM Jun 20th from web More from persiankiwi just now as I'm about to post this. I'll give them to you raw (hover your mouse over the icon here for current):> rumour they are tracking high use of phone lines to find internet users - must move from here now - #Iranelection34 minutes ago from web reports of street fighting in Vanak Sq, Tajrish sq, Azadi Sq - now - #Iranelection - Sea of Green - Allah Akbar29 minutes ago from web in Baharestan we saw militia with axe choping ppl like meat - blood everywhere - like butcher - Allah Akbar - #Iranelection RT RT RT27 minutes ago from web they catch ppl with mobile - so many killed today - so many injured - Allah Akbar - they take one of us - #Iranelection25 minutes ago from web Lalezar Sq is same as Baharestan - unbelevable - ppls murdered everywhere - #Iranelection24 minutes ago from web they pull away the dead into trucks - like factory - no human can do this - we beg Allah for save us - #Iranelection20 minutes ago from web Everybody is under arrest & cant move - Mousavi - Karroubi even rumour Khatami is in house guard - #Iranelection -15 minutes ago from web we must go - dont know when we can get internet - they take 1 of us, they will torture and get names - now we must move fast - #Iranelection9 minutes ago from web thank you ppls 4 supporting Sea of Green - pls remember always our martyrs - Allah Akbar - Allah Akbar - Allah Akbar #Iranelection6 minutes ago from web *UPDATE*: (23:30) Embedded video from CNN Video *UPDATE-2*: (01:40) CNN is playing around with the videos %mdash when I posted that at 11:30 pm, it was four minutes long. They cut off the most gripping descriptions of the carnage and her heart-rending pleas for help, right after she tells of the large mob emerging from a mosque to beat people. They trimmed it down to the first minute. I'll leave it up there in case the following YouTube version doesn't stay up. This is the full segment. It's in a wide format and I can't make it any smaller, so if your browser window is too narrow and it doesn't appear directly below, scroll down past the end of the sidebar to see it: *UPDATE-3*: (25/06/09: 15:30) I'm feeling really annoyed that CNN has apparently deep-sixed most of this interview. The one-minute family-friendly version replaced the four-minute original, as near as I can tell, within two hours of its first airing. Only the truncated interview has been broadcast today, at least on CNN International. I know that some people can't view embedded videos, so for the non-clickers here is a transcript, partly done by The Lede Blog and finished by me.> I was going towards Baharestan with my friends…. This was everyone, not just supporters of one candidate or another, everyone — all of my friends, we were going to Baharestan to express our opposition to these killings these days, and demanding freedom. But the black-clad police stopped everyone at Saadi. They emptied the buses that were taking people there and let the private cars go on…. We went on until Ferdowsi then, all of a sudden, some 500 people with clubs and woods, they came out of [Hedayat] mosque and they poured into the streets and they started beating everyone. [This is where CNN has trimmed off the rest of the interview, both from their online video offering and in its broadcasts.] And they tried to beat everyone on Saadi bridge and throwing them off of the bridge…. And everyone also on the sidewalks. They beat a woman so savagely that she was drenched in blood and her husband, who was watching the scene, he just fainted. And I also saw people shooting, I mean the security forces shooting on people, on Lalezar. And of course people were afraid… the security forces … They were beating people like — hell. This was a massacre. They were trying to beat people so that they would die. They were cursing — saying very bad words to everyone. They were beating old men. And this was — this was exactly a massacre. You should stop this. You should stop this. You should help the people of Iran who demand freedom. You should help us. … [Here ends The Lede's transcript, the rest is added by yours truly.] [nearly speechless interviewer: "How many of you were there in this terrible situation?"] There were thousands of people on the streets, but it was me and ten of my friends. [interviewer: "And you said the security forces were shooting at the people? Did you see anybody injured by gunfire?"] No, as I explained earlier I didn't see, I heard the shooting and my friends and I we just scattered. We heard the shooting near Lalezar and we were near there, and we just ran away. I didn't see again what happened, I'm sure people are dead there but I couldn't see, I couldn't catch the film or anything. [interviewer relates to her some other received reports of shooting and beating the people "like animals"] Yes exactly, exactly, exactly. This is what's happening, they beat people so bad. You know in the previous days they are killing students with axe. You know they put the axe through the hearts of young men and it's so... devastating , I don't know how to describe it I can't find the words, but this is horrific. This is genocide, this is a massacre, this is Hitler! And you people should stop it! It's a long time we have been exposed to this and nobody takes action! It's time to act! If anyone is thinking, "Yeah, that axe thing is just a rumour," brace yourself. ThreatsWatch.Org has posted a photograph taken on Saturday, June 20 (the same day Neda Agha Soltan was murdered). Don't click through until you have prepared yourself to witness gruesome barbarity. If you're in doubt of your ability to handle it, don't. You can't unsee something like that. .

LABRANG TRUTH-TELLERS ESCAPE TO FREEDOM

Added 05/13/09
4 Views

LABRANG TRUTH-TELLERS ESCAPE TO FREEDOM

[LESS INFO] 4 VIEWS | ADDED 13:29:00 05/13/09
(Left to Right) Gedhun Gyatso, Lobsang Gyatso, Kelsang Jinpa, Jamyang Jinpa, Jigme Gyatso Photo: Tibet Post International F ive Buddhist monks from the Labrang Tashi Kyil Monastery in Tibet's eastern Amdo province (Ch: Gansu) have reached safety in India, after more than a year spent dodging Chinese security forces in their occupied country. The men were on the run from Chinese authorities due to having engaged in free speech activities — a peaceful protest demonstration in Labrang town on March 14, 2008, and an unapproved press briefing at their monastery on April 9, 2008. Gedhun Gyatso and Kelsang Jinpa, both aged 39, reportedly helped to organise a procession through downtown Labrang (Ch: Xiahe), four days after the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising of 1959. In their national capital city Lhasa, many similar processions had been violently suppressed beginning on March 10, with non-violent chanting monks beaten up and detained by Chinese security forces. After five days of this violent response to non-violent demonstrators, a riot broke out in Lhasa late on March 14 in which both Chinese and Tibetans were killed. Lobsang Gyatso, 24, Jamyang Jinpa, 24, and Jigme Gyatso, 23, participated in an appeal for the world's help during a Chinese stage-managed "international media tour" which visited their monastery on April 9, 2008. Several dozen of Labrang's monks suddenly appeared before the startled journalists and camera crews, bearing their banned Tibetan national flag and banners reading such things as, "We do not have freedom of speech". The unapproved press briefing was extremely embarrassing to the Chinese colonial authorities, who had hoped to prove that all was perfectly well in Tibet by having a compliant foreign press listen to scripted recitations of the PRC talking points. These three men were among the courageous ones who foiled that plan. Let's have a little reminder of what that looked like. Remember, these men knew they were risking everything when they did this — potentially including their lives. That is the emotion one can hear in the voices. Chinese officials and security are watching it all take place, unable to intervene because the cameras are rolling. From the testimony of Lama Jigme (see previous article) we know that severe retribution was dealt to some of these men after the cameras were gone. This escape was first reported by Radio Free Asia , which interviewed them on arrival in New Delhi. Those who had participated in these two events learned that they were targets for arrest, and an unknown number took to the mountains around Labrang and tried to avoid capture in small groups.> "We lived like animals, moving from place to place. But this was better than prison," [Gedhun] Gyatso, one of the protest organizers, said in an interview. Gedhun, Kelsang and another companion were surrounded by Chinese police in the mountains after two months of hiding. The two of them escaped but the other companion was captured and remains in prison. Buddhist monks prepare banners and national flags as they ready for a procession through Labrang town, March 14, 2008. Photo: Mark Ralston / AFP Jamyang Jinpa told RFA that they had learned of the foreign reporters' visit to Labrang via the RFA's Amdo language broadcast. They didn't know the date of the planned visit, but they prepared themselves for the "good opportunity" to reach out to the world. > "We called for freedom for Tibet and for the release of Tibetan political prisoners, including the Panchen Lama," [Jamyang] Jinpa said. Jamyang added that a lama had advised them to escape after Chinese troops surrounded the monastery when the journalists were gone. They dressed themselves in laymen's clothing and headed for the hills. The monks reached Dharamsala on Sunday, to a heroes' welcome as they stepped off the early morning bus from Delhi. A press conference was held on Monday — a real press conference this time, without fear of Communist Party reprisal. Phayul reports:> "We couldn’t remain silent when peaceful Tibetan protests in Lhasa and other places were being brutally crushed down, and our fellow Tibetans were being killed for holding peaceful demonstrations," [Gedhun] Gyatso added. Jamyang Jinpa directly addressed the Chinese government's claim that Tibetans are happy and content under their rule, and that the protests which swept Tibetan regions last year (and continue in smaller scale) were the work of foreign-based "splittist instigators".> "What has been happening in Tibet from last year is a spontaneous outcome of deep rooted resentment Tibetan people have had against the Chinese government. No one was there to tell us to protest. Situation alone compelled us to come out on the street," Jinpa said. The men say their newfound freedom has not given them a sense of relief. They did what they did on behalf of their people, and their people remain under the Communist Party's boot.> "Thinking of Tibet makes us feel worried. Our greatest concern is for those who are still suffering in Tibet. Many Tibetans are undergoing torture in Chinese custody," Gyatso said. The Tibet Post also covered the no fear press conference (although it seems to get both incident dates incorrect), and offers additional statements by the new arrivals. Jamyang Jinpa described the Chinese policy in his country this way:> "Population transfer has made us a minority in our own country, we have been colonized by the Chinese, and Tibetans are forced to acknowledge a fake Panchen Lama. [T]here is no religious freedom in Tibet, we are forced to denounce His Holiness the Dalai Lama who is at the core of our heart, from who we seek refuge and salvation." The monks' procession through Labrang town, March 14, 2008. Photo: Mark Ralston / AFP The press conference was also reported on the Tibetan exile government's website , which curiously refers to the men as "youths" rather than monks. The two older men participated in the monks' procession through Labrang town (39 is a bit old for a "youth") while the three younger men were appealing to journalists at the monastery (the monks you see in the video above — Jigme Gyatso can be recognised at the end of the clip). The coverage of this great escape has so far been seen on ... the Tibetan exile media only. Up to posting time, this has not been reported on any mainstream international news service, many of whom were present when these monks and others risked everything simply to talk to them last year. This is also very curious, since there are plenty of extra international journalists in India now for the election, and most of those are surely in New Delhi (where these notable escapees first arrived five days ago). The farming boycott in eastern Tibet is continuing through the last part of the planting season, according to Geshe Monlam Tharchin , a member of the Tibetan parliament in exile. In a report gathered from local sources in the Derge region of Kardze Prefecture, Chinese are reportedly taking land from Tibetans who refuse to cultivate in some areas, and buying up Tibetan farms in other areas for use as a military base, in an increased military presence in the region. It's now too late in the season for planting wheat, but authorities continue to pressure Tibetans to plant potatoes, peas, and similar crops. Local authorities reportedly issued announcements that, "If you will not to plant the farms, our military will use those farms for our purpose." Many people, mainly men, are escaping their towns and villages on the pretext of gathering medicinal plants. Pressures applied to the population through officially-organized public meetings are meeting resistance, and when asked why they won't plant their farms, the responses are along the lines of, "We Tibetans in the areas are united in our efforts to show our strong solidarity to our brothers and sisters those who lost their lives and those who have faced and are facing brutality, suffering and genocide under the Chinese rule." A woman works in her family's vineyard in Turfan, May 9, 1997. Photo: AFP In the former East Turkestan (Ch: Xinjiang) similar policies apply to those who do cultivate their land, but in those cases the beneficiaries will be Chinese businessmen . This is a fine glimpse into China's policies in her colonial holdings, where contracts and leases mean little when a governmental authority happens to run short of cash. In 1983 the government leased wasteland in northern Xinjiang Uyghur "Autonomous" Region to local peasants, on the condition that they grow fruit orchards. By now the orchards are well established and productive, and the government intends to break the 50 year lease, expropriate the land paying a fraction of its value, and sell it to Chinese businessmen.> Township government chief Abdusamet said the orchards would be better managed if they were bought back. "The farmers are unable to manage their orchards well," he said. "That is why the township government will take it back — we will manage it better." "We will auction the orchards to Chinese businessmen from the rest of China," Abdusamet said. "The Uyghur farmers are unable to benefit from these orchards, and our township government needs income," he said. So the 25 years of work which created the orchards and made them profitable, is translated as, "unable to manage their orchards well," and the government will "manage it better." (This sounds familiar.) It will do that by tearing up the contracts, buying the land at 20% of its value, and selling it to Chinese businesses. The real reason is almost an afterthought — local government needs the money. A court in Dzoge County, Ngaba T-"A"-P (Ch: Sichuan province) sentenced three Tibetans to prison on unknown charges, according to a report received by Voice of Tibet radio . Jampel, 29, and Lama, 23, both of the Chashang Taringtsang family were sentenced to four years, while Namkho, 27, of Chashang Kyajigtsang family got three years. The source said that arbitrary charges, arbitrary sentences and no choice in legal representation are the common standards of justice in Ngaba. Former President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel has called for basic standards to be upheld in the election for members of the UN Human Rights Council. Terming the election process a "farce" — and he should know farce as well as he knows totalitarianism, as the playwright himself composed a number of farces — he called for adherence to the Council's founding resolution to "uphold the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human rights" during member selection. Yesterday, China received 167 votes from the 191 member states present in the General Assembly. It wasn't much of a contest, with 20 candidates for 18 open seats. China hailed its own electoral success, citing its " remarkable achievements in the field of human rights ." If that's the "highest standard" the UN can come up with, we're all in trouble. .

"Nj Governor Jon Corzine Sued For Genocide !"

Added 03/05/09
0 Views

"Nj Governor Jon Corzine Sued For Genocide !"

[LESS INFO] 0 VIEWS | ADDED 15:01:25 03/05/09
This video was shot outside the Newark Federal Courthouse on February 17th 2009. Brian Thompson of WNBC TV News is interviewing Chairman Ron Yonaguska Holloway just after the filing of a federal lawsuit.What follows is a statement issue by from a source close to the plaintiffs....NJ Governor Jon Corzine and Secretary of State, Nina Wells sued for Genocide and Crimes against Humanity!On March 3, 2009, federal court summonses were served on New Jersey State Governor Jon Corzine; NJ Secretary of State, Nina Wells; and The Native American Commission of NJ, naming them defendants in a 13 count Law Suit filed in Newark Federal Court, Newark, NJ, on February 17, 2009, for but not limited to: Genocide and Crimes against humanity; Violation of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, water rights; as well as treaty violations. This suit was filed by the New Jersey Sand Hill Band of Lenape & Cherokee Indians. The law suit was the result of a 10 year effort on the part of the Federally recognized Sand Hill Band of Lenape & Cherokee Indians; and the Ani-Tsalagi Onaselagi Northeastern Band (Cherokee) to address legal inequities, including but not limited to: Sand Hill treaty violations, the illegal sale of Sand Hill lands (resulting in the first acts of genocide), representation on the Indian Commission, as well as correcting a report written by a NJ State Committee established by the Governor. The purpose of this report was to address the problems confronting all Native Americans in the State of NJ. Two sitting Indian Commissioners were appointed to Committee. The end result of this report committed historical genocide by removing the histories of the Cherokee & the Lenape - Cherokee Indians, and stating that only the Lenape were indigenous to NJ. This action permitted the three Lenape groups, the Nanticoke (from MD/PA 1975), the Powhatan (from VA 1975), and the Ramapough Indians, to claim that they were the Native Americans indigenous to the state and incorporating the Cherokee and the Lenape - Cherokee history into their history in a way that would effectively remove two established tribes from NJ history. These Tribes are: The Federally recognized NJ Sand Hill Band of Lenape & Cherokee Indians; and the Ani Tsalagi Onaselagi Northeastern Band (Cherokee).The above mentioned Indian entities (Nanticoke, Powhatan and Ramapough) are 501-3c non profit organizations, not recognized by the Federal Government or by the State of NJ as Indian Tribes. Two of them having arrived in 1975.This report is an alleged blatant attempt by the State of New Jersey, in conjunction with the Commission, to eradicate the existence of two tribes, one of whom is indigenous to the State (The Sand Hills) and the other (Ani Tsalagi) whose ancestors arrived in 1830 (including descendants from the four migrations of Cherokee into NJ), as well as a large number of Native Americans living in the state, by permitting only the Lenape Native American 5013cs to be included in the report as having any history.Both the Governor and Secretary of State were informed that this report was an act of Genocide by the leadership of both the Sand Hill Band of Lenape & Cherokee Indians and the Ani Tsalagi Onaselagi Northeastern Band (Cherokee) many times through letters, meetings, etc. They had been warned that if the report was not corrected, then the two Tribes would be forced to take legal action. Neither the Governor nor the Secretary of State of New Jersey did anything to correct the historical inaccuracies written into the report. In October, 2008, Gov. Jon Corzine signed an executive order accepting the report as written, allegedly committing historical genocide by removing the histories of the two Indian tribes. Due to previous contact with the Governor and Secretary of State regarding these legal inequities, it is alleged within the suit that the Governor and Secretary of State are guilty of conspiracy to commit genocide.These videos are press interviews with Chairman Yonaguska Holloway of the Sand Hill Band of Lenape & Cherokee Indians that took place on February 17, 2009, immediately after filing the Law Suit in Federal Court against the Governor, Secretary of State, 21 NJ Counties, all Freeholders, and the American Indian Commission.The Comptroller of NJ was also served a summons on March 3, 2009, as he must set aside the one trillion dollar amount mentioned in the suit until the suit is settled. The Attorney General of NJ was issued a summons as well.Because of this suit, Federal funds that would have helped NJ's taxpayers will now probably be spent in hiring lawyers to defend the 21 Counties and the defendants mentioned because the State refused to recognize the legitimacy of the Sand Hill Band of Lenape & Cherokee Indians and the Ani Tsalagi Onaselagi Northeastern Band claims, as well as to rectify a historically incorrect report. Had the State of NJ investigated the concerns of the leadership of the two Tribes, it would have discovered that the NJ Sand Hill Band of Lenape & Cherokee Indians and the Ani Tsalagi Onaselagi Northeastern Band should have been given seats on the Commission, as well as recognition by the State. Had those two actions occurred, this law suit probably would never have happened. Any and all concerns would have been addressed and settled behind the scenes through negotiations as is the Traditional Indian way. Not out in the public arena.For whatever the reason, neither the Governor nor the Secretary of State understood, or for whatever the reason, were unwilling to understand that they were dealing with well versed, educated, and very traditional Tribes. Unlike the 5013Cs they have been dealing with since 1998. The NJ Sand Hill Band of Cherokee & Lenape Indians just had returned to them the bones of an ancestor dating approximately 1800 years old, that was linked through DNA testing to one of their former Chiefs, who is a first cousin of the present sitting Principal Chief.This lawsuit should never have happened and the question that the Taxpayers of NJ have the right to ask of their elected and appointed officials is: Why did it?****************************************** PS You can see an excellent timeline of the historic events that led to this lawsuit here... http://gardenstatepol.com/blog/?p=343 And an excellent diary/blog on the genesis of this legal action here... http://www.bluejersey.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=10527