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THANKSGIVING DAY
NEWSLETTER #5, NOVEMBER 27, 2014, NATIONAL DAY OF GRATITUDE, MOURNING, AND
ATONEMENT. And BLACK FRIDAY/BUY NOTHING DAY NOV. 28.
Compiled by Dick
Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology.
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Wednesday Nov. 26, 7p.m. AETN is showing the splendid film “My Life As a Turkey”
again.
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Contents #5,
Thanksgiving Day Nov. 27, 2014, National Day of Gratitude, Mourning, and
Atonement; Black Friday/Buy Nothing Day, Nov. 28.
President
Obama’s Proclamation
Chuck
Norris’s Criticism: Too Little Christian
Faith
or Pilgrims
Coates,
Obama’s Proclamation and Ferguson Police
and Mob Violence
and Mob Violence
De
Hernandez, Day of Atonement
Day
of Mourning and Atonement: Google Search
Turkey’s Point of View
AETN
Knows: “My Life As a Turkey”
Tonight
Wednesday Nov. 26, 7p.m. AETN is showing this splendid film again. Did you know wild turkeys can speak a dozen
languages? Don’t miss it.(See Newsletter #3) Also tonight following that film: An Original Duckumentary” and “The Private
Life of Deer.”
Books:
Silvano,
Turkey Trouble
Mayr,
Run, Turkey, Run!
Yoon, Five Silly Turkeys
Bateman, A Plump and Perky Turkey
Slater, The Best Turkey Ever!
Black Friday/Buy
Nothing Day
Rev.
Billy
Gift
of Peace
Code
Pink: 12 Ways to Occupy Black Friday
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PRESIDENT OBAMA’s 2014
PROCLAMATION
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
November
26, 2014
Presidential
Proclamation -- Thanksgiving Day, 2014
THANKSGIVING DAY, 2014
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Thanksgiving
Day invites us to reflect on the blessings we enjoy and the freedoms we
cherish. As we gather with family and friends to take part in this
uniquely American celebration, we give thanks for the extraordinary opportunities
we have in a Nation of limitless possibilities, and we pay tribute to all those
who defend our Union as members of our Armed Forces. This holiday reminds
us to show compassion and concern for people we have never met and deep
gratitude toward those who have sacrificed to help build the most prosperous
Nation on earth. These traditions honor the rich history of our country
and hold us together as one American family, no matter who we are or where we
come from.
Nearly 400 years ago, a group of Pilgrims left their homeland and sailed across an ocean in pursuit of liberty and prosperity. With the friendship and kindness of the Wampanoag people, they learned to harvest the rich bounty of a new world.
Nearly 400 years ago, a group of Pilgrims left their homeland and sailed across an ocean in pursuit of liberty and prosperity. With the friendship and kindness of the Wampanoag people, they learned to harvest the rich bounty of a new world.
Together,
they shared a successful crop, celebrating bonds of community during a time of
great hardship. Through times of war and of peace, the example of a
Native tribe who extended a hand to a new people has endured. During the
American Revolution and the Civil War, days of thanksgiving drew Americans
together in prayer and in the spirit that guides us to better days, and in each
year since, our Nation has paused to show our gratitude for our families,
communities, and country.
With God's grace, this holiday season we carry forward the legacy of our forebears. In the company of our loved ones, we give thanks for the people we care about and the joy we share, and we remember those who are less fortunate. At shelters and soup kitchens, Americans give meaning to the simple truth that binds us together: we are our brother's and our sister's keepers. We remember how a determined people set out for a better world -- how through faith and the charity of others, they forged a new life built on freedom and opportunity.
The spirit of Thanksgiving is universal. It is found in small moments between strangers, reunions shared with friends and loved ones, and in quiet prayers for others. Within the heart of America's promise burns the inextinguishable belief that together we can advance our common prosperity -- that we can build a more hopeful, more just, and more unified Nation. This Thanksgiving, let us recall the values that unite our diverse country, and let us resolve to strengthen these lasting ties.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Thursday, November 27, 2014, as a National Day of Thanksgiving. I encourage the people of the United States to join together -- whether in our homes, places of worship, community centers, or any place of fellowship for friends and neighbors -- and give thanks for all we have received in the past year, express appreciation to those whose lives enrich our own, and share our bounty with others.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sixth day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand fourteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-ninth.
With God's grace, this holiday season we carry forward the legacy of our forebears. In the company of our loved ones, we give thanks for the people we care about and the joy we share, and we remember those who are less fortunate. At shelters and soup kitchens, Americans give meaning to the simple truth that binds us together: we are our brother's and our sister's keepers. We remember how a determined people set out for a better world -- how through faith and the charity of others, they forged a new life built on freedom and opportunity.
The spirit of Thanksgiving is universal. It is found in small moments between strangers, reunions shared with friends and loved ones, and in quiet prayers for others. Within the heart of America's promise burns the inextinguishable belief that together we can advance our common prosperity -- that we can build a more hopeful, more just, and more unified Nation. This Thanksgiving, let us recall the values that unite our diverse country, and let us resolve to strengthen these lasting ties.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Thursday, November 27, 2014, as a National Day of Thanksgiving. I encourage the people of the United States to join together -- whether in our homes, places of worship, community centers, or any place of fellowship for friends and neighbors -- and give thanks for all we have received in the past year, express appreciation to those whose lives enrich our own, and share our bounty with others.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sixth day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand fourteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-ninth.
BARACK OBAMA
WorldNetDaily
(WND), Chuck Norris’s criticism of President Obama for little attention to God
or faith.
Sunday,
November 23, 2014 ... In 2013, President Obama's
Thanksgiving Address didn't give a single mention of the pilgrims,
their Christian ...
[A
google search 11-26-14 for President Obama’s Thanksgiving 2014 Proclamation
showed a majority of entries on Obama’s lack of reference to faith or God and
contrasts to George Washington’s proclamation.
–Dick]
Barack Obama, Ferguson, and the
Evidence of Things Unsaid. Violence works. Nonviolence does too.
TA-NEHISI COATES, tHE aTLANTIC, NOV 26 2014,
Noah Berger/AP
In a recent dispatch from
Ferguson, Missouri, Jelani Cobb noted that President Obama's responses to
"unpunished racial injustices" constitute "a genre unto
themselves." Monday night, when Barack Obama stood before the nation to
interpret the non-indictment of Darren Wilson for the killing of Michael Brown,
he offered a particularly tame specimen. The elements of "the genre"
were all on display—an unmitigated optimism, an urge for calm, a fantastic
faith in American institutions, an even-handedness exercised to a
fault. But if all the limbs of the construct were accounted for, the soul of
the thing was not. CONTINUE
DAY OF ATONEMENT
November
24, 2011, By CommonDreams.org
Thanksgiving
as a Day of Atonement
The
founding myth of Thanksgiving is the fateful meal shared by the indigenous
peoples of Massachusetts with the starving English Pilgrims. The Pilgrims “gave
thanks” at that meal for the generosity of their hosts, and thus was born the
tradition of a November Thanksgiving feast.
To
my way of thinking, Thanksgiving should actually be a day of atonement marked
by fasting, in the spirit of Yom Kippur, Lent or Ramadan.
We
Euramericans should be reflecting and repenting on this day for the way our
ancestors turned
on their Native hosts, once the time of starvation was past.
We
repaid their kind welcome with a shameful record of stealing, swindling,
enslavement, displacement and deliberate infection.
We
waged vicious war that slaughtered children and old people along with warriors
both male and female.
We
occupied their lands without a second thought, and proceeded to cut the
primeval forests to make room for our livestock, roads and cities.
This
pattern started with the Puritan Pilgrims in Massachusetts, and spread
inexorably West, all the way to California and Texas, where indeed the brutal
work had already been begun by the Spanish.
I
don’t really expect Americans to give up the tradition of the jolly
Thanksgiving feast.
But
we do need to be mindful of the real historical background behind the custom of
gathering to celebrate with family and friends.
American
Thanksgiving is a holiday that honors the spirit of sharing the bounty. When we
dig into that heaped plate today, we should be giving thanks to the rich Earth
that has nourished human beings for millennia, and for the Native peoples of
this continent, who learned how to live in harmony with the flora and fauna of
this place, cultivating the first corn, beans and squash, and craftily culling
the abundant indigenous turkeys.
And
we should pause in our feast to reflect on the ignoble history that unfolded
after that original Thanksgiving in Plymouth MA, where America repaid her hosts
not with honor, but with persecution, scorn and hate.
In
the act of repentance springs redemption. The indigenous people of this
continent are not gone–they are alive
and well and living among us. Let us raise a glass to them today and give
them the honor and thanks they deserve.
Jennifer
Browdy de Hernandez teaches comparative literature and gender studies with an
activist bent at Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, MA and blogs
at Transition Times.
THANKSGIVING
AS DAY OF MOURNING (INDIANS) AND ATONEMENT (EUROPEANS), Google Search, Nov. 23,
2014.
nmai.si.edu/.../thanksgiving_po...
National
Museum of the American Indian
Thanksgiving, particularly of the
event's Native American participants. ... that are central to understanding
both American Indians and the deeper meaning.
blog.nmai.si.edu/.../do-indians-...
National
Museum of the American Indian
Nov
26, 2013 - This year, we're including additional readers' thoughts
on Thanksgiving, the first lesson about American Indian history
most non-Native children ...
en.wikipedia.org/.../National_Day_of_Mourning_(United_Stat...
Wikipedia
The
organizers consider the national holiday of Thanksgiving Day
as a ... The protest is organized by the United American Indians of
New England (UAINE).
americanindiansource.com/mourningday.html
THANKSGIVING: A Day of Mourning By
Roy Cook. Most school children are taught thatNative Americans helped
the Pilgrims and were invited to the first ...
www.indians.org/articles/thanksgiving.html
Discover
the meaning of Thanksgiving from the Native American
Indian side.
www.uaine.org/
UAINE
and the history of National Day of Mourning: In 1970, United American
Indiansof New England declared US Thanksgiving Day a
National Day of ...
www.uaine.org/dom.htm
Thanksgiving: A National Day of
Mourning for Indians. by Moonanum James and Mahtowin Munro. Every year since
1970, United American Indians of New ...
www.tolerance.org/lesson/thanksgiving-mourning
Teaching
Tolerance
For
some Native Americans, Thanksgiving is no cause for
celebration, but rather serves as a reminder of colonization's devastating
impact on indigenous ...
racerelations.about.com
› ... › Race Relations › History of
Race Relations
For
many Americans, Thanksgiving means family, food and football.
For others, particularly Native Americans, the day is one of
mourning. So, should ...
TURKEYS
SHOULD BE THE NATIONAL BIRD, BUT INSTEAD: THANKSGIVING. Let the Children Think about it. (See Newsletter #3)
See
all 2 images
by Wendi
Silvano , Lee
Harper (Illustrator)
Get
the Kindle Edition for just $0.99 when you buy the new print edition of
this book. Learn
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After many hilarious attempts,
Wendi Silvano's comical story is perfectly matched by Lee Harper's watercolors.
[See
Vegetarian newsletters.] cite new book
on why we eat some animals and not others
by Diane
Mayr , Laura
Rader (Illustrator)
Thanksgiving
is only a day away. Can Turkey Turkey
Five
Silly Turkeys
by Salina
Yoon (Author, Illustrator)
Toddlers
will love the silly Thanksgiving turkeys in this fun counting book full of
silly turkeys doing very silly things! From twirling on a dance floor to
being chased by a bee to tanning in the sun, these are no ordinary Thanksgiving
turkeys. And at just $5.99, this shiny fabric–tabbed book is a holiday
treat that is sure to be gobbled up quickly.
Flip
to back
A
Plump And Perky Turkey
The
Best Thanksgiving Ever!
by Teddy
Slater (Author), Ethan
Long (Illustrator)
A
sweet story about the importance of family, being thankful, and love--as told
by a family of turkeys, with a hilarious surprise at the end!
"It's late in November, the blue sky is clear,
and Thanksgiving Day is finally here.
So many hugs and so many kisses.
So many 'Happy Thanksgiving' wishes."
A family gathers to celebrate all that they're grateful for. But wait, there's a twist! This funny, rhyming read-aloud story features turkeys who celebrate Thanksgiving! TheTurkey
"It's late in November, the blue sky is clear,
and Thanksgiving Day is finally here.
So many hugs and so many kisses.
So many 'Happy Thanksgiving' wishes."
A family gathers to celebrate all that they're grateful for. But wait, there's a twist! This funny, rhyming read-aloud story features turkeys who celebrate Thanksgiving! The
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NOTHING DAY
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ALTERNATIVES TO BLACK FRIDAY
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Theirs is a fire-and-brimstone tradition that lives on in modern Accompanied by his Stop Shopping Gospel Choir, the good reverend rails against the evils of corporate greed and consumerism and the damage being caused to the planet as a result. He likes to preach to large crowds on Black Friday in order to deliver them out of the "Shopocalypse" and into a more sustainable "life after shopping." Rev. Billy performs credit card exorcisms, connects consumerism to climate change, and asks, "What unsustainably produced sweat-shop items would Jesus buy?" He's been arrested more than 70 times delivering his message in major shopping centers from Times Square to Walmart's headquarters in Bentonville, Ark. But you don't have to be one of Rev. Billy's congregants to think about boycotting Black Friday this year and saying no to rampant overbuying. Check out his website and watch this interview. 
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Contents of Mourning and Atonement/Buy
Nothing #1 Nov. 25, 2010
Dick
Bennett: Thanksgiving, National Days,
Immigrants, Native Americans
Robert
Jensen: Thanksgiving should be Day of
Mourning
Thanksgiving
Dinner Over the Bones of Native Americans
Rabbi Waskow: Arlo
Guthrie’s “Alice’s Restaurant,” the Chicago 8, Anti-War Activists
Humane Farm
Animal Care: Finding a Certified Humane
Turkey This Thanksgiving
Contents of Mourning and Atonement/Buy
Nothing #2 Nov. 24, 2011
Thanksgiving
and Native Americans
Thanksgiving
and African Americans
Thanksgiving
and Genocide
Turkey
Holocaust Day
Food Waste
During Thanksgiving/Christmas Holidays
Contents of Mourning and Atonement/Buy
Nothing #3 2012
President Obama
2012 and 2011
Misc Commentary
Shopping on
Thanksgiving
Celebration of
Wild Turkeys
Joe Hutto,
Turkey Mother, Interview
Black
Friday/Buy Nothing
Contents #4 Mourning and Atonement/Buy
Nothing Day Nov. 28 and 29, 2013
THANKSGIVING
DAY OF GRATITUDE NOV. 28
BUY NOTHING DAY
NOV. 29
END THANKSGIVING DAY NEWSLETTER #5 2014
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