I am anxious, as usual – and materially it's to do with the current state of affairs. There is talk of a 3rd World War within the context of this century, and yet we can already acknowledge that historians looking upon this period – in their own century – will have plenty of options to mark as the start of the conflict.

Death. Fucking Death is what Empire brings. Imperialism. Colonialism. SettlerColonialism. All fucking Death. Even socalled "soft" imperialism and neocolonialism bring Death to people far more than they provide anything else.

When you drive across the UP, you’ll inevitably pass a Line 5 pumping station. Each of these largely unmonitored valve stations has a big sign where Enbridge touts that “Life Takes Energy.” It’s a catchy tagline from a Calgary-based company that has made its living on the extraction of other life. And, yet, it’s hard not to question the root premise. Does life “take energy? Or is life energy?

Preface, Remembrance, and Brief History leading up to the 1975 Menominee Warriors Society armed occupation of the former Alexian Bros. novitiate.

I. And my master spake all these words, saying, “Thou shalt have no other boss but me.” This is the first and greatest commandment.