Sandbagger News

03/30/2023

The Sandbagger News Band got a gig! We played some laid back tunes at Curioso Coffee Bar, the most curiously awesome music venue / coffee shop in Minneapolis. Thanks to all the sandbaggers who came out to sip on some great coffee and support our buddies' local business. Sandbag on!

07/30/2020

ITER Start of Assembly! The biggest fusion energy reactor in the world is coming together:

On Tuesday 28 July 2020, we will celebrate the Start of Machine Assembly at ITER in the virtual presence of French President Emmanuel Macron and government l...

01/08/2020

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Who are the Sandbagger News? The great flood of 1997 in the Red River Valley of the North triggered the largest evacuation of US citizens since the Civil War...

11/08/2019

Watch the legendary author and psychedelic therapist Ann Shulgin speak about "The Shadow" at the 2019 Women's Visionary Council's international Congress in Oakland, California:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOy9N5TugZA&list=PLEMr1tvvqe9bNg__o1ak9Wch83h73XB_H&index=3&t=0s

For decades, Ann worked as a lay therapist with psychedelic substances such as M**A and 2C-B in therapeutic settings while these drugs were still legal. In her writings she stresses the potential of these drugs from a Jungian psychoanalytic perspective, as well as their use in combination with hypnotherapy.

Together with her late husband, the famous chemist Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, Ann authored the iconic books PiHKAL and TiHKAL, which tell the story of the original synthesis and first therapeutic uses of hundreds of psychedelic substances.

Watch the legendary author and psychedelic therapist Ann Shulgin speak about "The Shadow" at the 2019 Women's Visionary Congress in Oakland, California. For ...

11/08/2019

After a three-year hiatus, the Women's Visionary Council convened its 11th Congress, this time at the Omni Commons in Oakland, California for a transformative weekend in June 2019.

Here gathered hundreds of participants to watch twenty-four activists, researchers, healers and artists present their work promoting women and their allies to create groundbreaking strategies for healing and social change.

Watch the trailer for a playlist of 18 presentations right here:

After a three-year hiatus, the Women’s Visionary Council convened its 11th Congress, this time at the Omni Commons in Oakland, California for a transformativ...

07/09/2019

In San Francisco, Willard TeaBelly attends a series of memorials in honor of the late poet/activist John Perry Barlow.

Most known for his work founding the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) - a non-profit organization advocating for a free and open internet for all - and writing songs for the Grateful Dead - a band in part responsible for the psychedelic revolution of the 1960s - Barlow was an essential bridge between these diverse counter-culture communities. Always with a focus on finding common ground between diverse stakeholders, Barlow's rallying spirit is already deeply missed by countless friends and fans who loved him dearly.

In this episode, you'll hear audio from the JPB Symposium held in March 2018 at the Internet Archive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oaci9vlg_Sc

As well as audio from "Barlow's Graduation from Meatspace," a variety show held in his honor at Bill Graham's SF Fillmore Auditorium:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mXjE7ij8os

Also, check out www.gratefuldeadfamilyalbum.com to see how Jerilyn is transforming the legacy of the band she called family.

https://youtu.be/4UHhjl4GTM8

In San Francisco, Willard TeaBelly attends a series of memorials in honor of the recently deceased poet/activist John Perry Barlow. Most known for his work f...

07/08/2019

The Red Lake Immersion School presents the 2016 Gabeshiwin summer camp for youth of the Red Lake Nation. Students and teachers gather near Ponemah Point, where Upper and Lower Red Lake meet. The spirit of ancestors seven generations past inspires hope for the seven generations to come. Music by Thomas X, Brendan Strong, & Keith Secola.

The Red Lake Immersion School presents the 2016 Gabeshiwin summer camp for youth of the Red Lake Nation. Students and teachers gather near Ponemah Point, whe...

07/06/2019

Anishinaabe rapper Thomas X of the Red Lake Nation reporting on the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline from the Red Warrior Camp near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation:

Thomas X reporting on the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline from the Red Warrior Camp near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. -- Sincerely, Sandba...

07/05/2019

Join Ethan Currens as he leads a lesson in safely and affordably weighing and measuring potent substances at the Women's Visionary Council's 2018 Risk Reduction Workshop in Nevada City, California:

Join Ethan Currens as he leads a lesson in safely and affordably weighing and measuring potent substances at the Women's Visionary Council's 2018 Risk Reduct...

07/03/2019

Follow students and professors from the University of North Dakota up a mountain to study glaciers in the Wind River Range of Wyoming:

University of North Dakota.

07/02/2019

Listen to the Harm Reduction Report, an original weekly radio show airing on KEQQ 88.3 FM in Grand Forks, North Dakota. In this episode, host Willard TeaBelly reviews the first season of the Harm Reduction Report and describes ideas for what may come next:

Willard TeaBelly reviews the history of the Harm Reduction Report and describes ideas for what may come next.

06/29/2019

In the Red Lake Nation of Minnesota, Anishinaabe musician Thomas X sings in the Ojibwe language about bringing people together to overcome the opioid crisis and mediate the tragic consequences of the so-called "War on Drugs":

Together We Can Overcome the Drug Epidemic. Red Lake Nation, July 2016.