Aux médias: Montréal 9 juin 2008 - Forum économique international des Amériques: Différents secteurs s’inquiètent
Convocation aux médias : conférence de presse
À tous les médias, invitation spéciale aux médias alternatifs
Commission Promised for Bhopal Victims
After protesting for a solid three months, victims of the 1984 Bhopal chemical disaster have gained some important victories. On May 29th, the Prime Minister of India agreed to some of their key demands: that a commission would be established to carry out their medical, social, economic, and environmental rehabilitation; and that by the [...]
Mexican Mine Battle Comes To Toronto (June 17)
The Frente Amplio Opositor (FAO, Spanish for Broad Opposition Front), an anti-mining movement based in Mexico and Montreal, is urgently seeking organizers and solidarity activists to help spread the word and support an upcoming mobilization in Toronto. They are sending a delegation to attend Metallica Resources’ shareholder meeting on June 17th.
According to the FAO-Montreal website, [...]
Dispatches: Undercover in Tibet
Two weeks after China launched its full scale effort to suppress the Tibetan People, an effort that continues even now with almost daily arrests of Tibetan Men and Women, Channel 4’s Dispatches aired “Undercover in Tibet,” a report on ‘the hidden reality’ of Tibetan life under Chinese occupation. You will find the full report below.
Dispatches: [...]
Yankton Sioux: Oyate Duta Awa Yankapo
Oyate Duta Awa Yankapo, or Protectors of the Red People, looks at the recent events surrounding the construction of an industrial hog farm that is completely surrounded by the Ihanktowan, or Yankton Sioux Nation.
Since April 15th, 38 Ihanktowan peacefully blocking the construction have been arrested by state law enforcement officers acting outside of their jurisdiction [...]
The First People of Suriname
In this video, you will hear Indigenous representatives from Suriname speaking about their centuries-old struggle for rights and for recognition by the government. The video was created for the Organization of Indigenous People in Suriname and taken to the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), in April 2008.
Here’s a brief overview of the [...]
‘Did we mention we have guns?’
Uptown
May 22, 2008
The Canadian Armed Forces rebrands itself with video game-like recruitment ads - but Marlo Campbell wonders what exactly they’re selling
China’s netizens and Tibet: a Guangzhou report
A Personal View of the Indian Reserve System
In this video, you will hear Don Sandberg, an “Aboriginal Policy Fellow” at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, talk about some of the dysfunctions surrounding aboriginal policy and the Band Council system in Canada.
As noted in an 2006 article he wrote for the Winnipeg Free Press,
[The] cultural imperative — that all citizens [...]
Réflexions à Québec sur les médias alternatifs et l'information (Mai'08)
200 Years of British Colonialism
The following 25 minute video is examination of the last 200 Years of British Colonialism; particularly as it relates to Africa, Israel, and Iraq. Don’t mind the music, it’s a bit melodramatic. Also, please be warned that this video contains images of deceased persons.
Courtesy of an article by Junaid Khan, here’s some of the dialogue [...]
Frank magazine challenges CanWest
Georgia Straight
May 8, 2008
The defendants in a lawsuit brought by CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc.
over a Vancouver Sun parody got support this week from a magazine editor who
knows much about satire and getting sued.
Standing up to the corporate media bully
rabble.ca
May 5, 2008
Nobodies from the Rainforest
Nobodies from the Rainforest (Anonimato) is a short documentary about the Hupda indigenous People from Alto Rio Negro, northwest Amazon (Brazil).
Produced last year by Orlando Lemos, the film reveals a precarious health situation among the Hupda — one that’s been caused by outsider contact and a lack of access to clean water — as [...]