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The Uncertainty of Pipelines in Unceded Lands

Syndicated from Intercontinental Cry on Tue, 2012-11-20

UNIS'TOT'EN CAMP - On the Beautiful Widzin Kwa (Morice River): The Grassroots Wet’suwet’en people are winning the physical and awareness campaigns to stop the onslaught of some proposed pipelines from entering their unceded and occupied lands. Exactly...

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Remembering Ashley Smith

Syndicated from Common Cause on Mon, 2012-11-19

By: Shannon Balla & Ian Stumpf of the We Remember Ashley Smith Campaign

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Out of the Classrooms & Into the Class Struggle

Syndicated from Common Cause on Sun, 2012-11-18

By: Devin K

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Flooding Hope: Displacement Politics by the Province towards Lake St. Martin First Nation

Syndicated from Intercontinental Cry on Tue, 2012-11-13

Lake St. Martin First Nation is an Anishinaabe community situated in the Interlake region of Manitoba, Canada. In May 2011, the First Nation received a major death blow when the entire population--2000 men, women and children--was permanently displaced...

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Harper Launches Major First Nations Termination Plan: As Negotiating Tables Legitimize Canada’s Colonialism

Syndicated from Intercontinental Cry on Fri, 2012-11-09

The following editorial was originally featured in the First Nations Strategic Bulletin (FNSB), June-October 2012. You can view/download this latest edition of the FNSB by clicking the following link: FNSB June-October 2012 On September 4th the Harper...

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Wixarika Respond to Government Proposal For Biosphere Reserve in Wirikuta

Syndicated from Intercontinental Cry on Fri, 2012-11-09

Wixarika leaders are welcoming a new government proposal to declare a Biosphere Reserve in Wirikuta. However, they warn of inconsistencies and dangerous propaganda that is being instigated by First Majestic Silver, the Canadian mining company that wants...

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Stop World Bank Funding Of ‘Death Squads’ In Honduras

Syndicated from Intercontinental Cry on Wed, 2012-11-07

The World Bank is being called upon to suspend its $30 million loan to the Dinant Corporation of Honduras, an African palm oil corporation that belongs to one of Honduras' wealthiest persons and largest landowners. As examined in the following report by...

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“Until the sun stops rising” Interview with Salvadoran Indigenous leader Shandur Kuátzin Makwilkali

Syndicated from Intercontinental Cry on Tue, 2012-11-06

"This is not Cabañas," said Shandur Kuátzin Makwilkali, gesturing around the room and out the window at the wooded slope, but meaning the entire region of that name. He had been describing the growth of indigenous associations throughout this mainly...

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Anti-Choice MP to Speak in London

Syndicated from Common Cause on Mon, 2012-11-05

By: Brentington AuntieFascist
On Tuesday, November 13th Western Lifeline, an anti-choice group based at Western Ontario (UWO), will host a talk with Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth. Woodworth is infamous for his hardline, anti-choice views on abortion.

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Solidarity with the resistance against corporate windfarm in Oaxaca, Mexico

Syndicated from Intercontinental Cry on Mon, 2012-11-05

The Indigenous Peoples' Assembly of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Defence of the Land and Territory (APIIDTT) is calling for Indigenous Peoples and the international community at large to stand with the Zapotec Communities in Mexico who are resisting a...

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Underreported Struggles #67, October 2012

Syndicated from Intercontinental Cry on Mon, 2012-11-05

In this month's Underreported Struggles: Elders walk out of healing circle after nuclear waste pitched as solution to youth suicide, substance abuse; Indigenous Peoples in Brazil mobilize against "anti-Indian" decree; The Anuak implicate the World Bank...

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Contaminated culture: Native people struggle with tainted resources, lost identity

Syndicated from Intercontinental Cry on Thu, 2012-11-01

For the Anishinaabe people at the southernmost tip of Lake Huron, cedar is not just a tree – it is sacred. Used in medicines and teas, the tree’s roots, bark and sap have been central to their physical, mental and cultural wellbeing for centuries. “We...

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Brazil: Guarani Eviction Order Has Been Overturned

Syndicated from Intercontinental Cry on Wed, 2012-10-31

After issuing a statement that both shocked and confused the international community, the Guarani-Kaiowá community from Pyelito Key/Mbarakay can rest easy--at least for now. A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the community should be allowed to remain...

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Malaysia: What to Do When Indigenous Peoples Blockade Your Dam

Syndicated from Intercontinental Cry on Mon, 2012-10-29

Sarawak, Malaysia – The Murum Dam was not supposed to attract media attention until May of next year. Located in a remote rain forest on the island of Borneo, the project is hours away from the nearest logging town. Construction on the dam began in 2008...

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Taking Back the Block: organizing against sexual violence

Syndicated from Common Cause on Sat, 2012-10-27

By: Ann Beatty
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