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 [...]

Champions Remembering the New World Order

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Rebecca Sommer is in the midst of producing a video documentary about “the 2nd OF MAY REVOLT” at the recent session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York. It’s on youtube right now if you’re interested (see below for the links).
Indigenous Peoples representatives and organizations held a protest [...]

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: [...]

Thousands gathered in Altamira, Para-Brazil last week for the Xingu Forever Alive Encounter, an historic gathering of Indigenous Peoples and allies opposed to damming the Xingu River.
A similar gathering took place in 1989, “where the Kayapó and other tribes from the Xingu basin rejected the Brazilian government’s plans for a series of six hydroelectric dams [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

There is no real public discussion either in the media or by presidential candidates to make the changes necessary to democratize the economy.

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 [...]