On Australia Day 2008 respected Aboriginal elder, Mr Ward, died in the back of a prison transport van. Temperatures outside were in the 40s. Air-conditioning in the van failed. By the end of the 4 hour journey Mr Ward was suffering from third degree burns and could not be revived.

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Rich people don't go to the hospital in Canada, I suspect, wait in the waiting room for a day and a half, and then die needlessly. That kind of tre...

By Vancouver Media Co-op - September 16, 2010

Support for Tamil refugees, spiced up anti-terror arrests, Seattle cops murder Nuu Chah Nulth carver and the battle for Britannia.

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They democratically elected a president to stand up to the rich and multinational corporations - so our governments have him kidnapped
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Today, I want to tell you the story of how our governments have been torturing and tormenting an island in the Caribbean – but it is a much bigger story than that.

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