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Jay Taber

• West Papua Liberation

  Jun 10, 2013 by Jay Taber

  West Papua delegates will participate for the first time in a summit of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, an intergovernmental organization of sovereign states including Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Papua-New Guinea. The West Papua National Coalition for Liberation has requested full membership in MSG. Based on their illegal annexation by Indonesia, the National Committee for... more →

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• Reality in Mali

  Apr 23, 2013 by Jay Taber

  Writing at The Dominion, Sean Pittman looks beyond mainstream media myopia to discover the indigenous reality in Mali and the conflicting interests of Western powers that invaded the country earlier this year... more →

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• Cymru

  Mar 7, 2013 by Jay Taber

  The flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland may look very different in the near future, as Northern Ireland and Scotland proceed toward reunification and independence, but for Wales — whose flag is not part of the UK flag design, devolution of powers from Westminster to Cardiff is unlikely to lead... more →

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• Consumption or Creation

  Feb 19, 2013 by Jay Taber

  As noted in this discussion at First Perspective, there is a spiritual side of Idle No More. The rejection of consumption in favor of creation, it can be argued, is the driving force behind this social justice campaign... more →

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• Fighting to the Death

  Feb 15, 2013 by Jay Taber

  As China and Canada compete to plunder the copper and gold of the Amazon, South American politicians like Ecuador’s President Correa promote a new era of indigenous genocide alongside ecocide. Destroying the rivers and biodiversity of areas like the Condor in order to supply luxury commodities to Asia and North America, while exemplifying all that... more →

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