Posts of: Jay Taber
Raising a Ruckus
Ten years after the Battle in Seattle exposed corrupt UN agencies like the World Trade Organization (WTO), Climate Justice Action has announced its intention to disrupt the December 2009 UN…
Read moreLiving with Nature
The two oceanic entries to Washington state’s interior are Cape Flattery in the north, and Cape Disappointment in the south. Inside Cape Flattery lies the Salish Sea, including Strait of…
Read moreEducational Opportunity
Overcoming Exclusion Overcoming exclusion in education is the subject of a report by UNICEF and Minority Rights Group International. The report takes a detailed look at how minorities and indigenous…
Read moreSalish Sea
Sacred Trust Coast Salish Gathering, a united effort of the 66 tribes of the Salish Sea ecoregion, is making headway on their sacred trust to protect the aboriginal resources and…
Read moreHonoring America’s Promises
Gesture of Reciprocity When the Bush administration yanked federal recognition from the Chinook Indian tribe shortly after using their leaders in a photo op at the White House to celebrate…
Read moreWall Street’s Boy
While human rights activists like former US Congresswoman Cynthia Mckinney run medical supplies for Gaza past Israeli naval blockades, President Obama continues supplying Israel with billions of dollars in armaments…
Read moreCWIS in Uganda
In May 2009, CWIS Associate Scholar Anke Weisheit was appointed Principle Investigator (PI) for Uganda Mbarara University of Science and Technology. As PI, Anke is leading the Uganda components of…
Read moreDemocrats on Climate Change
Shoring Up Showboating Michael J. Smith covers the attack on science by Democratic Party “think tanks” covering for the party’s failure to effectively address climate change. Reminiscent of the Republican…
Read morePsychic Sacrilege
As icons of the American experience, the tribes that defeated the Seventh Cavalry still play a central role in our mythology and psychic evolution. Attacked by the US Army for…
Read moreCeding Sovereignty
With the new Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff announcing a plan to implement a counterinsurgency in Afghanistan modeled on that of the plan used by the US…
Read moreChief George Manuel Memorial Indigenous Library
The library is dedicated to the memory of Secwepemc Chief George Manuel (1921-1989), to the nations of the Fourth World and to the elders and generations to come.
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