Posts of: Jay Taber
Brokering Ethnic Cleansing
Fourth World genocide today — as in centuries past — involves real estate brokerage, political patronage, and a barrage of bromides. In the past, ethnic cleansing of continents held promise…
Read moreAll That Glitters
A Shameful Episode West Papua Information Kit examines how the US and the UN sold out the West Papuan allies from World War II for all that glitters. Beginning with…
Read morePerpetuating Colonialism
Indigenous nations, referred to in Canada as First Nations due to their inherent status as the original governing political entities there, are not recognized by the UN and its myriad…
Read moreShooting the Rapids
How Media Works This IJOC article on private equity media ownership is informative for those of us outside the rapidly-changing industry.
Read moreCompounding the Con
Already Made Off Glen Ford at Black Agenda Report looks at the futility of the investment bank bailout within the context of the pervasive fraud created by these same institutions….
Read morePerpetuating a Travesty
Shame on Our Country In today’s article at Indian Country Today, Paiute historians clarify the history of Yosemite National Park–an area previously inhabited by Paiutes. In an all too familiar…
Read moreSouth Asia News
The February issue of Himal magazine focuses on the Tamil struggle in Sri Lanka. Take a look.
Read moreA Backward State
Logic Aside As one of the three countries in the world that are not signatories to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United States’ hostility toward Indigenous peoples’ participation in…
Read moreWall of Denial
World Disservice Wampum hosts the Gaza humanitarian appeal video the BBC won’t air.
Read moreGoldman’s Golden Boy
The Big Ponzi As Ken Silverstein at Harper’s notes, the Goldman Sachs president has been busy installing big money boys in key positions of his administration. What does this have…
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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