Posts of: Jay Taber
Supply and Demand
Dying to Leave by PBS is a video documentary on the modern institution of slavery and the corollary multi-billion dollar business of smuggling humans worldwide for slave labor and prostitution….
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Put On Notice Indigenous peoples challenge new Canadian government over sovereignty. Harper put on notice.
Read moreBerlin Beckons
Indigenist Intelligence Review’s Angry Indian interviews Daniel Neun, editor of Radio Utopie.
Read moreBuilding Solidarity
Indigenous Rights The National Congress of American Indians is seeking support from the Organization of American States to implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the…
Read moreSmoke Him Out
In Colombia Journal, Garry Leech looks at the Obama position on free trade, and how his support for this darling of Wall Street is in contradiction to his stated support…
Read moreWithout Their Consent
“GOOD FAITH SHALL ALWAYS BE OBSERVED TOWARD THE INDIAN; THEIR LANDS AND PROPERTY SHALL NEVER BE TAKEN FROM THEM WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT.” –U.S. Congress, Northwest Ordinance, 1787 On the twenty-second…
Read moreHopeful Sign
A Possible Opening Political analyst Forrest Hylton discusses a possible opening for improvement in relations between the US and Latin America. An improvement that could emphasize social development rather than…
Read moreDead Zones
Salish and Irish oppose salmon farms that are destroying ecosystems in Canada, Chile, Scotland and Ireland, creating coastal dead zones and generating lethal viruses in lakes and rivers. International coalition…
Read moreA Hostile Court
In 1969-86, under the Burger Court, tribes and pro-tribal legal viewpoints won about 58% of the time. During the Rehnquist Court, 1986-2006, tribes and tribal positions lost 80% of their…
Read moreEnding Discrimination
A Human Rights Plan Amnesty International recommendations to the Chilean president include ending discrimination against indigenous peoples and the development of a human rights plan for the country. These recommendations…
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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