Posts of: Jay Taber
Obstacle to Reconciliation
California’s largest Indian tribe, the Yurok, has made a bid to become the legal custodian of a portion of Redwood National Park, portions of Six Rivers National Forest, and the…
Read moreFriends of the Earth
For the indigenous peoples of Latin America, what the European introduced plague and military invasions spared from destruction since 1492 is now being annihilated by the market system. Globalization in…
Read moreDefending the Indefensible
ADL continues to reap ridicule for its shameless defense of Israel and for its ludicrous attacks on human rights groups like Jewish Voice for Peace.
Read moreIntelligence Inquisition
Nora Barrows-Friedman and Maureen Clare Murphy report on the use of grand juries by the US Department of Justice as a tool of political repression against peace activists. In what…
Read moreUS Human Rights Record
Responding to the US record of human rights violations at home and abroad, the US envoy to the UN Human Rights Council noted that the President of the United States…
Read moreCanada’s Endorsement
As Cultural Survival notes, Canada’s “endorsement” of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples specifically objects to most of the rights contained in the landmark international law. In…
Read moreAn Instrument of Theft
One thing you can say about the Bush Administration is that it helped to clarify the corruption that defines the modern state. As an instrument of theft, modern states have…
Read moreConfronting the Warmonger
Veterans for Peace announces its mobilization against the Obama White House on December 16.
Read moreVeracity of Video
WITNESS blog looks at the Testify Project’s use of short video to compile testimony for submission to the UN Human Rights Council for its periodic review of the status of…
Read moreHidden History
Reverend Kevin Annett has had a long-running war with church and state in exposing high crimes perpetrated against Canada’s indigenous peoples. Earlier battles included losing his parish, his family, and…
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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