Posts of: Jay Taber
Trial in Guatemala
State Secrets Archives in Guatemala lead to trial of former police, as well as further investigations into atrocities against the indigenous Maya by the Guatemalan army.
Read moreFree Expression
As a result of institutionalizing indigenous human rights, indigenous-produced media in South America makes significant advances, while their North American cousins still languish in 20th century models imposed by markets…
Read moreDominating the Mediascape
In an example of how dominating the mediascape includes both official propaganda as well as non-governmental criticism, Electronic Intifada contrasts Human Rights Watch with Amnesty International. As essentially a public…
Read moreMultitalking
Swedish scholar Therese Ornberg Berglund has made a significant contribution to the field of linguistics. Her website Multitalking is a valuable resource for anyone serious about communication, learning and knowledge…
Read moreThe Right to Communicate
One of the things readily apparent to me now that I am limited to slow DSL service is that some video on the Internet plays well while most are inaccessible….
Read moreGrowing Up Under Occupation
The Children of Palestine Stephen Lendman examines the lives of Palestinian children growing up under occupation.
Read moreSeeing Clearly
As one of the language groups of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Chinookan is also the source for the name of one of my weblogs. Skookum:…
Read moreInherent Rights
Northern California coastal tribes give notice to state that they will continue to gather resources under their inherent rights and not be regulated by California Fish and Game.
Read moreGrowing Pains
[Note: This 2006 rumination by Paul de Armond was copied from Metachat. Emphasis is mine.] It seems a bit of a tautology; this insight into manipulative culture and Empire. Society…
Read moreHolding Back
I remember, historically speaking, a time when there was no state because I grew up in a society where literally there wasn’t a state, at least in its centralized, coercive…
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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