Category: Daily
Abandoning Dominance
As the Celtic nations of Scotland, Wales, and Ireland negotiate the demise of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, bedrock nations in the Americas and elsewhere still…
Read moreDefending Autonomy
The Chilean Mapuche have established an autonomous legal defence unit to protect their political prisoners and community activists from police brutality. Working with the United Nations and NGOs like Amnesty…
Read moreCompare and Contrast
Abiding in Bolivia compares the United States and Bolivian military academies and contrasts the attitudes of presidents Obama and Morales.
Read moreEnduring Malign Neglect
There are many examples of misplaced priorities and distorted values emanating from Congress and the White House, but due to their peculiar history, the disaster unfolding on South Dakota Indian…
Read moreInsidious Goals
In February 2001, Yakama Indian Nation cultural leader and CWIS Board Member Russell Jim spoke about the insidious goals of the US government toward the indigenous peoples of the world,…
Read moreSeeking Due Process
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has agreed to hear a land claim petition from First Nations on Vancouver Island. Seeking due process in the international arena, after frustrated attempts…
Read moreLiberating Resistance
Mayans in Guatemala liberate activist from police, a model of resistance for us all.
Read moreDioxin and Diabetes
Intercontinental Cry examines the connection between diabetes and persistent organic pollutants like PCBs and DDT.
Read moreAn Occupation of the Souls
Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman discusses the global regression of the status quo, what he has termed an occupation of the souls. As Suleiman observes in this interview by Electronic Intifada’s …
Read moreFighting a Lost Cause
Defending democracy from the philanthropists was the topic of an interesting post by a friend of mine, but you probably get the gist of it: there are those who do…
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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