Category: Daily
United Irish
History is often more complex than legend allows. Nowhere is that more true than in Northern Ireland. When my Grandmother’s Grandfather’s Grandfather’s parents and siblings emigrated from Northern Ireland to…
Read moreSecession Campaigns
The recent San Francisco Chronicle article on a new state for the Oregon California border region reminded me of what happened in Puget Sound fifteen years ago. Secession campaigns —…
Read moreSex Slavery in Malaysia
Inter Press Service looks at how tribal girls in Southeast Asia are forced into prostitution by human traffickers promising normal jobs in Malaysia for the poverty-stricken children and young women.
Read moreChristian Fascism
Sarah Palin’s propulsion into politics was fueled by religious intolerance, organized through malicious harassment, and targeted at democracy. Her use of the power of the state to deny equal protection…
Read moreAlways a Good Day
My friend Darryl, a Sto:lo storyteller and retired seafarer living in Spain, once told me of growing up in a logging camp on the Olympic Peninsula where his grandmother was…
Read morePromoting Murder in America
Contrary to public opinion, promoting murder is not protected by the U.S. Constitution. Nor is it protected by tax exempt status, as in the case of charitable trusts and organized…
Read moreA Nihilistic Tradition
In Prostitution, Trafficking, and Cultural Amnesia, Melissa Farley observes that, “In order to normalize prostitution in everybody’s culture, postmodern theory helps to keep the real harms of prostitution, pornography and…
Read moreMaintaining Inequality
In Learning from South Africa, Palestinian activist Haidar Eid and South African activist Savera Kalideen claim that on all counts Zionism is worse than Apartheid. Able to avoid UN Security…
Read moreCommunity Mental Health
In the initial issue of the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Bulletin, scholars from around the world look at international mental health in all its dimensions. From Kabul, Naysan Adlparvar…
Read moreArmageddon in our Time
Violent, right-wing pentecostals have a horrific track record in the Fourth World, enabling genocide by undermining traditional indigenous beliefs and practices. Now, this religious-based violence is poised to make a…
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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