Category: Global Exchange
‘GUILTY’: UK Government Blasts Vedanta in Unprecedented Attack
The UK government today blasted FTSE-100 company Vedanta Resources over its treatment of the Dongria Kondh tribe in Orissa, India.
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Kenya to Drill for Oil in Samburu Territory
Since February there have been ongoing government assaults on the Samburu people and allied tribes by the Kenyan government, with many people killed and almost all Samburu cattle confiscated. The…
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Ecuadorians Protest New Water Law
“We're crazy for water,” chanted about a thousand campesinos as they marched through the streets of downtown Cuenca in southern Ecuador on Monday. The march, called for by the Confederation…
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Stop Blaming the Poor. It’s the Wally Yachters Who are Burning the Planet
It’s no coincidence that most of those who are obsessed with population growth are post-reproductive wealthy white men: it’s about the only environmental issue for which they can’t be blamed….
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Canadian Government Isolated as Declaration Moves Ahead
A new report released on the eve of the second anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples shows that it is increasingly…
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World Bank Suspends Oil Palm Loans After Protests
The World Bank has announced it will not provide any more loans to oil palm companies until it can guarantee the loans are not causing social and environmental harm.
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MASSOB Begins 10-yr Anniversary Actvities
Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) weekend, marked its 10th anniversary with church services held at designated venues.
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Salazar Launches DOI Climate Change Response Strategy
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today launched the Department of the Interior’s first-ever coordinated strategy to address current and future impacts of climate change on America’s land, water, ocean,…
Read moreTla-o-qui-aht Celebrate New Reserve
"It's a ground-breaking ground breaking," beamed Tla-o-qui-aht council member Elmer Frank as he dug a ceremonial shovel into the dirt of his First Nations' new reservation. "The development of Ty…
Read moreNative America: Discovered and Conquered
Native America: Discovered and Conquered Professor Robert J. Miller, sits down for one full hour to talk about his book Native America, Discovered and Conquered: Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark,…
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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