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The Sacred Fire
As noted in Upside Down World, Zapatismo is alive and well in the caracols of Chiapas, but self-rule in these autonomous indigenous communities is anything but easy. Community cohesion, the…
Read moreA Criminal Act
In the war between biodiversity and privatization, the battle in the Andes over protecting the genetic diversity of indigenous potatoes from an invasion of genetically modified seeds from the United…
Read moreAgainst Humanity
Poverty is widely recognized as a symptom of structured socioeconomic violence. Privatization is thus the linchpin to what author Michel Chossudovsky called The Globalisation of Poverty. As an act of…
Read morePoetics of Creation
When we strip away the superficial banter blaring from media noise machines, three essential questions emerge. Who are your people? Where did they come from? What is their story? In…
Read moreCriminal World
In an increasingly criminal world, covenants, treaties, and conventions recognizing aboriginal title mean little if laws acknowledging indigenous rights aren’t enforced. In Michoacan, Mexico, where indigenous forests have been illegally…
Read moreWhite Highlands
According to Jemima Pierre, the International Criminal Court has only indicted African leaders, lending to the impression that barbarity only descended on the continent after the departure of colonial powers….
Read moreNavajo Versus Nuclear
Already dealing with contamination from previous uranium mines, the Eastern Navajo Dine are challenging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issuance of new licenses. With cancer, heart disease and birth defects caused…
Read moreFunding Feudalism
Under the Reagan administration, protecting US-friendly feudalism in Central America went hand in hand with privatizing clandestine military operations. The crimes against humanity committed by foreign death squads, trained at…
Read morePreventing Disease
The Batwa of Uganda are thought to be the oldest tribal people on the planet, but their eviction from their homeland forests has caused many problems in their health and…
Read moreEyes on the Prize
Not all Nobel Peace Prize winners are warmongers like Henry Kissinger and Barack Obama. Some, like Rigoberta Menchu, actually earn the prize. Menchu, a noted Mayan activist, will run for…
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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