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In Memoriam: Dr. Rudolph C. Rÿser, Founding Chair, CWIS

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The Right to Communicate

The Right to Communicate

July 26, 2010

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….

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Growing Up Under Occupation

Growing Up Under Occupation

July 25, 2010

The Children of Palestine Stephen Lendman examines the lives of Palestinian children growing up under occupation.

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Seeing Clearly

Seeing Clearly

July 25, 2010

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:…

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Inherent Rights

Inherent Rights

July 24, 2010

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.

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Growing Pains

Growing Pains

July 24, 2010

[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…

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Holding Back

Holding Back

July 23, 2010

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…

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Climate Failure Postscript - loop holes

Climate Failure Postscript – loop holes

July 23, 2010

The Guardian just reported that an effort is underway at the UN to change the climate change negotiating rules contained in the Kyoto protocol.  Attempts will be made in Bonn,…

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Psychology of Facts

Psychology of Facts

July 23, 2010

Cyrano’s examines the interaction of facts, information, beliefs and misinformation in media-saturated American opinion.

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The US Fails on Climate Change - Indigenous Peoples Threatened

The US Fails on Climate Change – Indigenous Peoples Threatened

July 23, 2010

As I suggested about a year ago, shortly after the US House of Representatives passed its version of climate change legislation, the Senate will fail to move on a Bill,…

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Indigenous Statement

Indigenous Statement

July 22, 2010

Global Indigenous Peoples Caucus comments on UNDRIP progress via the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the UN Human Rights Commission.

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Chief 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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