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

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The Battle Continues

The Battle Continues

November 21, 2009

The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle, a new book by David and Rebecca Solnit, includes excerpts from an interview with Public Good Project’s former research director…

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Countdown to Copenhagen: Adapt or Perish

Countdown to Copenhagen: Adapt or Perish

November 21, 2009

Changes in plant and animal life, topography, glaciers, oxygen levels in the ocean, extreme changes in the weather and changes in human health can either be a product of human…

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Application to Destroy

Application to Destroy

November 19, 2009

In uncharacteristically forthright language, a German mining corporation has applied to the Australian Department of Indigenous Affairs for approval to destroy aboriginal sacred sites and archeological artifacts of the Nyoongar…

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Climate Instability

Climate Instability

November 18, 2009

Flash Freeze New information about the history of ice ages, their catalysts and consequences.

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Society of Jesus

Society of Jesus

November 17, 2009

Small Justice Jesuit institutions in the Pacific Northwest brace themselves for imminent legal battles over restitution to Native American victims of sexual abuse at Indian boarding schools.

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Fighting Obama

Fighting Obama

November 16, 2009

As the Obama Department of Justice attempts to intimidate independent media in the US, it is important for independent media producers to know their legal rights, and more importantly, to…

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Chile’s Police State

Chile’s Police State

November 15, 2009

Mapuche nationalist Victor Ancalaf, unjustly incarcerated by the state of Chile for five years based on an anonymous accusation, testifies before the UN Human Rights Council about Chile’s anti-democratic anti-terrorism…

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Turkey steps cautiously toward Kurds

Turkey steps cautiously toward Kurds

November 14, 2009

Fifteen percent of the people located inside Turkish-claimed territory are Kurds.  The Kurdish people actually live in a territory interrupted by the borders of five different countries: Turkey, Syria, Iraq,…

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Gaining Respect

Gaining Respect

November 12, 2009

In some indigenous societies, the combination of colonial economic, political and religious philosophies has perverted aboriginal governance and culture in misogynist ways. In Paraguay, overcoming gender discrimination hasn’t been easy,…

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Catalan

Catalan

November 11, 2009

Despite obstacles mounted by the Spanish government, consultations on independence for Catalonia will take place next month in 130 towns. International observers from pro-sovereignty political parties like Sinn Fein and…

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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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