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…
Read moreMapuche 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…
Read moreFifteen 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,…
Read moreIn 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,…
Read moreDespite 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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CWIS has teamed up with the International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) draft and negotiate the Indigenous People’s Forum Treaty Negotiating Text to be incorporated in the international…
Read moreCurrently, there is no intergovernmental mechanism for the federal and tribal governments to effectively deal with one another, which can lead to a variety of disputes. The only policy dictating…
Read moreThe Gitxsan of northwest British Columbia propose an unusual solution to land claims.
Read moreUyghurs are a distinct people with their territories claimed by the Peoples’ Republic of China. They are largely practicing Muslims and speak their own language. For more than sixty years…
Read moreWriting a book is the revenge of the intellectual said prominent American psychiatrist and distinguished professor Robert Jay Lifton smiling knowingly during yesterday’s premier of the documentary film “Killing Jews…
Read moreThe 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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