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

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Ecuadorians Protest New Water Law

Ecuadorians Protest New Water Law

September 30, 2009

“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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Stirring the Pot in the “Stans”

September 29, 2009

The NATO coalition operating in Afghanistan and the US Central Intelligence Agency operating in Pakistan are engaged in a war against a non-governmental organization (al Qaeda) and against non-state warriors…

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Alyawarra Walkoff

September 28, 2009

Intervention walkoff’s Blog explains the conflict between Alyawarra Aboriginal people and the Australian and Northern Territory governments. The Alyawarra elders recently appealed to the UN Human Rights Commissioner for protection…

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Stop Blaming the Poor. It’s the Wally Yachters Who are Burning the Planet

Stop Blaming the Poor. It’s the Wally Yachters Who are Burning the Planet

September 28, 2009

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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Precarious Platforms

September 26, 2009

As Global Voices notes, the crackdown on independent media by the Peruvian government has been mirrored by hackers and swarmers attacking indigenous rights bloggers. A good lesson about backing up…

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Witness in Peru

September 25, 2009

Witness looks at social media and indigenous rights in Peru.

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Perilous Priorities

September 25, 2009

Pretentious Pretensions Assistant Secretary of State explains why human rights is not a priority with his boss.

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Greenwashing Big Oil

September 23, 2009

The Alberta Tar Sands is the largest and arguably dirtiest, carbon-generating industrial project in human history. So how do the oil companies go about defeating the First Nations and bona…

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Diversity or Death

September 22, 2009

As showcased on the Survival International website, the diversity of humanity is intimately tied to the diversity of nature. Given the contribution to climate change of predatory practices like deforestation…

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Signs of Growing Movement in Integrative Health Care

September 22, 2009

The long and desperately needed collaboration between traditional medicine practitioners and institutionalized medical care gets more awareness and coverage. With the limits of so-called western medicine being widely acknowledged especially…

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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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