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

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Ecosystems and human culture key to GHG Cleanup

October 1, 2009

Let’s face it. The industrial age over the last few one hundred years has created a global mess of the environment including the air, water, land and fish and wildlife….

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MEND Method

October 1, 2009

Global Guerrillas looks at a proposal for conflict resolution by rebels in the Niger Delta.

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Way of Life

September 30, 2009

Corpulence and Carbon No surprise that the statistics show rich consumer populations contribute far more to climate change than poor, low carbon producing societies. Kind of turns the population growth…

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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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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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