“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…
Read moreThe 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…
Read moreIntervention 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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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….
Read moreAs 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…
Read moreWitness looks at social media and indigenous rights in Peru.
Read morePretentious Pretensions Assistant Secretary of State explains why human rights is not a priority with his boss.
Read moreThe 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…
Read moreAs 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…
Read moreThe 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…
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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