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

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Saving the Planet

Saving the Planet

July 12, 2009

Taking Down the System Writing in Orion magazine, Derrick Jensen argues that piety is a dead end. Saving the planet, he says, requires taking down the system.

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Defying America

Defying America

July 11, 2009

Kurdistan moves forward on autonomy despite US opposition.

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Egregious Glitter

Egregious Glitter

July 10, 2009

No governments hold Canadian corporations accountable for murder.

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Anti-Indigenous Axis

Anti-Indigenous Axis

July 9, 2009

The crackdown on Uyghurs in China, like the systematic brutality of Israel toward Palestinians, betrays the promise of universal human rights adopted by the United Nations in 1948. More recently,…

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Kurds Defy Baghdad, Laying Claim to Land and Oil

Kurds Defy Baghdad, Laying Claim to Land and Oil

July 9, 2009

With little notice and almost no public debate, Iraq

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Securing Sovereignty

Securing Sovereignty

July 8, 2009

Exercising Treaty Rights The Umatilla tribe in Oregon has reached an agreement with the US Forest Service to graze tribal cattle on lands governed by their treaty rights. As the…

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Clash of Values

Clash of Values

July 7, 2009

According to indigenous peoples worldwide, surviving climate change requires reliance on the resilience and adaptability of indigenous customary laws, not the exclusionary laws of commerce developed by corporations seeking monopolies….

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Post Carbon

Post Carbon

July 6, 2009

Powering Down Le Monde diplomatique looks at the false promise of biotech, and the sobering reality of powering down.

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Inuit Greenland

Inuit Greenland

July 3, 2009

After two centuries of European colonization, the indigenous Inuit of Greenland prepare for independence from Denmark.

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Golden Opportunity

Golden Opportunity

July 2, 2009

Cashing In on Climate Change The upcoming issue of Rolling Stone magazine looks at the role Goldman Sachs has played in creating economic havoc over the last two centuries. As…

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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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