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Phil Lucas, the late and legendary Choctaw filmmaker, once remarked that American Indians — after five centuries of colonialism — have learned very well how to divide and conquer themselves….

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Royal Dutch Shell, the big oil company, agreed to pay $15.5 million to settle a case accusing it of taking part in human rights abuses in the Niger Delta in…

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Fossil-Fueled Mobility This paper on the Western Amazon describes the relatively intact bioregion as one of the, if not the, most biologically diverse areas on the planet. It also describes…

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Indigenous groups do not want to accept plans that could completely change the way they hunt for food and raise crops. Development of the Amazon is a matter of life…

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Obama Supports Genocide While Obama does a photo op in Germany with President Merkel commemorating the Jewish Holocaust, the Obama Administration back home continues to block recognition of the rights…

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On March 23, 2009, Kanienkeha (Mohawk) Educator, Author and Activist Gerald Taiaiake Alfred took part in the Simon Ortiz and Labriola Centre Lecture series on Indigenous Land, Culture and Community….

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Separation from Reality Four decades later, Guy Debord’s 1967 treatise Society of the Spectacle remains one of the most profound analyses of modern humanity. Oblivious to the deepening separation of…

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Shining a Light Nicolas Dot-Pouillard examines the Anti-American, Anti-Israeli, Christian-Islamist alliance in Lebanon, and its potential for redefining national interests in the Middle East. Making sense of the multiplicity of…

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Later this month, I’ll be visiting Sacajawea State Park, at the confluence of the Snake and Columbia Rivers in Washington state, to see the memorial designed by Maya Lin and…

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Natives in Peru recently intensified protests they