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

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We Shall See

November 21, 2008

When Barack Obama talks about hope and change, he uses our billions to bail out banks while offering us bromides. When Evo Morales talks about hope and change, he uses…

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CLIMATE CHANGE: Talks Could Learn From Indigenous Groups

CLIMATE CHANGE: Talks Could Learn From Indigenous Groups

November 21, 2008

As the United Nations readies for a key climate change meeting in Poland next month, a London-based human rights group warns that any new deal on global warming would be…

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Democratic Changes

November 20, 2008

Model of Hope Evo Morales spoke yesterday at the Organization of American States about the democratic changes taking place in Bolivia and Latin America that provide a model of hope…

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Equality is Sacred

November 20, 2008

A Profound Difference Evo Morales met yesterday with indigenous leaders of North America at the National Museum of the American Indian. Contrasting the legitimacy and authenticity of indigenous leadership with…

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Essential Allies

November 19, 2008

The origins, and continuity, of American Indian rights to self-government are not well-understood, but are extremely important to contemporary American Indian communities. …Most Indian communities derive their social and political…

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Illustrating Subsidiarity

November 18, 2008

Staying the Course Illustrating the principle of subsidiarity, Sinn Fein and the DUP have reached a deal on the devolution of policing and justice powers from Westminster to Belfast. The…

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DUP, Sinn F

DUP, Sinn F

November 18, 2008

First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness confirmed today they have brokered a deal to stabilise the North’s power-sharing government.

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THREATENED DEMOLITION in the Unrecognized Bedouin Village of Wadi Na'am, Israel

THREATENED DEMOLITION in the Unrecognized Bedouin Village of Wadi Na’am, Israel

November 18, 2008

URGENT UPDATE THREATENED DEMOLITION in the Unrecognized Bedouin Village of Wadi Na’am, Israel We have received word that the mud and straw-bale built mosque in the unrecognized Bedouin village of…

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Human Rights

November 17, 2008

As noted by Amnesty International on Friday, Israel has again blocked all humanitarian and medical aid to Gaza, leaving the millions living there without electricity and other basic survival needs….

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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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