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

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Over Three Thousand People From Five Continents Danced and Partied with the EZLN on its 14th Anniversary

Over Three Thousand People From Five Continents Danced and Partied with the EZLN on its 14th Anniversary

January 21, 2008

As the final moments of 2007 wound down, over three thousand attendees of the Third Encuentro of the Zapatistas with the People of the World, named

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In Their Best Interests

January 19, 2008

In Living the Brand, a new article from the International Journal of Communication, Melissa Aronczyk of NYU offers an account of the strategies involved in the production of culture through…

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Human Shield

January 15, 2008

Presently reading The Heart of the Sky, Peter Canby’s account of his travels among the Maya of Chiapas and Guatemala, I was disturbed this morning to read in the news…

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Guess who wasn't coming to dinner:
The first ministers meeting in Ottawa left aboriginal leaders on the outside looking in

Guess who wasn’t coming to dinner: The first ministers meeting in Ottawa left aboriginal leaders on the outside looking in

January 15, 2008

The Canadian government’s piecemeal approach to consultation does not respect constitutional norms about the participatory and consultative dimensions of indigenous rights.

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Papua (Indonesia): Genocide by Demographics

Papua (Indonesia): Genocide by Demographics

January 15, 2008

If present demographic trends continue, West Papua (formerly Irian Jaya) will be majority Indonesian (mostly Javanese) Muslim by 2011, and the indigenous Melanesian predominantly Protestant Christian Papuans will be a…

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BRAZIL: Land Shortage Provokes Murders of Indigenous People

BRAZIL: Land Shortage Provokes Murders of Indigenous People

January 15, 2008

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 14 (IPS) – At least 76 indigenous people were murdered in Brazil in 2007, 58 percent more than in 2006. The killings increased the most in…

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A Luo President of the United State

January 11, 2008

US Senator Barack Obama is a student of political science, international relations and American law. He is a leading candidate for the presidency of the United States of America and…

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From Humble Beginnings

January 9, 2008

Wampum recounts how Israel began 61 years ago by bombing hotels—long before it advanced to bombing refugee camps and other civilian terrain.

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Nations within the State

January 7, 2008

The Financial Times, New York Times and BBC increasingly report stories about growing conflicts between Fourth World nations and powerful states like the United States, Britain and Russia. Reports that…

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Strategic Opposition

December 31, 2007

I’m only half way through A Quiet Revolution by Mary Elizabeth King, but I can already say that her analysis of the first Palestinian intifada, as well as her detailed…

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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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