February, 2006

• CHILE: Mapuche Political Party to Pursue Autonomy

  

  February 28, 2006  1,162 views 0 Comments Share

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  By Daniela Estrada - SANTIAGO, Feb 28 (IPS) - The first Mapuche political party will be founded this year, to seek autonomy and self-government for the largest group of indigenous people in Chile. But a rocky road lies ahead. "We want to form a political party in order to win elections and govern in the [...]

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• Mutual Aid and Mutual Trust

  

  February 26, 2006  1,011 views 0 Comments Share

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  The following is essay 5 of the series: Building the Global Grassroots Infrastructure by George Salzman written on December 29, 2001 . You can find the original here MUTUAL AID AND MUTUAL TRUST In the Introduction to his timeless classic, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, Peter Kropotkin wrote, "[A] lecture 'On the Law of [...]

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• Strategies that have failed

  

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  The following text is a section from the book Getting Free, by James Herod. Titled "Strategies that have failed," this particular text provides several critical insights into the ways conventional strategies have prevented us from achieving our long-term goal of ending capitalism (you could just as well say Colonialism.) More and more people are calling [...]

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• Regarding Projects Between First Nations and Israeli People

  

  February 24, 2006  1,295 views 0 Comments Share

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  An Open Letter Regarding Projects Between First Nations and Israeli People By Ahniwanika (John Schertow) A few months ago I read a news article about a project to create a Native Embassy in Israel (link to article below). I was suprised and confused at this development, and that in the comparison of Jewish and Native [...]

  Filed Under AFN • Dene • Indigenous Peoples • Israel • Palestine

• Former Braceros and Zapatistas Unite

  

  February 21, 2006  1,269 views 0 Comments Share

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  By Bertha Rodríguez Santos The Other Journalism with the Other Campaign, Reporting from Tlaxcala February 21, 2006 ZACATELCO, TLAXCALA: As old workers of the fields, as guardians of the knowledge that makes them part of that other Mexico that jumps to defend its land and territory, more than a thousand former “Braceros” publicly joined the [...]

  Filed Under Indigenous Peoples • Mexico • unity • Zapatista

• Media advisory – First Nation trip to Israel

  

  February 17, 2006  1,351 views 0 Comments Share

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  Dear Friends, Ref: First Nation trip to Israel (see press release below) The Canadian Jewish Congress has organized a trip to Israel with leading members of Canada’s First Nation people. Phil Fontaine, National Chief, Assembly of First Nations stated, "Indigenous people in Canada have much in common with the people of Israel, including a respect [...]

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• The enigma of the International Criminal Court’s success

  

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  (In this article William Schabas is reviewing Marlies Glasius, The International Criminal Court: A Global Civil Society Achievement, Routledge, 2006) Almost eight years since it was established with the adoption of the Rome Statute, the International Criminal Court continues to gain inexorable momentum, surpassing the expectations of even its keenest supporters. In November 2005 it [...]

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