February, 2007

• First Nations Activist Dies After Release from Jail

  

  February 25, 2007  3,425 views 5 comments Share

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  First Nations Activist Dies After Release from Jail By Zoe Blunt, www.zoeblunt.gnn.tv 24 Feb 2007 In memory of Harriet Nahanee, age 71 VANCOUVER - A community is in mourning following news of the death of a great-grandmother who fought to defend aboriginal rights and the environment. Activist Harriet Nahanee died at St. Paul’s Hospital in [...]

  Filed Under accountability • blockades • elders • Indigenous Peoples • sovereignty • Squamish

• Rainforest NGOs launch campaign against Samling stock exchange listing

  

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  Rainforest NGOs launch campaign against Samling stock exchange listing BMF PRESS STATEMENT February 25, 2007 A number of NGOs concerned with the conservation of tropical rainforests and the protection of indigenous peoples’ rights have launched a campaign against the public listing of the Malaysian Samling group. Samling is a logging corporation based in the Malaysian [...]

  Filed Under business • forestry • Indigenous Peoples • Malaysia • Penan

• Where things are at now

  

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  It's been some time since I've talked about the site and the project(s), so I thought I'd pass an update on. With the exception of a two very lengthy discussions (which I'm slowly compiling into pdf files) I've finished moving the content from the old forum now. Also, I mentioned last month that I was [...]

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• Ethnic Cleansing In Communist Southeast Asia: Red Alert

  

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  Ethnic Cleansing In Communist Southeast Asia: Red Alert By John E. Carey, johnib.wordpress.com Quoc Te Co Van February 25, 2007 There is something of a crisis in human rights abuses in Southeast Asia in general and in Communist Vietnam in particular. According to David M. Kinchen, Editor, Huntington News Network, “hardliners in Vietnam’s politburo in [...]

  Filed Under Asia • Hmong Lao • Indigenous Peoples • Khmer • Laos • Vietnam

• Australia: Radioactive waste dump on Aboriginal land

  

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  NLC ignoring traditional owners' wishes, says group ABC News Online Feb. 22, 2007 A group of traditional owners say the Northern Land Council (NLC) is going against its wishes by negotiating with the Federal Government over a possible radioactive waste dump in their area. Three defence sites in the Northern Territory are under consideration as [...]

  Filed Under Australia • Indigenous Peoples • land • struggles • toxins

• The Lessons to Learn from Divine Strake Termination

  

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  The Lessons to Learn from Divine Strake Termination By Stewart N. Thorpe February 22, 2007 DIVINE STRAKE IS TERMINATED! Not delayed. Not postponed. Not alternate locations being considered again. Not yet another environmental assessment. The madness of Divine Strake is over. The madness that started in December 2005 finally concludes in termination. The activist actions [...]

  Filed Under Divine Strake • land • toxins

• International Invitation to Peace Encampments on Zapatista and Cucapa Territory

  

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  International Invitation to Peace Encampments on Zapatista and Cucapa Territory To Be Installed February 26 in El Mayor, Baja California; March 13 in Huitepec, Near San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas By Subcomandante Marcos, EZLN Translated by Narco News February 22, 2007 ZAPATISTA ARMY OF NATIONAL LIBERATION MEXICO - FEBRUARY 20, 2007 TO THE PEOPLES [...]

  Filed Under Cucapa • events • Indigenous Peoples • Mexico • Zapatista