After hearing the appeal presented by the defense team of the Suchitoto 13, activists who were arrested at the July 2 protest against water privatization in Suchitoto, El Salvador -- the judges reiterated the charge that they committed acts of terrorism, and will be tried 'accordingly.' The big issue here, is that the charge of [...]
There has been another attempt at forcefully evicting a family from their land -- this time, in the Mendoza Province of Argentina. The Villa Atuel company claims land that the Cubillo family has lived on for nearly 60 years -- and wants them off. But the company doesn't even own the land in question, and [...]
The Mato Paha Forum is set to begin on August 5th, at the Mother Butler Center in Rapid City, South Dakota. As expressed in the media release below, this is the forum of it's kind... The Mato Paha Spiritual Forum: Religious Freedom and Human Rights will be held on Sunday, August 5, 2007 beginning at [...]
Turns out Saving Iceland's campaign wasn't done yet... Thanks to indymedia for the update, and also for Saving Iceland itself, particularly for pointing out how integral aluminum is to the weapons industry. Now I know it's not just used for making cheese (that's right) and pots and plastic... From Indyemdia - The resistance against heavy [...]
A festival has recently begun in Buenos Aires, Argentina -- in an effort to support the thousands of People affected by Yacyreta dam, one of the longest–running unfinished hydroelectric projects in the world. Construction of the dam began in 1979 -- and so far over 80,000 People have been effected. The Dam, located on the [...]
This is a 7 minute film from the rally held in Melbourne on Saturday 14 July, as part of the International Day of Action in opposition to the government's escalation of attacks on Indigenous communities and the denial of justice for Mulrunji and other Indigenous people who have been killed in police custody. A statement [...]
Between Two Worlds is a collaboration between the filmmaker, Ariel Lopez Segovia, the Mapuche community of the Lago Budi area of Chile, and the US-based NGO Pachamama Conservation, which for the past 7 years has been working closely with women artisans to preserve their traditional craft, building deep relationships with Mapuche elders and youth, as [...]