August, 2007

• Sweet Crude

  

  August 18, 2007  1,785 views 0 Comments Share

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  Sweet Crude, a documentary now in post-production, tells the story of Nigeria’s Niger Delta and the struggle of the People in the region. For 50 years, the people in the region known as the 'south-south' have lived a life of hopelessness and desperation as they watch the land become devastated, and their own lives become [...]

  Filed Under Africa • business • Energy • justice • movements • Niger Delta • oil • video

• Chevron to Face Trial in U.S. Over Nigeria Killings

  

  August 17, 2007  1,443 views 0 Comments Share

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  In a series of rulings issued yesterday, the United States (US) District Court Judge in San Francisco, Susan Illston, ruled that Chevron was directly involved in the attacks and murders which occurred against villagers in the Niger Delta region, in 1998 and 1999. Chevron Nigeria will be standing trial later this year. From All Africa.com [...]

  Filed Under accountability • Africa • business • Indigenous Peoples • justice

• Australia Legislates Assimilation

  

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  Well, the bills which grants the Australian government power to encroach upon, invade, and determine the lives of Indigenous People in the Northern Territory has come to pass with a near-unanimous vote of 56 to 6. Among many new privileges, the government now effectively owns all Aboriginal Land. All Indigenous on Welfare have automatically had [...]

  Filed Under Australia • colonialism • genocide • Indigenous Peoples • justice • NT Intervention • struggles

• Call for Solidarity with Sebokeng Community Struggle

  

  August 16, 2007  1,331 views 0 Comments Share

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  The following is a call of support and solidarity for the People of Sebokeng, South Africa who were recently attacked and arrested for setting up a pacific blockade in protest of the African National Congress's (ANC) inadequate service to the Sebokeng township. Thanks to Ana for sharing this on her blog. On Tuesday morning, 14th [...]

  Filed Under accountability • Africa • blockades • business • campaigns • protests • South Africa • struggles

• Tupinikim and Guarani reclamation over – evicted again.

  

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  On July 23, the Tupinikim and Guarani along with several Quilombolas began an effort to reclaim 11,009 hectares of land in Espiritu Santo, Brazil--- land which is currently occupied and used by Aracruz Cellulose for a Eucalyptus Plantation. In an Open Letter released the following day, the Commission of Tupinikim and Guarani Chiefs and Leaders [...]

  Filed Under Brazil • displacement • Guarani • Indigenous Peoples • land • reclamation • struggles

• Mexican Peasants Said ‘No’ to La Parota Dam

  

  August 15, 2007  1,286 views 0 Comments Share

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  This past Sunday an assembly was held in the Acapulco municipality of Guerrero, Mexico to decide upon the fate of La Parota Dam.... This occurred a little over a week after Senator Felix Salgado Macedonio said the People who would be effected by the completion of La Parota must be allowed to do just that: [...]

  Filed Under displacement • Energy • hydro dams • Indigenous Peoples • land • Mexico • movements • struggles

• Janie Jamieson: Let’s talk about the Law…

  

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  Here's a message sent out by Janie Jamieson Today, letting people know of an upcoming talk at the Law Society of Upper Canada, which located on 130 Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario. The talk will be held on Tuesday August 21, from 10:00am to 12:00pm LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LAW... From Janie Jamieson "ONE [...]

  Filed Under Canada • events • Indigenous Peoples • land • Six Nations • Traditions