Last month, thousands of People from four continents, representing 140 organisations from 56 different countries gathered together for the Via Campesina Gathering---an event that's held every four years "to discuss and plan work and strategies according to the most important aspects of country life (goods, sovereignty, food, agricultural reform, sustainable commerce, biodiversity, human rights, emigrants [...]
Below, you will find several quote from various interviews and speeches from NT Traditional owners over the last few weeks, discussing the Australian Intervention. Audio Recordings of these and other speeches are available online at www.asen.org.au, or you can obtain them by contacting holly@asen.org.au. Two of the audio files can be found below. Thanks to [...]
Piedra del Aguila, an oil corporation funded by US capital, is occupying lands belonging to Mapuche community Wentru Tahuel Leufu-- and the Argentine government has responded by giving the land to Piedra del Aguila. And to top it off, the company filed an appeal against community, which was promptly accepted by Cutralco’s Judge Graciela Blanco--overtly [...]
Last Month I posted an article about a gathering to discuss the terms of a Treaty to form a United League of Indigenous Nations. Well the gathering occurred as planned. In total, around 200 people representing 40+ Tribes (mostly from around the US) were in attendance. The gathering however, went a little different from what [...]
This was just forwarded to me from a friend. It's a couple days old now, but, as she noted in her email, it's still important. The topic at hand is the "Australian 'intervention." There were two attachments in the email, a draft letter and a 'snapshot of the Northern Territory---all of which can be found [...]
Three years ago the BC government sold Shell Canada drilling rights to explore for coalbed methane within Tahltan Lands, located in what's now known as British Columbia, Canada. The Talthan were never truly consulted in this business deal, hadn't been informed of the dangers connected to Coalbed Methane, and in fact didn't even known where [...]
Between 1910 and 1970, a massive campaign of assimilation was carried out in Australia. Up to 100,000 Aboriginal children were forcibly taken from their homes and families, creating the Stolen Generation One of those Children taken was Bob Randall, an Yankunytjatjara Elder and Traditional Owner/Representative of Uluru (Ayers Rock) In the following clip Bob talks [...]