September, 2007

• Toxic Sludge Is Good For You

  

  September 29, 2007  2,019 views 0 Comments Share

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  The fact that corporations and governments feel compelled to spend billions of dollars every year manipulating the public is a perverse tribute to human nature and our own moral values. The public relations industry has stolen our dreams, and returned them to us packaged as illusions. It must be our duty to dream more deeply, [...]

  Filed Under America • propaganda • toxins • video

• Worth More than Gold

  

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  This is a trailer to the film Tambogrande (2003), the story of proud fruit growers from Peru's northern coast who came together to defend their lands and culture from foreign (Canadian) mining interests. Canadian-based Manhattan Minerals was granted concessions by the government in the 1990's to extract an estimated US$1 billion in gold, silver, copper [...]

  Filed Under business • campaigns • gold • land • mining • Peru • struggles • unity • video

• Ascendant Copper Risks Losing Mining Project in Ecuador

  

  September 28, 2007  2,348 views 1 comment Share

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  Earlier this week, the Ecuadorian government held a press conference where it announced that Canada’s Ascendant Copper must suspend all its activities at the controversial Junin project, an open pit copper mine located in the Tropical Andes of Ecuador, for violating the country’s mining laws. This is the fourth stop work order since last December. [...]

  Filed Under business • Canada • Ecuador • Energy • environment • mining • oil • struggles

• The Kadar – removed but not effected

  

  September 27, 2007  1,311 views 0 Comments Share

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  The Kadar, a people living in the Southern of region of India, found out a month ago that the government of Kerala has decided to go ahead with a controversial dam that will force the removal of Two Kadar communities--permanently disjointing them from their cultural life. The dam, which has been found to be ecologically [...]

  Filed Under business • environment • India • struggles • Traditions • unity

• Zapatista under attack, suspend plans in southern Mexico

  

  September 26, 2007  1,713 views 0 Comments Share

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  Intercontinental Encuentro will still proceed, but the Zapatista have announced they are suspending the second phase of the Other Campaign, because the government has launched a campaign against the Zapatista communities. Here is the Comminque from Subcomandante Marcos: The Sixth Commission of the EZLN will suspend the journey of the second phase of the Other [...]

  Filed Under campaigns • Chiapas • Indigenous Peoples • Mexico • struggles • Zapatista

• The Sky Turns Dark in Burma

  

  September 24, 2007  1,496 views 3 comments Share

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  Since September 17th--the deadline given by Buddhist monks for the government to apologize for the violence used to break up a peaceful protest on September 5--the monks have been holding daily protests, continuing to speak out against the military regime and the dramatic increase in the cost of living they recently imposed. The protests have [...]

  Filed Under Asia • Burma • justice • protests • struggles

• A New look for Intercontinental Cry

  

  September 23, 2007  1,545 views 5 comments Share

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  I can't recall ever mentioning it here before, but in addition to running Intercontinental Cry, I also take care of the Oneidas for Democracy website. Well, months and months ago I planned to overhaul that site. It had always got the job done, but I have a deep respect for Diane and Danielle Shenandoah and [...]

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