April, 2008
Urgent: US Plans More Nuclear Weapons on Shoshone Land
The Western Shoshone Defense Project (WSDP) informs us that a public comment period will close next week, April 10th, on a proposal by the U.S. Department of Energy to increase nuclear weapons development at the Nevada Test Site, said to be ‘the most heavily-nuked region on the planet.’ The Test Site is located within the [...]
Support the Struggle for Survival at Black Mesa
Black Mesa Indigenous Support (BMIS) sends an update on the struggle of the Traditional Dineh residents of Black Mesa, reminding us that the US still intends to relocate the Dineh and destroy their homelands. For more information and to learn how to help, please visit www.blackmesais.org, and www.blackmesawatercoalition.org FIRST NATIONS, FIRST RESISTANCE— SUPPORT THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL [...]
Who’s the April Fool, Goldcorp?
Well, it turns out the “media release” sent out by Rights Action on Tuesday, April Fools’ Day, was indeed a joke. I was really hoping it wasn’t. In fact I was eager to applaud the Canadian mining company for pledging to take what would have been an near-unprecedented step… One that may very well have started [...]
Enawene Nawe Indians win right to fish
Survival International reports a Brazilian judge has affirmed the rights of the Enawene Nawe in the Rio Preto, an area of huge economic and spiritual importance to the People. Each year the Enawene Nawe spend several months there, trapping and smoking fish for the community, while performing an elaborate ritual “called ‘yankwa’ where foods are [...]
April Fools? Goldcorp Suspends Mining Operations
In a curious and surprising turn of events, Goldcorp has announced they are temporarily suspending mining operations in Honduras (the San Martin mine in the Siria Valley) and Guatemala (the Marlin mine in the Mayan territories of San Miguel Ixtahuacan and Sipakapa). What do you think, folks, is it an April Fools’ joke? Of [...]
Underreported Struggles #12, March 2008
In February we saw ‘civil society’ start to demand corporations abandon oppressive and destructive practices. Well, that trend continued through March; unfortunately, it seems to have been more chest pounding than anything… It was as if everyone sat around a campfire, talking about far off things while a fire raged a foot to their backside. [...]
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