Intercontinental Cry

Defenders of Mount Tenabo Constructing Encampment

Ahni — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:42:27 +0000

At some point today, several Shoshone men will begin constructing a permanent arbor on the Southern flank of Mt. Tenabo, where they will camp and monitor the Canadian mining company Barrick Gold. The encampment was called on during last week’s protest, where Shoshone Grandmothers and their supporters attempted to confront Barrick Gold and bring an end [...]

One Day Left! Letters Needed to Protect Bear Butte

Ahni — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:39:09 +0000

The Meade County Commissioners (MCC) are about to hold a hearing for the renewal of liquor licenses at venues surrounding Bear Butte, a sacred place of prayer to over thirty Indigenous Nations across the Plains. The hearing will take place this coming Wednesday, December 3rd at 4:00. Your letters of opposition are urgently needed before Tuesday, [...]

Underreported Struggles #20, November 2008

Ahni — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:36:56 +0000

In the month’s Underreported Struggles: Talisman decides to ignore warning from the Achuar to “get out now”; A spontaneous tribal uprising forms in West Bengal; Vedanta Resources gets chased away by more than 500 villagers; an indigenous movement takes shape in Canada; and 17 other stories… November 28 - Western Shoshone protest Barrick Gold on [...]

Eight Mayan Women

Ahni — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:37:02 +0000

Eight Mayan Women is a story of continued resistance to the Canadian mining company Goldcorp. For the past three years the company has been extracting gold and silver in the municipality of San Miguel Ixtahuacan, Guatemala. The people of San Miguel have been opposed the operation, primarily out of a concern that it is [...]

Canada Post Blocks Health Canada Advisory to Indigenous Community

Ahni — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:33:31 +0000

November 28: The following article has had a significant update. For details, see the section “Response from Canada Post” A Canada Post employee has apparently refused to allow the distribution of a Health Canada advisory that warns of serious health concerns regarding the “Build All” open pit asphalt plant located near the Mohawk Territory of Tyendinaga. According [...]

Shoshone Grandmothers Plan to Resist Proposed Mine Site

Ahni — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:48:59 +0000

The Western Shoshone Defense Project has sent out an update on Barrick Gold’s Cortez Hills Expansion Project and the effort to stop it. The company has indeed begun ‘construction’, ripping out trees at a reported rate of 30 acres per day. On Monday, attorneys for several Western Shoshone tribes and indigenous and environmental organizations filed [...]

Kainai First Nation: We will hold them accountable

Ahni — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:23:08 +0000

Members of the Kainai First Nation in southern Alberta, and especially the Kainai First Nation Elders Association, are tired of having an irresponsible Band Council. They want leadership that can be held accountable for its actions, and who treats the community with respect. Right now the Chief and Council handles them as if they’re low-level employees [...]

Colombia: The Minga has a life of its own

Ahni — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:03:02 +0000

The Minga LIVES, may the MINGA LIVE! We call for a Colombia of the people without owners; all the wisdom, all the pain, all the experience, all the words, all our grandmothers and our memories guide us. We are going to live because we are forever tired of the pain, death and greed of those [...]

10,000 Indigenous People Mobilize in Ecuador

Ahni — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:54:16 +0000

In Ecuador, more than 10,000 indigenous people mobilized last week to protest a new water law introduced by government of President Rafael Correa, which they say could lead to privatization, pollution and depletion of this most precious resource. The protest took place on November 19, “two days after thousands of campesinos and coastal fishers staged nation [...]

Video activism and the Chiapas Media Project

Ahni — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:04:41 +0000

In the following presentation, Claudia Magallanes-Blanco from the University of Western Sydney talks about the role of video activism as a world-wide tool for empowerment and the Chiapas Media Project, a collaborative effort based in Mexico that provides indigenous Zapatistas in Chiapas and peasants in Guerrero with training and equipment to produce their own videos. Since [...]