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Civil War in Burma, Karen Women in Exile
From: Making Contact
January 24, 2007

Burma is a country run by one of the strictest military juntas in the world. For nearly 60 years, the country has been embroiled in civil war. More than 1 million people have been displaced and hundreds of thousands of ethnic minorities have fled to refugee camps in neighboring Thailand escaping forced labor, rapes, killings and imprisonment. The situation has deteriorated so badly that last September the U.N. Security Counsel added Burma to its formal agenda.

The Karen tribe is the largest ethnic minority in Burma. They continue to …

The audio on this page was part of a special 12-hour New Year’s Day broadcast on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal. The shows combined are a look back at the resistance of local and global social justice movements in 2006, and a look ahead to the struggles to come in 2007.

In the audio player to the right you can listen to 16 of the 28 shows. If you want to listen to the rest, please head over to this page on the CKUT blog

Thanks to Jaggi for sending this out.

A …

Brisbane, Australia:The Queensland Dept of Public Prosecution’s disgusting decision to ignore the Deputy Coroner’s findings that the Qld police killed Mulrinji,an indigenous man, in November 2004 while he was in police custody –has been met with community disbelief. The DPP wants us to believe that Mulrinji “fell” (getting 4 broken ribs and a liver split in two through the “fall”)and that the cop who arrested him — the 6?7? tall Chris Hurley — played no role in his death.

(1) Messages of support
(2) On line petition
(3) Background resources on the murder

(1) Messages of support to the local Murri community can be …

December 2, 2006 marked a historic day for activist working to stop the spread of nuclear proliferation it all its forms with a declaration that will stand the test of time. The Declaration of the World Uranium Summit has resonated to all four directions of the earth. Spread this message far and wide.

Here are the links for audio and video from the World Indigenous Uranium Summit held November 29, thru December 2, in Window Rock, AZ.

1 Manny Pino, a board member of the Indigenous Environmental Network reading the declaration (video version) - Download

2. Speech by Joe …

Democracy Now, a liberal-leaning radio show and TV news program, broadcast speeches from a recent forum on indigenous rights in New York City.

“Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance to Economic Globalization a Celebration of Victories, Rights and Cultures” was sponsored by the International Forum on Globalization and the Tebtebba Foundation. It was held November 18 and featured more than two dozen speakers on indigenous issues across North America.

Democracy Now broadcast the speeches of Elouise Cobell, the lead plaintiff in the Indian trust fund lawsuit; Felix Villca, a senior adviser to Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first indigenous president; Sheila Watt-Cloutier, a former chair of the …

Thanks to Brenda Norrell for passing this on to me.

Some MP3 files are about half way down the page - and if you catch this post in the next couple days, you can listen to the Summit live: (stream 1) (stream 2)

Border Summit of the Americas
Tohono O’dham Nation
Live From Tucson Arizona
Sept 29th to Oct 1 2006

Arizona Border Rights Foundation
Fundacion de Derechos Fronterizos de Arizona
P.O. Box 1286 Tucson, AZ 85702
Phone: (520) 770-1373 Fax: (520)770-7455

Contact:
Derechos Humanos: 520-770-1373; e-mail: kat@derechoshumanosaz.net
Mike Flores: 520-235-7599 e-mail mmiranda@tocc.cc.az.us

Border Summit of the Americas
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Tohono O’dham communities have …