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• Mapuche on Hunger Strike over Chile’s Militancy

  

  August 4, 2010  552 views 8 comments Share

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  For the past three weeks, more than 20 Mapuche Political Prisoners have been on a hunger strike across southern Chile to demand the immediate release of all Mapuche Political Prisoners, the Abolition of Military Courts and the dissolution of the country's Pinochet-era Anti-Terrorism Law. The hunger strike began on July 12th, 2010, with five Mapuche [...]

  Filed Under Chile • events • hunger strike • Indigenous Peoples • Mapuche • petition • political prisoners • protests

• International Conference: Women, Mining and Human Rights

  

  May 20, 2010  263 views 0 Comments Share

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  Interviews and excerpts from the first international conference of its kind in Latin America, "Women, Mining and Human Rights: Beyond the Challenge," held in Guatemala City from March 14 to 17, 2010. Organized by the London-based Charity LAMMP and the Union of Latin American Women (ULAM), a regional network of women affected by mining, this [...]

  Filed Under conferences • events • Guatemala • Indigenous Peoples • interviews • mining • video • women

• June 24: Tell the world the truth about Canada’s record on Indigenous rights

  

  April 12, 2010  671 views 2 comments Share

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  The Indigenous Network Defenders of the Land has put out the call for a cross-Canada Day of Action to lead in to the upcoming G8/G20 meeting in Toronto, ON. The welcomed mass protest will be aimed at telling the truth about Canada's broken record on Indigenous rights and demanding that Canada abolish its abhorrent, racist, [...]

  Filed Under Canada • events • Indigenous Peoples • Ontario

• What Environmental stories should APTN cover?

  

  October 22, 2009  1,273 views 12 comments Share

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  The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) is looking for ideas and suggestions on what stories they should cover for their recently-announced week on the environment, scheduled to air in March. The Executive Producer of APTN's new investigative unit, Paul Barnsley, made the request in an email last week, saying they want to produce one four-minute [...]

  Filed Under Canada • environment • events • Indigenous Peoples • toxins

• Mobilizing for Mother Earth and Her Peoples

  

  October 13, 2009  1,770 views 6 comments Share

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  October 12, 2009 (the 517th anniversary of Columbus’ landing in the Western Hemisphere) is the first day of the Global “Minga”/Mobilization in Defense of Mother Earth and the Peoples, called by the IV Continental Summit of Indigenous Peoples Abya Yala. Rallies, protests and other actions are being carried out around the world in response to [...]

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• Global Minga in Defense of Mother Earth and Her Peoples, October 12-16

  

  September 15, 2009  2,252 views 8 comments Share

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  READ the Official Call-out for the Global Minga at http://www.movimientos.org/defensamadretierra/ On May 31 the IV Continental Summit of Indigenous Peoples of Abya Yala (the Americas) called for a Global Mobilization "In defense of Mother Earth and Her People and against the commercialization of life, pollution and the criminalization of indigenous and social movements." Marking the [...]

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• The Indigenous People’s Summit on Climate Change

  

  April 20, 2009  1,394 views 0 Comments Share

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  More than 500 Indigenous delegates and observers from around the world have gathered in Anchorage, Alaska, to take part in the Indigenous People's Global Summit on Climate Change. For duration of the Summit, participants discussed a range of issues, including Carbon Markets and REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries) the [...]

  Filed Under alaska • coal • Energy • events • forestry • Indigenous Peoples • Inuit • nuclear waste • REDD • Tar sands • video