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More than a hundred indigenous Kenyah peoples from Sarawak, Malaysia are currently facing arrests.

For the last month, the group has maintained a logging blockade to stop the operations of Samling Timber Company.

According to the Borneo Resources Institute (BRIMAS) in Miri, “the company simply encroached into their Communal land and Forest areas to carry out logging activities, without any consultation and consideration for their source of livelihood.” The operation has severely effected the indigenous peoples.

They resorted to [the blockade] after the company continued to ignore their demands and rights of access …

Three months after a week-long mobilization against corporations, Via Campesina and the Landless Workers Movement (MST) launched another mobilization in Brazil last week.

According to the Associated Press, the mobilization started on June 10, with “thousands of landless rural workers invad[ing] dams, railways, plantations and corporate headquarters in a wave of protests across eight Brazilian states.”

In fact, there were actions in 16 states. As noted throughout the official website of the MST:

In Minas Gerais, about 1,500 workers and members of Via Campesina occupied a railway owned by Vail, demanding …

Following the massive lawsuit filed by the Beaver Lake Cree Nation last month (and the one filed by the Woodland Cree last year), the Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation came forward on June 4th to file their own lawsuit against the Alberta government.

The CPDFN say they weren’t consulted when the government leased away “the heart” of their traditional territory to MEG Energy Corporation for an oilsands (tarsands) project.

Focusing primarily on their Treaty Rights, CPDFN hope the lawsuit will require Alberta to hold ‘meaningful consultations’ so as to protect one of …

The Creek Runs Red is a documentary about the former mining town of Picher, Oklahoma, which the Environmental Protection Agency now regards as the most toxic place in America.

Located on the traditional lands of the Quapaw People, the mining town of Picher was once a hub for the world’s richest source of zinc and lead (a great deal of which went to making bullets for WW1 and WW2).

“During its boom, Picher’s population peaked at 20,000. Saloons and movie parlors lined the streets,” notes the Associated Press.

It truly was an American Dream. That is, despite the …

With the Tambogrande mine threat getting renewed — amidst the occupation of a mine in Puno and a fraudulent referendum in Michiquillay — it’s back to business as usual in Peru.

The Peruvian mining company Arasi has announced it plans to reactivate the Tambogrande gold mine project in the Piura Region of northwestern Peru. The mine was closed in 2003, after 14 years of struggle on part of one local community.

Previously headed by Canadian-based Manhattan Minerals, the Tambogrande mine threatened to displace 16,000 people, 70 percent of the community, and possibly damage …

Following a lawsuit filed by dozens of Innu seeking to establish title to their traditional lands, the provincial government of Newfoundland Labrador has issued eviction notices to more than 100 Innu families; giving them 60 days to “remove all structures from Crown land and restore the site to its original conditions.”

If they fail to do so, the government will demolish the structures themselves and charge the costs to the Innu families. On top of that, they will also be liable for fines “not less than $1,000″ and/or face imprisonment up to three …

A group of 200 Mexican soldiers and federal and municipal police tried to enter a Zapatista community last Wednesday, June 4, under the pretext of searching for marijuana plants.

According to a recent communique from the Good Government Council, which you can find below, when the military convoy arrived the community told them to “Go back to where you came from, you aren’t needed here. We want freedom, justice, and democracy –not soldiers.”

The soldiers replied by accusing them of growing marijuana, saying “we’re going on ahead come hell or high water.” (It …