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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. Integrity what? Responsibility who? “No, no no. We’re not doing anything wrong. We’re not the problem. We’re not the enemy.”

And so, desperately clinging to myth and hypocrisy, the so-called business community pushed on, doing everything to …

Things are getting worse for the world’s indigenous people. It’s no longer a matter of a few companies doing whatever they want to gut a region at the direct expense of a culture, or about some government that’s more than willing to crush down a people so the company can do it without interruption. The problem is that it’s being done more and more and more. It’s developmental genocide on a global scale and it won’t be letting up anytime soon.

And so I echo the Zapatista call for us …

As of January 1st, the indigenous town of Sanmin, located in Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, will be known as the Namasiya Township–marking the first day of a new government-backed effort to reclaim the names of Indigenous towns.

According to a an article on Tawain headlines, “the name rectification is in line with appeals from the indigenous movement as well as the “New Partnership between the Indigenous Peoples and the Government of Taiwan” treaty signed by President Chen Shui-bian in 1999 and reaffirmed in 2002…”

The treaty is made up of seven …

An elder from the Atayal. Her facial tattoos (blue in colour) are a symbol of adulthood and tribal identity, and were banned by the occupying Japanese government in the 1930’s.

In association with the Council of Agriculture (COA), Taiwan’s Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) held a news conference yesterday, announcing the Atayal People living in the Yufeng village and Hsiuluan village now have rights to their land, an area of about 37,000 hectares.

This …

After participating in the United Nations Permanent Forum, a delegation of 6 people from Taiwan came to feel that it is time for the indigenous of Taiwan to do more to protect their rights.

From the Taipei Times: “Although we’re a minority, Aboriginals in Taiwan and in Japan are actually better off than indigenous peoples in many other countries,” Kao Ching-yi (???) said. “We should therefore join others in their struggle for rights.” (source)

In related news, people from the Tao Tribe recently held a gathering on Orchid Island (just off …

Against the Demolition of Losheng Sanatorium in Taiwan!
from www.infoshop.org
March 22, 2007

This is Em from Taiwan, I am recently working on a campaign to help out the leprosy patients in Taiwan.

As such a subject that never gets anybody’s attention. I am asking the anarchist/activist/punks worldwide to help!! (The reason i am passing this here is becuase the government and the media here in taiwan is trying to shut us down, this is emergent, so please, we all really appreciated for any help!)

Because of the Police brutality in the recent protest, and their bulletin about entering the place in 2 weeks …