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		<title>Resisting Desert Rock</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Resisting Desert Rock
By Nathan Coe, gnn.tv
March 5, 2007
Indigenous resistance against the proposed Desert Rock coal-fired power plant continues despite intimidation and harassment. 
On the Navajo Reservation of New Mexico, indigenous elders and youth have been battling energy giants and their plan to construct a new coal-fired power plant on Navajo lands in an attempt to protect their lands and traditions. In December of 2006, resisters erected a barricade and engaged in a tense standoff with law enforcement. Though the barricade has since been removed, indigenous resisters remain on site to vigil and protest against the destruction of their sacred lands, while others seek to educate, organize, and rally their people, as well as the public at large.
In the deserts of the Southwestern United States-the area known as the Four Corners-energy and resource wars are nothing new. Locals say that there is nothing pettier than water politics in the Southwest. The legacy of coal and other mining and oil and gas drilling is a long one, as is the legacy of colonialism and the battles fought by the indigenous to protect their sacred lands. 
Over thirty years ago the Four Corners area was designated as a &#8216;National Sacrifice Area&#8217; by the National Academy of Sciences, by which they meant that the area was to be sacrificed to corporate interests and the extraction of natural resources, from oil and gas to coal to copper and other minerals and metals. The lands of the American Southwest have long suffered the ravages of heavy mining and oil and gas ...]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Peabody Coal!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings Black Mesa Supporters &#038; all who care about our planet. Please support a &#8220;NO ACTION&#8221; decision in solidarity with indigenous Dineh and Hopi communities. 
It is urgent that as many people as possible send in a letter right away to stop Peabody Coal&#8217;s Black Mesa Project (BMP)! A Sample is accessible below. Peabody&#8217;s plans call for more relocation, water depletion, and global warming. The deadline to make your comments be heard, Feb. 6, is swiftly approaching!! Click here to send in your letter electronically or print it out and mail it. We must use this window to voice our opposition!
* SUMMARY:
Massive mining plans are underway that have serious environmental, social, and human rights impacts. Peabody Western Coal, the world&#8217;s largest coal company, is attempting to obtain a &#8216;Life of Mine&#8217; permit from the federal Office of Surface Mining (OSM): which means a lease extension application that would permit them to mine indefinitely, and dramatically increase the current rate of coal production to turn Black Mesa into a massive energy center for domestic and international export.
It is unacceptable that this proposal could further the termination of indigenous cultural existence. The U.S. government has previously passed laws that terminate indigenous ancestral ties to these lands by currently restricting access to their lands and enforcing relocation. The LOM permit calls for additional restricted access to ancestral lands and relocation.
The LOM permit would allow the coal company the rights to billions of gallons of water a year from two major aquifers for their industrial coal production use.
This proposal ...]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti - Truth Made Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haiti Justice - Investigators, human rights groups, journalists, members of Congress and national leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean have made serious allegations that the U.S. Government played a key role in the February 2004 overthrow of constitutional President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, by supporting his armed and unarmed opponents, weakening the government through a development assistance embargo and eventually forcing him onto a plane. If these charges are true, the Bush Administration’s actions directly contradicted the fundamental U.S. commitment to democracy, both here and abroad. If the Bush Administration did not intervene to destabilize President Aristide, it deserves to have the record set straight. www.HaitiJustice.org 
Support the TRUTH Act
Half-Hour for Haiti: Update
January 17, 2006
Good news: the first bill of the year supporting justice in Haiti was filed in the U.S. Congress. Rep. Barbara Lee introduced H.R. 351, the TRUTH Act, which was referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. It now needs our help (see below). Thank you to everyone who wrote Edmond Mulet, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Haiti. We have not yet received a response from Mr. Mulet, please let us know if you have.
On Friday, Cite Soleil residents returned a machine gun that UN peacekeepers had abandoned following a skirmish in December.
Coming Attractions: Democracy is celebrated in Haiti on February 7, the anniversary of the departure of Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier (1986) and the inaugurations of Presidents Aristide (1991 and 2001) and Preval (1996).  Haiti’s Fondation Trente Septembre, joined by grassroots groups in Haiti and the US, ...]]></description>
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		<title>National U.S. Social Forum (USSF) - June 27th. Atlanta.</title>
		<link>http://intercontinentalcry.org/national-us-social-forum-ussf-june-27th-atlanta/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What the U.S. Social Forum Means to Me.
by Alice Lovelace - Atlanta, Georgia 
Imagine a world where everyone has what they need, where people make the decisions that matter and where government truly is for and by the people. Now, imagine we are working, talking, debating and planning to bring that world into being.
This is the World Social Forum (WSF) process, an open space where tens of thousands gather together to imagine and then work to realize that “other” world. Over the years, the World Social Forum has helped to advance fundamental regime change throughout the world. In places like Venezuela, Brazil, Chile and Mexico, grassroots movements have forged political environments that offer more than a choice between the lesser of two “evils.” They are crafting societies that demand authentic participation and voice.
The Forum’s slogan is “Another World Is Possible.” I believe that. And I believe that in order for us to achieve that other world, we must bring the Social Forum movement home to help build another United States.
A Journey Starting in Seattle
This June 27th, thousands of like-minded people will meet for a week in Atlanta for the first national U.S. social forum. It is ironic that it has taken more than six years for the U.S. to host a national social forum because the World Social Forum process was birthed in an action that took place in the United States.
A movement was launched at the World Trade Organization conclave in 1999 in Seattle. Forget what the media showed you, release that frame and ...]]></description>
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		<title>The World Bank&#8217;s dark plan for Palestine</title>
		<link>http://intercontinentalcry.org/the-world-banks-dark-plan-for-palestine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jamal Juma (et.al): As the peace process in the middle-east is continually delayed to serve zionist interests, we are left to wonder what plan the powers that be have envisioned&#8230;
#9 The World Bank Funds Israel-Palestine Wall
Despite the 2004 International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision that called for tearing down the Wall and compensating affected communities, construction of the Wall has accelerated. The route of the barrier runs deep into Palestinian territory, aiding the annexation of Israeli settlements and the breaking of Palestinian territorial continuity. The World Bank’s vision of “economic development,” however, evades any discussion of the Wall’s illegality.
The World Bank has meanwhile outlined the framework for a Palestinian Middle East Free Trade Area (MEFTA) policy in their most recent report on Palestine published in December of 2004, “Stagnation or Revival: Israeli Disengagement and Palestinian Economic Prospects.”
Central to World Bank proposals are the construction of massive industrial zones to be financed by the World Bank and other donors and controlled by the Israeli Occupation. Built on Palestinian land around the Wall, these industrial zones are envisaged as forming the basis of export-orientated economic development. Palestinians imprisoned by the Wall and dispossessed of land can be put to work for low wages.
The post-Wall MEFTA vision includes complete control over Palestinian movement. The report proposes high-tech military gates and checkpoints along the Wall, through which Palestinians and exports can be conveniently transported and controlled. A supplemental “transfer system” of walled roads and tunnels will allow Palestinian workers to be funneled to their jobs, while being simultaneously ...]]></description>
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		<title>Boycott De Beers campaign launches website</title>
		<link>http://intercontinentalcry.org/boycott-de-beers-campaign-launches-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A website for the Boycott De Beers campaign was launched today, urging the public not to buy De Beers’s diamonds.
The website features quotes from supermodels Lily Cole, Iman and Erin O’Connor, Oscar-winner Julie Christie, and an appeal to Leonardo DiCaprio.  
Cole, Iman and O’Connor all stopped working for De Beers after the Botswana government’s evictions of Bushmen from the central Kalahari desert were linked to diamond finds on their land. 
‘I was unaware of these matters (the Bushmen evictions) when I was booked for the shoot,’ said Cole. 
‘It was clear the Bushmen were being destroyed. You take people from their element and you end up with AIDS, drugs and alcohol in the guise of development,’ said Iman. 
‘I don’t think doing a job like (being the face of De Beers) would in any way add to my life or make me happy. I would take that stand and say ‘no’,’ said O’Connor. 
In a full-page advert in Hollywood’s Variety magazine the Bushmen appealed for help from Leonardo DiCaprio, currently starring in a film, Blood Diamond, about how the diamond industry fuels war and misery in Africa.
‘Boycott de Beers or have the destruction of the Bushmen on your conscience,’ said Christie.  
For more information see www.boycottdebeers.com or email: campaign@boycottdebeers.com.
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		<title>Save the Peaks Appeals Events Update!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the update, photos, audio and even a little video at http://www.savethepeaks.org for info on the Save the Peaks Appeals Court Events.
Ahee&#8217; hee&#8217; to everyone for their support!
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
September  14, 2006
Contact: coalition(at)savethepeaks.org
Hundreds Show Support For Native American Sacred Sites &#038; Human Rights
Navajo Nation President and Tribal Leaders, Among Many, at 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco, CA - Hundreds of people gathered today in front of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, unified in efforts to save a sacred mountain in Arizona from desecration by a proposed ski resort development. The courts heard arguments against the ski resorts proposed expansion and plan to make snow out of treated sewage effluent. This wastewater has been proven to contain harmful contaminants, such as pharmaceuticals, hormones and cancer causing agents.
Just the thought of making snow with reclaimed sewer water on the San Francisco Peaks should be an affront to all people of conscience, said Howard Shanker of the Shanker Law Firm who represented the Navajo Nation, Havasupai, Yavapai Apache, White Mountain Apache, Sierra Club, and others. The Peaks are sacred to 13 of the Tribes in the Southwestern United States. We are here because the lower court decision was wrong. We are hopeful that this will be a case where what the court determines to be legal is also right and morally defensible.
Tribal officials, including the President of the Navajo Nation, spiritual leaders, environmental activists and dozens of grassroots supporters traveled from throughout the country to join together with Native American ...]]></description>
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		<title>Coca Cola asked to leave India</title>
		<link>http://intercontinentalcry.org/coca-cola-asked-to-leave-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Major Protest to Shut Down Coca-Cola and Pepsi in India
For Immediate Release
August 22, 2006
Jaipur, India: Over a thousand people marched and rallied in the north Indian state of Rajasthan to demand the shut down of Coca-Cola and Pepsico bottling plants in the state.
Accusing the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Kala Dera of creating severe water shortages affecting over fifty villages and producing harmful products, protesters marched towards the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Kala Dera, about 40 kilometers from Jaipur.
Water is a scarce and valuable resource in the state of Rajasthan, often referred to as the &#8220;desert state&#8221;.
At the rally, protesters burnt effigies of Coca-Cola as well as Shah Rukh Khan, a popular Bollywood actor who also serves as the spokesperson for Pepsico in India.
Coca-Cola and Pepsico are under increasing fire in India after reports that their products in India contained excessively high levels of pesticides, including lindane, malathion and heptachlor. The study by the Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment found that pesticide levels in India, on an average, exceeded European Union limits by 24 times.
At least seven Indian states have imposed bans on the soft drinks, and the southern state of Kerala has banned the sale and production of both Coca-Cola and Pepsi in the state.
The state of Karnataka has initiated a lawsuit against Coca-Cola after its own tests confirmed the high levels of pesticides.
&#8220;It is well known that consumers in the US and UK are turning away from these drinks because they are detrimental to our health. With the findings that Coca-Cola and ...]]></description>
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		<title>End Impunity for the Murder of Thai Rights Defenders</title>
		<link>http://intercontinentalcry.org/end-impunity-for-the-murder-of-thai-rights-defenders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2006 15:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Phra Supoj Suvacano, a Buddhist monk, was killed for challenging the efforts of businessmen to take control of forest lands belonging to the temple and his local community. One year after his death, there have been no signs of progress. He is one of more than 20 defenders killed in the last five years.
This month, Human Rights First released a report documenting these attacks on defenders as well as arbitrary arrests and disappearances in the conflict area of southern Thailand. It&#8217;s called Losing Ground: Human Rights Defenders and Counterterrorism in Thailand.
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End Impunity for the Murder of Thai Rights Defenders
One year ago the Thai Ministry of Justice assigned its Department of Special Investigations to two defender cases:
Somchai Neelaphaijit went missing soon after filing a torture complaint against the police. The noted Muslim lawyer was last seen being forced into a car in Bangkok on March 12, 2004.
Phra Supoj Suvacano was killed in June 2005 after the Buddhist monk challenged efforts by businessmen to take control of forest lands belonging to the local community and the temple.
Five policemen were arrested in connection with the lawyer&#8217;s disappearance, but the trial was marred by a weak police investigation and charges that did not fit the crime. Four defendants were acquitted and one was convicted in January 2006 on a single charge of coercion.
The police force cannot be entrusted with investigating its own members. The Department of Special Investigations was created precisely to handle sensitive and complex cases.
Soon after the verdict, the Prime Minister assured the public that the DSI ...]]></description>
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		<title>Grassy Narrows: News and Background information</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the Latest News about Grassy Narrows, please see, http://friendsofgrassynarrows.com and http://www.freegrassy.org/
If you&#8217;re looking for mainstream coverage Here is some recent news, and you can search here for News on Grassy Narrows
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Amnesty Internationals Submits Brief on Grassy Narrows to the United Nations
The Primary reason for the blockade
For Immediate Release:
February 28, 2006
Grassy Narrows, Ontario- The Grassy Narrows First Nation today sent letters warning the chief executives of Weyerhaeuser (NYSE: WY) and Abitibi-Consolidated to “immediately cease and desist from all logging and industrial resource extraction on our territory” or face a “fierce international campaign”.
The letter follows a decade of failed negotiations, lawsuits, environmental assessment requests, public protests, and a 3-year logging blockade. The letter asserts that decades of unsustainable logging has “poisoned our waters with Mercury and other toxins, nearly eliminated our ability to practice our way of life, and robbed us of economic opportunities.”
The letter includes an SOS to the international environmental and human rights community to stand with Grassy Narrows in their demands and expand the struggle in the woods, in the streets and in the market place.
American Dream: First Nation’s Nightmare
In the 1990s Weyerhaeuser fiber-supplier Abitibi dramatically increased logging rates in Grassy Narrows without the consent or proper consultation of the community. According to a report by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Abitibi cut almost all of the remaining endangered woodland caribou habitat between 1999 and 2004 and regularly clear-cuts huge tracts of land, sprays the land with pesticides, and replants with monoculture tree plantations.
According to plans filed with the Ontario Ministry ...]]></description>
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