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Indigenous movement

The International Indigenous Movement for Self-Determination

In North America, gaining Indigenous autonomy from the colonial powers of the United States (US) and Canada has involved efforts at state-formation, that is, tribal governance. For decades, Indigenous activists and organizers in North America have worked tirelessly to assert the validity of treaties and establish the sovereignty of tribal nations. These nations seek to gain control over their social and political institutions without compromising what they consider unique and essential cultural markers.

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Venezuela

After Venezuela’s elections: defeat for the right, challenges for the left

At the beginning of October, much of the world’s media descended on Caracas hoping to report on the end of an authoritarian regime. “Too close to call” was the refrain on almost every network. Market analysts at places like Barclay’s Capital urged investors to pile into Venezuelan debt on the assumption of an opposition victory. Months earlier Robert Zoellick, then still head of the World Bank, revelled in the certainty that Chavez’ days were numbered. Better still, Chavez’ defeat would put a stop to Venezuela’s subsidies to Cuba and Nicaragua and spell the end for those ’regimes’ too, bringing “an opportunity to make the Western Hemisphere the first democratic hemisphere”. When those pictures came out a week before the poll, of tens of thousands at the final opposition rally, it seemed they might be right. Many of us had forgotten that the Venezuelan opposition turned out dozens of equally massive rallies and marches back in 2002 to 2004. Even among left activists there were more and more of us mumbling about whether there was really much to save in the Bolivarian revolution.

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Greece

Hundreds of thousands of protesters opposed repression at Syntagma Square - we will continue the fight until we drive them out!

Statement by Antarsya

ANTARSYA is on the side of hundreds of thousands who demonstrated on the streets of Athens, at Syntagma Square and in other cities across the country. The massiveness of the militancy, the political orientation, persistence, and the rebellious attitude with which the workers and young people have been protesting for hours, demonstrate that we are entering a new phase.

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