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Mindanao: Desperate situation of non-Moro indigenous peoples

Leticio L. Datuwata — 2023-09-16T19:15:21Z

Open statement of the Timuay Justice and Governnance (TJG) on the alarming situation of the hopeless Tëduray and Lamanagian Non-Moro Indigenous People (NMIPS) in some villages or sitios of Barangay Biaron, South UPI Maguindanao del Sur, who are affected by the feud of the Moro clan who settled in the area.

- IV584 - September 2023 / Philippines, Indigenous struggles

Lives Yes, Pipelines No!

Rebecca Kemble — 2023-03-23T15:47:28Z

Thousands of marchers braved frigid temperatures and took to the streets of Montréal, Quebec on Saturday, December 10, 2022 in an Indigenous-led march outside the COP 15 Conference on Biodiversity.

- IV578 - March 2023 / Canada, Quebec, Indigenous struggles

A Life of Struggle for Land and Community in Guatemala

Dawn Marie Paley — 2023-01-31T09:45:48Z

Isabel Solís has spent decades participating in struggles for freedom and in defense of life and communal land in Guatemala.

- IV576 - January 2023 / Guatemala, Indigenous struggles

New lessons from the popular struggle in Ecuador: preliminary ideas

Christian Arteaga — 2022-06-29T07:08:06Z

“These days have shown that the only possible politics and democracy is that of the people, in the streets, the tumultuous.”

- IV569 - June 2022 / Ecuador, Indigenous struggles

Two projects confront each other once more

Fernando López Romero — 2022-06-28T06:40:09Z

“The State of Emergency and the increase in repression may yet be able to contain social struggle, but only for now.”

- IV569 - June 2022 / Ecuador, Indigenous struggles

“We demand that the government responds to CONAIE's 10 points and halts repression”

Collective — 2022-06-28T06:25:16Z

This joint political declaration was issued by various left organisations in Ecuador. CONAIE (Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador/ Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador) is Ecuador's largest indigenous rights organisation.

- News from around the world / Ecuador, Indigenous struggles

Stop the represion in Ecuador! Solidarity with the indigenous-led strike!

Collective — 2022-06-27T07:43:03Z

The repression against the nationwide strike called by the indigenous movement in Ecuador has only increased since President Guillermo Lasso first declared a state of emergency and a curfew on Friday, 17 June.

- News from around the world / Ecuador, Indigenous struggles

Blocking an Ecocidal Pipeline

Dianne Feeley, Rebecca Kemble — 2021-11-03T04:26:57Z

Rebecca Kemble is a community activist and former member of the Madison, Wisconsin Common Council. This past summer she attended the blockade by Anishinaabe land protectors and allies against the construction of the new Enbridge Line 3 that cuts through their territory and threatens their treaty rights. Since then Enbridge has announced they have completed construction and are transporting tar sands oil. Meanwhile Indigenous protesters are still facing charges, and it was revealed that Enbridge has paid police $2.4 million for security. However, the protesters do not intend to end their opposition. Dianne Feeley interviewed her for ATC.

- IV562 - November 2021 / Ecology and the Environment, Indigenous struggles

The Fight for Indigenous Liberation

Brian Ward — 2020-09-21T20:13:11Z

As Long as Grass Grows:
The Indigenous Struggle for Environmental Justice,
from Colonization to Standing Rock
By Dina Gilio-Whitaker
Beacon Press, 2019, 222 pages.

Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NODAPL Movement
Nick Estes and Jaskiran Dhillon, editors
University of Minnesota Press, 2019, 420 pages.

Speaking of Indigenous Politics: Conversations
with Activists, Scholars, and Tribal Leaders
J. Kéhaulani Kauanui, editor
University of Minnesota Press, 2018, 400 pages.

- Reviews section / United States (USA), Indigenous struggles, Reviews

COVID-19 in the Age of Bolsonaro

Aldo Cordeiro Sauda, Camila Valle — 2020-04-28T08:59:20Z

As of April 14, 2020, Brazil has had 23,955 cases of COVID-19, including 1,361 deaths and rising daily mortality rates. And that is with only around 11 percent of total cases diagnosed, estimates the Center for Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases of the London School of Tropical Medicine.

- IV543 - April 2020 / Brazil, Indigenous struggles, Covid-19 Pandemic