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In Memoriam: Dr. Rudolph C. Rÿser, Founding Chair, CWIS

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Witness in Peru

September 25, 2009

Witness looks at social media and indigenous rights in Peru.

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Perilous Priorities

September 25, 2009

Pretentious Pretensions Assistant Secretary of State explains why human rights is not a priority with his boss.

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Greenwashing Big Oil

September 23, 2009

The Alberta Tar Sands is the largest and arguably dirtiest, carbon-generating industrial project in human history. So how do the oil companies go about defeating the First Nations and bona…

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Diversity or Death

September 22, 2009

As showcased on the Survival International website, the diversity of humanity is intimately tied to the diversity of nature. Given the contribution to climate change of predatory practices like deforestation…

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Signs of Growing Movement in Integrative Health Care

September 22, 2009

The long and desperately needed collaboration between traditional medicine practitioners and institutionalized medical care gets more awareness and coverage. With the limits of so-called western medicine being widely acknowledged especially…

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Canadian Government Isolated as Declaration Moves Ahead

Canadian Government Isolated as Declaration Moves Ahead

September 22, 2009

A new report released on the eve of the second anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples shows that it is increasingly…

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Rigged Against Justice

September 21, 2009

Philip Weiss discusses the significance and the shortcomings of the Goldstone Report, as well as the obstacles to Palestinian justice and Israeli accountability posed by the United States. As US…

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World Bank Suspends Oil Palm Loans After Protests

World Bank Suspends Oil Palm Loans After Protests

September 21, 2009

The World Bank has announced it will not provide any more loans to oil palm companies until it can guarantee the loans are not causing social and environmental harm.

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MASSOB Begins 10-yr Anniversary Actvities

MASSOB Begins 10-yr Anniversary Actvities

September 19, 2009

Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) weekend, marked its 10th anniversary with church services held at designated venues.

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Norton Finally Investigated

September 18, 2009

Gale Norton, former Secretary of the Interior, is finally being investigated for corruption in office. Having built a career helping energy, mining, and timber corporations steal US assets, Norton now…

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Chief George Manuel Memorial Indigenous Library

The library is dedicated to the memory of Secwepemc Chief George Manuel (1921-1989), to the nations of the Fourth World and to the elders and generations to come.

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