Indigenous
Peru suspends rights in jungle protest regions
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 08/19/2008 - 09:24.The Associated Press Mon, Aug 18, 2008
Peru's government declared a state of emergency Monday in remote jungle regions where Indian groups are blocking highways and oil and gas installations to protest a law that makes it easier to sell their lands.
The 30-day decree published in the official gazette suspends rights to public gatherings and free transit in three northern provinces.
It follows nine days of protests by members of 65 Indian tribes and a clash Saturday in northern Peru between police and hundreds of spear-carrying Indians with painted faces. Lima newspaper El Comercio reported eight officers and four protesters were injured. read more »
How an Indigenous Community Defeated a Logging Giant
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 07/16/2008 - 06:48.By Jessica Bell; June 23, 2008 - AlterNet
It was below zero degrees Fahrenheit on the night of Dec. 2, 2002, when sisters and young indigenous mothers Chrissy and Bonnie Swain from the Grassy Narrows First Nation drove from their reserve, located in the southern fringe of the vast Boreal Forest in northern Ontario, to the logging road just a few miles from their home. read more »
Leonard Peltier Statement for the 2008 Oglala Commemoration
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 23:23.
From: contact@whoisleonardpeltier.info June 26, 2008
Greetings my relatives,
I say relatives because you are all my family. I am honored, greatly honored today that you would listen to my words and come together in this way so that our future generations' will not forget what happened here in this land.
You can't imagine how much I miss walking on the bare earth. Or brushing against a tree branch or hearing birds in the morning or seeing an antelope or deer cross my path. I have been here in federal prison for 32 years; if you could imagine being in your own read more »
Mexican troops and police threaten food supply in La Garrucha
Submitted by rick on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 18:55.On June 4, 2008 some 200 Mexican troops and police engaged in aggressive actions against Zapatistas in the Patiwitz Canyon of the Lacandon Jungle. Specifically the heavily armed military / police convoy entered the corn and banana fields surrounding Zapatista communities. This threat to the communities' only food supplies provoked a desperate response by Mayan boys and girls, women, and men. read more »
Ohio Police Attack Long Walkers
Submitted by pirate on Sat, 06/07/2008 - 05:28.By Brenda Norrell Narco news June 4, 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Unprovoked Columbus, Ohio police attacked Long Walkers, by first pointing a taser at the head of Michael Lane and then forcing Luv the Mezenger to the ground and handcuffing him. read more »
8 arrested as Aborigines protest cull of kangaroos in Australia
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 05/22/2008 - 04:56.May 21, 2008
CANBERRA, Australia: (AP) Kangaroos and Tasmanian devils are beloved Australian icons that are tugging the nation's heartstrings for very different reasons. While authorities are cutting the population of the former, they are struggling to prevent the latter from dying out altogether.
The juxtaposition underscores Australia's challenges, failures and differences in opinion on caring for its unique fauna. read more »
Police Attack Protest At Minnesota Sesquicentennial Event
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 18:55.
ST. PAUL (WCCO ) During the Minnesota Sesquicentennial celebration in St. Paul, a protest by a couple dozen American Indians carrying nooses turned violent.
A protester hit a Minnesota State Trooper on the head as police tried to clear the area at the state capitol. Police arrested at least three people for disorderly conduct.
Demonstrators want the state of Minnesota to apologize for breaking Indian treaties and removing Indians from the land. read more »
Guelph, Ontario: Protesters Close Hanlon Expressway
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 06:09.Apr 30, 2008 14:39 GUELPH, Ontario
A group of non-native protesters blocked the Hanlon Expressway for about half an hour last night in a show of support for a group of Mohawks involved in a standoff near Deseronto, Ont.
About 20 young people stood in the southbound lanes below Paisley Road, near a small bonfire.
Three cars and a truck were stuck in the southbound lanes, between the intersection and the blockade.
Many other cars were temporarily caught in bottlenecks at the intersection. One man got out of his car to briefly push and yell at some of the protesters. read more »
Canada Tyendinaga Mohawk Aserakowa Direct Action to Shut Down Highway!
Submitted by pirate on Sat, 04/26/2008 - 07:26.Latest: Tense native standoff ends; six protesters arrested
Canadian Press
April 25, 2008
DESERONTO, Ont. — Mohawk protesters and provincial police officers were involved in a tense standoff in Deseronto, Ont., on Friday after officers said they spotted at least one gun among the demonstrators.
Police say they saw a “long gun” being pointed at them from a location inside an occupied quarry, which protesters have controlled since March, 2007.
The protesters said they had no weapons at the quarry.
Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND ELDERS ARRESTED EARLY THIS MORNING
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 08:10.
Monday March 31, 2008 PGA North America
Davis, CA- Student Leaders at Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl are preparing a demonstration at 5:30 pm tonight in front of the Yolo County Detention Facility after a series of arrests that took place today on D-Q University campus early this morning around 9:30 am. Seventeen Youth and Elders were arrested, most without being given the option of leaving. The Board of Trustees, accompanied by the Yolo County Sheriff’s Department have attempted to remove all the students from campus and brought in a locksmith to replace all the locks. read more »
