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Idle No More: What do we want and where are we headed?

Posted 14 January 2013 | By | Categories: Citizen Action, Democracy, Gender, Indigenous People, Integration & Trade | 1 Comment

The Idle No More movement is part of a larger Indigenous movement that has been in the making for several years now. Indigenous activists all over the country have been monitoring the political and legal scene in Canada at both the federal and provincial levels and making a concerted effort to help inform First Nation community members and leaders about any potential threats. We noted a clear assimilation agenda that emerged within the Conservative government and we started planning on how we could address that if Prime Minister Harper insisted on putting his plan into action.

The Bitter Taste of Brazil’s World Cup

The Bitter Taste of Brazil’s World Cup

Posted 20 February 2012 | By | Categories: Biodiversity & Sustainable Development, Citizen Action, Regular Columnists, South America | 1 Comment

With two years to go before the World Cup in Brazil, already people are questioning the massive evictions caused by the Cup’s enormous infrastructure projects and the legal privileges that must be conceded to the all-powerful FIFA, which has set itself up as a kind of super-state capable of imposing its own laws and special tribunals.