African Civil Society Rejects Foreign Investment*

African Civil Society Rejects Foreign Investment*   This letter from African civil society critical of foreign investment in African Agriculture was presented at the G8 Summit.   15 May 2012 Mr. President (of the African Union), Please allow a West African peasant to share with you his preoccupations in the run-up to the G8 Symposium [...]

Occupy World: Canadians Take to the Streets!

Occupy World: Canadians Take to the Streets!   By Hwaa Irfan Seemingly quiet, conservative secular Canada has managed to suppress the voice of their indigenous communities, but what has been bubbling unde the surface has erupted when it comes to Canadians in general. Away from the global eye, as business carries on with greater intensity [...]

The Hopi Call for Water Rights

The Hopi Call for Water Rights Arizona: Hopi Call To Action To Protect Water Rights – Video   The Hopi are facing a water crisis and they are calling to action the world to support and stop bill 2109 from passing the Senate Floor vote. “What happens in Hopi happens to the rest of the [...]

Bolivia: Life Exists Beyond the Washington Concensus

Bolivia: Life Exists Beyond the Washington Concensus   By Hwaa Irfan When one has been entrained to think a certain way for a long time, one loses the tools, the imagination and the free will to operate outside out of that entrainment. This factor, more than anything else is probably the sole issue that underlies [...]

Ecuador: How an Oil Giant Decimates a People

Ecuador: How an Oil Giant Decimates a People Chevron  now faces an $18 billion court judgment for causing it. Instead of remediating his company’s contamination, Chevron CEO John Watson has squandered hundreds of millions of dollars of shareholder money in an increasingly futile attempt to evade responsibility for the consequences of this man-made catastrophe. Representatives [...]

The Indigenous People of Norway: Enough is Enough!

Delegates to the 2nd Barents Indigenous Peoples’ Congress. Photo: Christina Henriksen The Indigenous People of Norway: Enough is Enough!     As Norway raises its head in the world of global governance, the Saami, Nenets and Veps: the indigenous peoples of the Barents region came together to share their concerns at the 2nd Barents Indigenous [...]

Thailand: Forced Relocation of the Indigenous

Extract: Letter from the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) To: Her Excellency. Ms Yingluck Shinawatra. The Prime Minister of Thailand   Honorable Prime Minister, RE: FORCED RELOCATION OF KAREN PEOPLE FROM KAENG KRACHAN NATIONAL PARK We, members of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB), are a global network of organizations representing Indigenous Peoples [...]

Basque: A 7,000 Year Old European Language and a People Exist

Basque: A 7,000 Year Old European Language and a People Exist   By Hwaa Irfan If one is still under the illusion that there is more freedom today than there was say, 20 years ago, then one would only have to take a look at the Basque people, a people whose ongoing struggle used to [...]