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Indigenous leaders say true peace requires self-determination and respect for their rights.

Doing the Time Warp again

Dress rehearsals for a showdown

Court urges federal and Ontario governments to make payouts after ‘dishonourably’ neglecting 174-year-old deal. The Crown promised riches to First Nations in Canada – over 150 years on, they could finally get billions

In its reexamination of entrenched narratives about the expropriation of Native land, Michael Witgen’s work is changing how Native people are situated in the arc of North American history.

Along with the United States, Israel provided weapons and training to Guatemala’s military and their campaign against Indigenous Maya civilians from 1974-1996. Israel was a war machine on its own, searching for arms markets and anxious for allies.

A special gift to GLM followers

In defense of humanity

The prisoners are members of the Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco (CAM), a movement that is involved in direct action to recover ancestral lands in order to protect Madre Tierra from spoliation by logging companies and big business latifundios.

Despite their relative isolation, the Zapatistas intend to continue influencing social dynamics. They have demonstrated that mobilisation for diversity doesn’t have to mean identity-base tensions, and can accompany the fight for social justice.