Avatar’s History Lesson
The blockbuster film’s storyline is far from original.
Will Cash Cool the Planet?
What’s the best way to retain forests and reverse climate change without scapegoating indigenous and rural communities?
Thanksgiving: Time to Consider Native Americans’ Plight
The nation needs to commit itself to lasting Native American advancement.
Challenges to Native American Advancement: The Recession and Native America
Despite some growth, many disparities remain among indigenous Americans.
Trade Agreement Kills Amazon Indians
The U.S.-Peru free trade agreement has led directly to government crackdowns and the deaths of indigenous protestors, reports columnist Laura Carlsen.
Creating Another World: The World Social Forum 2009 Reports Back
At the end of January over 100,000 people gathered on the edge of the Amazon rainforest for the 9th World Social Forum. Participants spent a week imaging a new world rising out of the ashes of today’s economic, ecological, and cultural crises.
Please join DC-based friends and colleagues for a brown-bag conversation featuring short reflections on climate justice, indigenous rights, labor, financial crisis and environmental issues and proposals that emerged from the Forum. If you were at the World Social Forum, we invite you to share your experience, too. Bring your own lunch and join the discussion!
Flooding the Future
Gigantic dams have returned to Latin America, reports columnist Laura Carlsen, and they’re just as destructive as the old ones.
World Bank: Climate Profiteer
The World Bank irresponsibly and recklessly continues to perpetuate the world’s dependence on climate-altering fossil fuels while profiting from carbon trading, a dubious remedy to climate change.
The Other Guantanamo
While Gitmo gets most of the ink, the U.S. base on Diego Garcia quietly prepares for a role in staging a possible attack on Iran.
Conceptions of Coca
Brown-bag discussion with Silvia Rivera, Coca Expert and Activist and Advisor to the Bolivian Government on Coca Issues.
Annotate This: The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Yifat Susskind provides a guide to the key provisions of an important new UN document.
Indigenous Womens Pushback
For centuries, Indigenous communities have suffered from the violence of displacement, colonialization, and forced assimilation. Today, Indigenous women are leading the struggle for autonomy and self-determination.