The 'war on drugs' is presented as a necessary battle against social evils, writes Benjamin Ramm. But from the Andes to the Caribbean, prohibition has criminalised both religious and cultural expression. And it's a war that is strictly for the global poor: people in Colorado can grow pot - so why not Colombians?
… The 'war on drugs' is a war on culture and human diversity Benjamin Ramm | 28th April 2016 Comment War Society Religion Indigenous Peoples Culture Law colombia-cut.jpg The 'war on drugs' is presented as a necessary …
A review of Andreas Malm's Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century.
… Malm's Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century. … velocities of climate collapse, locust swarms, zoonotic pathogenic leaps, and the … The prose crackles—this is an urgent book. War Malm aims to demonstrate that Covid-19 and …
War would be the end for Trump, very bad for the American ruling class and ordinary Americans, and catastrophic for ordinary Iranians.
… Iran and drought, Trump and war Jonathan Neale | 20th June 2019 News Donald Trump War USA Iran Thought Leaders donald_trump_29496131773.jpg War would be the end for Trump, very bad for …
War on Want demands climate justice at COP25 and climate talks in Madrid and Santiago.
… War on Want demands climate justice Brendan … Montague | 3rd December 2019 News COP25 War On Want Climate Justice Thought Leaders asad.jpeg War on Want demands climate justice at COP25 …
This Saturday War on Want holds its Frontlines conference in London on the global conflict between communities and corporations, writes Paul Collins. Featuring a host of inspiring speakers, it will forge new alliances and new strategies of resistance.
… The new frontlines of war Paul Collins | 20th March 2014 Ethical … Corporations wow-celestine.png This Saturday War on Want holds its Frontlines conference in … people, Celestine Akpobari, will address War on Want's conference, The New Frontlines …
Dr Rowan Williams, former archbishop of Canterbury, prays for humans more concerned 'with getting gold than keeping our planet green'.
… our planet green'. Humans have declared war on nature and put progress before the … in a crisis which could be called "being at war with ourselves". He spoke at a meditation … organised by the Extinction Rebellion group. War Sitting on the ground amid protesters who …
Civil war in Syria is the result of the desertification of the ecologically fragile Syrian steppe, writes Gianluca Serra - a process that began in 1958 when the former Bedouin commons were opened up to unrestricted grazing. That led to a wider ecological, hydrological and agricultural collapse, and then to a 'rural intifada' of farmers and nomads no longer able to support themselves.
… in the Syrian steppe are the root causes of war Gianluca Serra | 5th June 2015 News Syria Middle East War Ecology Farming Protected Areas Commons … Indigenous Peoples fence-line.jpg Civil war in Syria is the result of the …
Erdogan's horrific 'war on terror' in the Kurdish cities of Eastern Turkey may have a silver lining, writes Defne Kadıoğlu Polat - at least for property developers and ruling party insiders. Plans are already under way for 'urban renewal' projects that will see the valuable real estate cleansed of buildings and people by the war developed into luxury apartments and shopping malls.
… Turkey's war on Kurdish cities - clearing the way for … February 2016 News Turkey Indigenous Peoples War Cities Society Politics Consumerism … diyarbakir-cut.jpg Erdogan's horrific 'war on terror' in the Kurdish cities of …
Capitalism's hidden fist is both a cause and effect of climate change: we need a new approach.
… Thought Leaders Capitalism Oil Industry War Security 37308997191_afd64c483f_o.jpg … commissioned by UN Secretary General warned that the current economic system cannot … double what it was at the end of the Cold War. The events of 9/11 in particular fuelled …
As Israel violates its own 'ceasefire' to murder yet another child in Gaza City, the poet Heathcote Williams delves into aspects of Israel, Palestine and the lethal war now under way that rarely surface in the mainstream discourse - and amid the horror, cruelty and rising tide of fascism, finds grounds for long term hope.
… aspects of Israel, Palestine and the lethal war now under way that rarely surface in the … Israeli-Arab conflict is to the wider global war of civilizations what Off Broadway is to … declares that the "only way to fight a moral war" Is to "destroy the Arabs' holy sites" To …
USAID, the UK's DFID and the World Bank are among those covering up for severe human rights abuses against indigenous peoples in Ethiopia's Omo Valley, inflicted during forced evictions to make way for huge plantations, writes Will Hurd. Their complicity in these crimes appears to be rooted in US and UK partnership with Ethiopia in the 'war on terror'.
… Bank among aid donors complicit in Ethiopia's war on indigenous tribes Will Hurd | 22nd July … US and UK partnership with Ethiopia in the 'war on terror'. In the fall of 2012 my cell … in the Omo Valley for more than 45 years, warned me about the possible motives of DFID …
Peru - host of the COP20 UN climate conference now under way in Lima - is facing rebellion by a 3,500 strong indigenous people deep in the Amazon committed to fighting oil exploration in their forest territory, writes David Hill, following the government's failure to consult Matsés communities or respect their rights.
… 'It's war!' Peru-Brazil indigenous people pledge to … Peoples Brazil Peru Oil Fossil Fuels War Corpoirations matses-chief-spear-cut.jpg A …
Australia's nuclear industry has a shameful history of 'radioactive racism' that dates from the British bomb tests in the 1950s, writes Jim Green. The same attitudes have been evident in recent debates over uranium mines and nuclear waste, but Aboriginal peoples are fighting back!
… The nuclear war against Australia's Aboriginal people Jim … / National Coalition government led by John Howard passed legislation - the Commonwealth … consent. "Practical reconciliation" was the Howard government's mantra - in practice this …
Revenues obtained from the often illegal extraction and supply of commodities such as timber and diamonds are directly bankrolling corrupt regimes and armed insurgency groups, and fund the purchase of weapons and other contraband goods that perpetuate cycles of conflict.
… Rights Violations International Development War Free Trade Fair Trade Economics Justice … funded illegal arms deals and fuelled civil wars and regional instability. UK campaign … Angola, Liberia and the DRC, where civil wars and conflicts funded by the diamond trade …
The Indigenous Peoples of North America are the survivors of a multi-century genocide that was still being deliberately waged in the 1950s and has still not stopped today, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz told Stephyn Quirke. But the fightback is on, and for the world to overcome both genocide and ecocide, the indigenous struggle must grow to encompass the mass of humanity.
… your academic research? I was an anti-war, civil rights, and women's liberation … law that were codified in the post-World War II period in the response to the massive … and disappearance, particularly genocidal warfare and forced removals, also lessens the …
Australia's nuclear industry has a shameful history of 'radioactive racism' that dates from the British bomb tests in the 1950s, writes Jim Green. The same attitudes persist today with plans to dump over half a million tonnes of high and intermediate level nuclear waste on Aboriginal land, and open new uranium mines. But now Aboriginal peoples and traditional land owners are fighting back!
… Radioactive waste and the nuclear war on Australia's Aboriginal people Jim Green … years. Two Adnyamathanha associations - Viliwarinha Aboriginal Corporation and the … stroke of a pen. This took place with no forewarning and no consultation with Aboriginal …
The opposition of Ecuador's Shuar People to large scale mining and hydroelectric development in their ancestral forests has triggered a full-scale military occupation of their lands in the Amazon cloud forest, writes Jake Ling, accompanied by a surge in state-sponsored murder and violence - for which Chinese and Canadian mining companies must share responsibility.
… without any kind of explanation. An arrest warrant for Wachapá was never presented. … and arbitrarily detain people without warrants or evidence. Under a massive military … air and land troops - equipped with four war-tanks, surveillance drones, aerostatic …
Honduras has endured six years of violence and land grabs after the 2009 US-backed military coup made the country a playground for Hillary Clinton's billionaire friends, write Eric Draitser & Ramiro S. Fúnez - and a hell for the country's indigenous and small scale farming communities, whose leaders are routinely murdered with impunity by US-trained forces.
… S. Fúnez | 2nd July 2015 News Honduras USA War Politics Human Rights Land Grabs … and working people of the country. A brutal war of US-supported ethnic cleansing The coup … 2014 was yet another chilling reminder of the war waged by the Honduran government on …
US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries – shrinking this war machine is a must.
… as many as 140 countries – shrinking this war machine is a must. The US military’s … come, by depending on existing aircraft and warships for open-ended operations. Climate … candidates, such as Senator Elizabeth Warren , and members of Congress like …
The 'brutal savage' meme has enjoyed a resurgence in popular culture and establishment narratives, writes Stephen Corry, despite abundant evidence that it's fundamentally wrong. But it suits today's dominant mindset of conquest, conflict and colonialism all too well, and serves to justify the ongoing genocide and expropriation of surviving Indigenous Peoples today.
… Comment Indigenous Peoples Science Society War Books yanomami-cut.jpg The 'brutal savage' … we view human nature - whether or not we see war as innate to the human condition and so, … society treats those it sees as 'backward'. In reality though it's nothing more …
The best way to deal with embarrassing, inconvenient facts is to ignore them, writes Guy Horton. And this is precisely what the international community is doing over Burma's demographic anomaly - 9 million people who ought to be there, but aren't. Their absence is prima facie evidence of genocide - but as we all celebrate the 'brave new Burma', no one wants to know.
… 2014 News Burma Indigenous Peoples Genocide War Human Rights burma-massacre.jpg The best … two unrecorded deaths in a sixty year old war involving, arguably, the deaths of … which would make 400,000. Extrapolated forward to 2014 the figure would approach …
Brazil's new neoliberal government is intent on building a massive new dam deep in the Amazon rainforest on the on the Tapajós river, writes Helle Abelvik-Lawson, obliterating the indigenous territory of the Munduruku people in defiance of their constitutional rights.
… Brazilian Constitution outside of times of war or disease outbreaks. That may be why … us every day, us and our children." State of war The Munduruku people - who number around … - say that they are living in a state of war. "The people in the village are always …
The endangered Bengal Tiger and One-horned Rhino desperately need protection, writes Lewis Evans. But in India's Kaziranga National Park, 'fortress conservation' includes a brutal 'shoot on sight' policy that is terrorising local communities, many of them tribal. Indigenous peoples are the natural allies of conservation and need to be engaged in constructive solutions - not shot!
… guards' reach, local people are apparently rewarded with money if they report people they … , many from different states in India. 'Open war' There can be no doubt that the principal … described his time in charge as "open war" and has spoken about the heavy toll it …
Ruthless conservation policies at India's Kaziranga reserve claimed 20 lives in 2015 alone, writes Bhaskar Vira. Now, after a BBC film revealed the grim reality of life for local people, the BBC itself is in the firing line - banned from all India's tiger reserves for five years. Successful conservation must build bridges with communities - not fight them!
… To justify such escalation and its talk of a 'war' against poaching, the government cites … illegal wildlife trade. However, as with all wars, a serious conflict over rhinos risks … on this planet. Conservation cannot be at war with society! Kaziranga illustrates the …