In the thick of the Olympic frenzy, one voice that was systematically excluded from mainstream narratives is that of Brazil's Indigenous Peoples, writes Lewis Evans, who have fought to survive through centuries of dehumanisation, theft and genocide. And now they face a fresh attack as a proposed constitutional change, PEC 215, threatens a new round of indigenous land theft.
… Brazil's Olympic triumph - don't mention the genocide! Lewis Evans | 25th August 2016 Comment Indigenous Peoples Brazil Genocide The Land Forests Politics … centuries of dehumanisation, theft and genocide. And now they face a fresh attack as …
Brazil's extreme right wing government is preparing to open up the rainforest territories of dozens of uncontacted indigenous tribes to 'free for all' development by defunding the protection they currently receive, according to information received by Survival International, which warns: 'The reality is these cuts could sanction genocide.'
… Brazil: Government to abandon tribes to 'genocide' by loggers and ranchers Oliver … | 26th April 2017 News Indigenous Peoples Genocide Brazil Law Politics Farming Mining … 'The reality is these cuts could sanction genocide.' All the government units currently …
As Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy takes a strong lead in Burma's elections, Nafeez Ahmed warns that the military will remain the real power in the land. And as UK, EU, US, Chinese and Gulf state energy corporations compete to exploit Burma's hydrocarbons, don't expect them to denounce the ongoing genocide of the Rohingya, and anyone else in the way of their oil and gas infrastructure.
… Genocide: Burma's Rohingya sacrificed in … don't expect them to denounce the ongoing genocide of the Rohingya, and anyone else in … impunity it craves to accelerate the genocide of the Rohinga. Nafeez Ahmed PhD …
Blacks, Indigenous peoples and Palestinians are all engaged in a single struggle against a racist empire that systematically robs, colonises, impoverishes, terrorises, enslaves, imprisons, tortures and murders its subject populations. Their struggle for liberation is one, and will ultimately vanquish as the empire collapses from within.
… US empire is built on racism, colonialism and genocide The US empire was built on the backs of Black slavery and the genocide of Black people - and upon settler colonialism and the genocide of indigenous people. The people of …
Land theft, agribusiness and violence pose an existential threat to Brazil's Guarani people, writes Lewis Evans. They maintain a powerful resolve to regain their historic lands, and even have the law on their side - but the tribe will need international support to prevail against murderous ranchers and farmers, corrupt politicians and a paralysed legal system.
… The 'slow genocide' of Brazil's Guarani people must stop … Guarani Kaiowá were saved from the wholesale genocide inflicted on other peoples. Until the … and attacked . He continued: "A slow genocide is taking place. There is a war being …
The mainstream media are working hard to obscure NATO's hideous plot to rekindle the Cold War in Ukraine, writes Diana Johnstone, as they seek to engineer our 'consent' for yet more heinous acts to come. To prevent the horror of a full scale war, first we must grasp the truth.
… Ukraine - we must not 'consent' to genocide Diana Johnstone | 8th May 2014 …
Australian governments have long waged a one-sided war on the continent's Aboriginal peoples, writes John Pilger. And now a new weapon has come into play: the starvation of the most remote, culturally intact communities. It's all part of a multi-faceted program of physical and cultural annihilation. And yet the world is silent.
… Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Food Politics Genocide utopia.jpg Australian governments … country." She has described the legacies of a genocide: a word political Australia loathes …
Corporate lobbyists and their tame politicians love to present GMOs as being humanitarian in purpose, writes Colin Todhunter - as if they exist only to feed the starving millions. But if that's the case, why are they silent on genocidal land grabs, agrochemical poisonings and the destruction of efficient, productive smallholder farming?
… The outcome has been described as ecocide and genocide . 2. GM technology has not enhanced …
Sir David King is credited with bringing climate change to serious political attention. But he is also a campaign of GM crops. How does that square?
… an 85 per cent cut is required to avoid genocide in Africa smacks of political … it has got to be 80 to 85 per cent, or it is genocide in Africa and we’re risking very …
Australia must acknowledge the horrors lurking in its own history, writes Fiona Broom, and admit to its continuing Aboriginal genocide. It's made harder by the deliberate ignorance of Australia's mainstream culture, politics and media. But with John Pilger's outstanding film, 'Utopia', the excuses are fast running out.
… Broom, and admit to its continuing Aboriginal genocide. It's made harder by the deliberate …
After the world's warmest year ever governments are pouring trillions into fossil fuels every year and the UK has even created a legal obligation on itself to maximise oil and gas recovery, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. But thanks to the UK's media billionaires climate change has not even figured as an election issue. Join us to protest tomorrow!
Occupy Gandhi: a tarpaulin meditation on urgent climate action Donnachadh McCarthy | 3rd May 2015 Activism Climate Change Media UK Politics mahatma_gandhi_tavistock-cut.jpg After the world's warmest …
Under the guise of a land-titling project, Peru is breaking up and privatising indigenous common lands across the Andean highlands, writes Arthur Scarritt. While the law provides for communal titling and democratic votes, in practice there's no provision for communities to exercise these rights, and the many are being dispossessed in favour of large, 'efficient' market-oriented producers.
… eyes, brutal exploitation and even genocide. Europeans from Juan de Matienzo in …
As UK Prime Minister Theresa May arrives in Philadelphia for her first meeting with the newly-inaugurated President Trump, GINA HAYDEN, co-founder of The Global Centre for Conscious Leadership explores our current crisis in world leadership
Today is Nakba day - when Palestinians everywhere remember in their native land, stolen homes, demolished villages and long-lost way of life with grief, anger and a deep yearning that endures from generation to generation, writes Johnny Barber.
… as many Americans still deny an indigenous genocide in 'our' country. Zochrot, an Israeli …
Australia is still stealing Aboriginal children from their families, reports John Pilger. The 'lost generation' policies were meant to have ended in 1969, but a new wave of child thefts is under way - 2013 figures show that 13,914 Aboriginal children were in 'out of home care'.
… of the state" . The report called this genocide. Plus ca change .. . Assimilation …
Illegal gold mining in the Amazon has a devastating effect on indigenous peoples, writes Sarina Kidd. First the miners bring disease, deforestation and even murder. Then long after they have gone, communities are left to suffer deadly mercury poisoning. Now the UN has been called on to intervene.
… elderly. Five miners were later convicted of genocide. The Brazilian authorities have known …
The US taxpayers who finance foreign food aid surely believe they are feeding starving people, writes James Bovard. But the truth is the reverse - it is undermining indigenous agriculture in recipient countries - creating famine and chronic malnutrition, while sabotaging self-sufficiency.
… Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide , by Gary Bass. Destroying …
David Cameron's vision of striking terrorists in Syria betrays a pitiful lack of vision. We must bomb terrorists and their accomplices wherever they are lurking: Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Molenbeek, the Parisian banlieue, even Leeds and Finsbury Park if we have to.
… group has been carrying out a gruesome genocide of the Yazidi religious minority in …
As global media focus on Crimea's forthcoming referendum on whether to join Russia, we remember another 'Act of Free Choice' in West Papua in 1969 - which set off 45 years of military occupation, theft, repression and murder.
… people in numbers that could constitute a genocide. One of the worst examples of this is …
Peru, notorious for its brutal exploitation of forests, oil and minerals, theft of indigenous lands and murder of eco-defenders, is an unlikely host for the COP20 climate talks, writes Alexander Reid Ross. Except that Peru's actions reflect the corporate land-grabbing agenda manifest in the false solutions on offer in Lima this week. It's a time for resistance, not compromise!
COP20 and corporate power - destroying the edifice of false climate solutions Alexander Reid Ross | 10th December 2014 News Peru Unfccc Land Grabs Corporations Farming Indigenous Peoples Trade USA …
Turkey's shooting down of a Russian jet near its border with Syria has just revealed the real nature of the war, writes Oliver Tickell, and sharply illustrates the dangers of getting involved in a conflict that is driven more by a battle of two gas pipelines than a clash of ideologies. The message for the UK - keep well out! Or if we are serious about crushing IS, best join in with Assad and Putin.
Russia's shot down jet is sending us a powerful message: keep well out of Syria! Oliver Tickell | 24th November 2015 News War Energy Oil Gas Politics Syria Turkey Russia US UK France su24-cut.jpg …
Peru's Congress may soon approve a road through remote rainforest which is home to the country's last uncontacted tribes. The link to the Inter-Oceanic highway would open the area up to land grabs, wood cutting and gold mining, and expose vulnerable indigenous people to diseases to which they have no immunity.
Amazon: rainforest road threatens Peru's last isolated tribes Oliver Tickell | 1st December 2016 News Peru Indigenous Peoples Forests Transport Human Rights prohibido-cut.jpg Peru's Congress may soon …
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.
… (KCK) called the TOKİ plans a "cultural genocide" and released a warning that anyone …