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.
… media's limited attention span. A murderous history This is pretty tragic considering Brazil's murderous history. For over five hundred years now … and land theft, not the inevitable arc of history or unfortunate accidents. Troubling …
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.
… will die of malnutrition." A dark and bloody history The Guarani have had to endure a lot … their entire conception of themselves. Their history revolves around it, and it is a …
Botswana's war on its indigenous population, the Bushmen of the Kalahari, has reached a new pitch, writes LEWIS EVANS. No longer content to arrest and intimidate them as they engage in subsistence hunting on their own land, the state has begun to shoot them from aircraft. These illegal, genocidal acts must stop!
… of these animals are endangered. A shameful history of state persecution Despite all this …
The Kawahiva, an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon rainforest, face extinction unless Brazil's government acts to secure their legal rights to land, security and to remain undisturbed by outsiders, writes Lewis Evans. The decree that would achieve this vital goal has been sitting on the Minister of Justice's desk since 2013. Let's make sure he signs it soon, before it's too late.
… direction that, say, American or Australian history has taken over the past few centuries, … the jungle. We also know that in recent history, as in the colonial past, contact has …
Armed and financed by Western corporations, Indonesia is waging a brutal war against a tribal people with little more than bows and arrows to defend itself.
… in one of the most shameful moments of its history, was known as the ‘Act of Free … the door to the most brutal period in Papuan history. Under their new dictator-president, … goldmine in the Papuan highlands, with a history of corruption, environmental …
The Chancellor's pre-budget report on Wednesday 6th December was a green-washed shambles. Paul Kingsnorth gives Gordon a helping hand with the re-write
… the longest period of sustained growth in our history, but of all the major economies – …
Progressive green thinkers have been seduced by the EU, but now it's time for the Greens to seize the moment, reclaim their radical roots and take the lead on Brexit writes PAUL KINGSNORTH
… is the culture of the great majority of human history, and of many people still, and it is …
Massacres like that reported to have taken place recently in the Amazon are sadly neither new nor uncommon. For uncontacted tribal peoples, the colonial era continues, as bandits and extractive industries, abetted by a corrupt government, inflict violence and plunder on them. LEWIS EVANS puts this brutality into context, and examines potential solutions.
… make a quick buck, there is a long and bloody history of genocidal violence against tribal …
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!
… sensitive border region of India with a history of armed conflict and many tribal …
Nobody meets John Papworth and forgets about it in a hurry. Paul Kingsnorth reports on a man who can inspire people – or get right up their noses
… ‘They were the oldest social unit in our history,’ he says now, ‘and they endured until … social organisation ever to have existed in history, which is the mass society. The whole …
Having launched the Ecologist 37 years ago, Teddy Goldsmith was instrumental in everything from the setting up of the world's first political green party to being the first to expose many of the problems associated with global development, such as giant dams and nuclear power. Following his death on 21st August 2009, we reprint this interview with Teddy from the Ecologist March 2007 edition
… one of the most influential tracts in the history of the green movement. It sold half a … is what Teddy Goldsmith has achieved. Perhaps history will be the judge of that. The man …
Having an allotment is no longer a tiresome hobby practised by old geezers in wellies and donkey jackets. It’s an insurance policy against an uncertain future, as Paul Kingsnorth has found out for himself over the last three years.
… to find out. In many ways it was a freak of history that I was able to do this at all. …
Paul Kingsnorth talks to Stephanie Roth, the former Ecologist campaigns editor who has
just been awarded the 'environmental movement's Nobel prize' for risking life and limb
to prevent the exploitation of the largest gold reserves in Europe
… ahead. Plus, for the first time in Romanian history, all Romania's different churches have …
Churches turned into pubs. Brooding Victorian warehouses replaced with sparkly identikit apartments. Family shops and independent cafes bankrupted by Starbucks, Tesco’s et al. When will we wake up to this grim, placeless reality?
… to people to allow it to be homogenised into history. Pubs, boatyards, crumbling factories… …