Inuit Greenland

After two centuries of European colonization, the indigenous Inuit of Greenland prepare for independence from Denmark.

The Andean Revolution

The Andean revolution of indigenous peoples against neocolonial violence under the rubrics of Free Trade, the War on Drugs and the Global War on Terror — all US imperial inventions — is anything but spontaneous or reactionary. Rather, it is the result of extensive research, education, and organizing by indigenous peoples to liberate themselves through unified effort.

The 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was not a gift from the First World to the Fourth World, but an acknowledgment of the moral and historic legitimacy of indigenous self-governance and culture. The liberation now taking place in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile is an achievement of the World Indigenous Peoples’ Movement which began thirty years ago in British Columbia, when global indigenous leaders first gathered to build an international network of solidarity.

Today’s actions by indigenous communities have deep roots of consciousness.

Society Network Party

We all operate within multiple milieus; making connections across dimensions determines our effectiveness. Allocating energy appropriately to society, network, and party, allows us to achieve more than concentrating on one aspect alone. It also makes us more human.

Genocidal Trade

IPS News notes that the US-Peru Trade agreement is driving the state violence against indigenous communities.

Obama the Fraud

Pro-war, pro-Ponzi; anti-union, anti-gay. Is there anything genuinely progressive about President Obama? Apparently not.

Imagining A Social Revolution

In her book about Kenya, Michela Wrong says, “You won’t get rid of corruption until a society’s tacit acceptance of it—the generalized belief that bribery and nepotism are entirely normal ways of operating—has been challenged by its own citizens.” Wrong’s statement could easily apply to the revolving door of media, banking, and government in the US. Seeing how the American aristocracy owns all three, imagining a social revolution mobilized by resentment is not so far fetched.

Party of Liberation

American liberals love to deplore the lack of human rights elsewhere, but turn a blind eye to their own bipartisan military state. America will not change until there is a party of liberation from this moral corruption and political fraud. Liberation is the natural outcome of a pro-democracy, anti-fraud movement in the US, should that ever materialize.

Reality in Advance

Some news stories leave one breathless, like this one about unregulated dioxin-tainted fish. Dioxin, the cancer-causing residue of the chemical industry, has long been the reason for Superfund cleanups and waste management regulations. Yet, it is not even tested for by the Food and Drug Administration in fish headed for restaurants and supermarket shelves. Watching the extinction of species like Puget Sound Orcas from dioxin while the FDA says it’s fine for our dinner table is like reading a dystopic adventure by Margaret Atwood. No wonder she argues she isn’t really writing fiction, but rather, reality in advance.

Remembering

FRONTLINE remembers Tiananmen. Do you remember Tlatelolco? How about Kent State?

Blood on His Hands

The unprecedented theft of US Treasury reserves by the Obama Administration is an act of murder. Americans will die of hunger and disease because of it. As he opposes national health care, and state health services are cut due to his reckless economic destruction, our blood will be on his hands.