Guatemalan Indigenous Journalist Charged With Terrorism Released From Prison
By Melissa Vida A court in Guatemala City released indigenous journalist and activist Francisco Lucas Pedro on January 3 after he spent 13 days in…
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“Monstrous”: Canadian Police Prepared to Shoot Indigenous Land Defenders, Documents Show
By Jessica Corbett In an exclusive report Friday that outraged human rights advocates worldwide, The Guardian revealed that Canadian police wanted snipers on standby for a January 2019 crackdown on…
Detroit Teacher Told by Administrators To Remove “Columbus Was A Murderer” Sweatshirt
By John Vibes A fifth-grade teacher from a Detroit area school was reprimanded and told to change her clothes because she was wearing a sweatshirt…
Economic Hitmen and Neoliberalism — The Truth About What’s Happening in Ecuador
By Dylan Charles The South American nation of Ecuador has been in the throes of a bloody populist revolution for nearly two weeks now. On…
Ecuador’s President Moves Government Operations From Capital to Escape Protests
By Jessica Corbett Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno announced late Monday that he had temporarily moved government operations out of the capital of Quito following days…
Indigenous Land Stolen By Government For $4.4 Billion Subsidized Coal Mine
By John Vibes Indigenous people all over the world are currently facing genocide at the hands of governments and corporations who are seizing their land…
Conflicted Judge Abets Chevron Retaliation Against Heroic Lawyer Steven Donziger
By Aaron Kesel For over a decade, New York lawyer and activist Steven Donziger, of Donziger and Associates, has been fighting Chevron after the oil…
Report Reveals Number Of Environmental Activists Killed Each Week
By John Vibes As images of the Amazon burning were shared across social media this week, the world is turning its attention to the battle…
NRDC and American Tribal Groups’ Update on Cell Tower Lawsuits, The FCC, and Why You Should Care About 5G
By B.N. Frank The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is supposed to protect the public by regulating the Telecom Industry. Instead they have a long history…
33 Native Hawaiians Arrested Protecting Sacred Mountain From Giant Telescope
By Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch A decade-long fight over the proposed construction of a giant telescope on a mountain considered sacred by some Native Hawaiians came…
16-Month Long Sting Operation Catches First Nations Man Selling $90 Worth of Fish
By John Vibes According to recent reports, a Canadian government agent posed as a scientist to set up an elaborate sting operation targeting a Cree…
City Kicked Out Their Cops and Politicians 7 Years Ago and Now They Have the Lowest Crime Rates in Mexico
By Derrick Broze A town in Mexico recently celebrated seven years since kicking out the corrupt narco government and reverting back to an indigenous form…
Standing Rock 2.0: Native American “Water Protectors” Violently Arrested at Peaceful Pipeline Protest
By Matt Agorist St. James Parish, LA — A smaller version of Standing Rock is unfolding in Louisiana this year and videos are surfacing showing…
“Slow Motion Genocide”: Indonesia Is Bombing West Papua — and Nobody’s Talking About It
By Darius Shahtahmasebi In May 2016, a fact-finding mission conducted by the Brisbane Archdiocese’s Catholic Justice and Peace Commission reported that West Papua was experiencing a “slow-motion…