Indigenous Peoples

Courts deny most First Nations injunctions

11/11/19

Author:

Stephanie Wood

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National Observer

Indigenous leaders march on Jan. 8, 2019, in Vancouver, B.C. Rallies were held across Canada to show solidarity with Wet'suwet'en. Photo by Michael Ruffolo

Nov. 8, 2019

Shiri Pasternak suspected corporations likely won more injunctions than First Nations did in land disputes.

But she was shocked after she and her fellow researchers began crunching numbers.

The team at Yellowhead Institute, an Indigenous-led think tank, reviewed nearly 100 injunction cases. They found corporations succeeded in 76 per cent of injunctions filed against First Nations, while First Nations were denied in 81 per cent of injunctions against corporations.

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Canada

Indigenous Peoples

Social

Evo Morales didn’t resign; he was overthrown by a coup d’état.

11/11/19

Author:

Verso Books

Link:

Versobooks

. . a very good statement opposing the coup. It is co-authored by seven prominent acadmics, and co-signed by an additional 21 academics and activists. - Tim Kennelly

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We Stand Against the Coup in Bolivia (statement from Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad)

10/11/19

Author:

Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad

Link:

peoples dispatch

Evo Morales and Alvaro García Linera in a mobilization on October 28 in La Paz. Photo: Evo Morales twitter

[Editor: At our meeting we, (those attending the Vancouver Ecosocialist Group meeting of Nov. 10, 2019), agreed to endorse and post to our website and social media the denunciation below of the coup attempt against Evo Morales.

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This minority Parliament must get started on the Green New Deal we need

09/11/19

Author:

Cameron Fenton

Link:

ricochet.media

The history of Petro-Canada’s creation in the 1970s offers inspiration for our current political moment

After the votes were counted, Trudeau had fallen from a majority to minority parliament while trouble was brewing in Alberta.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

The RCMP Arrested an Unist'ot'en Camp Supporter this Morning! (Nov. 6, 2019)

07/11/19

Author:

First Nations Leaders

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Green coalition calls on feds to disclose true costs of climate change

07/11/19

Author:

The Canadian Press

Link:

National Observer

People sift through the 2019 budget booklet at a lockup session with experts and reporters in Ottawa on March 19, 2019. File photo by The Canadian Press/Fred Chartrand

November 6th 2019

Almost two dozen Canadian environment groups are urging the federal Liberal government to make sure its next budget acknowledges that climate change is costing the country hundreds of millions of dollars every year.

The groups are releasing their annual Green Budget document today calling for money for green skills training, funds to retrofit transport trucks with fuel-saving devices and a massive increase in spending on global climate mitigation projects.

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Oil and gas in western Canada divides Indigenous communities

07/11/19

Author:

Sarah Lawrynuik

Link:

National Observer

Dale Swampy is the president of the National Coalition of Chiefs, which hosted its Natural Resource Summit on Tsuut'ina First Nation, found in Calgary city limits, on Nov. 4 and 5. (Sarah Lawrynuik)

November 6th 2019

The conference room applause faded as Chief Roy Jones Jr. walked on stage to address the Natural Resource Summit, hosted by the National Coalition of Chiefs.

“I just have one question for anybody. Is there any Liberals out here?” he asked the crowd.

A split second silence gave way to laughter from the crowd — a mix of Indigenous leaders and representatives from Canada’s oil and gas sector.

“Come on, don’t be afraid to show yourself because we’re going to send a message to Trudeau with ya,” he, and the crowd, laughed.

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