Distant Voices, Desperate Lives in Sri Lanka
by John Pilger, May 14, 2009
antiwar.com
In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes the catastrophe facing the Tamil people of Sri Lanka, whose distant voices have appealed to the world for almost as long as the Palestinians. Read the rest of this entry »
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Distant Voices, Desperate Lives in Sri Lanka
Posted by smeddum on May 15, 2009
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Residential Schools: Kevin Annett – The man who won’t cave in
Posted by seumasach on May 3, 2009
Residential Schools: Kevin Annett – The man who won’t cave in
Ursula Tillmann
Now Public
30th April, 2009
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Unrepentant: Kevin Annett and Canada’s Genocide
Canadian Reverend Kevin Annett (53), who is presently on a lecture tour throughout cities in Canada lives dangerously. “I do believe that I am about to be arrested by the RCMP. My sources tell me there is a warrant being issued this week for my arrest,”he tells me in an interview this week. Reason: His suspicions regarding the disappearance and murder of aboriginal people in Vancouver, and the residential schools.
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Hopi environmental leader to speak at Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday celebration
Posted by smeddum on May 2, 2009
IndianCountryToday
By Staff reports
Story Published: Apr 30, 2009
KYKOTSMOVI, Ariz. – Black Mesa Trust Executive Director Vernon Masayesva will be on stage at Madison Square Garden on May 3 to help celebrate folk singer Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday. But he won’t be singing along with the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Eddie Vedder, John Mellencamp and Emmylou Harris. Read the rest of this entry »
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Pope expresses ‘sorrow’ over residential school abuse
Posted by alfied on April 29, 2009
A Canadian member of the AFN wears his traditional head dress as he attends the Pope Benedic XVI general audience in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 29, 2009.
A step foward; but for real healing to take place the Churches now need to admit the exact nature of their involvement in the cultural genocide of the Native American Indians. For background on this go to:
PARIS — Pope Benedict XVI expressed his “sorrow” Wednesday over the suffering of thousands of aboriginal Canadians in residential schools run by the Roman Catholic Church. Read the rest of this entry »
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Notice of Upcoming Public Forum and Inquiry into RCMP, church and state complicity in the death and disappearance of aboriginal people
Posted by seumasach on April 26, 2009
April 23, 2009
Occupied Squamish Nation Territory
Vancouver:
Hidden from History, the popular public affairs program at Vancouver Co-op Radio that is now in its ninth year of broadcasting, plans to sponsor a public forum and inquiry into the evidence of RCMP, church and state complicity in the death and disappearance of aboriginal people, both presently and historically.
This forum will be broadcast and filmed live in the downtown eastside of Vancouver, where many native people have died, disappeared and been assaulted and tortured by the police and other agencies.
Eyewitnesses to the alleged complicity of these forces in the ongoing genocide of native people will speak at the event and present their evidence. The RCMP, government and church officials alleged to be implicated in this genocide will be invited to attend, present their defense, and engage in this public debate and inquiry.
The evidence and statements made at this forum will be recorded and sent to international human rights and indigenous groups that are monitoring these matters. International observers will be present at this forum for security and monitoring purposes.
Of primary interest at this forum and inquiry will be the alleged existence on Canada’s west coast of police and state-protected pedophile, “snuff” film and human organ blackmarket networks which prey on aboriginal women and children, the homeless and other marginal groups.
This event is the first in a series of public inquiries being organized by The Friends and Relatives of the Disappeared, aboriginal elders and residential school survivors, under the auspices of the non-governmental body, The International Human Rights Tribunal into Genocide in Canada.
The event is expected to commence during the summer months and will extend into the fall.
To take part in this forum in any way, please contact the organizers at this email address. All correspondence will be conducted in strict confidence.
Respectfully,
The Friends and Relatives of the Disappeared (Vancouver)
www.hiddenfromhistory.org
Emergency Contact Number: 1-888-265-1007 (messages)
Please contact the RCMP for their comments on these allegations, and whether they will be participating in the forum, c/o:
Cpl. Sabrina Mill, E Division Major Crimes Unit
email: sabrina.mill@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
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RCMP want to question Kevin Annett about his website and writings concerning Missing Women
Posted by seumasach on April 26, 2009
April 18, 2009
Vancouver, Canada:
On April 14, Cpl. Sabrina Mill of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s “E” Division Major Crime Section wrote to Rev. Kevin Annett and asked to meet with him regarding evidence Kevin has compiled and published concerning the disappearance of women in Vancouver’sdowntown eastside and the alleged involvement of RCMP officers in their abduction.
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Alaska tribes meet with Bolivian president
Posted by smeddum on April 21, 2009
By Staff reports
ANCHORAGE – Alaska Tribes will be holding a private tribal leader reception with the president of Bolivia, the honorable Evo Morales Ayma in Anchorage, Alaska. Read the rest of this entry »
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Bolivia passes land from rich to poor
Posted by seumasach on March 16, 2009
14th March, 2009
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Emboldened by a new leftist constitution, Bolivia President Evo Morales on Saturday handed over ownership of farmland seized by the state from wealthy estate holders to poor indigenous people.
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Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Political Consequences of Uncovering Genocide in Canada
Posted by seumasach on January 28, 2009
Kevin Annett
1st January, 2009
2008 was the year the impossible happened in Canada .
Our national network known as The Friends and Relatives of the Disappeared made history this past year, and forever changed the political landscape of Canada. In the words of Dora, an elderly survivor of the Kamloops Indian Residential School,
“You’ve finally put our people on the map. They can’t ignore us, ever again.”
In a nutshell, we have forced Canada to admit to its genocide of native people, and issue a formal apology for the residential school crimes, and admit that thousands of children died in these schools. Our allied hereditary chiefs proclaimed sovereignty over indigenous land and issued eviction orders against the churches responsible for genocide.
Quite simply, after years of effort, we have forever changed the image of Canada in the world and ended an official regime of Holocaust Denial.
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Divided Bolivia expected to approve Morales constitution
Posted by seumasach on January 22, 2009
| Mercopress
22nd January, 2009 Bolivians are expected to approve a new constitution on Sunday that the first indigenous president of the country Evo Morales hopes will transform the life of millions of his fellow citizens by giving them more power. |
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Playground bones force Canada to face genocide of Indian children
Posted by seumasach on January 6, 2009
6th January, 2009
IN OVERGROWN deserted school playgrounds across Canada lie the bones of thousands of native Indian children who were stolen from their families.
Historian John Milloy is helping to uncover their stories in official research on burial sites. “We know that children were buried in unmarked graves, children who disappeared and were never heard from again,” he said. The research is part of Canada’s attempts to face up to a disturbing legacy of its residential school system, an attempt to “assimilate” native children that resulted in thousands of deaths and ruined lives.
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