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In Memoriam: Dr. Rudolph C. Rÿser, Founding Chair, CWIS

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A Hope and a Dream

A Hope and a Dream

November 20, 2012

In his American Indian Law Journal article Of Whaling, Judicial Fiats, Treaties and Indians: The Makah Saga Continues, Jeremy Stevens recounts the development of federal Indian law in the United…

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Cole's Coal

Cole’s Coal

November 15, 2012

In the interest of full disclosure, prior to my transition to Bay Area citizen, I was an environmental activist in the Salish Sea–an area that includes the San Juan Islands,…

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Extreme Violence against Bedouin village of Bir Hadaj

Extreme Violence against Bedouin village of Bir Hadaj

November 14, 2012

In the early morning hours of November 12, hundreds of Israeli police stormed the recognized Bedouin village of Bir Hadaj. The police officers were accompanied by representatives of the Israeli…

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Stand Up and Say No

Stand Up and Say No

November 9, 2012

In my June 26 editorial Extinguishing Sovereignty, I discussed how the extortion practiced by the Government of Canada toward its indigenous First Nations — as a means to terminate their…

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Mali Update

Mali Update

November 6, 2012

While the UN Security Council debates military intervention in Mali, it appears regional peacekeepers in West Africa are headed toward some sort of military intervention in order to allow the…

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A Tenuous Peace

A Tenuous Peace

November 4, 2012

No civil war is without innocent victims, but the 30-year civil war in Sri Lanka was especially brutal toward Tamil civilians as the war came to a close in May…

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Boycotts and Sanctions

Boycotts and Sanctions

November 1, 2012

Noam Chomsky discusses boycotts and sanctions of apartheid regimes like South Africa and Israel as a tactical tool that needs to be carefully considered and selectively deployed.

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Druze Refuse

Druze Refuse

October 31, 2012

Writing at Electronic Intifada, Budour Hassan explains the history of compulsory military service imposed on the Druze citizens of the State of Israel, as well as the organized Druze refusal…

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Criteria for Solidarity

Criteria for Solidarity

October 28, 2012

As Zapatista autonomous communities struggle to survive attacks by Mexican police and vigilantes, speakers for the Zapatista movement of liberation are reaching out to the world to prevent further massacres…

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A Motivating Vision

A Motivating Vision

October 28, 2012

In this video on the Psychophysical Effects of Environmental Racism, CWIS associate scholar Taiaiake Alfred discusses a motivating vision to reconnect indigenous peoples with their ancestral cultures that resonates as…

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Chief George Manuel Memorial Indigenous Library

The library is dedicated to the memory of Secwepemc Chief George Manuel (1921-1989), to the nations of the Fourth World and to the elders and generations to come.

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