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Environment | Article | Feb 5, 2013

A movement to protect the earth rises in Canada

by Pamela Palmater, On the Commons

Since last November, a grassroots, indigenous-led movement has swept Canada and drew the world’s attention to new initiatives from the Canadian government that threaten the environment and indigenous communities. Of particular concern is Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s …

Society | Article | Jan 15, 2013

Idle No More rises to defend ancestral lands—and the planet

by Bill McKibben, Yes! Magazine

I don't claim to know exactly what's going on with #IdleNoMore, the surging movement of indigenous activists that started late last year in Canada and is now spreading across the continent—much of the action, from hunger strikes to road and rail blockades, is in scattered and remote …

Society | Article | Jan 8, 2013

From Occupy to Idle No More

by Matt Sheedy, Waging Nonviolence

As a member of Occupy Winnipeg, and a long-time activist and academic with an interest in social movements, what is most striking to me about INM is how it has been able to galvanize people from across the nation in a way that was lacking during the many Canadian occupations during the latter …

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