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Society | Article | May 27, 2013

For a Future that Won’t Destroy Life on Earth, Look to the Global Indigenous Uprising

by Kristin Moe, Yes! Magazine

There’s a remote part of northern Alberta where the Lubicon Cree have lived, it is said, since time immemorial. The Cree called the vast, pine-covered region niyanan askiy, “our land.” When white settlers first carved up this country, they made treaties with most of its …

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 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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