CNN, Do You See Us Now? (tags)
Protest and educational outreach continues in Canada, the U.S., and other countries concerning pending bills and projects that would be a major assault both on indigenous people and the environment. In Canada, Bill C-45 would unilaterally alter treaties with First Nations people, drastically effect lands and waterways on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border, and reduce jobs for all Canadians. In the U.S., the proposed XL pipeline would have devastating effects on aquifers and wetlands if there was ever a leak. The Indigenous movement, Idle No More, now several months old, has been ignored by the mainstream media.
Cong. Loretta Sanchez & the $2.1 Billion Boeing C-17 (tags)
“I'm not going to vote against $2.1 billion for C-17 production, which is in California. That is just not going to happen.” --Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Orange County, CA, August, 2007
Abbas, Olmert and Rice, please (tags)
not too hot
Garotinho is taken to hospital but he says he will keep hunger strike. (tags)
Despite the transference, the former-governor of Rio affirmed that he is not going to suspend hunger strike motivated for that he called political persecution of agencies of the press. "I will continue the strike in the hospital", affirmed.
Let's Look at the facts.
Sitting in the Street and Disrupting Society (tags)
Sitting in the streets is fighting war with war.... come on now people.