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Jan 13

2013

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Whiteness & Aversive Racism

First Nations IdleNoMore Indigenous Pacifism as Pathology Resistance

EDITORIAL: Asymmetrical Warfare

"As I noted in my essay Power of Moral Sanction, the challenge of leadership is determining the mix, the timing and the emphasis of various tactics as a movement matures. When done effectively, they reinforce each other, and propel the movement forward. Part of any victorious movement, I should note, is a well-organized research, analysis and intelligence gathering network that constantly informs the movement’s organizers and educators. Without a built-in respect for this network, no movement can succeed."

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Jan 13

2013

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350.org / 1Sky, Amnesty International, Avaaz, Greenpeace, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Whiteness & Aversive Racism

AFN Assimilation Co-optation Colonialsm Estonia First Nations Guswentha IdleNoMore Indigenous Peoples Iran Kahnawake Kaianerekowa Mohawk Nation Mohawk Oka Netherlands Onowaregeh Pacifism as Pathology Panama Venezuela

Mohawk Nation: Traitors Among Us

"Traitors are worse than the enemy, the lowest of the low. Every culture loathes them. They help foreign governments overthrow, make war against and seriously injure their own people. They undermine us from within.'

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Jan 10

2013

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Non-Profit Industrial Complex

First Nations Grassroots Idle No More Resistance

Indigenous Grassroots & the Indian Act Band Council

Debates arising from the recent Idle No More movement have revealed two main interpretations of what comprises the grassroots. One seeks to exclude band councils, while the other views chiefs & councillors as an integral part of the grassroots, simply by virtue of them being members of the community. Clearly, we need some basic understanding of what constitutes the grassroots in order to advance our movement.

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Jan 10

2013

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Whiteness & Aversive Racism

Colonialism First Nations Idle No More Pacifism as Pathology Resistance

Idle No More Movement Urged to Remain Grassroots Ahead of Jan 11 Protests

Indeed, Gord Hill told the Georgia Straight the high-level meeting actually represents the co-optation of the grassroots indigenous-sovereignty movement by band chiefs and councils that owe their power to the paternalistic Indian Act. According to the 44-year-old Kwakwaka’wakw author of The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book, the Canadian government has historically used these “elites” to suppress efforts by First Nations people to fight colonialism and oppression.

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Jan 07

2013

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Pacifism as Pathology, Whiteness & Aversive Racism

Canada First Nations Idle No More Resistance

Indigenous Masculinity and Warriorism

"As authentic leadership reemerges among Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, the role of the warrior in protecting them is perhaps the most essential calling of all time."

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Jan 07

2013

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Pacifism as Pathology, Whiteness & Aversive Racism

Canada First Nations Idle No More Resistance

Indigenous Resistance in Canada

"While the non-violent direct action of First Nations currently has broad support across Canada, the history of indigenous resistance in Canada shows that the only time Ottawa has taken First Nations seriously is when faced with economic disruption, civil disobedience or armed self-defense."

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Jan 06

2013

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Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Whiteness & Aversive Racism

AFN AMC Assembly of First Nations Band Councils Canada Co-optation Colonialism First Nations Idle No More

War of the Words: Chiefs Issue Ultimatums as Grassroots Dance in Circles

"Band councils were imposed under the Indian Act not to unite our people, or to lead them in resistance, but to control them, to administer government policies, and to suppress any genuine grassroots resistance from emerging. This in itself was an act of division which created a special managerial class of Natives and led to the growth of an Aboriginal business elite whose interests are not in accord with those of real grassroots people."

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Nov 19

2012

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Foundations, Neo-Liberalism and the Defanging of Feminism, Whiteness & Aversive Racism

CIA CSR First Nations First Peoples Worldwide Ford Foundation Gloria Steinem Indigenous Peoples neoliberalism Soros UN World Bank

Too Good to be True | First Peoples Worldwide

First Peoples Worldwide, an NGO funded by foundations, corporations and multilaterals, uses all the heartwarming neoliberal nomenclature well. So well, I suspect, that many innocent indigenous peoples are led to believe it is the answer to their prayers. But, as with all things that seem too good to be true, the first thing to check on is where they get their money. Sweet talk is one thing; who they actually work for is another.

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Nov 14

2012

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Whiteness & Aversive Racism

Colonialism First Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights National Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) OHCHR Oppression PEC 215 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples United Nations

National Indigenous Peoples Organization from Brazil Submit Human Rights Complaints to United Nations

At a meeting with various UN officials from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the organization National Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) submitted a document that listed human rights violations and complaints about proposed laws in Brazil that would, if approved, undermine or even entirely remove indigenous peoples rights.

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Nov 14

2012

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Whiteness & Aversive Racism

Canada Colonialism Ethnic Cleansing First Nations Harper Indigenous Oppression Racism

Stand Up and Say No | Harper Launches Major First Nations Termination Plan

"As Diabo notes, to contemplate Canada’s take it or leave it approach, by compromising their constitutional and international rights, indigenous lands and resources will be auctioned off in fire sales to China and other bidders looking for bargain basement deals, that over time will leave their peoples impoverished in body, mind and spirit. Given what’s at stake, he says, it’s time for First Nations to stand up and say no."

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