Indigenous Communities in Danger of Being Erased from the Map in Brazil

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Indigenous Peoples protest in Brasilia, Brazil.
Indigenous Peoples protest in Brasilia, Brazil. © Andressa Zumpano

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The connection between clearcut logging and Canada’s hottest day on record

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The connection between clearcut logging and Canada’s hottest day on record

With temperatures set to soar to 47 C in B.C., forests provide a cool, wet place for animals and people alike to seek shelter

Emma Gilchrist

ByEmma GilchristJune 28, 20214 min. readPhotographer TJ Watt stands beside the stump of a giant old-growth cedar recently felled in the Caycuse watershed. Old-growth forests provide a refuge from extreme heat. Photo: TJ Watt / Ancient Forest Alliance

In a moment of weakness a couple of weeks ago, I agreed to run a 20-kilometre stretch of the Juan de Fuca trail on the southwest of Vancouver Island with a group from my gym.

“It’ll be fine,” I thought, comforting myself with the thought (a.k.a. delusion) that it would be a fun, elongated walk in the woods.

But as the date rapidly approached, there was just one problem: our “fun walk in the…

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Belarus: “When We Rise” Critical Analysis of 2020 Revolt against Dictatorship

From CrimethInc. via anarchistnews.org We create the anarchy we’d like to see in the world Home shared with thanks Jun 30 2021 By thecollective

In August 2020, a revolt broke out in Belarus, nearly toppling Alexander Lukashenko, the dictator who has ruled the country since 1994.

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War of Repression sweeps Haiti to total suffering as US still backs their dictator Moise

US support for continuation of Moise’s disastrous rule condemned Haiti to chaos, rampant gang warfare, total collapse of health and services and War of Repression

Moise ‘s last day in office in his neoliberal regime was Sunday 7th Feb but he refused to step down, with US support
A temporary president was selected but the US State Department spokesman, Ned Price, supported Mr. Moïse’s argument that his term ends next February 2022 and added that only then “a new elected president should succeed President Moïse.”
With Haiti already exploding in Jan 2021 this was a death sentence for many by the ignorant racist colonialist US slave empire, to continue financial exploitation

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Anarcha-Feminists Squat new Social Center in Amsterdam

Jun 30 2021 By thecollective via Indymedia NL. and via Enough14

Amsterdam. Netherlands. A new squat has been opened on the kinkerstraat 16 with the purpose of being an Anarcha Feminist Social Centre and a living space.

Anarcha- Feminist Group Amsterdam Squat a building on Kinkerstraat 16: Medusa Squat & Social Centre

Today we announce our new squat on the Kinkerstraat 16. We have been living on the Kinkerstraat 16 for about a week now.

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Protest week beginning July 4 outside Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Focus on US drone murders.


BY MARCUS KLOECKNER•  STARS AND STRIPES • JUNE 30, 2021   KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany

An annual peace protest outside Ramstein Air Base will start for about a week beginning Sunday, following last year’s cancellation due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Peace activists to gather outside Ramstein Air Base for weeklong protest starting July 4

The activists from the Stopp Air Base Ramstein Campaign will set up a “peace camp” near the base through July 11, the group said in a statement.

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Brasil é citado na ONU por risco de genocídio de indígenas — Ecoamazônia

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Pela primeira vez, situação dos indígenas no País é mencionada por conselheira para prevenção do genocídio no Conselho de Direitos Humanos das Nações Unidas O Brasil foi citado nesta segunda-feira (28/06) pela primeira vez no Conselho de Direitos Humanos da ONU como um caso de risco de genocídio, devido aos crescentes crimes contra aspopulações…

Brasil é citado na ONU por risco de genocídio de indígenas — Ecoamazônia

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