The Red Deal: Indigenous action to save our Earth
The Red Deal is a manifesto and movement — borne of Indigenous resistance and decolonial struggle — to liberate all peoples and save our planet.
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Beyond November, Indigenous Communities Honor Culture and Heritage Year-Round
“[Native American Heritage Month] allows for us to remind [non-Natives] that we are still here, living here, despite their attempts to make us like them,” says Redner, the Phoenix Indian Center CEO. “We will continue to survive, but it’s our time to thrive now; it’s time for the seventh generation to use our knowledge.”
Recognizing the Rights of Nature and the Living Forest
“The message our Living Forest proposal delivers is aimed at the entire world with the goal of reaching the hearts and minds of human beings everywhere, encouraging us all to reflect on the close relation between Human Rights and the Rights of Nature.”
Do lobbyists win trials? Lessons from Chevron vs. Ecuador trial
The ongoing legal tussle between Chevron and Ecuador over allegations of illegally dumping waste in the Amazon exposes the nefarious effects of massive communications campaigns have had in discrediting the legal system of Ecuador.
Should Chiapas pay for California’s carbon?
We are not responsible for climate change—it’s the big industries that are,” said Abelardo, a young man from the Tseltal Mayan village of Amador Hernández in the Lacandon jungle of Chiapas. “So why should we be held responsible, and even punished for it?”