Land defenders

Indigenous Defenders Are Front-Line Essential Workers

October 17, 2020 Amy Ede, The Star. Educate! Canada, Indigenous Resistance, Land defenders, Water Protectors

Canada - Expect to work 24/7 on-site. There are no benefits, no days off, and shelter is not provided. You will likely face threats, violence, criminalization, and arrest. So, why are some of the most passionate, informed, brilliant, and resourceful people in Canada dedicating themselves to work that is insecure, dangerous, and unpaid? Indigenous cultures are distinct but we share values of community, holistic understandings of all life, and a deep connection to the land and water. We know that colonial definitions of livelihood are incomplete and that our role is to live in harmony with the land that sustains us.

Toronto: Rally For Six Nations Members Arrested In Land Dispute

September 14, 2020 Muriel Draaisma, CBC.ca. Resist! Canada, Indigenous Rights, Land defenders, Police abuse

Hundreds of people demonstrated outside of the office of the Ontario ministry of Indigenous affairs in Toronto on Saturday to show support for members of Six Nations of the Grand River arrested in a land dispute. Demonstrators carried placards and a large banner that read: "Land Back." The gathering near Bloor Street East and Church Street was in support of a group that calls itself the Six Nations Land Defenders. "Land Back" was painted in red capital letters on the street near the office with messages in chalk surrounding the words.

Haudenosaunee Land Defenders Call For Peace And Safety

August 23, 2020 Brent Patterson, PBI Canada. Resist! Canada, Indigenous Rights, Land defenders, Treaty

On August 20, the land defenders at 1492 Land Back Lane tweeted: “We call on our allies to continue to amplify our demand for peace and safety.” These Six Nations land defenders began a re-occupation of their territory on July 19 to uphold their right to free, prior and informed consent and in opposition to the construction of the McKenzie Meadows housing development on unceded lands near the city of Caledonia in the province of Ontario in central Canada. The 1492 Land Back Lane tweet further notes: “We fear that instead of engaging with us in good faith, [settler politicians including Ontario Premier Doug Ford] have instead chosen to vilify us.

Berta Cáceres In Her Own Words

July 30, 2020 By Asís Castellanos and Adrienne Pine, Toward Freedom. Strategize! Berta Caceres, colonization, Honduras, Land defenders

Much of what has been written about Lenca/Honduran activist Berta Cáceres has focused on her identifications as an Indigenous woman and as an environmentalist. While neither is false, those two facts alone paint an anemic picture of Berta’s militancy, and that of COPINH (the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras). While she strategically organized alongside her fellow Lencas and other feminists, her struggle was not rooted in identity per se, but in her analysis of the legacies of colonial and capitalist violence.

Report: How Many Environmental Activists Were Killed Last Year

July 30, 2020 Amanda Schupak, Huff Post. Educate! Assassination, Environmental Movement, Land defenders, Political Violence

The year 2019 was the most dangerous on record for environmental activists, a new report says. Every day around the world, people stand up to companies exploiting land for profit, felling trees, damming and polluting waterways, displacing ancestral homes and destroying wildlife habitats. Every week, an average of four of these defenders are killed. The Global Witness Defending Tomorrow report, released Tuesday, counted 212 people killed last year for their efforts to protect the Earth from the destructive effects of development for oil and gas, mineral extraction, agriculture, logging and other practices.

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