Land Rights

Supporting Standing Rock And Confronting What It Means Living On Stolen Land

October 14, 2016 Berkley Carmine and Liza Minno, www.wagingnonviolence.org Strategize! Land Rights, Pipelines, Sioux, Standing Rock

By Berkley Carmine and Liza Minno for Waging Nonviolence - A month after President Obama told the Army Corps of Engineers to pause construction on the Dakota Access oil pipeline, the Standing Rock Sioux and those supporting them still find themselves in a dire struggle to protect their water and land. With winter approaching, the 300 tribes that are now represented at the Camp of the Sacred Stone in North Dakota are preparing for a lengthy battle.

The Mapuche’s Cross-Border Struggle For Freedom And Autonomy

October 11, 2016 Alejandra Gaitan Barrera and Fionuala Cregan, www.intercontinentalcry.org Resist! Autonomy, Indigenous Peoples, Land Rights, Latin America, Self-Determination

By Alejandra Gaitan Barrera and Fionuala Cregan for IC Magazine - Ever since the incursion of rampant neoliberalism in Chile and Argentina in the 1970s and 1980s, the Mapuche territory or Wallmapu, located south of the Bio Bio River, has been subjected to immeasurable domination and constant exploitation at the hands of a diverse range of foreign and national economic interests. Megaprojects like hydroelectric dams, mining operations, oil extraction and forestry plantations embody some of the main threats to Mapuche self-determination and autonomy.

World Conservation Congress Approves Historic Measure

September 19, 2016 Hannibal Rhoades, www.intercontinentalcry.org Create! Indigenous Peoples, Land Rights

By Hannibal Rhoades for IC - In a landmark move that adds wind to the sails of indigenous struggles to protect sacred lands everywhere, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has passed a resolution declaring that all protected areas and the sacred lands of Indigenous Peoples should be 'No-Go Areas' for destructive industrial activities like mining, dam-building and logging.

Dennis Banks On Standing Rock: Native People Are Guardians Of The Land

August 30, 2016 Staff, www.liberationnews.org Resist! Indigenous Peoples, Land Rights

By Staff of Liberation - Dennis Banks, Anishinaabe, born on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation and famed co-founder of American Indian Movement in 1968, is running for Vice President of the United States together with presidential candidate Gloria La Riva. He and La Riva are the candidates of the Peace and Freedom Party in California, and on the ballot in New Mexico, Colorado and Iowa for the Party for Socialism and Liberation. La Riva is on the ballot with Eugene Puryear in Washington State, New Jersey, Florida, Vermont and Louisiana.

Argentina’s Mapuche Community Stands Up To Benetton

August 22, 2016 Fionuala Cregan, www.truth-out.org Resist! Argentina, Indigenous Peoples, Land Rights

By Fionuala Cregan for Truthout - "They are afraid more people and more communities are going to rise up, because we have shown others what is possible," said Mirta Curruhuinca, a Mapuche woman from the Indigenous area of Lof Cushamen in Argentina. "And if more people rise up and recover their lands, there will be no way to stop them." The Mapuche have begun to reshape history by moving back onto the Patagonian land in the Chubut Province of Argentina that has been part of their ancestral history for more than 1,400 years.

Striking Colombian Campesinos Reach Deal With Government

June 13, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Resist! Colombia, Land, Land Rights, Strikes

By Staff of Tele Sur - The deal means the peasant organizations, which have been holding actions for two weeks, will suspend further protests. The government of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced Sunday that it had reached a deal with striking peasants and that any further protest action would be suspended. The deal obliges the government to sit down and formally negotiate with the campesino movement.

Protests Of Land Reform: Privatization And Foreign Ownership Opposed

June 8, 2016 Staff, www.rferl.org Resist! Kazakhstan, Land, Land Rights

By Staff of RFE/RL's Kazakh Service - Security forces have detained hundreds of journalists, activists, and demonstrators in various Kazakh cities amid a call by the opposition for nationwide demonstrations against changes to Kazakhstan's Land Code. Dozens of reporters were detained in the capital, Astana, as well as in Almaty, Qaraghandy, Oral, Shymkent, and the western city of Atyrau in the government crackdown.

Brazil Social Movement Plans To Escalate Land Occupations After Coup

May 26, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Resist! Brazil, Land Rights, Occupation, Politics, Social Movements, South America

By Staff of Tele Sur - Latin America's largest social movement has promised a new wave of farm occupations in Brazil following President Dilma Rousseff's suspension to stand trial in the Senate, an official with the Landless Workers Movement (MST) said. The movement, a long-time ally of Rousseff's Workers Party which says it has two million members across Brazil, will target "idle" farm land owned by members of the interim government and its backers, MST spokeswoman Marina do Santos said Tuesday.

Repression Against Landless Peasants Movement In Brazil

April 21, 2016 Staff, www.therealnews.com Educate! Brazil, Land Rights, Repression

By Staff of The Real News Network - Joaquin Piñero of the MST talks about the latest round of repression against the movement and how it is connected to the current political crisis in Brazil.

Navy Tries To Kill Gangjeong Village On Jeju

April 1, 2016 Bruce K. Gagnon, www.space4peace.blogspot.com Create! Land Rights, Navy, South Korea, State Violence

By Bruce K. Gagnon for Space 4 Peace - The South Korean Navy is demanding damages from local groups and residents in Jeju Island for “taxpayer losses” incurred by their opposition to the construction of a new naval base. The groups targeted include the village association of Gangjeong in the city of Seogwipo. “On Mar. 28, we filed a suit with Seoul Central District Court for the exercise of indemnity rights for the Jeju multi-purpose port complex,” the Navy announced in a press release on Mar. 29.

For Indigenous Peoples, Megadams Are ‘Worse Than Colonization’

March 28, 2016 Philippa de Boissière and Sian Cowman, www.fpif.org Educate! Colonialism, Dams, Indigenous Peoples, Land Rights, Latin America

By Philippa de Boissière and Sian Cowman for Foreign Policy In Focus - A world-renowned environmental activist, Berta had been a driving force in protecting the lands and waters of rural communities in Honduras. Among the many victories of the organization she founded was the delay of a megadam project on the Gualcarque River that could be disastrous for the indigenous Lenca people living there. Berta is not alone, nor is her story unique to Honduras. Across the Global South, mega hydroelectric projects are expanding — driven by governments and multinationals as a source of cheap energy, and branded by international institutions as a solution to poverty and the climate crisis.

‘Berta Lives!’ Indigenous Groups March For Justice In Honduras

March 18, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Resist! Activists, Honduras, Land Rights, Murder

By Staff of Tele Sur - Activists from across Honduras have mobilized for two days of action to demand that the murders of Berta Caceres and Nelson Garcia do not go unpunished. Under the banner “Berta lives, the struggle continues!” Indigenous groups and supporters from across Honduras will march on the capital city Tegucigalpa on Thursday and Friday to demand justice for murdered environmental leader Berta Caceres and an end to repressive mining and dam projects that threaten Indigenous rights across the country.

Justice For Berta Cáceres Rally Condemns Canada’s Lethal Influence In Honduras

March 18, 2016 A. Splawinski, www.rabble.ca Resist! Honduras, Land Rights, Latin America, Women of Color

By A. Splawinski for Rabble - Activists gathered outside Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland's office in downtown Toronto on March 11 to voice their solidarity with Indigenous activists and environmentalists, as well as to condemn the assassination of Indigenous Honduran activist Berta Cáceres. "The government killed her!" shouted the audience, as people waved signs the read, "Justicia Para Berta" (Justice For Berta) and "Justice for Berta, Safety for Gustavo."

Another Indigenous Activist Assassinated In Honduras

March 17, 2016 Nika Knight, www.commondreams.org Resist! Honduras, Indigenous Rights, Land Rights

By Nika Knight for Common Dreams - Another member of Berta Cáceres' Indigenous rights group was brutally murdered by unidentified assailants on Tuesday, following a violent eviction of Indigenous people from their land. Nelson Garcia, a father of five and community leader, was shot four times in the face—"gunned down in his home," the Nation reported. His assassination occurred less than two weeks after Cáceres', and only days following her funeral.

Francisca Ramirez, A Leader In Struggle To Stop Nicaragua Canal Project

March 15, 2016 Arlen Cerda, www.havanatimes.org Resist! Land Rights, Nicaragua, Women of Color

By Arlen Cerda for Havana Times – The campesino movement demanding the repeal of the law for an inter-oceanic canal in Nicaragua – a project that the government has awarded to Chinese businessman Wang Jing – is autonomous, affirms Francisca Ramírez. It acts in defense of the earth and national sovereignty and isn’t motivated by any political interests. Ramírez, who remains on the land she farms in the community of La Fonseca, Nueva Guinea, serves as leader of the campesino movement. She insists that she doesn’t aspire to any public or party office in this electoral year.

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