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Rio+20 Kari-Oca 2 Declaration: The Green Economy is a Crime Against Humanity and the Earth
Posted on July 4, 2012 | No CommentsKARI-OCA 2 DECLARATION, “INDIGENOUS PEOPLES GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON RIO+20 AND MOTHER EARTH” June 17, 2012 We, the Indigenous Peoples of Mother Earth assembled at the site of Kari-Oka I, sacred... -
Declaration of Teotihuacan 2012, Towards the People’s Summit in Rio de Janeiro, of the Rio +20 summit of the United Nations
Posted on May 2, 2012 | No Comments"Perennial snows areas, ancient forests, animals, plants and landscapes that marvel us are quickly vanishing; the air that we breath, the water we drink, the food we eat, grow worst everywhere. Seas, rivers, mangroves, jungles, lakes, coral reef are dying. Water tables, fishing areas, springs deplete seriously. Fields are being poisoned by industrialized agricultural & farm business, megaprojects and urban sprawl; cities are becoming hellish places due to automobile traffic and conglomeration. Like cancerous bodies, cities annihilate the countryside and seas situated many kilometers apart from them; they turn into the epicenter of all modern evils. Human conviviality is dying along with the soaring growth of all kind of violence: domestic or intra-family, at school, at work, among communities, states, nations, worldwide." -
It’s the time of the Rights of Mother Earth
Posted on April 6, 2012 | 1 Comment"Nature is ruthless when it goes ignored. It is incredible that it is easier to imagine the destruction of nature than to dream about overthrowing capitalism." -
Copy of the Himba Invitation Letter Sent to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights & Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples
Posted on February 27, 2012 | No CommentsA copy of the invitation letter sent to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights and fundamental freedoms of Indigenous peoples. -
DECLARATION BY THE ZEMBA PEOPLE OF NAMIBIA [WITH PHOTO GALLERY]
Posted on February 27, 2012 | 2 Comments"To this day we are under their rule, we are oppressed, landless, have no recognized leader by the state and we are made voiceless. Because we are not allowed to have our own representatives within the decision making structure of the government of Namibia, our dignity and liberty is undermined, and we have no way to determine our own future. We are a distinct people, on our own land, we are forcefully being subjected to the Uukolokadhi traditional authority and law, against our will. Our traditional territory is being privatized, and fenced off without our consent and we are not even asked for our opinion." -
DECLARATION OF THE MOST DIRECTLY AFFECTED OVAHIMBA, OVATWA, OVATJIMBA AND OVAZEMBA AGAINST THE OROKAWE DAM IN THE BAYNES MOUNTAINS [WITH PHOTO GALLERIES]
Posted on February 27, 2012 | No Comments"We don’t understand why we have to repeat ourselves over and over again, and the Government of Namibia is not listening to us, and is continuing to push for the construction of the dam without our consent. We collectively refused the money offered to those communities and families that would have to relocate." -
DECLARATION BY THE TRADITIONAL LEADERS OF KAOKOLAND IN NAMIBIA [WITH PHOTO GALLERIES]
Posted on February 27, 2012 | 2 Comments"This is a land grab! We are loosing our land. Our land is being fenced by outsiders that are not from our area. We, the original people of this Kaokoland are semi nomadic people. We are roaming with our cattle, goat and sheep from place to place. We react to the change of climate in our semi dessert environment, and follow the needs of our livestock and move them to grazing areas that are sufficient for them, especially during dry season. We experience already climate change. The weather is becoming more extreme. It is growingly hotter and we have less rain. When it rains we have severe floods. Our land is facing desertification, which means less green food for our animals and less crop production for our people." -
CELAC Calls for an Open Discussion on a Declaration of the Mother Earth Rights for Rio+20
Posted on February 15, 2012 | No Comments"That one of the main objectives of the Rio+20 Conference is to agree on a renewed vision of, and commitment to, sustainable development for poverty eradication and the promotion of social inclusion and equity and that, therefore, this will be an indisputable opportunity to orient our efforts towards the construction of a new international economic order that is more fair, equitable and inclusive, and that overcomes the wear, discredit and limitations of the current development model." -
“Liberties are not given, they are taken.” Self-defence is not a crime
Posted on February 15, 2011 | 13 CommentsToday’s youth have, not only a right, but a moral obligation, to rebel and destroy the current power structures that exist. This is necessary in order to salvage what is left of a raped and pillaged planet on the brink of ecological collapse. Martin Luther King once said that "you cannot commit an act of violence against a non-sentient object." Today, police states and corporate controlled governments protect property, corporate interests, and industrialized economic growth over life itself. -
The People’s Agreement of Cochabamba
Posted on February 15, 2011 | No CommentsHumanity confronts a great dilemma: to continue on the path of capitalism, depredation, and death, or to choose the path of harmony with nature and respect for life. It is imperative that we forge a new system that restores harmony with nature and among human beings. And in order for there to be balance with nature, there must first be equity among human beings.
