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Harmondsworth detainees join hunger strike

British soldier sent down for refusing to serve,

Telford No New Coal campaign moves up a gear

Nationwide actions against Tesco

New Zealand exorcism proceeds fund animal charity

Amazonia for Sale is a new documentary on the Awajun People and their struggle to protect their ancestral territory. Approximately 35 minutes in length, Amazonia for Sale tells the story of the Awajun Peoples, who, like so many other Indigenous People around the world, are struggling to preserve their land, protect their way of life, [...]

An eerie calm has returned to the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh, where, just two weeks ago , the military opened fire on the Indigenous Jumma People, killing 6 and injuring more than two dozen men, women and children. Sadly, painfully, it is not the first time the peaceful Jumma were put through such [...]

The Mexican government is moving ahead with an ambititous new plan to surround the Lacandona Forest in Chiapas, Mexico, with oil palm plantations; while disguising the forest around the plantations with various eco-tourism sites. In preparing for the two-faced project, the government—still in line with the old amibitous plan—and with the help of various corporations, [...]

Blue Gold: The Tsilhqot’in Fight for Teztan Biny (Fish Lake) is a revealing look at the Tsilhqot’in peoples’ rejection of Taseko Mine’s plan to drain Teztan Biny (Fish Lake) and convert it into a mining waste dump site. Teztan Biny is one of 16 lakes in Canada that the Federal government marked for reclassification [...]

For more than two weeks now, members of the Halalt First Nation, near the southeastern coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, have held onto their own “protective blockade” in defense of the Chemainus River. The blockade officially went up on February 25, just two days after the Okanagan Band launched their blockade to defend the [...]

March 4, 2010: I wish to extend my deepest thanks to everyone that’s come forward in the last couple days. Fortunately, with your help—-and a bit of extraordinary generosity—the Future of IC is looking very bright. To my utter surprise, someone came forward last night and offered to buy me a computer… To be honest, [...]

In late 2009, more than 5,000 Indigenous People, AfroColombians and Campesinos occupied the Pinuna Negro police station in the municipality of Puerto Leguizamo in Putumayo, Colombia. As the Narco News Bulletin reported at the time, the diverse group entered the station to demand negotiations with the local and national government and to bring an end to [...]

In this month’s Underreported Struggles: Indigenous People in Ecuador Call for a “Permanent Mobilzation”; 5,000 Dongria Kondh protest against Vedanta Resources; Bangladesh army opens fire on Indigenous Jumma; Okanagan Band launches protective blockade against logging. Feb 28 – Indigenous People in Ecuador Call for “Permanent Mobilization” – Indigenous representatives and leaders have issued a call for [...]

“The Marlin mine has divided our town, harassed protesters, and made us afraid for the health of our families.” “Is this economic development? Could Goldcorp do this in Canada?” In this video, Aniseto López and Sister Maudilia López Cardona from the “Front in Defence of San Miguel Ixtahuacán” (FREDEMI) talk briefly about Goldcorp’s Marlin mine, its [...]

The Okanagan Indian Band (OIB) launched a “protective blockade” this morning, February 23, at the Okanagan campsite near Bouleau Lake in southern British Colombia. A member of the greater Okanagan Nation, the OIB say they have been left with no choice but to stop the logging company Tolko Industries from endangering their water supply. “This [...]

Charles Clarke interviews Ian Phillips, a staff organizer with PA-ACORN. Phillips talks about how ACORN has weathered the public attacks against them and some of the campaigns they are currently working on.