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The river won': how campaigners in Brazilian Amazon stopped privatisation of waterway

Indigenous Amazonian communities successfully forced the Brazilian government to abandon plans to privatize the Tapajos River and expand soy exports by occupying a Cargill grain terminal.

fromwww.theguardian.com

3 months ago

From terrorist' to national treasure, renowned Maori activist finally tells his own story

You could begin with his formative school years at the foot of Te Urewera ranges, where he was made to write the lines I will not speak Maori as punishment for speaking his language lines that have since become a prominent feature of his art and activism. Or the time he pitched a tent outside parliament, his hair long, his face not yet lined with his distinctive full-face tattoo, and pronounced it the Maori embassy, making front page news.

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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events

4 months ago

At London's Barbican, Lucy Raven chronicles the destruction of a California dam

Four Klamath River dams were demolished after Indigenous activism; a video installation depicts the dynamiting and the river's release as part of a trilogy.

fromenglish.elpais.com

7 months ago

Farmworker activist Alfredo Juarez Zeferino's ICE ordeal: An express arrest and three months in limbo

Alfredo Lelo Juarez Zeferino began working picking strawberries at 13 and became a spokesperson for Indigenous farmworkers, successfully forming the Families United for Justice union in 2017.