Harper government conducts surveillance of First Nations instead of resolving violations of Indigenous peoples' rights

Unceded Algonquin Territory/Ottawa, December 6, 2011 -- The Defenders of the Land (DotL), a network of Indigenous Communities, on Tuesday condemned reports that in 2007, the Harper government established a national and international police surveillance network to spy on Indigenous Peoples and their supporters for defending Indigenous Peoples' self-determination and land rights. The RCMP surveillance operation shared its findings with private industry.

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Defenders of the Land: 'Building a powerful grassroots movement of indigenous peoples'

By Judy Rebick

| June 15, 2011

It is time to stop talking about what went wrong with the left that was so effective in the 20th century and identify the forces that are leading change in the 21st century. Primary among these, in my view, are indigenous peoples and movements.

In Canada, the most important new group is one that many readers may not even have heard of: Defenders of the Land. I will let them tell you who they are, as they explain on their website:

Seattle Ten Years Later; Defenders of the Land Gathering; Parliament and Anti-Semitism.

December 3, 2009

| Alert! Radio #137 - Marc Lee in Seattle 10yrs ago-and Copenhagen. Peter Kulchyski at Vancouver Gathering of Defenders of the Land. Mordecai Briemberg linking anti-semitism with criticism of Israel.

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Harper government conducts surveillance of First Nations instead of resolving violations of Indigenous peoples' rights

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Defenders of the Land: 'Building a powerful grassroots movement of indigenous peoples'

Seattle Ten Years Later; Defenders of the Land Gathering; Parliament and Anti-Semitism.

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