Indigenous Rights

Join us from June 5-8 to continue a tradition of community lead action for justice -- for our people, and for the protection of the water, air and forests that give life to us all.

BC court considers ordering arrest of Gitxsan hereditary chiefs blockading the offices of the Gitxsan Treaty Society after they signed an agreement supporting Enbridge's Northern Gateway Pipeline..

The Yinka Dene Alliance and their supporters rallied at Enbridge's annual shareholders meeting, on Wednesday, May 9 in downtown Toronto.

Reports from the April 28 Two Row Wampum Walk, a call-out for an Oshkimaadizig peace camp in Coldwater, and the Yinka-Dena alliance resists tar sands developments -- and so does Scott Neidermeyer!

This global day of mobilization for Palestinian rights, the response of the Israeli government and the dim prospects for a change in Canadian foreign policy under Thomas Mulcair's NDP are discussed.

Several hundred protesters marched from Metro Hall to Le Meridien King Edward Hotel on King Street where Enbridge was holding its Annual Shareholders Meeting on Wednesday afternoon.

A concern about the social and environmental destruction caused by Canadian mining companies brought me to the fourth annual Mining Injustice Conference.

Introducing a new rabble series focusing on the stories of young people from Haida Gwaii off B.C.'s Pacific coast.

This Smash the State Report starts off with the re-opening of the abortion debate in Canada, then jumps into the Quebec student strike, the Yinka-Dene Freedom Train and much more!

UPDATED: Yinka Dene Alliance is taking a Freedom Train across Canada to enforce their legal ban on the Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipelines and tankers project, and to stand up for their freedom.

How does the Canadian government's support for Israel relate to Canada's own historical and ongoing colonization of indigenous people here? Mike Krebs, Glenn Coulthard and Charlotte Kates discuss.

On the Smash the State Report: the Walk for Peace, Respect and Friendship, a piece from Julian Ichim on legitimacy in movements, ripping apart Margaret Wente's attack on David Suzuki, and more!

Independent journalist Tony Black dissects the mainstream narrative on the Rwandan genocide, highlighting past and current massacres by the Western-backed Rwandan Patriotic Front, and more.

In the past, Barrick Gold has been accused of creating poverty, wreaking environmental destruction and committing human rights violations in various countries where it operates.