Firefox Start Page. FDL News Desk. Fearless, Independent News and Opinion. The Daily Beast. Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth. This Declaration was adopted by the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, in Bolivia.
The Bolivian government has submitted it to the United Nations for consideration. Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth Preamble We, the peoples and nations of Earth: considering that we are all part of Mother Earth, an indivisible, living community of interrelated and interdependent beings with a common destiny; gratefully acknowledging that Mother Earth is the source of life, nourishment and learning and provides everything we need to live well; recognizing that the capitalist system and all forms of depredation, exploitation, abuse and contamination have caused great destruction, degradation and disruption of Mother Earth, putting life as we know it today at risk through phenomena such as climate change; Article 1.
. (1) Mother Earth is a living being. (3) Each being is defined by its relationships as an integral part of Mother Earth. Article 2. Article 3. Subcomandante Marcos Comes to Wall Street. I am sitting at a coffee place in San Cristóbal de las Casas, a misty town in Chiapas, in southern Mexico.
I am told that occasionally Sub Comandante Marcos, the famed leader of indigenous people in the region, used to come here. I wonder if I will see him, although he has not made a public appearance in more than two years. He doesn’t come— or maybe I didn’t recognize him without his signature ski mask — so I spend my time reflecting on the consequences or legacy of his movement. Sub Comandante Marcos' movement, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) took its name from Emiliano Zapata, the commander of the Liberation Army of the South during the Mexican revolution which broke out in 1910.
The EZLN has largely defied political classification, being mainly a movement seeking to redress the unjust treatment by the government — largely in response to the new world economy — of the country’s indigenous people. The movement went public in 1994. Updates: Winnemem Wintu, U.S. Religion Census, Dan Halloran. Call to Action: Solidarity in Defense of Winnemem Wintu Coming of Age Ceremony. From “An Indigenous Ally” The Winnemem Wintu are a salmon and middle water people living on what is left of their ancestral lands from Mt.
Shasta down the McCloud River watershed in California. They have issued a request for solidarity in defense of a sacred Coming of Age Ceremony for young Winnemem Wintu women. This Ceremony is traditionally held on a 400-yard section of the McCloud, and the Tribe has called for closure of this section during the four-day ceremony from June 29th-July 3rd. Of course, the Forest Service has denied the Tribe’s demand for a closure of the area during a popular tourist weekend. “We have been backed into a corner with no other choice. The Winnemem Wintu are requesting help to blockade the river and prevent intrusive disruptions of this important Ceremony.
For anyone considering participation in this blockade, there are some important things to think about. I know some AIMsters who blockaded the river for the last ceremony. To learn more about the Ceremony: CENSORED NEWS.