Taking on Big Cellulose: Brazilian Indigenous Communities Reclaim Their Land
In late August, Brazilian minister of justice Tarso Genro shocked many with his decision to demarcate about 27,000 acres of ...
Native Realpolitik
IN FEBRUARY, WHEN THE KAYAPO INDI- ans of ParAi state hosted a meeting of native people and environmentalists from around ...
The Roots of Rebellion, II. Reclaiming the Nation
The U.S. government allows the Bolivian government only the minimal amount of wiggle room required to keep the masses at ...
Rebellion’s Economic Roots: The Consequences of Neoliberal Reform
The year 2003 marked a dramatic point in Bolivia’s recent history. In January, February, and then again in September and ...
A Seat at the Table
In the fall of 1997, a tiny indigenous community deep in Ecuador's Amazonian interior was engaged in fierce negotiations with ...
Indigenous Communities Caught in the Crossfire
This past March, three U.S. indigenous rights activists, Ingrid Washinawatok, Lahe'ena'e Gay and Terence Freitas, were kidnapped and later killed ...
CULTURAL POLITICS OF THE LEFT
NATIONALISTS MAY FOCUS ON CULTURE rather than economic or political issues for tactical reasons. But it is not tactics that ...
Think Locally, Act Globally
WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE MODEST HOME A few blocks from downtown Fresno, California, I was thinking about the Mixtec ...
