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Portia’s Lament: Western greed and the death of the indigenous cultures of West Papua

Portia’s Lament: Western greed and the death of the indigenous cultures of West Papua

The truth is that everyone benefits from the exploitation of West Papua’s natural resources except the West Papuan’s themselves! The devastation wrought by mining and other resource extraction industrie ...

Rajapaksa’s Racism Rumbles On

Rajapaksa’s Racism Rumbles On

The Tamil people’s long wait for justice over the abhorrent War Crimes committed by Mahinda Rajapaksa’s brutal government, drags on with little hope that the tyrant will ever face the same kind of inter ...

A Prayer to the Gods

A Prayer to the Gods

Bakchos was attacked by four men, he had a pillowcase placed over his head, a noose around his neck and petrol poured over him, whilst all sorts of abuse were hurled in his direction, including terms such as ‘n ...

The Urewera Four: Fear of a Black Planet in New Zealand
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The Urewera Four: Fear of a Black Planet in New Zealand

Stimulator: This week a special interview with Tame Iti, a Māori Freedom Fighter who was accused of terrorism during the most expensive trial in New Zealand's history. ...

Trayvon Martin 911 Call [SHOCKING FULL] Murder Caught on Tape
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Trayvon Martin 911 Call [SHOCKING FULL] Murder Caught on Tape

Apply this to the horrific! ABC News miami dade police reports Trayvon Martin homicide in Sanford, Florida, where a 17 year old African American boy was killed by a “self appointed neighborhood watchman” ...

World Council of Churches concerned about human rights violations in Papua

World Council of Churches concerned about human rights violations in Papua

The World Council of Churches has registered its concerns about human rights violations in West Papua and has informed the Indonesian government of this as well as churches around the world. ...

More First Nations Children Removed From Their Homes Than Ever Before

More First Nations Children Removed From Their Homes Than Ever Before

Three times more First Nations children are removed from their families today than at the peak of the residential school system in 1949. Then, approximately 8,900 aboriginal children were taken from their fami ...

Myanmar reforms do not apply to 40,000 unregistered Rohingya Children

Myanmar reforms do not apply to 40,000 unregistered Rohingya Children

An estimated 40,000 Rohingya children are believed to be unregistered in Myanmar, according to a new report. This is only part of an all-pervasive campaign of racism and ethnic cleansing directed against the Rohingya ...

Indonesia and Australia: The Illegitimate States of the Asia Pacific Region

Indonesia and Australia: The Illegitimate States of the Asia Pacific Region

The notion of self-determination as a universal principle, whether viewed through a political, moral, or legal lens, has been and continues to be imprecise and in dire need of further clarification. U.S. president Wo ...

Anti-Aboriginal racism in Australia has no bounds – NT Intervention extended by ten years

Anti-Aboriginal racism in Australia has no bounds – NT Intervention extended by ten years

“In the days of self-determination, senior elders of every community were asked what we wanted to do, they would ask for our ideas. Now they just come and tell us “This is it! Non-negotiable.” Only ...

Cablegate: U.S. Disdain for West Papua Undiminished

Cablegate: U.S. Disdain for West Papua Undiminished

This disgraceful cable from the U.S. embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, is something I truly hoped I would not see. ...

Darcus Howe Schools BBC Anchor on the Nature of the London Riots
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Darcus Howe Schools BBC Anchor on the Nature of the London Riots

Darcus Howe, a West Indian Writer and Broadcaster with a voice about the riots. Speaking about the mistreatment of youths by police leading to an uproar and the ignorance of both police and the government. ...

Against All Odds: HIV/AIDS Epidemic Among Indigenous Papuans
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Against All Odds: HIV/AIDS Epidemic Among Indigenous Papuans

Papua is the largest province in Indonesia and it’s home to approximately 1% of Indonesia’s population. However, approximately 40% of all HIV/AIDS cases in Indonesia are located in Papua. ...

HIV/AIDS Rates Sky-Rocket in West Papua

HIV/AIDS Rates Sky-Rocket in West Papua

Many Papuans avoid seeking help because they don’t trust the Indonesian medical services, believing that they deliberately infect Papuans with the disease. Racist attitudes towards Papuans are commonplace, ano ...

US: More Blacks In Prison Today Than There Were Slaves In 1850 – War On Drugs
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US: More Blacks In Prison Today Than There Were Slaves In 1850 – War On Drugs

Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss the concept that there are more African Americans in prison today than the were slaves in 1850. What is the role of the War On Drugs? ...

Volatility in Kyrgyzstan Threatens Key US Afghan War Staging Base
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Volatility in Kyrgyzstan Threatens Key US Afghan War Staging Base

In the past 6 months, Kyrgyzstan has seen one president toppled by a street mob, thousands of people killed in ethnic pogroms, and rebellions by two regional politicians. ...