US Social Forum Live/Free Speech TV

LIVE COVERAGE FROM FREE SPEECH TV             Photo by Orin Langelle

First Nations Dancers, Navajo 'Longest Walk' song and George Martin, Ojibwe, opened US Social Forum in Detroit on Tuesday afternoon.
Watch live coverage above from Free Speech TV.
http://www.freespeech.org/

UPDATE: Freedom Caravan Arrives in Detroit
http://peoplesworld.org/freedom-caravan-arrives-in-detroit/
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UPDATE: Indigenous Alliance Without Borders at US Social Forum
By Jose Matus, Yaqui, director
The Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) invited the Alainza Indigena Sin Fronteras to participate in the United States Social Forum in Detroit, June 22 - 26, 2010. There is an estimated 20,000 people from all over the country and internationally that have come together to share their work, information and build networks and coalitions of solidarity in promoting human rights, economic justice and environmental justice.
The Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras will be networking with other indigenous and non-indigenous organiztions in promoting the work of Alianza Indigena. The Alianza Indigena is scheduled to conduct workshops on Southern Indigenous Border Justice & Anti-Immigrant Legislation and impact on Indigenous Peoples. Will participate in the US Social Forum March of Solidarity in Downtown Detroit - Indigenous Peoples will lead the March
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE WORLDS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES -AUGUST 9 : Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras and Nuestra Voz will co-sponsor a Community Event on Monday, August 9, 2010 for The International Day of the World Indigenous Peoples! Mark Your Calendar - Save the Date - Details Soon to Follow.

UPDATE: Briefing by Bolivian Ambassador Pablo Solon 'Cochabamba to Cancun'
Dear friends,
As some of you will be attending the US Social Forum in Detroit, MI, we will like to invite you at a briefing where Ambassador Pablo Solon will do an update on the negotiations on climate change.
It will also be a great opportunity to gather people who went to the People's World Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Cochabamba and those who couldn't go but are interest in the subject.
The information for the event is as follows:
WHAT: Briefing by Ambassador Solon "From Cochabamba to Cancun"
WHEN: Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 12:00pm
WHERE: Detroit, MI Cobo Hall, room TBD (email will follow with the room number)
Please share this information with others! Hope to see you all there!
Mariana Grundy
Embassy of the Plurinational State of Bolivia