April 8, 2010
Listen: Harmony, Bolivia Climate Summit
Listen music and words from Comunidad Aylluñan amayumpi:
Contribution to the Harmony Work Group, at the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Bolivia
Working groups are at work online in advance of the summit, April 19--22, in Cohcabamba, Bolivia.
(Spanish con musica) Contribucion de la Comunidad Aylluñan amayumpi: Estimados hermanos del foro de cambio climatico grupo de trabajo con la armonia, nuestro punto de vista lo manfiestamos con nuestro manifiesto del año 2009 y 2010, espero que contribuya esta cumbre de los pueblos. Además de un produccion musical para reflexionar sobre nuestra pacha madre tierrra.
Harmony Work Group: Dear brothers climate change working group harmony, our view is speak with our declaration of 2009 and 2010, I hope this summit will help people. In addition to a musical production to reflect on our pacha tierrra mother.
Closing song is Robbie Robertson's Handsome Lake from the CD, Music for the Native Americans.
Censored News will be reporting live from Bolivia.
April 7, 2010
Dismantling the War Economy
By Brenda Norrell Censored News
It is spring, a time for less words and more beauty. Today's contribution is from the working group Referendum, which is underway online in advance of the World's People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Bolivia.
Around the world, those preparing for the conference are contributing their thoughts on living in harmony with the earth and upholding the sacredness of Mother Earth in the working groups. (English message follows.)
Mensaje De: Sylvia Maria Valls
Mensaje De: Sylvia Maria Valls
Breve resumen de principios básicos a considerar para una visión compartida y estrategias a seguir:
Desmantelar la economía de guerra a partir de la reafirmación del principio básico de subsidiaridad [link al texto] como criterio de buen gobierno para todas las comunidades, localidades, municipios o condados y resaltar la importancia de darle prioridad a que sean las familias y las familias extendidas las que otorguen la calidad de ciudadanos a sus propios miembros en las localidades donde se vive, trabaja y estudia. RECLAMO DE TODOS LOS PUEBLOS A ESTE EFECTO.
Que los intercambios de productos se den a partir de un ordenamiento con base en la naturaleza y no con base en fronteras arbitrarias y fórmulas obsoletas.
Que se redefina la “democracia” a partir de los criterios discutidos y comprendidos en “Perfil de una democracia legítima” [link al texto] donde se propone la desaparición de la “competencia” entre los partidos políticos como base para la selección de legisladores, jueces, administradores (entre otras cosas).
Que se considere la importancia de definir los “derechos” (de la tierra, de los ciudadanos) a partir de las obligaciones hacia los seres humanos con miras a la satisfacción de las verdaderas “necesidades terrestres del cuerpo y del alma”.
Que reclamemos la creación de unos Municipios Unidos de las Américas invitando a todos los demás continentes a hacer igual. www.institutosimoneweil.net
--ENGLISH MESSAGE BELOW--
Brief summary of the basic principle to consider in search of a Shared Vision and of strategies to follow:
Dismantling the war economy by reaffirming the basic principle of subsidiarity as a sign of sound government for all communities, localities, municipalities or counties and stressing the importance of giving priority to families and extended families in the process of granting citizenship to their own members within the localities where they live, work and study.
Desmantelar la economía de guerra a partir de la reafirmación del principio básico de subsidiaridad [link al texto] como criterio de buen gobierno para todas las comunidades, localidades, municipios o condados y resaltar la importancia de darle prioridad a que sean las familias y las familias extendidas las que otorguen la calidad de ciudadanos a sus propios miembros en las localidades donde se vive, trabaja y estudia. RECLAMO DE TODOS LOS PUEBLOS A ESTE EFECTO.
Que los intercambios de productos se den a partir de un ordenamiento con base en la naturaleza y no con base en fronteras arbitrarias y fórmulas obsoletas.
Que se redefina la “democracia” a partir de los criterios discutidos y comprendidos en “Perfil de una democracia legítima” [link al texto] donde se propone la desaparición de la “competencia” entre los partidos políticos como base para la selección de legisladores, jueces, administradores (entre otras cosas).
Que se considere la importancia de definir los “derechos” (de la tierra, de los ciudadanos) a partir de las obligaciones hacia los seres humanos con miras a la satisfacción de las verdaderas “necesidades terrestres del cuerpo y del alma”.
Que reclamemos la creación de unos Municipios Unidos de las Américas invitando a todos los demás continentes a hacer igual. www.institutosimoneweil.net
--ENGLISH MESSAGE BELOW--
Brief summary of the basic principle to consider in search of a Shared Vision and of strategies to follow:
Dismantling the war economy by reaffirming the basic principle of subsidiarity as a sign of sound government for all communities, localities, municipalities or counties and stressing the importance of giving priority to families and extended families in the process of granting citizenship to their own members within the localities where they live, work and study.
ALL PEOPLES SHOULD DEMAND THIS POSSIBILITY.
That trade be considered on the basis of natural frontiers instead of on arbitrary and obsolete frontiers and formulas.
That “democracy” be reconsidered following the issues discussed in “Profile of a Legitimate Democracy” wherein the disappearance of“competition” among political parties as a basis for the selection of legislators, judges, administrators (among other things) is set forth as a goal.
That the importance of defining “rights” (of the Earth, of citizens) considering first the obligations towards human beings in view of the satisfaction of the real “earthly needs of the body and the soul” be recognized.
That we bet on the creation of the “United Municipalities of the Americas,” inviting the other continents to do something along the same lines. The United Nations would become the United Biorregions of Mother.
That trade be considered on the basis of natural frontiers instead of on arbitrary and obsolete frontiers and formulas.
That “democracy” be reconsidered following the issues discussed in “Profile of a Legitimate Democracy” wherein the disappearance of“competition” among political parties as a basis for the selection of legislators, judges, administrators (among other things) is set forth as a goal.
That the importance of defining “rights” (of the Earth, of citizens) considering first the obligations towards human beings in view of the satisfaction of the real “earthly needs of the body and the soul” be recognized.
That we bet on the creation of the “United Municipalities of the Americas,” inviting the other continents to do something along the same lines. The United Nations would become the United Biorregions of Mother.
VIDEO: Glimpses of Indigenous Struggle
VIDEO: Glimpses of Indigenous Struggle now available at Earthcycles, http://www.earthcycles.net/, as we prepare for the World's People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, live from Bolivia!
Native America Calling: Returning the Ancestors
Today on Native America Calling
Wednesday, April 07, 2010– Tweaking the NAGPRA Rules:
Last month the National Park Service published a final rule that may be the key to unlock the door for the return of more than 124,000 "unidentifiable" Native remains housed in museums, educational institutions and federal agencies. This new rule applies to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and allows tribes in the area where the remains were found to claim ownership, contrary to the past where a link to a specific tribe had to be established before the remains could be turned over. With this change what new opportunities and challenges lie ahead? Guests include Sherry Hutt, Program Manager/Department of the Interior, National NAGPRA Program.
Join the discussion on air:
http://www.nativeamericacalling.com
Wednesday, April 07, 2010– Tweaking the NAGPRA Rules:
Last month the National Park Service published a final rule that may be the key to unlock the door for the return of more than 124,000 "unidentifiable" Native remains housed in museums, educational institutions and federal agencies. This new rule applies to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and allows tribes in the area where the remains were found to claim ownership, contrary to the past where a link to a specific tribe had to be established before the remains could be turned over. With this change what new opportunities and challenges lie ahead? Guests include Sherry Hutt, Program Manager/Department of the Interior, National NAGPRA Program.
Join the discussion on air:
http://www.nativeamericacalling.com
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