News from Big Noise Films:
We are just back from Iraq, where we spent a month and a half criss-crossing the country, embedded with the major militias. Our first report from Iraq just went online, and we will be on Democracy Now tomorrow to talk about it. It was shot in the refugee camps on the edge of Baghdad and with America's militia allies among the date palms of Taji:
Read more:
http://censored-news.blogspot.com/2007/09/big-noise-films-back-from-iraq.html
September 10, 2007
September 9, 2007
UN set to adopt Native rights, Canada said to be opposed
UN set to adopt native rights declaration, Canada said to be opposed 
Canadian Press (CP).OTTAWA (CP) — The United Nations is set to adopt a new Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People despite what critics say was aggressive opposition from Canada.The General Assembly is expected to adopt the declaration before the current session wraps up Sept. 17. Supporters say the declaration is a long overdue step toward limiting the abuse and murder of indigenous peoples around the world.Observers close to the process say Canada supported the declaration until soon after the Conservatives took power. They say the new government aligned itself with the U.S., Russia and Colombia in a well-financed bid to derail the declaration. The Conservatives say the document could undermine Canada's Constitution and harm existing land deals.Supporters say Canada's position makes no legal sense because the declaration is non-binding and would not override Canadian law. Read more:
http://censored-news.blogspot.com/2007/09/united-nations-set-to-adopt-native.html
Canadian Press (CP).OTTAWA (CP) — The United Nations is set to adopt a new Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People despite what critics say was aggressive opposition from Canada.The General Assembly is expected to adopt the declaration before the current session wraps up Sept. 17. Supporters say the declaration is a long overdue step toward limiting the abuse and murder of indigenous peoples around the world.Observers close to the process say Canada supported the declaration until soon after the Conservatives took power. They say the new government aligned itself with the U.S., Russia and Colombia in a well-financed bid to derail the declaration. The Conservatives say the document could undermine Canada's Constitution and harm existing land deals.Supporters say Canada's position makes no legal sense because the declaration is non-binding and would not override Canadian law. Read more:
http://censored-news.blogspot.com/2007/09/united-nations-set-to-adopt-native.html
Speak out for Arizona border jaguars
By Brenda Norrell
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/
SASABE, Ariz. -- The United States has started work on the Sasabe border wall without any public comment period. It is the latest assault on the laws of the United States by the lawless who are in power. This time it is the jaguar and other border wildlife that are the victims.
Give the jaguars and other wildlife a voice, let it be yours:
PLEASE TAKE THE TIME FOR THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE!
The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge wants to know what you think about the proposed use of a 0.8-mile stretch of its lands for a section of 7-mile fence flanking Sasabe. The Department of Homeland Security is required to obtain approval from the refuge. Officials have issued a draft compatibility determination that reviews whether the fence will interfere with the refuge's responsibilities; it is available at libraries in Green Valley and Arivaca.
Written comments received by Sept. 18 will be considered in the final draft of this document. Comments should be sent to: Refuge Manager, Buenos Aires NWR, P.O. Box 109, Sasabe, Ariz., 85633. To request a copy of the document or get more information, you can call the refuge office at: (520)823-4251.
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/
SASABE, Ariz. -- The United States has started work on the Sasabe border wall without any public comment period. It is the latest assault on the laws of the United States by the lawless who are in power. This time it is the jaguar and other border wildlife that are the victims.
Give the jaguars and other wildlife a voice, let it be yours:
PLEASE TAKE THE TIME FOR THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE!
The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge wants to know what you think about the proposed use of a 0.8-mile stretch of its lands for a section of 7-mile fence flanking Sasabe. The Department of Homeland Security is required to obtain approval from the refuge. Officials have issued a draft compatibility determination that reviews whether the fence will interfere with the refuge's responsibilities; it is available at libraries in Green Valley and Arivaca.
Written comments received by Sept. 18 will be considered in the final draft of this document. Comments should be sent to: Refuge Manager, Buenos Aires NWR, P.O. Box 109, Sasabe, Ariz., 85633. To request a copy of the document or get more information, you can call the refuge office at: (520)823-4251.
Length of primary fencing in Arizona:• Nogales: 2.8 miles (10.65 additional miles planned) = 13.45 miles• Naco/Douglas: 24 miles (23.25 miles planned) = 47.25 miles• Yuma: 25 miles (9 miles planned) = 34 miles• Total: 51.8 miles (42.9 additional miles planned) = 94.7 miles
Did you know ...
According to one Indian myth, the jaguar — the largest cat in the Americas — acquired its spotted coat by daubing mud on its body with its paws. Translated, the jaguar's name means, "a beast that kills its prey with a single bound."
Researchers thought the majestic cat had become nearly extinct in the U.S. by the mid-1900s, with only four sightings from the 1960s-1980s. Then, in March 1996, Warner Glenn, a Douglas-area rancher and lion hunter, spotted and photographed a jaguar in the Peloncillo Mountains at the Arizona-New Mexico border. Since then, four male jaguars have been repeatedly photographed in Southern Arizona.
Lakotas organize opposition to uranium mining, Pine Ridge Oct 29 -- 30
Join Lakotas to fight uranium mining in South Dakota at the summit Oct. 29 - Oct. 30, 2007
Check back for more summit information. Debra White Plume
Owe Aku, Bring Back the Way Uranium Mining, the Oglala Lakota People and Mni Wakan (Sacred Water)
Check back for more summit information. Debra White Plume
Owe Aku, Bring Back the Way Uranium Mining, the Oglala Lakota People and Mni Wakan (Sacred Water)Water Contamination on the Homeland of the Oglala Band of the Lakota Nation
1868 Ft. Laramie Treaty Territory, “Pine Ridge Agency, SD
"Crying Earth Rise Up!"
"Some day the Earth will weep, She will beg for Her life, She will cry with tears of blood. You will make a choice, if you will help her or let her die, and when She dies, you too, will die.”--John Hollow Horn, Oglala Lakota, 1932
An Education Campaign by Owe Aku, Bring Back the Way, a Grass Roots Non-Governmental Organization on the Pine Ridge 2007 (Read pamphlet)
September 8, 2007
Honoring resistance: 'Do it for the children'
In memory of journalist Cate Gilles, found dead in August, 2001. Navajos protesting coal mining and relocation. Photo Cate Gilles."Bush Klansmen close in on Navajos"
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2007/09/bush-klansmen-close-in-on-navajos.html
"Navajo Fair: President Shirley's poison pen in backroom deal"
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2007/09/navajo-fair-shirleys-poison-pen-in.html
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