November 21st, 2014 Weekly Indigenous news on rabble.ca

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Published on Friday, 21 November 2014 11:22

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rabble.ca weekly e-news for November 21st, 2014

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The case for distinguishing between human rights and group rights November 21, 2014 | By Rick Salutin The legal decision that denied chemo to an Aboriginal girl based on her parents' Aboriginal rights makes it sound like a noble but tragic conflict between two rights -- but these rights are not equal. Push for fossil fuel divestment gains momentum November 20, 2014 | By Jennifer Mills Will divestment from fossil fuels in Canada stop extreme resource extraction? Maybe not, but it's a step and an important part of the change! As opposition grows, what will it take to stop Keystone XL? November 20, 2014 | By Amy Goodman A massive people's climate movement against extracting some of the dirtiest oil on the planet has prevailed, at least for now. Can it stop Keystone XL? Watch: Turn the tables and reject the Interim Land Claims policy November 19, 2014 | By Idle No More The Harper government is trying to accelerate the elimination of Aboriginal rights so it can push through pipelines. We have to say no! Community mobilizing, growing opposition on Atlantic Energy East tour November 19, 2014 | By Andrea Harden-Donahue It's been a week since our Atlantic Energy East tour wrapped up, and what a whirlwind it has been. The tour was ambitious with the hosting of five public forums, a series of meetings and site visits. American Indian activists vow to stop Keystone XL despite its approval by U.S. House of Representatives November 18, 2014 | By Krystalline Kraus The Keystone XL pipeline system is, upon completion, set to run from Western Canada's tar sands into the United States to refineries in Illinois and down to the Gulf Coast of Texas. Calling out crackdowns on protesters and the stripping of environmental protection laws November 18, 2014 | By Bronwen Tucker Drawing links between police repression and surveillance of environmental organizing in Peru and Canada, and what this means for COP20. Book launch: Red Skin, White Masks November 18, 2014 | By Redeye Collective Glen Coulthard's book is for the generation of First Nations activists who want to change things entirely. Coulthard tackles current Indigenous-settler relations in Canada, drawing on Marx and Fanon.

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