Aboriginal Rights

» goodlord - Western Shoshone vs. Barrick Goldstrike Mining

Hey, my people. Here's a great article about what the Shoshones are going through fighting Barrick Goldstrike Mining in Nevada. It's pretty interesting. If our "masters" want to convince us they're not underhanded and corrupt, these tactics are no way to do it.

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/05...

-- posted by goodlord

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» woorama - Western Shoshone vs. Barrick Goldstrike Mining

In response to Western Shoshone vs. Barrick Goldstrike Mining posted by goodlord:

goodlord! it's such an exact match for what happens to aboriginal people the world over. i often wonder how they manage to replicate it the same way. do the mining executives and politicians all attend the same exploitation workshops or something? or is there a template somewhere that they all have to follow? the thing is, it is happening on thousands of fronts at once, this war against the land and the people of the land. so it is impossible to fight it all at once. any time resistance is successful in one place, the problem seems to then pop up in five more places - like that beast of european mythology that grows back three heads every time you cut off one.

-- posted by woorama

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» Sandra Williams - Western Shoshone vs. Barrick Goldstrike Mining

In response to Western Shoshone vs. Barrick Goldstrike Mining posted by woorama:

Thanks for sharing that link. It is ironic and sad that people are fighting for land that has always been rightfully theirs anyway. Meanwhile, they're fighting for their country in other wars and while they're gone their own country is destroying and stealing off of them. Crazy.

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» woorama - Western Shoshone vs. Barrick Goldstrike Mining

In response to Western Shoshone vs. Barrick Goldstrike Mining posted by sandraeli:

that's right - native americans are overrepresented in your militarty - far higher proportion of servicemen than the mainstream population. this is seldom acknowledged. it is the same in australia too - we had 5000 aboriginal troops in the second world war. recently this has been acknowledged by a group marching in our anzac day war memorial day. the rsl (returned servicemen's league) is a very powerful organisation in our country, and they have opposed the aboriginal anzac march.

ah, so many battles to fight on all fronts. on the home front here as well as the international conflict. but then there is the fight to fight within our own communities, families, and then within ourselves - that personal struggle to take control of your life.

-- posted by woorama

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