Les Innus et le mouvement Idle No More

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Aniesh Vollant, une jeune militante de la réserve de Uashat, à côté de Sept-Îles, et Jeannette Pilot, une grand mère aussi de Uashat, sont deux femmes innues qui font présentment une grève de faim. Leur grève a commencé à minuit le 31 décembre. Elles font leur action en solidarité avec le chef d'Attawapiskat, Theresa Spence, ainsi pour revendiquer une autonomie gouvernmentale pour le peuple innu de Nitassinan (la territoire traditionelle innue du nord du Québec).

[Original copy of the story can be found on the Media Coop website, and will appear in the upcoming print edition of the Dominion magazine, http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/story/plan-nord-be-dammed/15489]

Plan Nord Be Dammed!
Innu reject Quebec government's "North for all" plan

BY AARON LAKOFF

SEPT-ÎLES, QC—Marie Louise Andre Mackenzie is an 86-year-old elder from the tiny town of Schefferville, Quebec. With deep and dignified wrinkles on her face, and a large smile, Mackenzie speaks in Innu-aimun. As she speaks, her granddaughter translates her words to French.

Free Speech Radio News
Canadian Protest Idle No More Pushes for Indigenous Rights, Political Change

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Harsha Walia of the migrant justice group No One Is Illegal Vancouver speaks about the Immigrants In Support of Idle No More initiative, and touches on the links between migrant justice and indigenous sovereignty struggles, plus the upcoming border blockade actions set to take place on January 5th, 2013.

For more information on Immigrants in Support of Idle No More:
https://www.facebook.com/events/459526197437894/?fref=ts

www.idlenomore.ca

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Immigrant rights advocates in Canada protest new legislation that could lock up more asylum seekers

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In Canada, Reproductive Rights Groups Call on the Minister for the Status of Women to Resign

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Indigenous communities in Western Canada fight gas and oil pipelines

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Quebec students, civil rights groups call for inquiry into police crackdown

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Just to the north, people in Canada have been following the Presidential elections closely, and have been reacting to how President Obama’s victory could affect America’s biggest trading partner. One of the big issues is oil and gas development and one project in particular could have major impact for Canadians. FSRN’s Aaron Lakoff has the story from Montreal.

This is a letter I sent to the CUTV news department after I resigned from my post of News Coordinator on November 6, 2012. Hopefully it will shed a bit more light on the ongoing conflict.

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Dear members of the news department,
It is with great sadness that I am writing to inform you that I am resigning as news director at CUTV, effective as of today. First and formost, I just want to say how much of an honour and pleasure it was to work with some of you and to get to know you over the last few months. You are all truly inspiring, and I feel like I learned a great deal from you all.