After more than a decade slugging it out through the legal system, the Sami people have secured exclusive rights to determine who could hunt and fish in part of their ancestral territory.
indigenous struggles
Deportations prevented, but dispossession sidestepped by High Court of Australia
The February ruling by the High Court is another partial victory handed out by the State. A red-faced, embarrassed recognition of the racist undergarments of the colony, exposed once again.
Sovereignty on trial — The tale of two court cases
In this issue, the Freedom Socialist Organiser brings you two pieces about important but partial wins in the courts for Indigenous people — one in the High Court of Australia and other in the Swedish Supreme Court. Both set precedents.
Time for a fightback: Victoria’s bail regime creates a sexist and racist catastrophe
Both the human and the economic cost of imprisonment is spiralling out of control.
Behind the migrant crisis in Mexico and Guatemala
Forcing desperate migrants to wait outside the U.S. is creating humanitarian disaster in Mexico and Guatemala, out of sight of the U.S. public.
Lebanon: An Arab Spring resurgence
Lebanon’s five-month uprising against corrupt government, banks and, notably, religious sectarianism is a beacon of hope to other rebellions in the region.
Mexican women strike over femicides
The day after Women’s Right Day, millions of women went on a general strike against Mexico’s unchecked murder of sisters, mothers and daughters. Women all over Latin America pledged support, as must all human rights fighters everywhere.
Showdown over fossil fuels in Canada
Native protesters and widespread supporters paralyzed Canada’s economy for 20 days. A showcase on how to fight for climate sanity and indigenous rights.
Latin America: rebellion sweeps country after country
An entire region explodes over poverty, environmental destruction, rampant privatization and debt.
Imperialist rivalry fans flames of war and genocide in Syria
The Kurds and other rebels need international solidarity around overthrowing capitalism — breeding ground of permanent war.
