Amnesty International concerned Canada 'rolling back' support for Indigenous rights | CBC News Amnesty International is concerned Canada is backsliding on Indigenous rights under Prime Minister Mark Carney. The organization warns in its annual global human rights report that new laws passed las...

Amnesty International is concerned Canada is backsliding on Indigenous rights under Mark Carney's Liberal government.

New laws passed last year fast-tracking major projects and expanding resource development have threatened Indigenous peoples' right to self-determination.
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💥 Our new issue "Fifty Years After Soweto" (May–June 2026) is going to be out in almost two weeks from now!

June 1976–2026: An anniversary issue on South(ern) African past, present, and future politics

Cover photo by Peter Magubane.

Preorder now!

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the premier insists this is needed because “the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled late last year that the mineral rules in the province are ‘inconsistent’ with the DRIPA legislation” but for some reason he's not amending the Mining Act

hmmmmmm

#bcpoli

Indigenous people are being arrested for trying to sell weed on their own land but if you're white you can incorporate a crypto currency scam and AI data farming

B.C. Premier backs down on amending Indigenous rights legislation Province now plans to work with First Nations leaders who urged MLAs to reject the proposed changes

“Mr. Eby said Monday that he changed his mind after B.C. Attorney-General Niki Sharma brokered an alternative. He told reporters his government and First Nations will form a working group to address his concerns about the court decision.”
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The last LNG train home

Our latest analysis: global LNG markets face structural oversupply as demand falls and new supply comes online by 2030. With contracts expiring from the mid-2030s, Australia’s high-cost LNG is exposed, suggesting limited scope for new contracts. The analysis: www.climate-resource.com/publications...

Revealed: Scientists tell Colombia fossil-fuel transition summit to ‘halt new expansion’ - Carbon Brief Around 50 nations will gather in Colombia to debate ways to “transition away” from fossil fuels, in the face of worsening climate change and high oil prices

Buenos Dias from Colombia! 🌺

Around 50 nations will meet here to discuss fossil-fuel transition.

They have already been circulated a draft report recommending that they “halt all new expansion”, according to an exclusive by me for @carbonbrief.org

www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-sci...

Gray whales are starving. Some have died off Oregon Coast Gray whales aren't getting enough to eat to survive their long migration toward Alaska.

Sorry to post this for those who abhor seeing this kind of news about wildlife. But while we are collectively agonizing over the state of our nation, the state of our planet is probably the more urgent news.

The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...

ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.

(Published 2021)

A map of Lebanese territory being invaded by Israel

Israel now controls more of Lebanon than Russia does of Ukraine

If you know anything about the smart glasses ICE is developing, text me via signal at 202-510-1268

B.C. premier says he might buy Ontario premier's plane, but then again, says he might not, depending on whether First Nations claim airport lands

“Indigenous worldviews hold solutions the world needs in order to be able to tackle the climate catastrophe at our doorsteps.”

We’re thrilled to bring SEJ’s global community to Halifax for our first international conference. Stay tuned for details!

✉️Share ideas for SEJ2027: conference@sej.org

Climate, Indigenous Groups Rip Trump GOP for ‘Handing Over the Arctic Refuge to Big Oil’ “The oil industry’s allies in Congress are ignoring public opinion and the undeniable realities of the climate crisis by moving to drill on the sacred Coastal Plain and endanger the freedom of local c...

Climate, Indigenous Groups Rip Trump GOP for ‘Handing Over the Arctic Refuge to Big Oil’ alaska-native-news.com/climate-indi...

For those who missed it: this was the moment The Strokes ensured they’ll never be invited back to Coachella again! I'm so proud of them

Renewables have passed coal power globally,. Global electricity generation n TWh, 2000-2025.

Clean energy pushes fossil-fuel power into reverse for ‘first time ever’ | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @ember-energy.org

Read here: buff.ly/XtaYP1D

Canada’s residential school abuse survivors face fresh battle to stop testimony being destroyed First Nation communities warn that government must act as accounts face destruction, risking central part of Canada’s reckoning with its colonial past

Canada’s residential school abuse survivors face fresh battle to stop testimony being destroyed

Darryl Leroux files notice of appeal in $70K defamation judgement Professor and Indigenous identity researcher, Darryl Leroux is appealing a court ruling in March that he defamed a Saskatchewan professor.

Professor and Indigenous identity researcher, Darryl Leroux is appealing a court ruling last month that he defamed a Saskatchewan professor. Story by Dennis Ward.

War, climate change, and AI: What's at stake at this year's UN Indigenous forum Delegates are arriving in New York this week for the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples. Amid other challenges, the U.S. has made it increasingly difficult for delegates to secure visas t...

Hundreds of delegates are arriving at the United Nations this week for the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples. But they arrive against an increasingly hostile global backdrop. grist.org/indigenous/w...

LAPD Deployed Drones to Spy on No Kings Protest Flight records show that Los Angeles police dispatched drones 32 times over last month’s No Kings rally.

NEW: Flight data reveals that the LAPD's "Drone as First Responder" program—sold to the public as a public safety measure—is in fact being used to spy on anti-ICE/anti-Trump protests in Los Angeles.

theintercept.com/2026/04/20/l...

This is what "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good" thinking gets you: a leader fundamentally incapable of acting in a way suited for the times, and scrambling to worsen fossil fuel reliance rather than decouple society from it

Reactionary centrism always ends up as a pro-fossil ideology

Never Let a War Go to Waste Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

We're tracing U.S. fossil fascism in a quick 3-part @drilledmedia.bsky.social miniseries (ep 2 drops tomorrow), from WWI to the Red Line Agreement to now. Important context for the current moment! drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

"despite"

Gotta wonder, are these folks capable of self-government?

APTN News Brief: Disclosure of historic surveillance of Indigenous political activity sparks worries it persists Our lead story: as calls for transparency and a public inquiry grow stronger following a media report of RCMP surveillance of Indigenous advocacy and political organizations throughout the latter h...

First Nation leaders call on RCMP, federal government to stop surveillance programs

Hear more on APTN News Brief:

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

Why do they like biofuels? Because it keeps the "we must burn things" crew in business.

It's great for refineries which are owned by the oil industry.

They love their tax subsidized biofuels for burning.

In the era of EVs, it's one more way to keep the US in the past.

Tla’amin choreographer sets the dance stage ablaze with wildfire-themed ballet ‘Cikilaxʷm: Controlled Burn,' Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe’s new ballet about Indigenous fire stewardship, premieres in kiʔláwnaʔ (Kelowna) on May 1

Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe wants his dance audiences to reflect on their emotional relationship to smoke and flames.

The Tla’amin choreographer’s upcoming narrative ballet explores the past, present and future of Indigenous fire stewardship.

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#IdleNoMore was very much on radar of state surveillance (Indian Affairs playing key role) as we see in parts 1 & 2 of @aptnnews.bsky.social doc by @anishinaboy.bsky.social + I

> pt 1 youtu.be/VHgGbW6exB4
> pt 2 youtu.be/_adSU_QiOfE