 | Haskell Indian Nations University Scandal On May 10, 1985, at the Haskell Centennial Graduation, James Mountain Chief Sanderville, Klamath/Blackfeet and former 1982 Haskell Student Senate President, attempted to hand John Fritz, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, documentation that Gerald Gipp, then president of Haskell Indian Jr. College, conspired with Senator Bob Dole, Senator Nancy Kassebaum, Congressman Jim Slattery and the City of Lawrence to close Haskell through legislation, Kansas Senate Bill 214. Gerald Gipp had the Haskell Bureau of Indian Affairs police brutally beat James Mountain Chief Sanderville for staging a peaceful protest that actually "Counted Coup" on the Gipp Administration. The Haskell Media department edited out segments of the video footage showing the BIA police slamming James Mountain Chief to the stage and handcuffing one hand. While one BIA officer jerked on the handcuff, the other beat Sanderville. Here you see the remaining footage received by James Mountain Chief in 1989 through the Freedom of Information Act. The Haskell footage is also in the film "Trick or Treaty" a documentary James Mountain Chief Sanderville produced that has been silenced and censored at major Native American film festivals and by Native American journalist for the past 14 years. This national scandal that has been ignored, underplayed, silenced, and censored inspired James Mountain Chief Sanderville to engage in 27 years of extensive investigative research that tells a chapter in American Indian history never before told. It's the story of the "Washington Redskins," some of our own Indian leaders, who aided in the systematic closure of 64 Bureau of Indian Affairs schools in violation of federal law. This story also questions why $7.8 million of the Indian Trust funds disappeared from a Kansas City bank during the Haskell scandal. Senator John McCain, who is running for President of the United States, and Senator Dennis DeConcinni, passed legislation that closed Phoenix Indian School. The Collier Family was able to exchange Florida Everglades land for the prime real estate of Phoenix Indian School. Now is the time to expose the Indian leaders who continue to support the political atmosphere that has historically suffocated Native America. |
 | American Indian Activist Brutalized by BIA Thugs On May 10, 1985, at the Haskell Centennial Graduation, James Mountain Chief Sanderville, Klamath/Blackfeet and former 1982 Haskell Student Senate President, attempted to hand John Fritz, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, documentation that Gerald Gipp, then president of Haskell Indian Jr. College, conspired with Senator Bob Dole, Senator Nancy Kassebaum, Congressman Jim Slattery and the City of Lawrence to close Haskell through legislation, Kansas Senate Bill 214. Gerald Gipp had the Haskell Bureau of Indian Affairs police brutally beat James Mountain Chief Sanderville for staging a peaceful protest that actually "Counted Coup" on the Gipp Administration. The Haskell Media department edited out segments of the video footage showing the BIA police slamming James Mountain Chief to the stage and handcuffing one hand. While one BIA officer jerked on the handcuff, the other beat Sanderville. Here you see the remaining footage received by James Mountain Chief in 1989 through the Freedom of Information Act. The Haskell footage is also in the film "Trick or Treaty" a documentary James Mountain Chief Sanderville produced that has been silenced and censored at major Native American film festivals and by Native American journalist for the past 14 years. This national scandal that has been ignored, underplayed, silenced, and censored inspired James Mountain Chief Sanderville to engage in 27 years of extensive investigative research that tells a chapter in American Indian history never before told. It's the story of the "Washington Redskins," some of our own Indian leaders, who aided in the systematic closure of 64 Bureau of Indian Affairs schools in violation of federal law. This story also questions why $7.8 million of the Indian Trust funds disappeared from a Kansas City bank during the Haskell scandal. Senator John McCain, who is running for President of the United States, and Senator Dennis DeConcinni, passed legislation that closed Phoenix Indian School. The Collier Family was able to exchange Florida Everglades land for the prime real estate of Phoenix Indian School. Now is the time to expose the Indian leaders who continue to support the political atmosphere that has historically suffocated Native America. |
 | RALPH NADER IS IN THE RACE! (MEET THE PRESS PT 2 OF 2) RALPH WILL BE ON THE DAILY SHOW TUSEDAY MARCH 4, 2008, SPREAD THE WORD. Also, tomorrow there are primaries for the corporate Democrats and Republicans. Here's one thing we've figured out: Nader/Gonzalez are on one side of the political fence. Obama/Clinton/McCain are on the other side. So, now you have a choice.If you are feeling alienated, abused, and misused by the two corporate parties, declare your independence by joining the Nader/Gonazalez peace train.We're planning on making a bold statement this year against the corporate takeover of our democracy. ******IF YOU WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH OBAMA/CLINTON/MCCAIN, GIVE NOW TO NADER/GONZALEZ.*************** We're looking for 300 of our loyal contributors to give at least $100 each before Ralph Nader appears on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart tomorrow night at 11 p.m. EST. Remember - you can keep giving to Nader/Gonzalez until you have contributed the maximum permitted under federal law - $2,300 per person. Contribute early and contribute often. And then check out Ralph Nader and Jon Stewart tomorrow night. ONWARD The Nader Team Ralph will appear Monday 3/1/08 on the Lou Dobbs Radio Show from 3:10 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST SPREAD THE WORD,VOLUNTEER,CONTRIBUTE. LETS MAKE SURE ITS RON PAUL AND RALPH NADER IN NOVEMBER http://www.votenader.org/ this is nader on aljazeera 2/20/08 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjUcQeUNsbE In 1971, Nader founded the non-governmental organization (NGO) Public Citizen as an umbrella organization for these projects. Today, Public Citizen has over 140,000 members and scores of researchers investigating Congressional, health, environmental, economic and other issues. Their work is credited with facilitating the passage of the Safe Drinking Water Act and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and prompting the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). In the 1970's and 1980's Nader was a key leader in the anti-nuclear power movement. "By 1976, consumer advocate Ralph Nader, who later became allied with the environmental movement 'stood as the titular head of opposition to nuclear energy'"He advocates the complete elimination of nuclear energy in favor of solar, tidal, wind and geothermal, citing environmental, worker safety, migrant labor, national security, disaster preparedness, foreign policy, government accountability and democratic governance issues to bolster his position. In 1980, Nader resigned as director of Public Citizen to work on other projects, forcefully campaigning against what he believed to be the dangers of large multinational corporations. He went on to start a variety of non-profit organizations: Capitol Hill News Service Citizen Advocacy Center Citizens Utility Boards Congress Accountability Project Consumer Task Force For Automotive Issues Corporate Accountability Research Project Disability Rights Center Equal Justice Foundation Foundation for Taxpayers and Consumer Rights Georgia Legal Watch National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform National Coalition for Universities in the Public Interest Pension Rights Center PROD (truck safety) Retired Professionals Action Group The Shafeek Nader Trust for the Community Interest 1969: Center for the Study of Responsive Law 1970s: Public Interest Research Groups 1970: Center for Auto Safety 1970: Connecticut Citizen Action Group 1971: Aviation Consumer Action Project 1972: Clean Water Action Project 1972: Center for Women's Policy Studies 1980: Multinational Monitor (magazine covering multinational corporations) 1982: Trial Lawyers for Public Justice 1982: Essential Information (encourage citizen activism and do investigative journalism) 1983: Telecommunications Research and Action Center 1983: National Coalition for Universities in the Public Interest 1989: Princeton Project 55 (alumni public service) 1993: Appleseed Foundation (local change) 1994: Resource Consumption Alliance (conserve trees) 1995: Center for Insurance Research 1995: Consumer Project on Technology 1997?: Government Purchasing Project (encourage the government to purchase safe and healthy products) 1998: Center for Justice and Democracy 1998: Organization for Competitive Markets 1998: American Antitrust Institute (ensure fair competition) 1999?: Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest 1999?: Commercial Alert (protect family, community, and democracy from corporations) 2000: Congressional Accountability Project (fight corruption in Congress) 2001: Citizen Works (promote NGO cooperation, build grassroots support, and start new groups) 2001: Democracy Rising (hold rallies to educate and empower citizens) |
 | Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) - OSCE in 2000 - Human Rights Abuse in Greece Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (formerly Macedonian Human Rights Movement of Canada) has been active on human rights issues for Macedonians and other oppressed peoples since 1986. It was formed in response to the release of the "Manifesto for Macedonian Human Rights, the Movement for Human and National Rights for the Macedonians of Aegean Macedonia", by the Central Organizing Committee for the Macedonian Human Rights, in Salonica, Greece in 1984. Among the main objectives of MHRMI are: - to pursue and attain all fundamental human and national rights including the right of freedom of expression and association and to support all democratic principles for all ethnic Macedonians, and other oppressed peoples; - to support, promulgate, and adhere to the principles of human rights and fundamental freedoms as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Charter of the United Nations (U.N.) Organization, the U.N. sponsored International Human Rights Covenants and Protocols, the European Convention on Human Rights, the principles embodied in the Helsinki Final Act, the Charter of Paris, and all other documents of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) (presently known as the Organization on Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE); - to monitor human rights developments in Canada, and to affirm our constitutional rights as Canadians, as guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, against any discriminatory and prejudicial practices that we encounter, either as individuals or as a community - to provide information, advice, assistance and support to individuals and organizations of ethnic Macedonians and others, in all parts of Macedonia and beyond, concerning human and national rights and fundamental freedoms as Macedonians. Macedonian Human Rights Movement International recommends to the governments of Greece, Bulgaria and Albania that they: 1. acknowledge the existence of an ethnic Macedonian minority with its own culture and language within their borders; 2. stop the policies of forced assimilation and denationalization for their ethnic Macedonian minorities; 3. recognize the fundamental human and national rights for the ethnic Macedonians, as guaranteed by the United Nations Declaration, the Helsinki Agreement and the Vienna and Copenhagen documents of the CSCE; 4. enlighten public opinion about fundamental rights for the protection of individuals and minorities as guaranteed under the many international agreements; 5. end free expression restrictions on ethnic Macedonians; 6. allow the free use of the Macedonian language in private and public life without fear of reprisals or persecution; 7. allow the teaching of the Macedonian language at all levels of the educational system; 8. allow the production of radio and television programs in the Macedonian language, as well as books, newspapers, journals, etc.; 9. end the harassment of ethnic Macedonians in general, and of Macedonian human rights activists in particular; 10. recognize the Macedonian Orthodox Church, and encourage their ecclesiastical authorities to do likewise; 11. recognize the right to freedom of religion by allowing the restoration of old Macedonian Orthodox churches and the building of new churches, and allowing the use of the Macedonian language during worship; 12. allow the registration and establishment of ethnic Macedonian political, cultural and other associations and their participation in the political and cultural life of the country; 13. end the discriminatory economic practices against the ethnic Macedonians in the government employed public sector by allowing ethnic Macedonians to be hired in proportion to their representation in the general population; 14. allow ethnic Macedonian emigrants from Greece and their descendants to return for visits and resettlement by repealing Law 28-12-1982 and Law 1540 of October 4, 1985; 15. allow ethnic Macedonian emigrants and their descendants to return to Greece on the same basis as ethnic Greeks, without any bias as to ethnicity; 16. allow ethnic Macedonians emigrants born in Greece and their descendants the right of inheritance to property and goods inside Greece; 17. stop supporting campaigns of destabilization of Macedonian communities around the world, most notably in Canada and Australia. www.mhrmi.org Homepage of the political party of the ethnic Macedonian minority in Greece, the RAINBOW PARTY: http://www.florina.org/html/main/abou... |
 | LTTE - NOVERMBER 27, MARTYRS' AND HEROES' REMEMBERANCE DAY!! Tamil Eelam heroes day Nov 27, 2006 Information... LTTE is freedom fighter; they fight with for the Tamil's rights. Definition of LTTE is "Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam " The logic behind the LTTE's popularity in the Tamil speaking part of Sri Lanka is that they are trying to protect what they consider to be their homeland from incursions by settlers from the south, under the Protection of the Sri Lankan army. This fact must be understood for a balanced assessment of their durability and influence in the Sri Lanka imbroglio. Who is LTTE? Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is the armed rebellion organization fighting for the independence of Tamil Eelam. It is a unique organization in the world in the following aspects. 1. Every cadre wears a cyanide capsule around the neck and commits suicide to avoid divulging vital information. 2. LTTE is the only rebel organization which has naval and air wings known as Sea Tigers and Air Tigers respectively. 3. All the cadre wears uniform Therefore, as you all know the reason now, why the LTTE is fighting against Singalese. The Tamil National Army also known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were formed after the failure of many years of peaceful demonstration by Tamil leaders in order to win their freedom from the successive Sinhala majority governments, which showed no concern for the Tamil grievances. Under the leadership of Mr. Velupillai Pirabakaran, the LTTE was founded on May 5, 1976 to achieve what had become unachievable by peaceful methods in over 28 years. Since then, the LTTE has grown out to be a massive army with the whole hearted support of the Tamil people and now has thousand of brave soldiers, with a Naval wing that has become a formidable one in the sub continent. And as the racist policies of the successive Sinhala governments subjects the Tamil civilians to more and more hard ships, the LTTE has become the army that the Tamil people can look up to in order to put an end to all the troubles and win back the Tamil's homeland, Tamil Eelam. Who are the LTTE? Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is the armed rebel organisation fighting for the independence of Tamil Eelam. It is an unique organisation in the world in the following aspects. • Every cadre wear a cyanide capsule around the neck and commit suicide to avoid divulging vital information. • LTTE is the only rebel organisation which has naval and air wings known as Sea Tigers and Air Tigers respectively. • All the cadre wear uniforms. When was the LTTE established? The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was established by V. Pirabhakaran on 22nd of May, 1972 at the Tamil New Tigers (TNT). On May 5th, 1976 it became the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Is the LTTE a terrorist organization? The simple answer is no. The Christian Science Monitor a conservative American publication defines terrorism as: "What sets terrorism apart from other violence is this: terrorism consists of acts carried out in a dramatic way to attract publicity and create an atmosphere of alarm that goes far beyond the actual victims. Indeed, the identity of the victims is often secondary or irrelevant to the terrorists who aim their violence at the people watching. This distinction between actual victims and a target audience is the hallmark of terrorism and separates it from other modes of armed conflict. Terrorism is theater." The LTTE fights with a conventional army. The LTTE also conducts special operations, such as assassinations and covert attacks on military and economic targets. None of these attacks are directed at frightening a population into submission. The attacks are meant to weaken the Sri Lankan government either militarily or economically. Is the LTTE a religious organization? No. Most members of the LTTE are Hindus however there are many members who are Christian. The LTTE does not have religious motivation for fighting against the government of Sri Lanka. The theoretician for the LTTE and one of the founding members is Anton Balasingham, who is a Christian. How many members of the LTTE have died in the war? From Nov 27 1982 to Nov 10 2004 the LTTE has lost 17,780 fighters. What countries are the LTTE banned in, as a terrorist organization? Australia - Banned in 2001 Britian - Banned in 2001 Canada - Banned on April 13, 2006. Canada's new Conservative government add the LTTE to Canada's list of outlawed terrorist organizations. European Union - Banned on May 18, 2006. The 25 member states unanimously agreed to the ban after Britain and other countries persuaded Sweden, Denmark and Finland to overcome their reservations. The Scandinavian countries were showing solidarity with Norway, which has acted as peace broker in Sri Lanka and strongly believes that proscribing the Tamil Tigers as terrorists will be counter-productive. EU member countries are Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. India - Banned in 1991 Malaysia - In February 1996, Malaysia made it a crime to support the LTTE, under which foreigners backing pro-LTTE rallies would face deportation. Sri Lanka - Initially banned in May 1978 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. Banned again on January 26, 1998. Ban was lifted in September 5, 2002. United States of America - The LTTE was one of the 30 groups listed as FTOs by Washington on October 8, 1997 under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1996. As a result of the it became a crime in the U.S. to fund, provide weapons or other tangible support for the groups designated as FTOs; their members and representatives were ineligible for visas to enter the U.S. and their existing funds, if any, were blocked. How big is the LTTE? It has about 8,000 to 10,000 armed members, with a core of 3,000 to 6,000 trained fighters, according to the U.S. State Department. Why do the LTTE use child soldiers? According to the Coalition to stop the use of Child Soldiers a child soldier "is a person under the age of 18 who is a member of or attached to government armed forces or any other regular or irregular armed force or armed political group, whether or not an armed conflict exists." Child soldiers may or may not be directly participate in conflict. Those not directly involved in conflict play supportive roles such as laying mines and explosives; scouting, spying, acting as decoys, couriers or guards; training, drill or other preparations; logistics and support functions, portering, cooking and domestic labour. According to the UN in 1998 there were 300,000 children under the age of 18 were participating in armed conflict worldwide. Child soldiers are used in conflicts in Cote d'Ivoire, Sudan, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Myanmar (regular state army), Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Iran, Iraq, and Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Yemen, and Sri Lanka. In February 2002 the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child banned the use of all children under the age of 18 in hostilities and prohibits all military use of under-18s by non-governmental armed groups. State governments can continue to use child soldiers in non-combat roles. Countries that use child soldiers, persons 16 years of age and older, in non-combat roles are Canada, France, Germany, the UK and the USA. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam does recruit soldiers for its regular army. Since it is a non-governmental armed group it has given reassurances to the UN that it will not recruit persons under the age of 18. Eliminating recruitment of persons under the age of 18 by the LTTE is difficult because • There are many 'underage volunteers'. Due to the years of war, poverty, broken homes, abusive (alcoholic and/or negligent) parents, etc., a number of children find 'joining the LTTE' to be a better 'alternative.' This way they get at least 'a roof over their heads' and 'food.' • Poverty-stricken parents also sometimes send their children to the LTTE for the same reason -- 'food' and a 'roof.' • Children who have witnessed teenagers in their towns and villages being arrested on suspicion, held incommunicado (under the PTA), tortured, raped, disappeared, etc. at the hands of the SLA, find life with the LTTE 'safer.' • Due to the 'war,' all children and young adults are stunted in growth, and it is difficult to tell their ages by looking at them. • Also due to the war, which has lasted for over 20 years, many Tamil people do not have birth certificates to prove their ages. Complaints of children being forcible taken by the LTTE come from parents living in villages under SLA control. The Sri Lankan military keeps strict records based upon the National ID card system (which states your race) on all Tamils living in every household. Visitors and internally displaced persons living in households in government controlled areas must register themselves with the Sri Lankan military. When a person joins the LTTE from government controlled area the Sri Lankan military will know. SLA soldiers, STF personnel and the police go around asking questions about persons who are 'missing,' not only from the immediate families, but also from the neighbours. Family members are given no choice by the SLA but to file complaints with the HRW, UNICEF or be branded as LTTE sympathisers. The LTTE from February 2002 to July 2005 has de-listed nearly 1,500 recruits, once they find them to be under 18. Many of those de-listed were not on HRW, UNICEF lists of child soldiers. |
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