Extension of The National Dream railway has implications for Indigenous land defenders opposing megaproject in Mexico

Photo: The Last Spike completed the CPR railroad in 1885. The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) company was integral to the colonization of Indigenous lands and the creation of the country called Canada. The National Dream refers to the construction of the CPR railway from Central Canada (Ontario) to British Columbia. Read more…

PBI-Mexico helps document abuses against Indigenous territorial defenders opposed to Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus project

Video: PBI-Mexico speaks at the observation mission media conference, July 27. PBI-Mexico recently participated in an international observation mission that documented abuses against Indigenous territorial defenders opposed to the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus (CIIT) megaproject in the state of Oaxaca. On July 27, PBI-Mexico tweeted: “PBI accompanies the observation Read more…

Canada promises to announce an implementation plan by Fall 2024 to phase-out public financing of the fossil fuel sector

Video: The construction of EDC financed Coastal GasLink and Trans Mountain pipelines has been facilitated through RCMP C-IRG violence. The Canadian government recently announced its (somewhat awkwardly titled) Inefficient Fossil Fuel Subsidies Government of Canada Self‑Review Assessment Framework and the Inefficient Fossil Fuel Subsidies Government of Canada Guidelines. These guidelines Read more…

PBI-Honduras accompanies Guapinol river defenders as they call for cancellation, not temporary suspension, of Los Pinares iron oxide mine

On July 26, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “Yesterday we were present at the call issued by the Municipal Committee in Defense of Common and Public Goods of Tocoa addressed to social organizations and the media in front of the Secretary of Natural Resources and Environment. The Committee demands the definitive cancellation of Read more…

Sagkeeng warrior/protector Tre Delaronde arrested at Camp Marcedes as the call to search the landfill continue

Photo of Tre Delaronde by Radio-Canada/Maxime Beuachemin. From social media reports we see that Sagkeeng warrior/protector Tre Delaronde was arrested by Winnipeg police yesterday and released this afternoon (but now faces several charges). APTN tweets: “Winnipeg police are cleaning up their headquarters after what they call an ‘incident’ overnight. Handprints Read more…

PBI-Mexico accompanies hearing of criminalized Indigenous Nahua water protector Alejandro Torres Chocolatl

PBI-Mexico has tweeted: “Today, July 25, from @PBI_Mexico we are accompanying the linkage hearing against defender Alejandro Torres Chocolatl, a member of @fpdtampt [the Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water] who has been criminalized for his work in defense of land and water. We welcome the opinion of Read more…

Complaint to the CRCC claims the RCMP C-IRG established an illegal exclusion zone on unceded Ditidaht lands

Video: BCCLA staff counsel Veronica Martisius encounters C-IRG officers, June 2021. The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) has submitted a complaint to the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) about actions by the RCMP community-industry response group (C-IRG) in the Caycuse watershed. Their media release explains: “The BCCLA’s complaint focuses Read more…