#indigenousprotest — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #indigenousprotest, aggregated by home.social.
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CW: Victory for indigenous people in Brazil! Amazonas waterways won't be privatized
This is HUGE! :ecoanarchism_heart:
The Brazilian government said Monday it would revoke a decree signed by leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that allowed private concessions for waterways, following 33 days of protests by thousands of Indigenous people at a Cargill facility in Santarem in northern Brazil.
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And now, one of the reasons I love this place is that you can directly ask people with a way better perspective than news agencies:
what do you think about this?
#Brazil #Cargill #Mercosur #Tapajos #Amazonas #River #EnvironmentalMovement #IndigenousProtest
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Meanwhile, in #Canada...
#FirstNations Warn #Carney’s Push to Build #Canada Could Tear It Apart
The prime minister’s #FastTrack law has already set off a wave of #IndigenousProtestby Joy Spearchief-Morris
Aug. 8, 2025Excerpt: "The last time the federal government passed sweeping industry-friendly legislation without proper #Indigenous consultation, it triggered one of the largest grassroots political movements in Canadian history: #IdleNoMore. The movement was a direct response to the 2012 passage of the omnibus budget bill #C45, legislation that endangered #TraditionalLands and resources by reducing federal oversight on thousands of #waterways. Indigenous people across the country took part in Idle No More with widespread protests, including teach-ins, flash mobs, round dances, and blockades. Though the law remained in place, the movement showed that when governments legislate without meaningful Indigenous involvement, the consequences can be swift, sustained, and impossible to ignore.
"Yet, across Canada’s history, Indigenous people have been European settlers’ longest allies. Relations with French settlers led to the birth of the Metis people; First Nations played pivotal roles in British efforts during the American Revolution and the War of 1812. And many Indigenous people volunteered and fought as part of Canada’s contributions to the first and second world wars.
"Now, Canada faces new threats as the US president muses about making Canada an unwilling fifty-first state while launching a trade war on Canadian goods. But as history has proved, Canada cannot succeed in defending itself as a nation-state without acknowledging and partnering with #IndigenousNations."
#CanPol #WaterIsLife #MarkCarney #NoMiningWithoutConsent #NoDumpingWithoutConsent #FirstNations #IndigenousNews #IndigenousResistance #CorporateColonialism