Protest in Peru
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- GeorgesII
Sorry the news is old, but finally some pictures are surfacing and its not pretty,
for those who don't know what I'm talking about because no media cared mentioning it,
rural farmers/ihabitant of the Peruvian side of the Amazon were blocking roads and protesting against the opening of the Amazon resources to American companies (oil/gas), this would have had a serious effect on their lives and health. they did it peacefully until the polices forces opened fire killing at least 50 people and dissapearing another 100,
>> http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/6200…
here are some photos (warning heavily NSFW)
http://www.independent.co.uk/new…
- benfal990
very sad thing
- raf0
This puts the whole Iran media attention into perspective. A revolution in Iran is godsent for the US Govt, so it is widely publicized.
This? Nobody hears about.
- WhiteFace0
I'm amazed how horrific incidences like this can be swept under the carpet, it's disgusting.
- bump790
This is painful. We need to be exposed to this more.
- ********0
crazy. bump
- ********0
Yeah but we love oil. Under the carpet it will go.
- raf0
Also, we love oil. Let's get that dictator out of Iran and install proper democracy there.
- GeorgesII0
As long as the cash keeps flowing to the top, this will be a non story,
I was so pissed off when I heard of this, but seeing the photos pisses me off even more, I can't believe noone is talking about this,
aren't we suppose to go green, save the planets, curb our carbon releases, its all bullshit, we don't care about nature as long as we can profit from it,
the amazon forest is the last "natural" area of our world and every year we're destroying it more and more, next time I hear someone tell me to go green, I'll tell him to fuck off,look what happened in Ecuador, not a single news reported it, they are destroying the amazon while we fly to live earth concerts, fuckn disgusting!
http://colonos.wordpress.com/200…
- ********0
I long ago decided that some things are beyond a reasonable fight. The environment is one of them. I do love the planet, but to care for it properly is to attempt to reverse thousands and thousands of years of human nature.
We would fare better by giving up the fight, and spending the time and money on coping with a new world.
- lowimpakt0
Peru Indians hail 'historic' dayIndigenous groups in Peru have called off protests after two land laws which led to deadly fighting were revoked.
Hailing victory, Amazonian Indian groups said it was an "historic day".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world…
- lowimpakt0
in other corporate scum news...
Shell Oil have finally started to pay money to make up for their role in the killing of Ken Saro Wiwi and other activists in Nigeria... It just took 13 years
- ********0
And Total sack 700 workers for going on strike;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/81…(which is exactly what I would have done).
- Good to see some common sense so rare in this world. afair UK is the only country in Europe where lockout is legalraf
- GeorgesII0
just read the bbc article, I'm glad they got what they wanted,
this shows that you can achieve some success without the media PR machine.
I'm happy :)
- colonos0
Well, it is now time to _watch_ the media machine!! "They" did not get what they wanted - they are still suffering under 500 years of racist, christian, capitalist intrusion. The christian churches keep growing, undermining local medicine, healers and culture in general - the children are still whipped on a daily basis in christian schools, being called monkeys, animals and what not, and the capitalist machine keeps eating the trees, polluting the rivers and building roads everywhere.
If the Amazonian people got what they wanted, the world would have changed _substantially_.
What happens now is that politics set in, again, - small scale negotiations, corruption, bribery and the rain forest will still be eaten alive by global capital. Much bigger schemes than this are unfolding - after all, this was a little intervention by the Peruvian state.
See also: http://colonos.wordpress.com/?s=…
The loggers, miners and oilers have never needed the law to destroy - they just do it anyway. National Geographic - a very conservative source in these matters - have estimated that Brasil alone has more than 100.000 km's of illegal road in the Amazon, built by capitalist extractivists.
Having spent several years in the Amazon I am often asked about the state of the forest: "Is it really dying?", to which I unfortunately have to answer: "I think it is dead." The idea of a huge forest, full of magic, wonder, hunting jaguars, swimming snakes and flying eagles - endless, infinite and marvellous - now only exists as just that: an idea. Broken up by criss-crossing roads, dried out, heavily polluted - "When the chemicals come the energies of the spirits leave", said our shaman friend once - and towns and their associated, forceful cash economy keep coming, keep growing.
“There are two sides: the agents of waste and the lovers of the wild. Either for life or against it. And each of us has to choose.”
- I didn't connect you were the web from the site I linked, thanks for coming here and participating +1GeorgesII
- non0
Thanks.
- kgvs720
From my understanding though, Bolivia who is also receiving funds from Venezuela is the one riling up the natives. Peru has begun to have even more "friendly relations" with the US.