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Democracy in Global Life: Indigenous Means of Subsistence Ville-Veikko Hirvelä |
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Contents Preface1. Introduction to Democracy of Global Life as Indigenous Means of Subsistence 1.1. Constitution of justice as universal equality of leading our life 1.2. Indigenous Means of Life as Earth Democracy2. Another World for Indigenous Survival 2.1. World Social Forum and Survival of Indigenous People 2.2. Global Threats for Indigenous Life in the Context of India 2.3. Survival of Indigenous People Globally - Hope in Unity WSF-Mumbai seminar report by Rajesh K. Jha 2.4. Human Rights to Means of Subsistence in Indigenous Life 3. Land as Creation of Indigenous Identity 3.1. Indigenous People as Land 3.2. Existence as Community of Access to Take Place upon the Earth 3.3. Traditional Communities & Green Movement by Kai Vaara, 3.4. Shifting Cultivation as Clearing of Land 3.5. Nature as Political Institution of Western Control over the Earth 4. Land as Locality of Leading our Life 4.1. Own Land can not be sold 4.2. Indigenous Heritage of Land Consumed into a World Proper for White Men 4.3. Decisive Vernacular Locality of the Land 4.4. Anchoring Indian State and Polity to Vernacular Wisdom : A Small Step Towards Swaraj by Arun Kumar Panibaba 4.5. How do Categories and Literal Significance of Science, Law and Nature exploit the Earth 5. Report of a Meeting on Tribal and Indigenous People Speech by Harsh Mander, report by Vagish Jha and Rajesh K. Jha, transcription by Narendra Bastar How to Remove the Anti-Indigenous Reservations of Modern Scientific Power ?
Displaced Adivasis in Lanjigarh, January 2004About 62 tribal groups once inhabited the area now known as the state of Orissa in eastern India. Currently Adivasis (literally “original inhabitants”) constitute more than one-quarter of Orissa’s population. Many Adivasis have adapted to the mainstream Indian lifestyle, but some distinct groups remain. The aluminum mines on tribal land in Orissa are continuing a centuries-old struggle between indigenous peoples and the Indian state. During an anti-mining demonstration in Kashipur in December 2000 the police shot three protesters dead. Since then the new areas have been selected for mining. The latest mining project has been set up by the multinational Sterlite corporation in Lanjigarh, only about 100 km from Kashipur. Despite strong resistance by the local Adivasi tribes, massive construction work has already begun. In January 2004 five villages were displaced to a colony just beside the upcoming mines. The frustration among these Adivasis is striking; they have lost everything that was important for them, their community, their animals, and their fields. The struggle of the Adivasis in Orissa is a sad example of how devastating the combination of corporate greed, corrupt governments officials and pro-industrialization politicians can be. Text and photograph by Ville Holmberg and Johanna Nuorteva. Ville and Johanna from Friends of the Earth, Finland visited the dislocated Adivasis in Lanjigarh. The situation and fate of Adivasis in Lanjigarh illustrates what is happening to hundreds of millions of indigenous and tribal people in India and around the world today. This publication is based on co-operation, which activists of Friends of the Earth, Finland had with South Asian Dialogues on Ecological Democracy, Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam and other Indian co-operating partners. The co-operation is connected to World Social Forum and has been done with the funding and support of Coalition for Environment and Development and Siemenpuusäätiö. |
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