Last Updated on May 19, 2019
As a fascist organization, AFL-CIO — the national unionized labor umbrella in the United States — can be relied on as spear carriers for Wall Street. From its ardent support of the Vietnam War to its craven submission over the North America Free Trade Agreement, AFL-CIO has proven itself as industrial sycophant for US aggression at home and abroad. With its recent endorsements of the Tar Sands pipeline and the Powder River coal shipping terminals, AFL-CIO has now formalized its opposition to the indigenous peoples movement in Canada and the US. As tensions heighten over North America energy export schemes, AFL-CIO can be counted on to function as Wall Street patsies and thugs.
Across the world right now, Indigenous peoples are facing a renewed assault on their lands, rights, and ways of life.
From extractive industries pushing deeper into ancestral territories, to governments rolling back hard-won protections,
the threat is global—and it is growing.
What makes this moment especially dangerous is how little attention it receives.
Stories like this are disappearing in real time. Mainstream media
barely covers it and the coverage is fragmented. The public is left without the context
needed to understand what is truly at stake.
That is exactly why IC Magazine exists..
For more than 20 years, IC has reported on Indigenous struggles worldwide — consistently, independently, and without compromise.
We don’t follow news cycles; we trace patterns. We don’t sensationalize; we provide context.
And when the world looks away, we stay focused.
But this work is increasingly difficult to sustain.
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