We did it! Victory for the Awá ~ @Survival #indigenous #humanrights

Survival    Tribes    News    Act Now    Donate  The Awá: an historic victory In 2012 we launched a global campaign to save a little-known tribe in the Amazon, one of the last nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes left in Brazil. With more than 30% of their forests destroyed by illegal logging, we asked you to help save the Earth's most threatened tribe. You responded in your thousands, and, because of your emails, Awáicons and donations, the campaign made headlines around the world. Brazil's Minister of Justice was forced to act, sending in troops and federal agents to expel the loggers. The operation has just been completed; all loggers and ranchers have been removed from the Awá indigenous territory. This is an incredible victory which would never have happened without your help. Here is your story>Watch the film The story is currently on the front page of the BBC website and will be featured in BBC2’s leading in-depth TV news programme, “Newsnight”. UK supporters can watch it tonight (Thursday 22 May) at 10.30pm (BST). The story will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Saturday at 11.30am (BST). More good news…… The Brazilian police have closed down Gaspem, a notorious “security” firm employed by powerful Brazilian ranchers, accused of killing at least two Guarani leaders, and brutally attacking hundreds more. But there are other Guarani who still need your help as this disturbing new footage of gunmen firing at a Guarani community shows. Their only crime – trying to live in peace on tiny fractions of the ancestral land that was once stolen from them. Walk for Brazilian Indians Nixiwaka, a 27-year-old Amazon Indian from the Yawanawá (“People of the Wild Boar”) tribe in western Brazil is soon to walk Hadrian’s Wall (England), accompanied by other Survival supporters, to highlight the continued annihilation of country’s first peoples. It’s not too late to show your support by sponsoring Nixiwaka. – Thank you so much to everyone who has already given. We are Survival, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights. Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Survival International USA, 2325 3rd Street, Suite 401, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA T +1 415 503 1254 Survival International, 6 Charterhouse Buildings, LONDON, UK, EC1M 7ET T +44(0)20 7687 8700 www.survivalinternational.org

BREAKING: A Major Overhaul at MichaelMoore.com ~ our @MMFlint

BREAKING: A Major Overhaul Today at MichaelMoore.com
Tuesday, May 21st, 2014
Friends,

A few minutes ago I launched my new "non-website" website at MichaelMoore.com. Check it out! I've decided to dispense with the traditional website design and content and instead make it more personal by communicating with you from now on entirely through social media via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr and YouTube. And instead of you having to visit each of those sites separately, you can now read all of my feeds right here, on one page: MichaelMoore.com.

I'll also have some standard stuff -- links to news you might have missed, film and book recommendations, a FAQ, postings and pix from my daily walks, and a cool piece of video each day that I've stumbled upon.

The fact of the matter is that over the past few years I've come to rely mainly on Twitter and Facebook to post ideas, information and calls to action. I've also started submitting things on Instagram. I am a Baby Boomer, so none of this was easy! But once I got the hang of it, I loved it. I saw what amazing vehicles these things are in reaching millions of people -- instantly. Before the invention of the web, there was no way for us to do an end-run around the powers-that-be if we wanted to have a national discussion on anything. If you didn't own a newspaper, run a TV network or movie studio, or if you weren't a book publisher, ideas transmitted to your fellow citizens had to be FILTERED by these gatekeepers. Just about the only way we could share our thoughts with the general public was to write a letter to the editor -- and hope "they" would publish it.

Let's be clear: Those in charge must rue the day the idea of social media was born. In one fell swoop it eliminated the need for the middle man: them. We could now talk to each other -- and to the larger public -- without permission or censorship or control. How dangerous is that?! If I uncover some wrongdoing -- or have an idea that would shake the powerful at their core -- I could instantly tell millions about it on Twitter or Facebook. No wonder the NSA is monitoring all of us. It's scared the bejesus out of them! The only thing I wonder about now is how long this little experiment is going to last. Let's make it for good.

So, starting now, check out my "all social media, all the time" comments and postings at MichaelMoore.com. Go there daily if you can. You can also post your comments, re-tweet something I've tweeted, or share a cool link with me that I can then share with millions. (Although you don't personally need to join Facebook or Twitter or Instagram, I highly encourage you to do so.)

This is a new way to do a website. Every word I write on Twitter and Facebook is mine. I don't have someone writing these things up for me -- all posts you read are conceived and typed by yours truly. I have no website staff. I charge no one to use this. I refuse to allow ads on my site or to make money on it in any way. There are no investors and no outside money funding this. All costs come out of my pocket and no one reimburses me. How can I afford that? Because you've bought millions of copies of my books and millions of tickets to my films. So YOU paid for this. I thank you for that -- and now I want you to use what you paid for!

Go check it out now. Let me know what you think. And come see me everyday! Some of it is even funny.

Yours,
Michael Moore
@MMFlint
MichaelMoore.com


P.S. Huge props to Robert Lenz and Matthew Govaere at Knicknack for this new concept and design -- these guys are great. And many thanks to the two people who ran my website over the past ten years -- Jonathan Schwarz and Eric Weinrib. They'll still be part of this as I will be posting the great new work they're now doing -- Eric's making a documentary, and Jonathan has been hired by one of the coolest web launches about to happen (more to be disclosed later!). I'm already feeling lonely. Somebody please tweet me a cat video.

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Cultural Survival Bazaars coming up -- MA, CT, RI -- all about supporting #indigenous peoples

Partnering with Indigenous Peoples around the world to defend their lands, languages, and cultures.

Join us to celebrate Indigenous arts and cultures! The Cultural Survival Bazaars are a series of cultural festivals that provide Indigenous artists, cooperatives, and their representatives from around the world the chance to sell their work directly to the American public. The Bazaars offer a wide assortment of cultural performances and presentations, which include live music, Native American storytelling, craft-making demonstrations, films, as well as the chance to talk directly with guest artisans and community advocates.   Cultural Survival Bazaar - Summer Schedule 2014   Amherst Common May 31 - June 1 Amherst Common Boltwood Ave. Amherst Ma 01002 10am to 5pm Featuring:  Yarina (Music of Ecuador) on Saturday 12-1:30pm, 2-3:30pm Sidy Maiga and the Afrimanding (Music of Mali)  on Sunday 12-1:30pm, 2-3:30pm FREE ADMISSION Rain or Shine! Food by Lhasa Cafe.  Copley Square June 7 Copley Square Boylston St. @ Dartmouth St. Boston, MA 02116 10am to 5pm Mashantucket Pequot Museum June 20- 22 Mashantucket Pequot Museum 110 Pequot Trail Mashantucket, CT 06338 9am to 5pm Marine Park July 19 - 20 Marine Park 180 Scranton Ave Falmouth, MA 02540 10am to 5pm Tiverton Four Corners Art Center July 26 - 27 Tiverton Four Corners Art Center 3852 Main Road Tiverton, RI 02878 10am to 5pm Want to get involved? We would love you help! Volunteer by signing up here. Watch and share our promo video!  Help us spread the word! Share on social media! Forward to friends!     Please support our efforts!    Cultural Survival partners with Indigenous Peoples around the world to defend their lands, languages, and cultures.   Learn More To read about Cultural Survival's work around the world, click here. To explore 40 years of information on Indigenous issues use our Search function. Do More For ways to take action to support Indigenous communities, click here. Donate We take on governments and multinational corporations -- and they always have more resources than we do -- but with the support of people like you, we do win. Your contribution is crucial to that effort. Click here to do your part. SUPPORT OUR WORK

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