The Canadian Progressive: Chief Theresa Spence speaks on first day of her hunger strike (VIDEO)

Maggie Padlewska of One Year One World interviews Attawapiskat First Nations Chief  Theresa Spence on Victoria Island on December 11, 2012, during the first day of her hunger protest against the Harper government’s continuing abuse of First Nations. Chief Spence is demanding a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and a representative of the Queen.

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Crazy Bitches R Us: Attawapiskat: could economic sanctions against Canada work?

Recently the James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, issued a statement Tuesday saying he wrote to the Harper government Canada to express my deep concern about the dire social and economic condition of the Attawapiskat First Nation, which exemplifies the conditions of many aboriginal communities in the country." More NDP MP Charlie Angus has urged that Anaya

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