‘Indigenous people were silenced and erased’ -- New Internationalist

‘Indigenous people were silenced and erased’ -- New Internationalist



'We are angry, but we are not hopeless. We do not want saviours, we
know how to fight. For too long we have been speaking, shouting and
chanting, often to no avail. Your active silencing of dissenting
indigenous and Global South voices has contributed to yet another failed
COP.

In the lead-up to ‪#‎COP22‬ in Morocco, indigenous rights and human rights, as collective rights, must be at the forefront of any climate movement.'

Read more of Wretched of the Earth bloc's open letter to the organizers of the People’s Climate March of Justice and Jobs:http://newint.org/blog/2015/12/17/wretched-of-the-earth-open-letter/

© War on Want

An open letter from the Wretched of the Earth bloc to the organizers of the People’s Climate March of Justice and Jobs.