Friday, March 31, 2006
Indigenous Sentiment Awakened
"The march is likely to stand as a historic milestone in the gradual but now unmistakable awakening of the indigenous giant of the Americas. ...On a North American and hemispheric scale, beyond the current bill and even the border issues, the marches confronted a more basic phenomenon of great concern to Indians. They rebuked a rising flood of anti-indigenous demagogy.
Bigots of all stripes are of one breath in attacking American Indian tribes, Mexican immigrants and the indigenous political movements of South America. The marches are sending a powerful message both to American politicians and to indigenous youth. These hateful attacks will not go unanswered. ...
These are the people asserting themselves in the white-shirt marches. They look like the long-sought foundation for the new alignment for indigenous rights."
Bigots of all stripes are of one breath in attacking American Indian tribes, Mexican immigrants and the indigenous political movements of South America. The marches are sending a powerful message both to American politicians and to indigenous youth. These hateful attacks will not go unanswered. ...
These are the people asserting themselves in the white-shirt marches. They look like the long-sought foundation for the new alignment for indigenous rights."
