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self-determination

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Who Gets to Speak

A Word of Caution for Human Rights Day December 6, 2011 by Patrick David Heery, an editorial   They do not need a voice. They need a microphone. This December, Unbound offers a mini-issue for Human Rights Day, December 10,

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Ecovillages: A Labor Not in Vain

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Help Build Eco-Villages in Haiti… Not for, but with By Ruth Farrell, Coordinator, Presbyterian Hunger Program   They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For

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Introduction to Indigenous Peoples’ Struggles for Land Rights

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An introduction to the indigenous land rights articles November 29, 2011 by Carol Robb, Professor of Christian Social Ethics at San Francisco Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union   The assignment in a current doctoral seminar in distributive justice: Write an article to a general audience about a particular

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Petition for Palestinian Statehood

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An Open Letter on Palestinian Statehood From Presbyterian Christians in the United States Sign the Petition: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/palestinebidforstatehood/ A petition for UN membership for the Palestinian state. It takes very little time to sign the petition (please disregard the automatic request for contribution). Yet it is an important effort to witness

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