the reallife AVATAR

[brianct]

yes..it has happened right here on earth....


'This is an incredible modern-day story of a native people’s victory over Western globalization. Sick of seeing their environment ruined and their people exploited by the Panguna Mine, the Pacific island of Bougainville rose up against the giant mining corporation, Rio Tinto Zinc. The newly formed Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) began fighting with bows and arrows and sticks and stones against a heavily armed adversary. In an attempt to put down the rebellion the Papua New Guinean Army swiftly established a gunboat blockade around the island, backed by Australian Military personnel and equipment. With no shipments allowed in or out of the island, the People of Bougainville learned to become self-dependent and self-sustained. '

REAL-LIFE “AVATAR” - ARTHUR MAGAZINE – WE FOUND THE OTHERS

[toruk-macto]

ty for the link kinda cool to see this happening in real life :P

[torukofDaAwesome]

Schveet! Thx for finding this!

[topgear]

very interesting, thanks for the link mate

[x4ng3Lx]

Wow that is amazing! I hope they are successful in defending their lands from Industrial greed!

Thanks for sharing this bit of news!!

[Nightweaver20xx]

I wish them well in their struggle. They pay the price of freedom -- death, because they know their children are the ones who will benefit from seeing their land rid of industrial greed and callous exploitation. I've never been a fan of strip-mining, and especially not when you force people off their homeland and take it by fiat. I hope the revolution continues.

[Eltu]

Thanks for the link!

Very interesting read

[Neonium]

In an attempt to put down the rebellion the Papua New Guinean Army swiftly established a gunboat blockade around the island, backed by Australian Military personnel and equipment.

Wow, the Australian Military and PNGA should be ashamed of themselves... it's actually kind of sad that they would even consider something like this.

[BioLumiNa'vi]

Wow that is amazing! I hope they are successful in defending their lands from Industrial greed!

Thanks for sharing this bit of news!!

i agree

[brianct]

Wow, the Australian Military and PNGA should be ashamed of themselves... it's actually kind of sad that they would even consider something like this.

the PNGA are native papuans educated by white people...and educated out of trad ways...had the humans stayed on pandora...the same thing would have happened