We're talking about lavender and West Papua

A connected thread to Liz's recent post about Dutch exploitation of Indonesia - ongoing Indonesian occupation of West Papua, and genocide of West Papuans, all very close to home here in Aotearoa: colonialism begets colonialism, politically and economically sanctioned supremacy of mining interests undermines West Papuan sovereignty and leads to political silence and terrible human rights abuses.

More information:

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/insight/audio/201777672/insight-for-8-november-2015-west-papua

https://www.facebook.com/freewestpapua/