Winona LaDuke on Foreign Policy

State Department opposes human rights of indigenous peoples

Right now in the international arena the U.S. State Department is opposing the classification of indigenous peoples under international law as peoples. Peoples have rights under international law and those rights are not the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of member states. We are arguing that we have fundamental rights to self-determination, to language, land, territory, natural resources and our children. And the U.S. State Department is opposing our human rights. Source: Acceptance Speech for Green Party V.P. Nomination Jun 25, 2000

Support social and economic justice across the globe

LaDuke supports the Green Party Platform, which states:

The Green Party calls for military spending to be cut by 50% over the next 10 years, with increases in spending for social programs.
It is our belief that the massive debt owed by the Third World is causing immense misery and environmental destruction. FOREIGN AID must be addressed in the context of retiring this debt and not forcing structural adjustments via the IMF and WORLD BANK on the economies of the underdeveloped world.
We call for a more enlightened policy on the part of INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES and their financial arms which takes into account the impact of international debt management. The US should rein in the IMF and World Bank, and demand that loans be conditional on human rights and labor rights records, social and environmental impact statements, and the providing of basic health and education.

Source: Green Party Platform, as ratified at the National Convention Jun 25, 2000

Assist Russia & Israel in moving towards better governments

LaDuke supports the Green Party Platform, which states:

We encourage policies that work to assist the FORMER SOVIET UNION in its move toward a government based on rights and a more open political and economic system.
We support peace i the MIDDLE EAST based on respect for civil liberties and human rights.
We support the end of the economic blockade of Cuba. Unjust economic coercion by one state against another constitutes a violation of human rights.
We believe in the core RIGHT of SELF-DETERMINATION; of the special character and needs of INDIGENOUS PEOPLES; of the essential importance of balancing economic development in the THIRD WORLD with a respect for the “old ways.”
We endorse an EXPANDED PEACE CORPS.
We encourage the important work of NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs), much in evidence at the United Nations “Earth Summit” in 1992 and in efforts to democratize the World Trade Organization in 2000.

Source: Green Party Platform, as ratified at the National Convention Jun 25, 2000

Opposes military aid to Colombia

“A lot of military aid is going to a country [Colombia] who has no enemies; one-third of our money is going to weapons to fight a foe we can’t see.” LaDuke said that until the US provided weapons to Colombia, there was no conflict. “We provided the guns and the civil unrest”, she said. “Do not tell me there is no personal interest in Colombia.” Source: U-wire article, “Native Week at Oregon State” May 23, 2000

Calls for closing of School of the Americas

I will call for a demilitarization of American Foreign Policy, including closing down the School of the Americas,and to stop the major flow of American military aid to countries like Colombia. Source: Indian Country, Why be Public Citizen Number Two Apr 25, 2000

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