Online Video: Dave Dellinger on the Drug War
Watch this online video interview with David Dellinger prior to anti drug war march in Chicago August 1996.
Month: July 2007
Support Ecuador’s Milestone No-to-Oil-Exploration Proposal
What does a poor government do when it finds an oil treasure in a protected natural park? Does it choose profit, and therefore the pollution and the cultural extinction of indigenous people that goes with it, or does it leave the oil in the ground and wave goodbye to millions of dollars that could be spent fighting poverty?
Taking the Midnight Bus to Georgia: US Social Forum Diary
As we approached the bus stop over on the north side of Union Square, we knew all of our hard work over the past few months had been well worth it. Looking out over the 100 person, two-bus delegation, you couldn't help but be struck by the amazing cross section of people and organizations we were rolling with on our way down to the first ever US Social Forum (USSF) in Atlanta.
Behind the fire: Ben Dangl on struggles in Latin America
If the government-run water system is sufficient and affordable, people won't revolt. If farmers have access to land, if people see their mineral, oil and gas wealth used nationally, or going toward developments in healthcare, education and roads, there will be less conflict. If coca growers can expand their crops and produce in peace, without U.S.-funded military and police terrorizing them, then they won't protest as much. These advances are happening across the continent, with contradictions and problems, but heading in a positive direction.
Mainstream Media Silent While Calls for Impeachment Grow
When President Bush made an appearance at the Miami Dade College graduation, The Miami Herald predicted that Bush would receive "more cheers than heckles." However, during his visit a group of people equal in size to the number of graduates greeted the president with a criminal's welcome on the hottest day of the year. On the same day, activists in cities across the country took to the streets calling for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney.
Al Gore’s Trendy Environmentalism in Barcelona
On the 23 of June, I had the opportunity to attend the Friends of Trees Conference in Barcelona. It has taken me a few weeks to digest all the information, which I, together with about 900 other people managed to inhale: the fumes of change, the organic revolution, the climate crisis, the need for solidarity and action. It was a most overwhelming task and Al Gore's redundant joke of, "I used to be the next president of the United States," has hardly helped ease the intensity of the situation.