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Standing up to Obama: An interview with Medea Benjamin

Super User May 28, 2013 Super User

Source: Alternet
“I’m willing to cut the young lady who interrupted me some slack, because it’s worth being passionate about. Is this who we are? Is that something our founders foresaw?”—President Obama on Medea Benjamin

By now, the world knows Medea Benjamin as either the woman who challenged—or heckled—President Obama last Thursday during his speech on drones and Guantanamo Bay.

“People think you’re rude and crazy,” a CNN reporter told Benjamin, the co-founder of two global peace organizations, CodePink and Global Exchange. But Benjamin, already well-known among peace activists and political progressives (she was a major force during Ralph Nader’s 2000 presidential campaign) has also inspired legions of new fans astonished that someone had the nerve—or the passion—to stand up to one of the most powerful men on earth. read more

MLK’s “Racism and the World House”: More Relevant than Ever

Super User February 26, 2013 Super User

Among the moral imperatives of our time, we are challenged to work all over the world with unshakable determination to wipe out the last vestiges of racism. As early as 1906, W.E.B. Du Bois prophesied that “the problem of the twentieth century will be the problem of the color line.”

End of the World Party

Super User December 5, 2012 Super User

The board of Toward Freedom invites you to gather as the Mayan calendar winds down, and share your visions of the not-too-distant future. What will be happening politically, culturally, or otherwise?

India’s ‘Assange’ crusades against corruption

Super User November 5, 2012 Super User

Source: Al Jazeera

Arvind Kejriwal has shaken the political establishment with a string of accusations against top leaders and businesses.

In a country where accountability and transparency are often thought of as the first causalities of holding public office, Arvind Kejriwal, a mechanical engineer and former bureaucrat from Haryana, has blown the whistle on India’s corrupt.

In the last fortnight, he has released details and levelled charges four times against top Indian politicians and the country’s biggest business conglomerate. read more

Toward Freedom Wins 2013 Project Censored Award for Coverage of Sexual Violence Against Women in the US Military

Super User November 1, 2012 Super User

Project Censored annually chooses 25 of the most important news stories censored by the corporate media. This year, Toward Freedom won a Project Censored Award for John Lasker's investigative article into the sexual violence against women in the US military.

On The Road to Zero Waste: Beyond Recycling

Super User October 30, 2012 Super User

Zero waste is both a goal and a plan of action. The goal is to protect and recover scarce natural resources by ending waste disposal in incinerators, dumps, and landfills. The plan encompasses waste reduction, composting, recycling and reuse, changes in consumption habits, and industrial redesign.