Vandana Shiva: Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest
My ecological journey started in the forests of the Himalaya. My father was a forest conservator, and my mother became a farmer after fleeing the tragic partition of India and Pakistan. It is from the Himalayan forests and ecosystems that I learned most of what I know about ecology.
Human Rights Day: Building the Movement to Reclaim Democracy
An interview with Larry Cohen, who has headed the 700,000-member Communications Workers of America (CWA), under the banner of “Fight Back,” since 2005.
Palestine’s New Status: A History Rerun or a New Palestinian Strategy
Palestine has become a “non-member state” at the United Nations as of Thursday November 29, 2012. The draft of the UN resolution beckoning what many perceive as a historic moment passed with an overwhelming majority of General Assembly members: 138 votes in favor, nine against and 41 abstentions.
End of the World Party
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?
Chomsky: Gaza Under Assault
An old man in Gaza held a placard that read: “You take my water, burn my olive trees, destroy my house, take my job, steal my land, imprison my father, kill my mother, bombard my country, starve us all, humiliate us all, but I am to blame: I shot a rocket back.”
A Different War in Gaza, and the War Ahead
In life, some phenomena cannot be explained by ordinary logic or technical language, let alone official discourses. In Gaza, a new reality is about to emerge.