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The Globalization of Garbage: Following the Trail of Toxic Trash

Michael Fox August 13, 2009 Michael Fox

Garbage Heap in Philippines

"English Trash Going Home" read the front page of Brazil's Porto Alegre journal, Correio do Povo on Monday, August 3rd. The image showed the hefty MSC Oriane tanker piled with dozens of containers. The photo's caption explained that 920 "tons of domestic and toxic trash, imported illegally and which were in Rio Grande, were embarked and will make the return trip home to England." On her way North, the tanker stopped by the Santos port in Sao Paulo and picked up another 41 containers. For Brazil, it was the welcomed resolution to what had become a small-scaled international scandal. But globally, it is not even a scratch on the surface.

Honduran Coup: The U.S. Connection

Conn Hallinan August 12, 2009 Conn Hallinan

Manuel Zelaya

While the Obama administration was careful to distance itself from the recent coup in Honduras - condemning the expulsion of President Manuel Zelaya to Costa Rica, revoking Honduran officials' visas, and shutting off aid - that doesn't mean influential Americans aren't involved, and that both sides of the aisle don't have some explaining to do.

Gaza’s Kite Runners

Ramzy Baroud August 11, 2009 Ramzy Baroud

When seen from a distance, kites in Gaza may look quite ordinary. But while Gazan children, in many respects, are just children, their kites are hardly ordinary. Often adorned by the red, black, green and white of the Palestinian flag, Gazan children's kites are expressions of defiance, hope and the longing for freedom. This is hardly a cliché. People living under oppressive rules take every opportunity to express defiance, even through such symbolic ways.

Why We Should All Boycott Union Busting Beer Corporations

Benjamin Dangl August 10, 2009 Benjamin Dangl

When Obama sat down for a beer in the White House Rose Garden with Professor Gates and Sergeant Crowley, they all turned their backs on the smaller, craft brewers of the country. Obama chose Bud Light, Gates asked for Red Stripe, and Crowley drank Blue Moon. This encounter provides a perfect time to reflect on why we should boycott the beer monopolies of the world.

Why Food Inc. Fails: Documentary Bites Off More Than It Can Chew

Frank Joseph Smecker August 5, 2009 Frank Joseph Smecker

After six years in the making, Robert Kenner's Food Inc. made it onto the silver screen just in time for this summer's harvest. Directed and produced by Kenner himself, and co-produced by the author who brought us Fast Food Nation, investigative journalist, Eric Schlosser, Food Inc. explores the modern diet alongside the agriculture-industrial-complex responsible for the sugary/salty/fatty provender manufactured to mollify modern dieters.

Sahara: Film Screenings in The Devil’s Garden

Stefan Simanowitz August 4, 2009 Stefan Simanowitz

Photo: David Bollero

Nineteen-year-old Ibrahim Hussein Leibeit shifts his weight in obvious discomfort. The stump of his leg, blown off below the knee by a landmine on 10 April, just three weeks ago, is yet to heal. 'The pain is horrible,' he tells me. 'But today it is possible for me to think about other things.' Leibeit is a refugee. He was born and raised in the isolated camps in south western Algeria, where an estimated 165,000 Saharawi people who fled their native Western Sahara have lived for over three decades.