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Latin America’s New Petro-Politics

Nadia Martinez October 30, 2007 Nadia Martinez

"Nationalized" Bolivian Gas Plant

In his 2006 State of the Union address, President Bush famously stated that "America is addicted to oil." He soon followed that proclamation with an announcement that his solution to the addiction is to diversify U.S. sources of oil - not to diversify away from oil with clean, renewable sources of energy. That is sure to mean increased U.S. political attention to Latin America. Oil multinationals are already looking to intensify drilling operations in Latin America, because that's where the oil is.

Video: The Shock Doctrine

Super User October 24, 2007 Super User

Something Smells Fishy: Resisting Coastal Invasion in India

Sammy Loren October 24, 2007 Sammy Loren

It's no coincidence that filmmakers use the documentary medium to uncover noisome social ills. Out of all the genres of cinema, documentaries shoulder the burden to highlight dilemmas and enable change. Resisting Coastal Invasion, the new movie by veteran Indian director KP Sasi and Visual Search Productions swims smoothly within this current.

Michael Servetus: To Kill a Man Does Not Defend an Idea

Rene Wadlow October 23, 2007 Rene Wadlow

Servetus

At a time when there is increasing sectarian violence in Iraq, when the Baha'i are banned in Iran, when questions of belief are increasingly part of political debate, it is useful to mark the milestones on the long road to freedom of conscience. October 27, 1553 was such a milestone, for October 27th was the day Michael Servetus was burned at the stake on a hill outside the walls of the Republic of Geneva. His crimes were heresy and blasphemy.

21st Century Colonialism: New Zealand Government Not Fit to Sit on UN Human Rights Council

Aziz Choudry October 22, 2007 Aziz Choudry

On September 14th of this year, the New Zealand government and three other governments (Canada, USA and Australia) shared the dubious distinction as the only states to vote against the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The announcement came at the end of a shocking week where Maori sovereignty campaigners, environmentalists, and other activists had been arrested in a major series of Police raids throughout the country, under the post-9/11 Suppression of Terrorism Act.

As the World Burns: Liberating Responses to Global Warming

Toward Freedom October 17, 2007 Toward Freedom

Tuesday, October 23rd, 7pm at Burlington College
95 North Ave, Burlington, Vermont

Join us as we take a fresh look at the limits of the current global warming debate and how to move beyond them. Topics will include the human costs of the expanding biofuels industry, the limits of "market-based" solutions to global warming, tools for redefining the "good life," and ways to create a culture of hope.

Panelists will critique Al Gore’s limited approach to citizen/corporate action and discuss experiences on the ground in Latin America’s biofuels craze.

Brian Tokar is a long time Vermont author and activist, and a faculty member at the Institute for Social Ecology, based in Plainfield. read more