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Behind the fire: Ben Dangl on struggles in Latin America

Shay Totten July 11, 2007 Shay Totten

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

Jeff Nall July 11, 2007 Jeff Nall

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

Pablo Ouziel July 10, 2007 Pablo Ouziel

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.

Prison City: The New Walls of Baghdad

Dan Read July 4, 2007 Dan Read

In 2003, the combined forces of the UK/US coalition stormed into Iraq, unleashing perhaps the most profound political and humanitarian crisis of our time. Four years later, the war to reassert Anglo/American dominance in the Middle East has become a brutal conflict with mounting casualties, sectarian violence, and religious and ethnic unrest. Unwilling to admit defeat, the occupation forces have developed a strategy to seal off entire Baghdad communities with the construction of dividing walls interspaced with entry points guarded by heavily armed soldiers.

Children Under Fire in Ugandan Conflict

Nash Riggins July 4, 2007 Nash Riggins

In the small African country of Uganda it has been estimated that over 25,000 children have been abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a group of militants that has plagued the Acholi region of Northern Uganda for over twenty years. The children that have been abducted are often forced to participate in the torturing and killing of fellow child captives and members of their own family.

Pirates in Paradise: Reviews of Seven Books for Summer Reading

Benjamin Dangl July 2, 2007 Benjamin Dangl

Statistics show that across the globe over one billion people stare into computer screens at internet websites each day. This means that it's now more rebellious than ever to read a book. Here are seven reasons to leave the computer screen and read about pirate governments, a rainbow gathering in Croatia, coup d'etats in hot climates, media coverage of cults in Waco and counter-revolution in Nicaragua.