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At a farmers blockade in San Pedro, Buenos Aires Province

Argentina’s Soy Storm: Tensions Rising Among Farmers

Marie Trigona April 18, 2008 Marie Trigona

At a Farmer Road Blockade in San Pedro
Argentina has often been described as the bread basket of the Southern Cone, with plenty of fertile land for grains and cattle. In fact, the economy is based on agro-exports. But with soy production taking over massive tracks of land, producing food crops for domestic consumption has become an increasing challenge for the resource rich South American nation. With world food prices soaring, soy critics worry about Argentina's ability to feed its own people at affordable prices.

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Aimé Césaire: A Black Orpheus Puts Away His Lyre

Rene Wadlow April 18, 2008 Rene Wadlow

Aimé Césaire
Aimé Césaire, the Matinique poet and political figure died on April 17, 2008 at 94. He had been mayor of the capital city, Fort-de-France for 56 years from 1945 to 2001, and a member of the French Parliament without a break from 1945 to 1993. First elected to Parliament as a member of the Communist Party, he had left the Party in 1956 when he felt that the Communist Party did not put anti-colonialism at the center of its efforts.

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The Future of Community Radio

Greg Guma April 16, 2008 Greg Guma

Will audiences keep tuning in to radio if the information and music they want can be more easily accessed by other means? Can FM compete with the quality and reliability of new portable devices? And will listeners continue to pay attention to long fund drive pitches? These are some of the difficult questions public and community radio must answer in the near future.

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A New Philanthro-Capitalist Alliance in Africa?

Galés Gabirondo April 15, 2008 Galés Gabirondo

Bill Gates has called for "creative capitalism" - that is a philanthropy spurred on by profit. But Galés Gabirondo unmasks creative capitalism to reveal it as philanthro-capitalism. She uses the Bill Gates/Rockeffeler initiative, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, to show just how devastating it can be when good-will meets a corporate driven and market hungry capitalism.