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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.

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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

A protest against TILMA

Free Trade Under Fire in Canada

Jason Tockman October 17, 2007 Jason Tockman

Protests Against TILMA
Plans to deepen Canada's embrace of trade liberalization and deregulation are running into new pockets of resistance. A wave of protest has risen in western Canada over a new trade deal between British Columbia and Alberta. Embracing the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) model, this new accord goes by its acronym 'TILMA'-the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement.

Ciudad del Este, Paraguay

City of Terror: Painting Paraguay’s ‘casbah’ as terror central

April Howard and Benjamin Dangl October 16, 2007 April Howard and Benjamin Dangl

Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
When we arrived in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay we were petrified. The U.S. media's portrayal of this city, the center of a zone on the frontiers of Argentina and Brazil known as the Tri-Border Area, left us expecting to see cars bombs exploding, terrorists training and American flags burning. We soon realized that picture painted by U.S. media was inaccurate.