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Paraguayan police and military attacked the peasant community of Tekojoja in Paraguay on June 24th, killing two men and leaving many injured. Paraguay's security forces were deployed to protect Brazilian Genetically Modified Soy Growers. In the melee, 270 farmers were evicted, 54 houses were burnt down and the community's crops were destroyed. Also, 130 people were arrested, many of them women and children.
Over the past two weeks, the contrast between two related "global" events has been salutary. The first was the World Tribunal on Iraq held in Istanbul; the second the G8 meeting in Scotland and the Make Poverty History campaign. Reading the papers and watching television in Britain, you would know nothing about the Istanbul meetings, which produced the most searing evidence to date of the greatest political scandal of modern times: the attack on a defenceless Iraq by America and Britain.
{mosmedia} Is it possible to follow your passions, to do what you truly love to do, without compromising you r values? What about meeting basic human needs? Can it be done? Some people struggle most of their lives to obtain this dream. Some eventually submit to a job that goes against their beliefs or end up starving to death in the street. Yet others have proven that it is possible to live a life that is consistent with your values, pursue the things you love, and still afford food and rent. Anne Elizabeth Moore is one of those rare people.
Coming to an East Coast near you July 18-25
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Anne Elizabeth Moore
ph: 773/484-8524
e: aem@anneelizabethmoore.com
June 23, 2005-When Anne Elizabeth Moore and Liz Mason first conceived
of
the SPAZZES WITH GLASSES: BOOK NERD TOUR SUMMER 2005 in late
Spring, they were unprepared for the response of swarming fans
clamoring for autographs-or at least the chance to touch their
spectacles.
The July 18-25 East-Coast tour SPAZZES WITH GLASSES will include
selections from Moore’s ever-amusing Hey Kidz, Buy This Book! A
Radical Primer on Corporate and Governmental Propaganda and Artistic
Activism for Short People, which In These Times claimed "should be
required back-to-school reading," and Mason’s hilarious critical
overview of contemporary historical songwriting, the Bad Lyrics
Project.
Toward Freedom talked with Leslie Cagan (organizer with the anti-war coalition, United For Peace and Justice) and Gordon Clark (Coordinator of Iraq Pledge of Resistance) in front of the White House on Download the interview as an MP3 file Listen to the interview in a new window through QuickTime Media Player -------------------- Michael Klare, author of Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict and Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petrol gave a talk on September 7, 2005 in Burlington, Vermont on "The Implications of Scare Global Water Resources for Security and Conflicts: Download the talk as an MP3 file Listen to the talk in a new window through a Quick Time Player ------------- Listen below to Between the Lines, a weekly radio show produced by Toward Freedom Board Members Scott Harris and Anna Manzo. Stay tuned for more commercial free coverage of stories usually ignored by mainstream media. Get RealPlayer here. ------- Headlines for the week ending 9/30/05: Evasive Responses in Senate Hearing Alarm Opponents of Supreme Court Chief Justice Nominee John Roberts; Global Warming Linked to the Increased Power of Hurricanes Battering the U.S.; Bring Them Now Bus Tour Builds Momentum Toward Sept. 24 Iraq War Protest in Washington, D.C.; Underreported News Summary from Around the World ------- Download to listen as MP3 file ------- Headlines for the week ending 9/23/05: Crisis of Confidence in Direction of U.S. an Opportunity for Progressive Change; People of New Orleans Fight for Voice in City's Reconstruction; Five Unanswered Questions About 9/11 Critical to Prevent Future Attacks; Underreported News Summary from Around the World ------- Download to listen as MP3 file ------- Headlines for the week ending 9/16/05:Dismantling of FEMA Partly to Blame for Failed Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina; Class and Race Issues Played Major Role in Who Survived Hurricane; Consumer Group Claims Oil Companies' Disaster Profiteering Necessitates Price Controls; Underreported News Summary from Around the World Download to listen as MP3 file ------- Headlines for the week ending 9/9/05: Opposition to Proposed Iraq Constitution May Deepen Violence and Instability; Bush Administration Efforts to Oust Venezuelan President Was Context for Pat Robertson's Call to Assassinate Hugo Chavez; United Farmworkers Union Organizes at Guimarra Vineyards After Heatstroke Deaths; Underreported News Summary from Around the World ------- Download to listen as MP3 file ------- Headlines for the week ending 9 ------- Download to listen as MP3 file ------- Headlines for the week ending ------- Download to listen at MP3 file ------- ------- Headlines for the week ending 8/19/05: White House is Shaping Public Opinion for a Future Confrontation with ------- Download to listen as MP3 file Listen in ------- Headlines for the week ending ------- Download to listen as MP3 file Listen in ------- Headlines for the week ending ------- Download to listen as MP3 file Listen in ------- Headlines for the week ending 7/29/05: The Downing Street Memos and Valerie Plame-CIA Scandal Reveal a White House Bent on Misleading Public on Rationale for Iraq War; Rep. Barbara Lee Introduces Bill That Would Prohibit Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq; U.N. Troops Accused of July 6th Massacre in Haiti's Cite Soleil; Underreported News Summary from Around the World ------- Listen in ------- Headlines for the week ending 7/15/05: Bush Call to 'Stay the Course in Iraq', Echoes Pronouncements Made During Vietnam War; Military Base Closings Force Communities to Plan for Sustainable Economic Development; Civil War Looms in AFL-CIO as Dissidents Demand Reform and Threaten to Break Up Federation; Underreported News Summary from Around the World ------- Download to listen to in Windows Media Player Listen in ------- Headlines for the week ending 7/8/05: Iraqi Union Activists Call for End of U.S. Occupation; Peace Groups Organize Giant September Anti-War Protests in Washington, D.C.; Big Business Will Be Among Few Winners if Congress Ratifies Central America Free Trade Agreement and More ------- Listen directly from TF's website in Quicktime Download to listen in Windows Media Player Listen in Click HERE for Between The lines Archives -------------- --------------
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