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Learning from Latin American Social Movements: Book Release Event in Vermont

Toward Freedom November 18, 2010 Toward Freedom

A book release discussion and celebration with Ben Dangl, author of the new book, Dancing with Dynamite: Social Movements and States in Latin America.

Refreshments, wine, homemade cider and delicious snacks provided

Free and open to the public.

Organized and sponsored by Toward Freedom

November 19, 6 – 8pm
Burlington, VT
Firehouse Gallery, Upstairs
135 Church St
Burlington, VT

Website: http://www.burlingtoncityarts.com/firehousegallery/

Call 802-540-2516 for more info.

Information on the book: www.dancingwithdynamite.com read more

Bush’s Crime Book

Bill Quigley November 18, 2010 Bill Quigley

In his memoir (which some wise people have already moved in bookstores to the CRIME section) George W. Bush admitted that he authorized that detainees be waterboarded, tortured, a crime under US and international law.

Bush’s crime confession coincides with reports that no one will face criminal charges from the US Department of Justice for the destruction of 92 CIA videotapes which contained interrogations using waterboarding.

Where is the accountability for these crimes?

Bush and other criminals will be brought to justice if the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) have their way. read more

Haiti: The People Must Be Agents of Change

Josette Pérard and Beverly Bell November 18, 2010 Josette Pérard and Beverly Bell

If Haiti and our communities were organized, development activities would come just from the initiative of the community members themselves.

When Citizens Are Merely Political Spectators They Get Rolled Over by the Political Class

Micah Uetricht November 17, 2010 Micah Uetricht

Those left dazed and confused by the Democrats’ rapid fall from grace would do well to look to Latin America, where similar coalitions have risen to power over the last decade.

Yemen: US steps up covert war

Tony Iltis November 16, 2010 Tony Iltis

Source: Green Left Weekly

he US has stepped up flights by pilotless drones and increased the deployment of special forces and CIA operatives in the Middle Eastern nation of Yemen. The US military and CIA have been covertly operating in Yemen since at least 2002.

The November 7 Washington Post quoted unnamed US officials as saying that drones operating over Yemen now included Hellfire missile-equipped Predators. The article said that “up to 100” extra US “Special Operations force trainers” and an unspecified number of “additional CIA teams” were being deployed. read more

Crops of Truth: The Revolutionary Knowledge of Seeds in India

Jaideep Hardikar November 16, 2010 Jaideep Hardikar

This article travels to the bottom of the social scale, and the women of rural south India, to discover where knowledge and wisdom about seeds are still to be found.