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Village of the Dammed in Panama

Lawrence Reichard April 28, 2014 Lawrence Reichard

In Panama, the Ngäbe-Buglé fight to save their river and their land.

Walking along the stone and dirt road that follows the Tabasará River to the construction site of Panama’s controversial Barro Blanco hydroelectric dam is a bit like stepping into a Gabriel García Márquez novel, one titled Chronicle of a Battle Foretold. The road is blocked by huge felled trees and seemingly endless piles of rocks and boulders. You know the battle’s coming, but you don’t know when, or how violent it will be. read more

Space Weapons in a Small Town Near You? The Race to Militarize Space

John Lasker April 28, 2014 John Lasker

Space weapons are lurking beneath a small town near you. Though this statement sounds like a sci-fi nightmare only the Pentagon could conjure up, an on-going environmental impact study may find states such as Ohio and New York a great place for shooting down Russian or Chinese satellites as they orbit the planet.

The Politics of Pachamama: Natural Resource Extraction vs. Indigenous Rights and the Environment in Latin America

Benjamin Dangl April 25, 2014 Benjamin Dangl

On the conflicts between the politics of extraction of natural resources among countries led by leftist governments in Latin America, and the politics of Pachamama (Mother Earth), and how indigenous movements have resisted extractivism in defense of their rights, land and the environment.

Putin must be called to account on surveillance just like Obama

Edward Snowden April 21, 2014 Edward Snowden

Source: The Guardian Unlimited

On Thursday, I questioned Russia’s involvement in mass surveillance on live television. I asked Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, a question that cannot credibly be answered in the negative by any leader who runs a modern, intrusive surveillance program: “Does [your country] intercept, analyse or store millions of individuals’ communications?”

I went on to challenge whether, even if such a mass surveillance program were effective and technically legal, it could ever be morally justified. read more

The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A First-Hand Account From the Turkish Border

Diego Cupolo April 20, 2014 Diego Cupolo

More than three years have passed since protesters took the streets in Syria. What began as a call for democracy, a mass movement to end Bashar al-Assad’s 43 years of family rule, has turned into a foreign-funded proxy war without a foreseeable end. So far, the war in Syria has produced an estimated 150,000 casualties, and displaced about 9 million people.

Promoting a “Right to Heal” from Ft. Hood to Abu Ghraib

Phyllis Bennis April 14, 2014 Phyllis Bennis

Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are holding the U.S. government accountable for innocent victims on all sides of the fighting.