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1 May, by
To Reclaim Our Future, We Must Change the Present
Our Proposal for Changing the System and not the Climate The capitalist system has exploited and abused nature, pushing the planet to its limits, so much so that the system has accelerated (...) -
1 May, by
Concern Over China’s Environment
China has been anything but immune to environmental criticisms in the past: from Melamine-tainted milk powder, to exploding watermelons, to pesticide-riddled vegetables and antibiotic-induced (...) -
1 May, by
Thatcher and Femenism
Earlier this month the United Kingdom laid its longest-serving Prime Minister of the 20th century to R.I.P. However, the nation is divided over whether this stands for Rest In Peace, or Rest In (...) -
1 May, by
An Aggregate Picture of Post-Invasion Iraq
Since the beginning of the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, a total of 189,000 people have died as a direct cause of the war. The numbers include American and allied troops, opposition forces, (...) -
1 May, by
Canada and the Human Right to Water and Sanitation
In considering the growing threats of climate change, and the exploitation and mismanagement of natural resources’ impact on the phenomenon, water as a natural resource is often overlooked. While (...) -
1 May, by
Water Justice for Tunisia: Regime Change is Not Enough
From March 26-30, an estimated 50,000 people flocked to Tunisia to participate in the first World Social Forum to take place in the Arab world. The theme was dignity — a term that had become a (...) -
1 May, by
Inverse Hasbara: How ’5 Broken Cameras’ Changed Palestinians’ Attitude Toward Nonviolence
One Palestinian prisoner writes that the bravery in the Oscar-nominated documentary, denounced by the Israeli government as slander, affected even militant inmates, suggesting they could benefit (...) -
1 May, by
North Korea’s Nuclear Craze
I’m just going to come out and say it: North Korea is bad. It’s true. They’re really bad. Like trouble making children. But they’re not the bully in the playground. They’re much more like the child (...) -
1 May, by
“Leave the oil in the soil, the coal in the hole and the tar sands in the land!”
This verse is taken from Nnimmo Bassey’s poem, I Will Not Dance To Your Beat (1), which he read at the opening ceremony of the World People’s Conference on Climate Change, held in Cochabamba, (...) -
1 May, by
Escraches: Time for Outrage and Resistance
The Western ideal of democracy has been put in jeopardy since the beginning of the economic crisis in 2008, especially in the European Union. The World has learned, that when the capitalist (...) -
1 April, by
ICC indicts Kenyatta
Kenya elected its new president, former Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta on March 9, and many wonder what the long-term consequences of the elections will be, as there has never been an election in (...) -
1 April, by
Civilian Activism in Syria
Civil war rages on in Syria. As the death toll reaches an estimated 70,000 Syrian civilians, over 1.1 million are refugees in neighboring Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt and 2.5 million (...) -
1 April, by ,
From Porto Alegre to Tunis
More than 50 regional forums and seminars have taken place since 2002. Algerian generals are still hostile toward the idea of a North African movement, and Libya is still dealing with the (...) -
1 April, by
Burkina Faso: Gold, a Double-Edged Sword?
Talatout Boukari, community leader of Essakane in Burkina Faso, in partnership with the international organization FIAN, was in the Netherlands to raise awareness on the negative impact of (...) -
1 April, by
Does Chavismo Have a Future?
The left in Latin America had struggled for a rebirth. The days of CIA- backed coups and assassination of leftists have calmed somewhat. The longstanding fight against imperialism has seen a (...)
