ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY, BUILDING THE MOVEMENT TO RECLAIM DEMOCRACY
By Beverly BellDecember 10, 2012Larry Cohen has headed the 700,000-member Communications Workers of America (CWA), under the banner of “Fight Back,” since 2005. Prior to that, he headed up CWA...
View ArticleGlobal Left Converges in Tunisia to Promote New Vision for Earth's Future
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View ArticleIndia Strikes Blow Against Big Pharma
Cross-posted from TruthoutBy Dean BakerLast week, India's Supreme Court rejected the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis' patent on the cancer drug Gleevec. While the immediate issue was the ability...
View ArticleComunicado del Movimiento M4 en el Día Internacional contra el Fracking
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View ArticleComunicado del Movimiento M4 en el Día Internacional contra el Fracking
Cross-posted from Movimiento M419 DE OCTUBRE De 2013DIA INTERNACIONAL CONTRA EL FRACKINGEL MOVIMIENTO M4 RECHAZA ESTE MODELO EXTRACTIVO Food, Land & AgricultureDefending the Global CommonsRight to...
View ArticleHaiti’s Imported Disaster
Cross-posted from the New York TimesHaiti’s cholera epidemic, now entering its fourth year, has killed more than 8,300 people and sickened more than 650,000. It is a calamity, though one fundamentally...
View ArticleThe UN owes Haiti
Cross-posted from NY Daily NewsANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES/EPAWorld body must take responsibility for a horrific cholera outbreakHaitians bury cholera victim Tikont Dolamard in October 2010.Another Haiti...
View ArticleBehind Haiti's Hunger
Cross-Posted from Haiti Grassroots Watch Port-au-Prince, HAITI, 10 October 2013 – During the past year or so in Haiti, as humanitarian actors raised a cry of alarm about hunger, Haiti Grassroots Watch...
View ArticleGlobal Day of Action against Waste Incineration and for Zero Waste Alternatives!
Cross-posted from GAIAPara ver esta información en españolhaz clic aquí.Media Advisory - Images for Day of ActionGAIA would like to invite our members and allied groups to join our 13th Global Day of...
View ArticleNobel Women's Initiative: Spotlighting Berta Cáceres Flores, Honduras
Cross-posted from Nobel Women's Initiative“Women have been resisting, defending our lives, our bodies, our territories, our culture, our spirituality, our autonomy because we desire not only...
View ArticleRapid Response Network Calls for Solidarity with Garment Workers in Haiti...
Cross-posted from One StruggleBy organizers for the Rapid Response Network“We start work at six o’clock. We finish at five. We don’t have time to eat because we cannot meet the quota. The pants, the...
View ArticleDemanding Justice, Not Impunity in Largest Annual Anti-Militarization...
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View ArticleFrom Altamira to Munich: Confronting Belo Monte's Corporate Profiteers
Cross-posted from Amazon WatchBy Christian PoirierCitizen Organizing & PoliticsFood, Land & AgricultureDefending the Global CommonsClaiming & Protecting WaterRight to HealthIndigenous...
View ArticleFood and Water Watch: Superbugs Get Started on Factory Farms
Cross-posted from Food and Water Watch.By Jo MilesYou’ve probably heard about the rise of antibiotic-resistant infections: bacteria that have grown increasingly resistant to medicine. It’s a serious...
View ArticleMayan Peoples Movement Defeats Monsanto Law in Guatemala
By Carol SchachetCross Posted from Grassroots InternationalWidespread protests and strategic organizing succeeded in defending Mayan lands and food sovereignty in Guatemala. This marks a major – and...
View ArticleGarifuna communities in Trujillo and Puerto Castillo endure collective...
Part IV of Series from Journal of Agricultural Missions Delegation to Garifuna Territories in HondurasReleased on Agricultural Missions, Inc (AMI) November 5, 2014 Ag Missions’ Honduras Delegation...
View ArticleAs Cholera Resurges in Haiti, the UN’s Commitment to Prevent It Fails
Reposted from PassBlueOriginally Released on October 18, 2015By Nancy YoungStreet displays of photos featuring Haitians affected by cholera were recently mounted in Port-au-Prince, the capital, above,...
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