by Robert C. Koehler October 29, 2009 “What is seen with one eye has no depth.” I’m thinking, as I ponder the wisdom of Ursula LeGuin, that American culture is at the end of what it can accomplish with its single-eyed vision. For all our material progress, for all our ability to dominate just about anything or anyone [...]

por James Petras 21 de octubre, 2009 Introducción La victoria electoral de gobiernos de centro-izquierda en al menos tres países de América Latina y la búsqueda de una nueva identidad ideológica con que justificar su poder, ha conducido a ideólogos y gobernantes a abrazar la idea de que representan una nueva versión del socialismo, propia del siglo XXI. [...]

by Margaret Flowers October 30, 2009 Let me begin by saying that I don’t have any desire to be arrested. I am a pediatrician with 3 teenagers and a husband who would prefer that I do not spend time in jail. I have never actually spent the night in jail and I imagine it’s not very pleasant. [...]

por Elma Beatriz Rosado 24 de octubre, 2009 “Los actos que llamamos heroicos constituyen la superación del miedo” Monseñor Antulio Parrilla Bonilla A todas las abogadas y abogados, que, en el ejercicio de Dignidad de su vocación, comprometieron su seguridad física, defendiendo el derecho a la libre expresión de los estudiantes universitarios, en el puente de la autopista Expreso [...]

To justify enforcing a corporate land grab, the state needs an enemy – and it has chosen the Maoists by Arundhati Roy October 30, 2009 The low, flat-topped hills of south Orissa have been home to the Dongria Kondh long before there was a country called India or a state called Orissa. The hills watched over the Kondh. [...]

Ante las próximas elecciones presidenciales en Túnez, el 25 de octubre, en las que no habrá ninguna sorpresa y Zine Ben Alí será reelegido para un quinto mandato, el periodista Taoufik Ben Brik, crítico con el régimen, que protagonizó una huelga de hambre de 42 días en el año 2000 para protestar contra las violaciones [...]

HSBC earned more than £650m in fees from work for Textron, US manufacturer of cluster weapons by Nick Mathiason October 29, 2009 The deadly trade in cluster bombs is funded by the world’s biggest banks who have loaned or arranged finance worth $20bn (£12.5bn) to firms producing the controversial weapons, despite growing international efforts to ban them. HSBC, led [...]

ENTREVISTA A DOÑA FABIOLA LALINDE, MADRE DE UN DESAPARECIDO POLÍTICO EN EL AÑO 1984 El 3 de octubre de 1984, Luis Fernando Lalinde Lalinde, de 26 años de edad, fue detenido y posteriormente desaparecido por el Ejercito colombiano. Desde ese día, Fabiola Lalinde emprendió la búsqueda de su hijo. Aunque sufrió constantes hostigamientos e intimidaciones, logró [...]

Assistant Secretary Details Banking Industry’s Key Role in Foreign Policy by Jason Ditz October 12, 2009 When covering America’s interventionist foreign policy, certain departments and agencies come up a lot. The Defense Department, certainly. The CIA, usually. The State Department, the NSA, the list goes on. Rarely does the Treasury Department come up, but maybe it should. Speaking at [...]

by 350.org October 28, 2009 On October 24th, the world woke up. People in more than 180 countries came together for the most widespread day of environmental action in the planet’s history. At over 5000 events around the world, people gathered to call for strong action and bold leadership on the climate crisis. Join this movement by signing the [...]