by Laura Hanna & Gavin Browning January 15, 2009 In a perfect world, wealth–be it money, ideas or access to natural resources–belongs to all of us. But in our decidedly unjust and imperfect world, wealth is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few. There is be a better way. The notion of The Commons–shared land, resources, [...]

The Extraordinary Achievements of Ordinary People by Rebecca Solnit September 10, 2009 Eight years ago, 2,600 people lost their lives in Manhattan, and then several million people lost their story. The al-Qaeda attack on the Twin Towers did not defeat New Yorkers. It destroyed the buildings, contaminated the region, killed thousands, and disrupted the global economy, but it [...]

by John Mottern September 9, 2009 Also see below: Camp Runamuck: A Photo Essay Barbara Kalil and her husband John Freitas co-founded Camp Runamuck in late March 2009, after being forced to leave their campsite in the Roger Williams State Park in Providence, Rhode Island. The plaque above their home read “Shelter for Persons in Distress.” The [...]

The recession has resulted from, and contributed to, America’s racial divide. by Seth Wessler September 7, 2009 Last week, CNN reported that Obama’s foreclosure prevention plan—the one that was supposed to keep millions of Americans in their homes by giving banks incentives to refinance mortgages—has not worked. In fact, just six percent of eligible households have received assistance. The [...]

by Chris Hedges September 6, 2009 Our most potent political weapon is food. If we take back our agriculture, if we buy and raise produce locally, we can begin to break the grip of corporations that control a food system as fragile, unsafe and destined for collapse as our financial system. If we continue to allow corporations [...]

by Jeffrey Allen September 2, 2009 WASHINGTON – Changing weather patterns have decimated crops in several of the world’s poorest countries this year, leaving millions in need of food aid and humanitarian workers warning about the dangerous effects of climate change. What’s the Story? Farmers in Nepal have been able to produce only half their usual crop, said an [...]

por Vera Solano SAN JOSÉ, 2 set (CRH) – Delegaciones de todas las culturas indígenas en el país se hicieron presentes al Foro que realizaron en el Salón de Beneméritos, miembros de una comisión que impulsa la aprobación del proyecto 14.352, Ley de desarrollo autónomo de los pueblos indígenas. Los indígenas solicitaron explicaciones a los legisladores sobre [...]

Frente a la criminalización o a la fragmentación Entrevista a Wladimir Painemal, cofundador del periódico mapuche Azkintuwe por Franck Gaudichaud y Rocio Gajardo 1 de setiembre, 2009 En varias partes del Sur de Chile, la represión en contra de las luchas del movimiento mapuche sigue e incluso se ha agudizado en los últimos meses. Desde el fin de la [...]

by Naomi Klein September 2009 When I arrived at the grand offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the Palais Wilson, looking out at a drizzly Lake Geneva, Navanethem Pillay was hunched over the shoulder of her deputy, Kyung-wha Kang, dictating a press release. “I am shocked and deeply disappointed,” I heard her [...]

por Fernando Fernández (ffernandez@costaricahoy.info) SAN JOSÉ, 27 ago (CRH) – El próximo primero de setiembre, cientos de indígenas pertenecientes a los pueblos del sur de Talamanca realizarán una marcha masiva hasta la Asamblea Legislativa para que se apruebe cuanto antes la llamada ley de autonomía de los pueblos indígenas. Aparte de una marcha, los organizadores del evento [...]