Una educación infantil encaminada hacia un mundo justo y sostenible por Marta Pascual 6 de octubre, 2009 La Tierra está llena. No quedan lugares ignotos que nos permitan soñar con territorios vírgenes. Hemos tocado –y sobrepasado- los límites de nuestro planeta y nos corresponde aprender a vivir dentro de esos límites. Un aprendizaje ineludible en el que la [...]

Students find real-world solutions when they learn from their community, not just their textbooks. by Daniel Fireside September 9, 2009 Jaydon Serrano pushes back and forth in his swivel chair, his back against a wall of blinking sound equipment. “I’m a little nervous and excited,” says the second-grader. “You’ll do great,” says his mom, Ida Martinez. It’s his turn to [...]

by Chuck Collins October 7, 2009 The U.S. economy has lost more than 2 million jobs this year, ratcheting the unemployment rate to 9.7 percent, the highest level since 1983. But the politicians and pundits didn’t seem to notice. They’re fixating instead on the stock market’s rebound as a sign of recovery. While that might mean a boost [...]

Honkala is the founder of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, an organization dedicated to empowering the poor and homeless in Philadelphia. Cheri argues that the poor are being made invisible by the urban redevelopment programs of the last 20 years. But the prosperity of shiny new urban centers is an illusion that simply forceshunger and [...]

Experiencias de resistencia y organización comunitarias en Argentina por Flavia Puel y Francisco Bosch 6 de octubre, 2009 Durante los años 1991-2001 fueron implementadas en Argentina, y en otros países, las políticas económicas fieles al modelo capitalista neoliberal de exclusión y desigualdad social, sobre todo aquellas denominadas de reajuste estructural. Miles de personas fueron perdiendo sus empleos, las [...]

Nonviolent Resistance Is the Most Powerful Tactic Against Oppressive Regimes by Stephen Zunes September 16, 2009 On the outskirts of a desert town in the Moroccan-occupied territory of Western Sahara, about a dozen young activists are gathered. They are involved in their country’s long struggle for freedom. A group of foreigners-veterans of protracted resistance movements-is conducting a training [...]

For over a decade, Sakena Yacoobi has worked for the welfare of her nation, particularly the girls and women of Afghanistan. The West can help with infrastructure, she says. But solutions for a better future must be forged with respect to a culture that is thousands of years old. by Marcia G. Yerman October 1, 2009 Sakena Yacoobi [...]

by David Michael Green October 2, 2009 What if the Russians invaded? It’s not so far-fetched an idea, you know. We spent half a century and trillions of dollars to make sure that it would never happen, so it’s really not such a strange notion. So what if the Russians invaded? What if they came and stole all of our [...]

por Juan Ramón Durán TEGUCIGALPA, 2 oct (IPS) – El Frente Nacional de Resistencia contra el Golpe de Estado (FNR) realiza un intenso proceso de consulta a sus miembros en toda Honduras para definir su posición frente a diálogos promovidos por actores internos e internacionales en busca de una salida pacífica a la crisis. La unidad de [...]

by Lisa Pease September 16, 2009 While we’ve been concentrating on the healthcare debate, the economy and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, another story important to American democracy has gotten inadequate attention: a single company is poised to monopolize the counting of over 75 percent of the nation’s votes. Earlier this month, Election Systems & Software (ES&S), [...]