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Where the REAL Climate Talks are Happening: Can the 99% Stop Climate Change?

Posted by Kylie Nealis in Community Rights, World News & Events on 3rd December, 2011 | 1 Comment

The sun rises at 4:45 each morning in Durban, and like most of those still on California time, I woke soon after. The beach here is beautiful and nearby so I decided to take a brisk walk amongst the shore fisherfolk and shell collectors, a great change the mad bustle of the ICC center, where the official negotiations for the climate conference are taking place.
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Gratitude to All Who Stand Up to Resist Injustice

Posted by Admin in Community Rights, Featured, Mexico, Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 23rd November, 2011 | No Comments

There is a lot to be thankful for in 2011. We here at Global Exchange offer gratitude to all those who have stood up to resist injustice, envision alternatives and take action. Here’s who we are thankful for.
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Global Exchange is Headed to Durban, South Africa for COP17!

Posted by Kylie Nealis in Community Rights, World News & Events on 22nd November, 2011 | No Comments

This December, the 2011 UN Climate Talks will be held in Durban, South Africa. As we approach this year’s conference, environmental and climate justice activists around the world have reason to doubt that our world leaders will come together in Durban and reach a solid agreement on a solution to climate change. Past conferences have »
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Nov 2: General Strike/Day of Action at #OO

Posted by Carleen Pickard in Community Rights, Economic Activism for Palestine, End Dirty Energy, Fair Trade, Featured, Global Exchange News & Events, Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 1st November, 2011 | No Comments

On November 2, 2011, Global Exchange will stand in solidarity with the Occupy Oakland (#OO) movement and the broader Occupy Wall Street (#OWS) movement to participate in the General Strike/Day of Action. Here’s info about the action and how you can keep your finger on the pulse of this people’s movement.
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Sustainability is a Right

Posted by Kylie Nealis in Community Rights on 1st November, 2011 | No Comments

Envision Spokane – a group comprised of neighborhood advocates, labor union locals, and community activists –have been organizing for over two years around a citizen’s initiative placing the nation’s very first Community Bill of Rights on the November 2011 ballot in the City of Spokane known as Proposition 1. If passed, the initiative would recognize »
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A Day in the Life of Occupy Wall Street – the Community Rights Experience

Posted by Kylie Nealis in Community Rights, Global Exchange News & Events, World News & Events on 1st November, 2011 | No Comments

We were asked to speak and share stories from the frontlines of the grassroots movement for community and nature’s rights. But within me was also a keen desire to be a part of the conversation happening on Wall Street that has inspired Occupy Everywhere: Will history remember Zuccotti Park as a landmark location and this a defining moment we took an evolutionary step forward for democracy and system change?
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Community Rights goes to Occupy Wall Street

Posted by Shannon Biggs in Community Rights, Global Exchange News & Events on 27th October, 2011 | 4 Comments

On October 26 I spent a chilly and drizzly day on Wall Street along with my fellow community-rights organizer, Ben Price from CELDF. We had been asked to share our experiences with those occupying Liberty Plaza. Together we spoke on the steps in the now-famous style of ‘the People’s Mic’, an altogether exhilarating experience.
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