Posted by Admin in End Dirty Energy, Guest Posts, World News & Events on 8th August, 2012 | No Comments
It’s time to get cracking about fracking! Join people across the world on September 22nd for the Global Frackdown, 1 day of action to call for a ban on fracking to protect our communities.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in End Dirty Energy, World News & Events on 7th August, 2012 | 1 Comment
Last night, in our own backyard, Chevron’s refinery in Richmond, CA had an explosion and fire. Though damage reports are still coming in, luckily no refinery workers or local residents were killed. Check out the pictures, plus what activists are doing in response.
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Posted by Ted Lewis in Mexico, World News & Events on 2nd August, 2012 | No Comments
Watch ‘U.S. Guns: The Awful, Shock Truth’ produced by the Washington Office of Latin America (WOLA) and Cuéntame. It illustrates how these guns are trafficked to Mexico, who profits from their sale, and what President Obama can do to stop this kind of trafficking.
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Posted by Medea Benjamin in Global Exchange News & Events, Human Rights, Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 30th July, 2012 | 5 Comments
Congratulations to activist Rae Abileah on the recently negotiated settlement after suing a AIPAC volunteer lobbyist. Here’s the background on this case, and details about the settlement.
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Posted by Ted Lewis in Human Rights, Mexico, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, World News & Events on 23rd July, 2012 | 2 Comments
In less than three weeks, the Mexican led Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity will begin its trek across the United States and we’re asking you to join us.
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Posted by Admin in Building Positive Alternatives, Fair Trade, Guest Posts, World News & Events on 18th July, 2012 | No Comments
2012 Human Rights Award honoree, Annie Leonard from the Story of Stuff Project has launched another groundbreaking on-line video called The Story of Change. A guest post by Annie Leonard.
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Posted by Admin in Guest Posts, World News & Events on 3rd July, 2012 | No Comments
While the Occupy movement has forced a public discussion of extreme corporate influence on every aspect of our lives, behind closed doors corporate America is implementing a stealth strategy to formalize its rule in a truly horrifying manner. The mechanism is the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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Posted by Shannon Biggs in Building Positive Alternatives, Community Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power, World News & Events on 28th June, 2012 | 4 Comments
The United Nations Rio + 20 Summit on Sustainable Development was a dismal, if predictable, failure. Global Exchange’s Community Rights Director Shannon Biggs reports on the news from Rio—the not so bad, the bad, and the ugly and points to some inspiring youth voices that could be heard above the din.
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Posted by Hillary V Lehr in Building Positive Alternatives, Community Rights, End Dirty Energy, Featured, Human Rights, Occupy Our Elections...Elect Democracy, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power, World News & Events on 27th June, 2012 | 2 Comments
This July 3-4, choose ONE THING you DON’T LIKE and #DeclareIndependence from it!
I chose to #DeclareIndependence from rule by Wall Street. What about you?
Just post on Facebook or Twitter. It takes 30 seconds and makes Independence Day about more than fireworks or a car sale.
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Posted by Admin in Community Rights, Guest Posts, People Power, Not Corporate Power, World News & Events on 25th June, 2012 | 1 Comment
David Korten, author of Agenda for a “New Economy, The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community”, and the international best seller “When Corporations Rule the World” shares his thoughts on the Rio+20 Earth Summit which took place last week.
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