Posted by Carleen Pickard in Featured, Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events, Human Rights, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 14th May, 2013 | 3 Comments
We celebrated the 2013 Human Rights Awards on Thursday May 9th in San Francisco. This year’s Honorees are People’s Choice Awardee Julian Assange and Wikileaks, Grassroots Awardee Crystal Lameman, and Human Rights Awardee Noam Chomsky. If you missed this special night here is Julian Assange’s acceptance speech, along with Kiki Kapany’s introduction.
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Posted by Admin in Guest Posts, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 13th May, 2013 | 1 Comment
Diane Wilson writes about her solidarity hunger strike with the the hunger striking prisoners in Guantanamo. “As a fourth generation shrimper and an environmental activist on the Texas gulf coast, I have gone on hunger fasts to protect the seas that my community of fishermen depend upon. I know how far I would go to be heard. To have a voice. To push for justice.”
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Posted by Medea Benjamin in Featured, Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, World News & Events on 8th May, 2013 | 1 Comment
Global Exchange Co-founder Medea Benjamin had the opportunity to interview Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has been granted political asylum since June 2012.
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Posted by Admin in Mexico, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, World News & Events on 2nd May, 2013 | No Comments
President Obama travels to Mexico today to meet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. In today’s Los Angeles Times, Mexican poet and peace activist Javier Sicilia emphasized the need for both presidents to focus on curbing drug war violence.
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Posted by Hillary V Lehr in Community Rights, Elect Democracy, End Dirty Energy, Global Exchange News & Events, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power, World News & Events on 17th April, 2013 | No Comments
Whether one wants to reverse the global race to the bottom in wages and working conditions; expand access to life-saving generic medications; support indigenous rights; protect communities’ ability to combat global warming; or sustain family farms and defend food sovereignty, there is no shortage of reasons to act together on the TPP.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Featured, Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, World News & Events on 9th April, 2013 | No Comments
With thousands of votes cast, the people have chosen Julian Assange and Wikileaks as the 2013 People’s Choice Award winner. Global Exchange is proud to honor Julian Assange and Wikileaks, and we hope you’ll take a moment to read more about this year’s winner.
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Posted by Medea Benjamin in Global Exchange News & Events, Human Rights, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 2nd April, 2013 | 1 Comment
Global Exchange Co-founder Medea Benjamin reports back about the the eleventh World Social Forum, held from March 26-30, 2013 in Tunis.
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Posted by Admin in End Dirty Energy, Guest Posts, World News & Events on 13th March, 2013 | No Comments
It’s 20 years since NAFTA. Its damage is why latest trade deal must be stopped.
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Posted by Admin in World News & Events on 8th March, 2013 | 2 Comments
After a two-year battle with cancer, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez died of a heart attack on March 5th, 2013 at the age of 58. Here, we reflect on the legacy and impact Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías leaves on Venezuela and the world.
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Posted by Medea Benjamin in Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 7th March, 2013 | 2 Comments
The most positive outcome of Rand Paul’s 13-hour filibuster was giving the American public a sense of the treacherous path that President Obama’s drone program could take, i.e. the targeted killing of Americans here at home. The biggest flaw, however, was Rand’s refusal to strongly condemn the way drones are already being used overseas and to blame CIA nominee John Brennan for being the mastermind of a nefarious program that has led to the deaths of so many non-American civilians and spread anti-American sentiment globally.
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