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Beyonce, Tell President Obama to Lift the Travel Ban on Cuba!

Posted by in Freedom to Travel to Cuba, Global Exchange News & Events on 18th April, 2013 | 1 Comment

Photo shared under Creative Commons license.If you have been following the news lately you’ve seen that famous musicians Beyonce and Jay-Z created a media storm by recently participating in a People-to-People cultural exchange in Cuba. It’s time now for you to talk action.
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TPP Days of Action Coming to Your Community

Posted by 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

599036_10152640068720613_1588745988_nWhether 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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And the People’s Choice Award Winner is…

Posted by in Featured, Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, World News & Events on 9th April, 2013 | No Comments

WikiLeaks-Website-LogoWith 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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Noam Chomsky Tells It Like It Is

Posted by in Featured, Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights on 3rd April, 2013 | No Comments

hra_2013-NoamChomskyGlobal Exchange is revving up to honor Noam Chomsky’s work on May 9, 2013 at our 11th Annual Human Rights Awards, where Dr. Chomsky will accept the award. Here’s a video of Chomsky speaking to get you revved up.
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Challenges of Arab Uprisings Reflected at World Social Forum

Posted by in Global Exchange News & Events, Human Rights, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 2nd April, 2013 | 1 Comment

Medea Benjamin in Tunisia. Photo Credit: codepinkhqGlobal 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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10 Ways the Public Backlash Against Killer Drones Is Taking Off

Posted by in Guest Posts, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, Stop Funding War on 1st April, 2013 | No Comments

Photo Credit: Shutterstock.comEfforts to counter drone warfare at home and abroad are growing everywhere you look, from the United Nations to the courts to places of worship.
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Noam Chomsky: Can Civilization Survive Capitalism?

Posted by in Building Positive Alternatives, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 13th March, 2013 | 3 Comments

chomsky-2005-62This article was posted to Alternet on March 5, 2013. We are proud to honor Noam Chomsky’s work on May 9, 2013 at our 11th Annual Human Rights Awards, where Dr. Chomsky will accept the award. To attend this event and share Global Exchange’s 25th Anniversary, purchase early-bird tickets before April 11!
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What About Peace by Numbers: How Many Art Contest Entries Did We Receive?

Posted by in Global Exchange News & Events, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, What About Peace Contest on 13th March, 2013 | No Comments

A wall of beautiful art!It is going to be hard to select the winners of this year’s What About Peace youth art contest but the jury is hard at work doing just that. Find out how many entries we received and when the winner will be announced.
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Rand Paul’s Message to Obama: Don’t Drone Me Bro

Posted by in Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 7th March, 2013 | 2 Comments

nodronesThe 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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Perpetual War

Posted by in Guest Posts, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 13th February, 2013 | 1 Comment

ham_bkSasha Wright lays bare the underlying dynamics of the U.S.-supported French intervention in Mali, spotlighting the role of AFRICOM and Western-imposed “structural adjustment” policies. She follows up by assessing the results of Israel’s “let’s debate-everything-except-settlements-and-occupation” elections.
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