Militarization

Occupy Portland and Solidarity with San Marcos Aviles, Chiapas

In San Marcos Aviles, Chiapas, Mexico, people have stories markedly similar in basic plot to those I heard at Occupy Portland – if far more dire and often far more violent throughout the narrative – and they need listeners.

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Marketing Consent: A Journey into the Public Relations Underside of Canada’s Mining Sector in Latin America

“…well outside of the headlines, another industry, one that purports to link Indigenous people internationally in order to benefit from resource extraction, has slowly taken off.”

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Break the fossil fuel addiction

Whither Blows Change? Community Forum on Climate Justice

Mother Nature cares little whether you believe in climate change. The real issue is the fact that climate change is posed as a question in the first place, and its continued questioning comprises a tremendous ongoing victory for the titans of the oil economy. After all, when was the last time someone asked if you believed in gravity?

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US State Department Visits El Salvador, Claims a Seat at Central American Summit

On the heels of a US-inspired breakdown at the Summit of the Americas in April, the US claimed its seat as an observer at this weekend’s summit of Central American leaders. Secretary of State for Western Hemispheric Affairs Roberta Jacobson attended the 39th meeting of summit of the Central American Integration System (SICA) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

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