Occupy Boston: Smart, Savvy, and Aiming to Emulate Wall Street Protests About 200 people in Boston express their outrage at America’s economic woes – and promise to take up the protest baton . Posted 28 September 2011, by Paul Harris, The Guardian, guardian.co.uk . There were socialists, anti-poverty campaigners, students, anarchists, computer hackers, the unemployed, [...]
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29 Sep
Displaced women from San Juan Copala forced to suspend peaceful sit-in
Displaced women from San Juan Copala forced to suspend peaceful sit-in . Posted 29 September 2011, by Ahni, Intercontinental Cry, intercontinentalcry.org . A group of displaced Triqui women from the Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala, have been forced by the government of Oaxaca to suspend their peaceful sit-in which began more than 12 [...]
28 Sep
Winona LaDuke on Redemption
Winona LaDuke on Redemption . Posted 26 September 2011, by Sacred Land Film Project, Vimeo, vimeo.com . Winona LaDuke on Redemption from Sacred Land Film Project on Vimeo. . Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabe activist) speaks on the process of apology, redemption and healing; through the story of the Pawnee tribe and their return home to their [...]
28 Sep
EcoSikh presents on Sikh Women and Biodiversity at SAFAR Conference, Toronto
EcoSikh presents on Sikh Women and Biodiversity at SAFAR Conference, Toronto . Posted 26 September 2011, by Staff, EcoSikh, ecosikh.org . EcoSikh has been invited to make a presentation on Sikh Women and Biodiversity at a key academic conference on Sikhism and Gender at the University of Toronto on October 1, 2011. The [...]
28 Sep
Saudi Women Granted Right To Vote (And Save Planet)
Saudi Women Granted Right To Vote (And Save Planet) . Posted 26 September 2011, by Arwa Aburawa, Green Prophet, greenprophet.com . It been a political roller-coaster of a year for the Middle East and it doesn’t look set to stop just yet. Yesterday, an event many thought would never happen in their lifetime [...]
27 Sep
Re-Colonization Of Africa Through Buying Agricultural Land: Wealthy Nations And Their Multinationals On The Rampage
Re-Colonization Of Africa Through Buying Agricultural Land: Wealthy Nations And Their Multinationals On The Rampage . Posted 26 September 2011, by Akinyi Princess of K’Orinda-Yimbo, Tom Wilt News, tomwilt.com . The global food crisis of 2007/2008 that triggered riots from Cape to Cairo and from Senegal to Haiti made governments and their agriculturally-engaged companies to [...]
27 Sep
Immortal Technique
Immortal Technique . The resistance continues at Liberty Square, with free pizza . Posted 27 September 2011, by OccupyWallSt, Occupy Wall Street, occupywallst.org . Please click on the link below for a video of Immortal Technique talking with the Occupy Wall Street protesters: http://qik.com/swfs/qikPlayer5.swf . https://occupywallst.org/article/immortal-technique/
27 Sep
Ancestor-worshipping village shaman divines a path around Indonesia’s bureaucracy
Ancestor-worshipping village shaman divines a path around Indonesia’s bureaucracy . Posted 26 September 2011, by Rob Kerby, BeliefNet News (BeliefNet), blog.beliefnet.com/news/ . In Tumbang Saan, a village of huts built on stilts in Borneo’s vast rainforest, village elder Udatn had a problem. He’s a spiritual leader in Kaharingan, one of a number of names for the ancestor-worshipping, [...]
26 Sep
Noam Chomsky Announces Solidarity With #occupywallstreet
Noam Chomsky Announces Solidarity With #occupywallstreet . Posted 26 September 2011, by OccupyWallSt, Occupy Wall Street, occupywallst.org . Anyone with eyes open knows that the gangsterism of Wall Street — financial institutions generally — has caused severe damage to the people of the United States (and the world). And should also know that [...]
