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The Borneo Project: Borneo Indigenous Communities Push Anti-Dam Blockades Ahead of UN Meeting
Two road blockades have been erected to prevent the construction of the 1,200 MW Baram Dam. One blockade has been erected near Long Lama, on the shores of the …
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Can Fracking Showdown on Native Land Help Break Canada’s Cycle of Colonialism?
When members of the Elsipogtog First Nation attempted to prevent seismic testing on their land that could lead to fracking, armed police appeared and violence ensued. Here, indigenous writer …
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Monsanto’s Very Bad Week: Three Big Blows for GMO Food
Why are Monsanto and the junk food industry willing to spend many tens of millions of dollars every year trying to keep you in the dark about your food?
New York Communities Once Again Mobilize Against Police Brutality
Rallies are held nationwide against police brutality, meanwhile the family of Kyam Livingston, who died in a Brooklyn jail after allegedly being denied medical care, filed a wrongful death …
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Exclusive: René González, Lone Cuban 5 Member Freed From US Prison, Speaks Out From Havana
The only freed member of the Cuban Five, Renu00e9 Gonzu00e1lez, speaks out after a 13-year imprisonment in the United States.
Time to Resist the Republicans’ War on Government
While we continue to argue about the debt ceiling we need to be having real discussions about the role of government in the US and how the conservative right …
Parents Organize Boycott to End Standardized Testing of Four-Year-Olds
New York School believed to be first to reject testing in grades K-2, principal and 90 percent of parents support boycott and hope it helps spark nationwide movement.
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Malala
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Trick or Treat
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US Invasion of Grenada: A 30-Year Retrospective
Thirty years later, Stephen Zunes takes us back through the Grenadian revolution and the aftermath of the U.S. invasion.