I had the privilege of joining one of several caravans consisting of indigenous people, farmers, and social movements that traveled from all around Mexico to Cancun, where they hosted an Alternative Global Forum for Life and Environmental and Social Justice from December 5-8. En route the caravans highlighted local environmental and social justice issues, such [...]
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5 Dec
Mexican Caravans for Life and Environmental Justice Day 2: If You Love it, Defend it
“Si Zapata vive, que chinga les pusiera!” the caravan crowd chanted while snaking its way through downtown Morelia in the state of Michoacan. If Zapata (Mexico’s larger-than-life revolutionary leader) were alive, he’d open a can of woop-ass on you. That’s a rough translation, but you get the sentiment. Zapata has been invoked frequently throughout the [...]
12 Nov
International Tar Sands Resistance Summit: November 19-22, Missoula, Montana
The International Tar Sands Resistance Summit begins one week from today near Missoula, Montana. Organized by Indigenous Environmental Network and Northern Rockies Rising Tide, the summit has the goal of building an international movement to effectively resist the most destructive industrial project on the planet, the Alberta Tar Sands. Concerned citizens and individuals representing tar [...]
4 Nov
The Climate Trial We Should Be having
If you don’t know Tim DeChristopher, or Bidder #70, this Friday is your chance to learn more about him and why he is facing many years in federal prison. His trial has been delayed eight times now, perhaps in an attempt to keep the public eye off contentious issues: the hawking of pristine public lands [...]
1 Nov
La Via Campesina Organizes International Caravans for Life, Resistance, and Environmental Justice in Mexico
Announcement from Via Campesina: Over a thousand women and men, farmers, indigenous people, urban and rural people affected by social and environmental destruction are planning to march in 5 caravans towards Cancun, Mexico, in protest against the indolence of the dominant countries and capitalists of the world gathering for the conference of the UN Framework [...]
19 Oct
Local Clean Energy Alliance Open House and Fundraiser
Join the LCEA for an open house/fundraiser to benefit the The Clean Energy Tour, a series of solar-powered concerts, press conferences, and student leadership trainings throughout California utilizing music, arts and culture to stop the Dirty Energy Prop. The tour is the largest transmedia GOTV (Get Out The Vote) event in this election and features [...]
