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Throughout the world, solutions to some of the greatest challenges of the day are either nascent or fully thriving. Organized people's movements - sometimes with help from supportive government - are changing the structures which cause violence, poverty, inequality, and environmental destruction.

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Here are some reports and resources from other organizations that interest us and inform our work.

In Hopeful Sign, EPA Slams State Department for 'Insufficient' KXL Review

Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 09:49

Cross-posted from Common Dreams

By Lauren McCauley

Agency questions assumptions of 'inevitability' and calls for further review of greenhouse gas emissions

On the final day of the Keystone XL public comment period for the State Department's draft supplementary environmental impact statement (SEIS) of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a sharply critical assessment declaring the analysis "insufficient." 

Ruptured Enbridge Pipeline from Kalamazoo Spill,(Photo: NTSB)

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Retail and Fast Food Workers Strike in Chicago's Magnificent Mile

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 15:38

Cross-posted from The Nation.

By Micah Uetricht

April 24, 2013

Chicago workers go on strike
The woman on the right is a McDonald’s worker who walked off the job this morning. Photo by Micah Uetricht.
 
Chicago’s downtown Loop area is the heart of commerce in the city. But beginning at 5:30 am today, fast food and retail workers there have gone on strike, following New York City fast food workers who walked off the job in November and again earlier this month demanding higher wages and better working conditions.

DELEGATION TO GUATEMALA

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 15:31

July 6-14, 2013

 MINING INJUSTICE & IMPUNITY

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COMMUNITY WELL-BEING, HUMAN RIGHTS & THE ENVIRONMENT

 On this trip, we will investigate environmental destruction, health harms (to animal and human life), and other human rights violations (including forced evictions, killings, gang-rapes, etc) caused by “mega-development” projects - particularly mining operations - in the context of Guatemala’s historic and on-going impunity, corruption and lack of justice, exploitation and poverty, and lack of democracy.

Bangladesh Building Collapse Kills at Least 70

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/24/2013 - 08:57

Cross-posted from New York Times

By Jim Yardley


A building housing garment factories collapsed on Wednesday

NEW DELHI — An eight-story building in Bangladesh that housed several garment factories collapsed on Wednesday morning, killing at least 70 people, injuring hundreds of others, and leaving an unknown number of people trapped in the rubble, according to Bangladeshi officials and media outlets.

Chorus of Voices Demands Justice Three Years After BP Gulf Disaster

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/24/2013 - 08:18

Cross-posted from Common Dreams

By Andrea Germanos

"The Gulf and its people can’t wait any longer"

Photo: US Coast Guard

Saturday marks three years since the blowout of BP's Macondo well and explosion of Transocean's Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico which killed 11 men and spewed 200 million gallons of oil over three months.

Nestle Chairman says water isn’t a human right. Tell him he’s wrong

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/23/2013 - 13:52

Cross-posted from Union Solidarity International

17 April 2013

In a candid interview for the documentary We Feed the World, Nestle Chairman Peter Brabeck makes the astonishing claim that water isn’t a human right. He attacks the idea that nature is good, and says it is a great achievement that humans are now able to resist nature’s dominance. He attacks organic agriculture and says genetic modification is better.

To Build a Community Economy, Start With Solidarity

Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/22/2013 - 09:34
Cross-posted from Yes Magazine 
 
How residents who can’t afford to buy in still get the benefits of co-op work and housing.
 
by Abby Scher
posted Apr 03, 2013

 

Jorge Funes photo by ADP Photos
 

United for Hire worker Jorge Funes paints the exterior of Greenfield Gardens in Springfield, Mass., one of the housing complexes owned by Alliance to Develop Power. Photo courtesy of ADP.

When Cecilia Pastor greeted us at the door of an empty unit at Spring Meadow Apartments in Springfield, Mass., she was surrounded by the harsh smell of paint and the cleaners she had used to scour the space to make it presentable for a new tenant. A petite 30-year-old woman, she was working for United for Hire, a worker-controlled landscaping, snow removal, and cleaning firm operated by the innovative nonprofit Alliance to Develop Power (ADP). 
“One thing I have learned and really like in United for Hire is we work in a community economy, and the money circulates,” she said. “And we have good salaries where we can support our families.”

Hundreds of Thousands March for 'Free Education' in Chile

Submitted by admin on Sat, 04/20/2013 - 09:15

Cross-posted from Common Dreams

By Common Dreams 

'Education should be equal for everyone, it should be free — we all have the same rights.'

- Jon Queally, staff writer

Students march during a protest to demand Chilean President Sebastian Pinera's government to improve the public education quality, in Santiago, on April 11,2013. (AFP Photo / Claudio Santana)The Chilean student movement roared back to life on Thursday, with organizers and media outlets reporting that hundreds of thousands of people joined students in the nation's streets calling for a free and quality education for all.

National Organic Board Decision a Victory for Organics, Preservation of Antibiotics: A joint statement of Consumers Union, Food & Water Watch and The Center for Food Safety

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/18/2013 - 13:22

Cross-posted from Common Dreams

By the Food & Water Watch

Portland, Ore. - April 12 - Today the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) rejected a petition to extend the expiration date for the use of oxytetracycline to treat fire blight in apple and pear production beyond October 21, 2014. The decision is a victory for the organic standard and advances efforts to preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics.

National Organic Board Decision a Victory for Organics, Preservation of Antibiotics: A joint statement of Consumers Union, Food & Water Watch and The Center for Food Safety

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/18/2013 - 13:22

Cross-posted from Common Dreams

By the Food & Water Watch

Portland, Ore. - April 12 - Today the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) rejected a petition to extend the expiration date for the use of oxytetracycline to treat fire blight in apple and pear production beyond October 21, 2014. The decision is a victory for the organic standard and advances efforts to preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics.