Posts of: Jay Taber

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Age of Lawlessness Brazilian cattle ranchers, brazenly bulldozing a UNESCO biosphere reserve in Paraguay, are clearly operating outside the law. The question is, will anyone stop them?

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Imagination, commitment, and self-reliance of Irish communities may be the only hope for saving the Irish language from extinction. But while the Irish may traditionally have these qualities in abundance,…

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A recurring tool of justification for making war on third and fourth world societies is the promotion of backward practices of tribal peoples toward women. Sometimes the assertions are true,…

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Indymedia Ireland’s Paula Geraghty examines Slum TV, a community-produced media project in Mathare slum on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya.

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A sign outside a Zapatista school in Chiapas reads, “Here the people govern and the government obeys”. Can you imagine such a sign in DC?

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Indians of All Tribes gathered to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the occupation of Alcatraz, a milestone in the Civil Rights Movement.

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Te Ata Tino Toa Te Ata Tino Toa, a Maori activist collective, is sponsoring a Social and Climate Justice Caravan to drive from Geneva to Copenhagen, December 3-9. Aimed at…

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The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle, a new book by David and Rebecca Solnit, includes excerpts from an interview with Public Good Project’s former research director…

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In uncharacteristically forthright language, a German mining corporation has applied to the Australian Department of Indigenous Affairs for approval to destroy aboriginal sacred sites and archeological artifacts of the Nyoongar…

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Flash Freeze New information about the history of ice ages, their catalysts and consequences.