Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Cleofe Maceda – Gulfnews – Monday, 21 May 2012 (originally published 12 May) Che was still in her teens when her parents lost their house and cars to the bank, and shut down their general merchandise business in Bicol, a province southeast of Manila, Philippines. The bankruptcy left the family fighting for survival for years [...]
Gera van Wijk – Upsides – Friday, 18 May 2012 (originally published 15 May) You are a recent laureate of the Freedom from Want, one of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedom Awards. What does Freedom from Want represent to you? ‘For me it relates to what has been my focus for so many decades: [...]
Ariana Kramer – Tao News – Thursday, 17 May 2012 (originally published 13 May) Since 2010, a group of women farmers have been meeting informally to share information and encourage one another in the arts of growing, preserving, seed saving, beekeeping, milking goats and related enterprises. They call themselves Taos County Women Farmers Group. Melissa [...]
BM – Bikyamasr – Wednesday, 16 May 2012 (originally published 13 May) The Asian Human Rights Commission condemns the excessive use of force and the lack of due process in the eviction of the community living in the squatter settlements in Thapathali, Kathmandu on the banks of the Bagmati River on 8 May 2012. Over [...]
Jefferson Keel – Hill – Tuesday, 15 May 2012 (originally published 10 May) There is a group of criminals, on Native American lands, who assault, rape, and abuse Native women and they can’t be arrested. These criminals are non-Native men. They don’t have to face a judge, spend any time behind bars, or be hounded [...]
