Uneven Developments

Global Day of Action against UN Conference of Polluters (COP) in Durban

December 3, 2011

Today was the Global Day of Action against the UN COP17. Here in Durban, a large and very spirited crowd […]

Land Grabs

December 2, 2011

Kamoji Wachiira (Kenyan-born senior fellow with the Canadian International Development Agency) presented this evening on contemporary land grabs. According to […]

REDD Teach-In

REDD stands for the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries. The […]

The Climate Justice Tribunal

The day’s activities began with a Climate Justice Tribunal. The model here, of course, is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, […]

And the rains came…

December 1, 2011

It’s pouring down rain with a tropical vengeance at the moment after several days of clear skies and fierce heat. […]

groundWork – building social movements in and beyond Durban

This session was organized by groundWork, a South African environmental justice and service organization. Mithica, a worker with the Pan-African […]

Amandla! For Eco-Socialism

Today the Democratic Left Front, a new formation in South African politics, organized a conference on Ecosocialism. The conference began […]

Capitalism is Organized (Environmental) Crime

November 30, 2011

Just came from an amazing event of the South African rural women’s movements.  There were nominal speakers, but the real […]

One Africa

I just attended a moving speak-out at which African men and women, farmers, musicians, and youths, told Mary Robinson about […]

Climate Justice Durban – Climate Finance

What is Climate Finance?  The idea behind this is that the wealthy, polluting nations of the world need to pay […]