Uneven Developments

Climate Justice Durban – Arrival

November 30, 2011

COP17 – the 17th annual Conference of Parties, aka the Conference of Polluters – began on Monday in Durban, South […]

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Student Debt Campaign

November 25, 2011

The last month or so has been incredibly heady and hectic.  I’ve been working with a sub-committee of the Occupy […]

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Extreme Extraction

September 10, 2011

The largest grassroots environmental protest in decades came to a triumphant conclusion over the Labor Day weekend. In the course […]

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Hurricane Diary

August 27, 2011

The eye of Hurricane Irene is approaching Virginia Beach as I write.  Here in New York City, there’s an eerie […]

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Defusing the Carbon Bomb

August 20, 2011

The Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline has been described by its opponents as one of the biggest carbon bombs on […]

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A Modest Proposal: Tax the Church

August 17, 2011

Today there was a totally unnerving interview on Democracy Now today with former evangelical Christian heavyweight Frank Schaeffer. Schaeffer is […]

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Attacking the Block

August 16, 2011

At the conclusion of my last blog on the British riots/uprisings, I warned that determined organizing would be necessary in […]

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From the Frontlines: Indigenous People Fighting Climate Change

August 15, 2011

A recent study by the National Wildlife Federation concluded that Native Americans are the people in the U.S. most affected […]

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Why I Will Be There

August 12, 2011

From August 20th to September 3rd, a massive demonstration will take place in Washington, D.C. to protest the planned Keystone […]

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Policing the Crisis: The London Riots in Historical Perspective

August 10, 2011

The conflagration currently consuming London and other cities in the English Midlands is generating much heated debate. Little of this […]

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