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 […]
Read PostStudent 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 […]
Read PostExtreme Extraction
September 10, 2011
The largest grassroots environmental protest in decades came to a triumphant conclusion over the Labor Day weekend. In the course […]
Read PostHurricane 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 […]
Read PostDefusing 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 […]
Read PostA 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 […]
Read PostAttacking 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 […]
Read PostFrom 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 […]
Read PostWhy 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 […]
Read PostPolicing 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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