By Richard Eskow
“Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity,” said Nelson Mandela, “it is an act of justice.”
When the War on Poverty began a half-century ago, it was widely seen as the moral obligation of a wealthy nation.
By Robert Reich One of the worst epithets that can be leveled at a politician these days is to call him a “redistributionist.” Yet 2013 marked one of the biggest…
Tens of thousands of asylum seekers launched a three-day strike, demos outside embassies, and the largest refugee protest in the country’s history –
By Chris Hedges
This is our last gasp as a democracy. The state’s wholesale intrusion into our lives and obliteration of privacy are now facts. And the challenge to us—one of the final ones, I suspect—is to rise up in outrage and halt this seizure of our rights to liberty and free expression. If we do not do so we will see ourselves become a nation of captives.
In our last article, “Major Social Transformation Is a Lot Closer than You May Realize [3],” we defined where today’s social-political movement is within the eight stages of successful movements [4].
Praise the Lord! It looks as though Democrats are starting to act like populists as we go into 2014. A few weeks ago, President Obama declared economic inequality has become the “defining challenge of our time.”
The fresh page of a new year—what a thrilling place to be. And to kick off 2014, Colorlines asked several community leaders to share their racial justice wishes for the year.
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — Haiti’s ambassador to Havana Jean Victor Généus said that Cuba, as pro-tempore chair of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)
Fellow Vincentians and Friends of St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
A Happy New Year to All! Please accept best wishes from the Embassy of St. Vincent and the Grenadines for a blessed 2014. Ten days after the Christmas disaster in SVG, our relief efforts remain constant.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Friday January 3, 2014, CMC – Prime Minister D. Ralph Gonslaves says the Christmas Eve extreme weather event has created two St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
A group of South American and Caribbean countries have adopted a common plan of action to eradicate hunger and poverty, designed with FAO support.
Incoming New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio does not lack for issues demanding his immediate attention. Among them are the historic levels of income inequality and homelessness, as well as the matter of a militarized police force and its abuse of power, particularly with regard to communities of color.
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