The world is in the grip of a structural war against people, land, economies and ecosystems, writes Colin Todhunter. It is being waged by a quartet of organised criminal interests bent on monopolizing energy, money, food and violence across the globe. But a deep-rooted resistance against their 'neoliberal' doctrine of death and destruction is fighting back.
… the direct link between Bt cotton and farmer suicides in rain-fed areas of India), is the … down the link between Bt cotton and farmer suicides, prominent neoliberal apologists …
When Mike Roselle tried to give his State Governor a sample of Mountain Top Removal dust for analysis, he was not expecting to be arrested at gunpoint and banged in jail for a week on suicide watch - all without charge.
One State, under Coal Jeffrey St. Clair | 15th March 2014 News USA Coal Fossil Fuels Ecocide earl-ray-tomblin.png When Mike Roselle tried to give his State Governor a sample of Mountain Top Removal …
Agroecology is key to retaking control over food, farming and land from the 'monstrous machine' of agribusiness, biotech, big finance and 'free trade', writes Colin Todhunter, as it represents a truly viable alternative to agriculture for corporate profit. But such are the powers ranged against the world's small farmers that it must be supported by a broad-based, global people's movement.
… Save is referring to the near 300,000 farmer suicides that have taken place in India over … a peer-reviewed study, which directly links suicides to GM cotton). The current global …
Jeremy Corbyn came under attack yesterday for his refusal to countenance the use of nuclear weapons, writes Commander Robert Green. But his stance is honourable and both legally and strategically correct - especially with his opposition to renewing the Trident nuclear missile system.
Jeremy Corbyn is right to reject Trident Commander Robert Green Royal Navy (Ret'd) | 9th November 2015 Comment Nuclear WMD War Politics UK USA corbyn-trident-cut.jpg Jeremy Corbyn came under attack …
President Obama will shortly be on his way to India. In this Open Letter, Vandana Shiva invites him to join in securing the essential human freedoms to seeds and food - and to set aside any plans to pressure India into changing its laws to allow the corporate domination of life.
… fees'. Most of the 291,000 farmers suicides in India since 1995 when WTO came …
The NYT's expose of Kevin Folta's PR role as a pro-GMO shill in the employ of Monsanto barely scratched the surface of a huge web of corporate money, influence and intrigue that permeates the US's premier universities and scientific institutions, writes Jonathan Latham - from Harvard and Cornell to the AAAS. Why the reticence to name all the names?
GMOs and the puppetmasters of academia - what the New York Times left out Dr Jonathan Latham | 8th September 2015 News GMOs Education Science Corporations USA federoff-bush-cut.jpg The NYT's expose …
Marie Mason is five years into a 22-year sentence for participating in non-violent - but highly destructive - actions with the Earth Liberation Front. David Rovics met with her at the Carswell Federal Women's Prison in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Ecoterrorist and me David Rovics | 10th December 2013 Comment Direct Action USA marie-mason.png Marie Mason is five years into a 22-year sentence for participating in non-violent - but highly …
To understand how technology is used in the real world we must appreciate who owns and controls it, writes Colin Todhunter: whose interests it serves, and how it works in an economic system driven by profit, geopolitics and the compulsion to capture and control markets - while the monopolists proclaim a noble ideology of 'free choice' and 'democracy'.
… a result of economic distress. Many of these suicides are directly linked to GM, while many …
A grassroots movement of eco-activists is achieving unprecedented success in challenging fossil fuel developments in the Cascadia region of the US's Pacific northwest, writes Alexander Reid Ross. And that has attracted the wrong kind of attention - from local police, FBI and right-wing legislators determined to protect the corporate right to exploit and pollute.
FBI harassing fossil fuel activists in the Pacific northwest Alexander Reid Ross | 6th January 2015 News Climate Change USA Law Protest megaload-cut.jpg A grassroots movement of eco-activists is …