'The WWF has ruined the forest ... The forest needs us and we need the forest. But now we go inside as if we were thieves and they hit us with their machetes when we do.'
… their camps and clothes, abused, beaten and tortured them, apparently to stop them from … Baka men having been taken to prison and of torture and rape inside prison. The widow of …
The closing down of a community radio station in eastern Paraguay is the latest example of political repression in the country with the most unequal land distribution in Latin America, writes Toby Hill, and in which the media are dominated by a tiny elite of the super-rich. As small farmers begin to reclaim the land that is rightfully theirs, landowners and the state they control are striking back.
… During his 35-year rule, General Stroessner tortured his opponents in bathtubs, threw them … cite witness reports of arbitrary detention, torture and extrajudicial executions. But the … , says Benitez from CODEHUPY. "It's produced torture, maltreatment, and violence." He notes …
All 193 UN states will sign a declaration today to fight the spread of drug-resistant 'superbugs', writes Alastair Kenneil. The problem is often blamed on over­prescription of antibiotics by doctors. But that's to ignore the massive use of antibiotics on animals in factory farms, both to prevent infection and to assist weight gain - turning farms into superbug breeding centres.
… of stress from having to endure weeks of this torture makes her vulnerable to injuries and …
Brian May is best known as lead guitarist for the rock band Queen. But as Lesley Docksey discovers, he is also an astrophysicist, and a committed - and highly effective - advocate for Britain's wild animals, including badgers put at risk by England's cull programme.
… that feels it is their right to persecute and torture wildlife for sport" ? Was it …
The EU's long-distance trade in live cattle to the Middle East inflicts horrendous cruelty at every point from farm to slaughter, writes Peter Stevenson, as well as posing public health risks due to grossly insanitary conditions. Live animal exports for meat should be stopped and replaced with a humane trade in refrigerated meat and carcasses.
… explained: "these aren't abattoirs - they're torture chambers!" Slaughter in the Middle …
Vandana Shiva reminds us that the very future of food security in India (and indeed worldwide) lies in protecting and promoting the country's small farmers.
… the rest goes to drive cars as biofuel, or to torture animals in factory farms as feed. …
This Saturday War on Want holds its Frontlines conference in London on the global conflict between communities and corporations, writes Paul Collins. Featuring a host of inspiring speakers, it will forge new alliances and new strategies of resistance.
… have documented systematic Israeli torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian …
The rise of the Labour party and the birth of a 'green consciousness'.
Green and red shoots David Renton | 23rd November 2022 | Comment Economics Editor’s Picks Socialism Labour Party Karl Marx tansli1.jpg The rise of the Labour party and the birth of a 'green …
Plant fuels can never meet our current and growing energy needs and, as Robin Maynard reports, adopting a ‘carbohydrate economy’ may prove disastrous for our farmers, our food supply and our future
… 479 people were reported as having been tortured in conflicts defending community …
As millions join in climate marches and other actions around the world, writes Ronnie Cummins, the 'mainstream' focus on energy is missing the 55% of emissions that come from mismanaged land and destroyed forests. The key is to replace industrial agriculture worldwide with productive, regenerative organic farming that puts carbon back in the soil.
The Carbon Underground: reversing global warming Ronnie Cummins Organic Consumers Association | 21st September 2014 Activism Climate Change Farming Forests feedlot-cut.jpg As millions join in climate …
Whatever people were voting for when they elected President Donald Trump, very few were seeking to remove the already scant protections afforded to dogs and puppies kept in unregulated 'factory farm' breeding sheds, writes JP Sottile. But that's the effect of the deregulatory whirlwind that's hit USDA: more profit for the animal abusers, and more suffering for the animals.
… breeding program at SeaWorld, ended years of torture and sickness for Ringling Brothers' …
First corporations gained legal personhood, writes Don Fitz. Next they seized the right to force 'free trade' on unwilling populations. Now they are making sure that 'corporate rights' trump citizen rights - like the right to wholesome food and a healthy environment. That's where the 'Right to Farm' constitutional amendments come in ...
… numbers of species to extinction or lives of torture, and producing chemicals and food that …