Human Rights

There is strong reason to believe that Orwell himself was working either formally or informally with the US/British intelligence community in a process that some refer to as 'signing' - i.e.

The UN's High Commissioner of Human Rights Louise Arbour recently announced she is stepping down from her post after just one term. Speculation now is that her leaving is related to explosive new allegations concerning her time as Chief Prosecutor of the Rwanda Tribunal.

A good friend of mine was recently diagnosed with end-stage heart faliar. He is a husband and the father of two. Please take the time to watch these videos Part 1 and Part 2 and comment, remember this could be you or I one day!

Indian social activist Medha Patkar explains how the economic development model being imposed on India’s farmers is neither inclusive nor sustainable. As natural resources become commodities and farming families lose the capacity to fulfill their own basic needs, Medha believes that the consumerist paradigm may end up destroying living communities.

In the barrios of Guayaquil, Ecuador an amazing transformation is taking place. Through the efforts of one woman, rival gangs have formed truces, turned in their weapons and have started working together to rebuild the community.

At Goonj, every inch of cloth is used, nothing is wasted. We experienced firsthand how this unique organization transforms one person's waste into a resource for another at the headquarters in New Delhi, India.

A while back, and it was a long while back, on some stupid ass "Good House Keeping Seal of Approval" Earth Day Celebration and during the fucked up "don't ask don't tell" horseshit that was going on at the time, I accosted some air head at one of the booths with the following statement. "I'm against gays and lesbians being allowed into the Army!" Her eyes widened.

FREE SCREENING
at the Gaia Arts Center in Berkeley
Monday, January 28, at 6pm

"We ignore history at our peril"(Martin de Semlyn)