by Chellis Glendinning
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13 January 2012 |
The Repression Strengthened Us! - Letter From Bolivia
One wrong move, forgetting to take your hat off, the interruption of a phone ringing notwithstanding -- after a spell, a trip to the bank to pay the light bill -- alongside men carrying machine guns -- does get to feel normal.
Such a transit of mind is a testimony to the human ability to adapt, yes? -- and I am reminded of a marvelous tale that dear friend Francis Huxley tells. |
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by Jim Rigby
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02 July 2011 |
At a gathering on World Refugee Day, we remembered the 1,900 people deported or detained last year from Austin. Friends and family gathered to weep for their missing loved ones. We spoke about the private prisons springing like toadstools to profit from the misery. What follows is reconstruction of the speech I gave.
A United States senator claimed recently that the wildfires in Arizona were possibly started by immigrants. When asked to produce his evidence, he backed off a bit, but the damage was done. |
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by Miguel Valencia
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07 August 2010 |
PLATAFORMA POLÍTICA DEL KLIMAFORUM10 (Translation of report previously posted)
Comunicado No. 8
México D. F. 9 de julio de 2010
Después de varias consultas, hemos adoptado la siguiente Plataforma Política del
Klimaforum10:
1. EN REALIDAD EXISTE UN DESASTRE CLIMÁTICO, NO UN CAMBIO
CLIMÁTICO |
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by Miguel Valencia
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04 August 2010 |
Preparations made for Klimaforum10, parallel to the United Nations COP-16 climate conference in Cancún, Nov. 25 - Dec. 10:
Press release # 8
México D. F., July 9, 2010
After several meetings, we, the Mexican Promotion Committee for Klimaforum 2010, have adopted the following Political Platform of Klimaforum10:
1. THERE IS A CLIMATE CATASTROPHE, NOT CLIMATE CHANGE |
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by Miguel Valencia
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11 December 2009 |
Liberating the Social Imagination to Liberate Our Villages
Dec. 9, 2009 at the People's Climate Summit: Klimaforum09
Our villages and cities are dying because of intense development. Everywhere in México, the same force is at work. It weakens our
villages, sickens and kills their inhabitants. It destroys our
communities and makes a mockery of our traditional commons. |
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