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Green Gold
Submitted by Adam Ma'anit on August 14, 2007 - 10:29am.
With the Climate Camp in the UK now underway, it is a good moment to reflect on some of the stakes involved in climate change activism. For many people, climate change is an abstract 'environmental' issue with little impact on their lives – but there are many people on the front lines who often face a life and death struggle. Such was the story of Sajida Khan, who's battle was not with climate change per se, but with some of its so-called 'solutions'. Read more »
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Submitted by Richard Swift on May 21, 2007 - 8:47am.
A documentary festival leaves you with some startling images. Indigenous women in La Paz, Bolivia dressed in long skirts and blouses throwing each other around the ring in Lucha wrestling as enthusiastic fans cheer and jeer. A Palestinian activist in an Israeli prison for women completely without remorse for the deaths of eight children in the bombing she helped plan. Read more »
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