Cubans revolt and students speak out amid food and medicine shortages and human rights violations; and Latin America suffers under climate change.
agriculture
To build a new society
From Mexico, a search for agroecology, food autonomy and a truly human world after an experience with green capitalism.
Puerto Rico: U.S. exploitation and austerity
September 6, 2015Puerto Rico’s debt has become unsustainable. The roots of the financial and human crisis lie within the island’s 117-year history as a U.S. colony.
Climate change: Durban’s emptiness echoes Copenhagen’s disaster
December 7, 2011As yet another UN conference on climate change dissolves into meaninglessness (no surprise there), a barrage of news underscores the urgency of the problems that are being given little more than lip service. Examples:
New perils seen to even modest warming
Hotter, drier, meaner: Trends point to a planet increasingly hostile to agriculture
Carbon dioxide emissions show record [=>]