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L@s Maestr@s hablamos con Alfredo Lopez Alvarez de OFRANEH, la ORGANIZACION FRATERNAL NEGRA HONDUREÑA, sobre las luchas varias de la comunidad negra en un pais bajo gobierno defacto. Con 21 muertos en mas que cuatro meses del golpe de estado, la gente de Honduras estan en crisis diariamente....

Thousands from across the Americas will converge on November 20-22 at Fort Benning, GA for a vigil and civil disobedience actions to speak out against the SOA/ WHINSEC and to demand a change in U.S. foreign policy. The military coup led by SOA graduates in Honduras has once again exposed the destabilizing and deadly effects that the School of the Americas (SOA/ WHINSEC) has on Latin America....

Explains how hard-working, responsible graduates become mired in impossible debt. Reviews the history of a predatory industry that has bribed universities, financial aid officers, and Congress to strip all consumer protections. Details the underhanded tactics, usurious fees, and draconian collection practices that have driven borrowers out of jobs, out of the country, and out of their minds. Also reads the poems "All the Hemispheres" by Hafiz, "Caretake This Moment" by Epictetus, and "Life is...

The Maestr@s spoke with a fellow media activist, Oaxaca City resident, and parent of a school aged daughter about the state of education in Oaxaca, where teachers mounted and led a massive uprising in 2006. We discuss the effects on schools and school children, three years later. 59.36 MP3 format...

Reviews the "coming of age" of Democracy Now from their book, The Exceptions to the Rulers. Examines how one person's journalist- with-integrity is another person's hostile crank. Discusses Christian Parenti's response, called "Free the Truth," to Kevin Bales, founder of Free the Slaves, who claimed that child slavery in cocoa has been eradicated....

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Resistance Magazine was created as a vehicle to inform, inspire, and energize the earth liberation movement. Humans have pushed the earth to the brink of catastrophe and each day that passes brings us one step closer to a planet that can no longer sustain life. The question has now become not what we can do, but what we must do; not what we are comfortable with, but what we are fully capable of; not what is convenient, but what is completely necessary to stop the destruction of our home....

The poet Xmal Ton writes: “I’m sending this poem dedicated to all political prisoners and especially to the compañero and brother Leonard Peltier in hopes that it will get to him in person. It’s translated from Tseltal, my mother tongue, into Spanish and English so that this message will reach him”. English To grandfather Leonard Peltier, for opening his heart and giving life to our spirit in the struggle to keep on being who we are on our Mother Earth. Four Words Four words fall from the...

I put this copy together myself by gleaning it from a website and modifying the html to find the 'Images' folder, and as unnecessary as it was, these files have been virus scanned with Avast A/V. The 'Direct Action' page contains web links to a number of sites including the host I derived this copy from. There is also a link to the original on-site copy. Other than that, there are no external links. Instructions: 1) Click the link for the torrent or file download...

Dear Friends, As Jeff spends his first day outside the prison walls with close friends, we wanted to share his final dispatch from prison - written prior to knowing he was getting out early! Thank you all that have given your love and support! -Friends of Jeff Free Luers http://www.freejeffluers.org/donate.html...