Ian Angus's Blog, page 161

Inequality by the numbers

Fewer than 1% of adults own 70% of all wealth

Stop the dash for gas! Activists shut UK power plant

"This action is in defence of the global commons, which are under sustained attack by polluting fossil fuel companies"

The very definition of oil industry madness

Northern Gateway plan: ship oil through an active earthquake zone

Tar sands come to Ontario: No Line 9!

Join me at this important day of resistance, education, and alternatives in Toronto, November 17

Video: Exposing the REDD hoax

The UN promotes a perverse and potentially genocidal forest offset scam

Feminism and the global fight for food sovereignty

Although La Via Campesina was initially formed and led by men, rural women have dramatically increased their participation in all levels and activities of the global peasant organization. A feminist perspective has emerged as a fundamental component of the fight for food and land.

Stop land grabbing for agribusiness in Mozambique

Statement of the National Peasants Union: "We vehemently condemn any initiative which aims to resettle communities and expropriate the land of peasants to give way to mega farming projects for monocrop production"

Bolivia condemns UN’s pro-market biodiversity policy

Diego Pacheco, head of the Bolivian delegation to CBD: "Everything connected with nature is being commodified, putting at risk the livelihoods of indigenous and local people, and of the common goods."

Recommended reading, 11

Aboriginal suit challenges tarsands expansion ... Global land grab primer ... A debate on climate and capital ... Harper abets ocean fertilization crimes ... BECCS: Yet another geoengineering plan

Thousands rally against B.C. pipelines

"One thing I can say right off the bat is: we're winning..."