November 20, 2009
Ask Many Good Ideas
[The Global Economy > Rights-based Organizing] |
| | Business With Passion: Shannon Biggs
-- Interview with Shannon Biggs at the 2009 Bioneers Conference. |
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November 14, 2009
AlterNet
[The Global Economy > The Chevron Program > Chevron Program in the News] |
| | Did Big Oil Win the War in Iraq?
-- By Antonia Juhasz -- As U.S. and British oil companies sign contracts with the Iraqi government, is it time to declare Big Oil the "victor" in the bloody venture? |
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November 10, 2009
The Huffington Post
[The Global Economy > The Chevron Program > Chevron in the News] |
| | People Versus Chevron
-- Environmental groups in Richmond, Ca are fighting their neighbor, a Chevron refinery, in court to stop the refinery from processing heavier oil without ensuring that the change will not harm the health of local citizens. |
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November 04, 2009
San Francisco Bay Guardian
[The Global Economy > The Chevron Program > Chevron Program in the News] |
| | Marching on Chevron
-- Although the 250-seat Roxie Theater auditorium was filled to capacity for the Nov. 1 screening of the controversial film "The Yes Men Fix the World," the real action took place on the city's streets when audience members took the film's anticorporate message directly to an oil giant's door. |
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November 03, 2009
The Huffington Post
[The Global Economy > The Chevron Program > Chevron Program in the News] |
| | Chevron Gets Fixed
-- By Antonia Juhasz. On Sunday, Chevron became the first oil company to come under a Yes Men Audience Attack. Chevron was chosen because Chevron is different from other oil companies. |
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October 08, 2009
Fog City Journal
[The Global Economy > The Chevron Program > Chevron Program in the News] |
| | Noam Chomsky: Crisis and Hope in the Age of Obama
-- Professor Noam Chomsky is joined by David Bacon, Steve Williams and Global Exchange's Antonia Juhasz as they speak about US foreign policy and its failure to change under the Obama administration. |
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October 07, 2009
Planet Green
[Reality Tours > Reality Tours in the News] |
| | Make Traveling Meaningful with Reality Tours from Global Exchange
-- We often write about how to make your travels greener, but even if you do everything to reduce your carbon footprint, are you still getting a dose of the bigger world while on your expeditions? It's one thing to tour green hotspots in cities like London, and another to really see the world in a green way. That's where Reality Tours from Global Exchange comes in. |
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October 07, 2009
WORT Radio. Madison Wisconsin
[The Global Economy > The Chevron Program > Chevron Program in the News] |
| | A Public Affair
-- WORT Radio interview with Antonia Juhasz. |
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August 15, 2009
Narco News
[Regions > Americas > Honduras] |
| | US Ambassador Hugo Llorens Discloses Secrets of the Honduran Coup
-- While awaiting the arrival of United States Ambassador to Honduras Hugo Llorens to a meeting at the US embassy in Tegucigalpa Friday morning, Deputy Mission Chief Simon Henshaw spoke to an American human rights delegation from Global Exchange. |
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August 03, 2009
Common Dreams
[Regions > Americas > Cuba] |
| | US Activists Challenge Obama on Cuba
-- During last year's presidential campaign, Barack Obama said he was willing to sit down with Cuban leaders without preconditions. Obama, however, has been slow to implement any significant policy shift towards Cuba since taking office. This week two groups of Americans, over 250 people in all, are traveling to Cuba to challenge the travel restrictions and protest the slow pace of change. |
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July 26, 2009
Commons Dreams
[Regions > Americas > Cuba] |
| | End an Irrelevant Era: Lift the Cuba Travel Ban
-- The cold war is long dead, yet the United States still enforces a relic of that cold war with an economic embargo against Cuba. With a new administration in the White House ushering in a era of renewed diplomacy and international cooperation, isn’t it about time for the U.S. to do what most other countries around the world have done and normalize relations with its largest Caribbean neighbor? |
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July 23, 2009
The Huffington Post
[Regions > Americas > Honduras] |
| | Time for President Zelaya to Return to Honduras
-- A month after the military ousted Honduran President Zelaya from his post, negotiations have reached a standstill and Hondurans across the country continue to condemn the coup and are demanding the return of Zelaya. It is not time for Zelaya to return and the U.S. government should help him do that. |
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July 17, 2009
The San Francisco Chronicle
[The Global Economy > The Chevron Program > Chevron Program in the News] |
| | Chevron owes more to Richmond and California
-- By Antonia Juhasz. With a nearly 25 percent increase in its revenues from 2007, Chevron Corp. moved from the sixth to the fifth largest corporation in the world. Only 36 countries on the planet had GDPs larger than Chevron's $263 billion in 2008 revenues. Those who have not benefited are the Richmond community, the site of Chevron's oldest refinery, and the state of California. |
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July 14, 2009
San Francisco BayView
[The Latest News > In the News] |
| | Grind for the Green: An interview wit’ organizers Ambessa and Zakiya
-- The dynamic duo of the Bay Area’s “green movement,” Ambessa and Zakiya, have been organizing the Grind for the Green Festival for a few years in an effort to get Black and other youth of color interested in “sustainable” living practices by mixing the music industry with environmental politics. |
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July 06, 2009
Common Dreams
[Regions > Americas > Honduras] |
| | Hondurans Pour into the Streets Demanding Zelaya’s Return
-- "Can you believe this?" asked indigenous leader Berta Caceres. "Now they are killing our people. We need the international community to step in and stop the crazy people..." |
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July 05, 2009
Political Affairs
[Regions > Americas > Honduras] |
| | No Press Freedom in Post-Coup Honduras
-- The stifling of the press in a post-coup Honduras. |
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July 02, 2009
The Huffington Post
[Regions > Americas > Honduras] |
| | Hondurans Call Out for Help from the International Community
-- Our emergency international delegation to Honduras, organized from the United States by CODEPINK, Global Exchange and Non-Violence International, began its fact-finding mission in the wake of the June 28 coup that overthrew President Manuel Zelaya. |
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June 25, 2009
People's Weekly World Newspaper
[Regions > Americas > Cuba] |
| | 50 years of Cuban Agrarian Reform: Overcoming challenges to feed the people
-- Agrarian reform Cuban style: organic and decentralized |
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June 18, 2009
The Oakland Post Online
[The Global Economy > Rights-based Organizing] |
| | Who Decides if Corporations Can Pollute or Drive Out Local Business?
-- The biggest threat posed by corporations is not the illegal stuff of headlines. The real danger is what they are empowered to do legally, every day, in every community across the country. |
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June 17, 2009
Ring of Fire Radio
[The Global Economy > The Chevron Program > Chevron Program in the News] |
| | The True Cost of Chevron
-- Mike Papantonio of Air America's Ring of Fire talks about the real history of Chevron - the truth that the company doesn't want its shareholders to know about - with Antonia Juhasz, Director of Chevron Program at Global Exchange and author of the book "The Tyranny of Oil." |
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June 03, 2009
The Electronic Intifada
[Regions > Middle East & Central Asia > Palestine] |
| | Obama should visit Gaza
-- On June 4th, President Barack Obama will give a major policy talk at Cairo University intending to start mending the rift between the United States and the Arab world. Medea Benjamin insists that President Obama visit the Gaza Strip to see the destruction caused by Israel's recent attacks and will also do wonders to repairs our relations with the Arab world that were so tattered during the Bush years. |
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May 21, 2009
TC Palm
[Reality Tours > Reality Tours in the News] |
| | Treasure Coast attorney says trip convinced him Cubans ready for embargo's end
-- Michael Edwards of Palm City visited the island nation on a week-long cultural exchange trip in late April along with several other attorneys. |
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May 20, 2009
rabble.ca
[Regions > Middle East & Central Asia > Palestine] |
| | New delegation from Canada to Gaza: Focus is on dire medical situation, plight of children
-- Another Codepink delegation to Gaza. We are nine Canadians. Our trip has been sponsored by CodePink, Toronto and Independent Jewish Voices. |
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May 11, 2009
The Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire
[The Latest News > In the News] |
| | The Windy City Hosts Third Annual Green Festival
-- Green Festival is a forum to explore and build sustainable solutions for successful communities and a healthier environment. |
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May 11, 2009
Centro Prodh
[Regions > Americas > Mexico] |
| | Global Exchange Joins Centro Prodh in Calling for Justice in Atenco
-- Police carried out a lethal and unjustified repression of dissidents in San Salvador Atenco in the State of Mexico during demonstrations in May 2006. Three years later there has been no punishment for those who approved and conducted the brutal police assault and systematic rape of women in police custody. Global Exchange joins the Centro Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez in calling on the government of Calderón to bring an end to impunity. |
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May 06, 2009
CommonDreams.org
[Regions > Middle East & Central Asia > Palestine] |
| | Who Will Stop the AIPAC Jews Before it is Too Late?
-- What made my heart ache was the hatred I felt from the AIPAC staff who tore up the banner and slammed their hands across my mouth as I tried to yell out: "What about Gaza? What about the children?" |
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April 30, 2009
Express Milwaukee
[The Latest News > In the News] |
| | Green Gift Ideas for Mother's Day
-- Eco-Friendly Gift Baskets: These are great alternatives to the good ol' fruit basket. One of my favorites is the "Women Around the World" basket from the Global Exchange Fair Trade Store which is loaded with Fair Trade scents, soaps, chocolate, coffee, tea and music made by women from all around the world. |
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April 29, 2009
Ecotopia, KZFR
[The Latest News > In the News] |
| | Global Greening
-- Tonight our topic is “Global Greening.” We talk with Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange, who proposes to turn overseas military bases into centers of green technology and education. |
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April 26, 2009
The San Francisco Chronicle
[Regions > Americas > Cuba] |
| | US groups hope Obama to allow more travel to Cuba
-- Some Americans are eagerly awaiting the moment when they can make legal trips to Cuba despite the U.S. trade and travel embargo — and all it would take is a stroke of President Barack Obama's pen. |
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April 22, 2009
MSNBC
[The Latest News > In the News] |
| | Eco-friendly hotel deals, from $109
-- Global Exchange Reality Tours has a socially conscious, politically aware approach to tours in locations like Afghanistan, Colombia, and India. Groups tend to average 15 to 20 people, who run the gamut from youths to college and grad students to retirees. You'll do some volunteering with local groups in each tour. |
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