Thursday, January 30, 2014
Saturday, January 25, 2014
From Fire to Autonomy: Zapatistas, 20 Years of Walking Slowly
From Fire to Autonomy: Zapatistas, 20 Years of Walking Slowly
Speaking in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico, on a cold drizzly New Year's Eve, the Zapatista Comandante Hortensia addressed the crowd: "Twenty-five or 30 years ago we were completely deceived, manipulated, subjugated, forgotten, drowned in ignorance and misery." She was communicating the official words of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) on the 20th anniversary of their rebellion, when thousands of indigenous people rose up in arms, took over dozens of major towns and villages in this southern state, and declared "enough is enough, never again will there be a homeland that doesn't include us."
Speaking in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico, on a cold drizzly New Year's Eve, the Zapatista Comandante Hortensia addressed the crowd: "Twenty-five or 30 years ago we were completely deceived, manipulated, subjugated, forgotten, drowned in ignorance and misery." She was communicating the official words of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) on the 20th anniversary of their rebellion, when thousands of indigenous people rose up in arms, took over dozens of major towns and villages in this southern state, and declared "enough is enough, never again will there be a homeland that doesn't include us."
Comandante Hortensia went on to explain how over the past two decades, they have constructed their own autonomous government, complete with their own health and education system, based in the indigenous traditions of their ancestors. Despite the continual efforts of the "neoliberal bad government" to displace them from their land, the Zapatistas have successfully recuperated thousands of acres of land on which they have constructed communities that are governed "from the bottom up." Community members participate in rotating government positions that operate under the democratic principle of "mandar obedeciendo" (commanding by obeying). Read More Here:20 Years of Walking Slowly
Thursday, January 23, 2014
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Vt. rally pushes for GMO labeling law
Vt. rally pushes for GMO labeling law
Like Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, are also considering labeling laws. The states of Maine and Connecticut have already passed laws requiring foods containing GMOs be labeled. However, the Vermont activists alleged those two states' laws are not really laws, because they don't actually take effect until a certain number of other states also pass labeling laws.
Zuckerman said he wants to see a GMO labeling bill that does not have a clause requiring other states to also pass laws. He acknowledged convincing some colleagues in the state Senate to take the leap will be a challenge.Full Report Here | Vt. rally pushes for GMO labeling law
Like Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, are also considering labeling laws. The states of Maine and Connecticut have already passed laws requiring foods containing GMOs be labeled. However, the Vermont activists alleged those two states' laws are not really laws, because they don't actually take effect until a certain number of other states also pass labeling laws.
Zuckerman said he wants to see a GMO labeling bill that does not have a clause requiring other states to also pass laws. He acknowledged convincing some colleagues in the state Senate to take the leap will be a challenge.Full Report Here | Vt. rally pushes for GMO labeling law
Sunday, January 19, 2014
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Daniel Bice - GOP donor gets lawmaker to write bill to cut his child support
Daniel Bice - GOP donor gets lawmaker to write bill to cut his child support
Read more from Journal Sentinel: http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/headlines/wealthy-gop-donor-gets-lawmaker-to-write-bill-to-help-with-child-support-payments-b99182267z1-239776351.html#ixzz2qCTXrLlD
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"Wealthy Wisconsin businessman Michael Eisenga has been unable to find a judge who will cut his substantial child support payments under current law.
So Eisenga is doing the courts one better.
Eisenga — a major donor to Republican politicians — has found a GOP lawmaker to rewrite the law for him."
Read more from Journal Sentinel: http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/headlines/wealthy-gop-donor-gets-lawmaker-to-write-bill-to-help-with-child-support-payments-b99182267z1-239776351.html#ixzz2qCTXrLlD
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014
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