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The New Solidarity
the new solidarity, by Anthony S. Arch.
Steelworkers and forest activists forge a new
alliance.
India’s Silent But Singing Revolution
India's silent but singing revolution, by Pramila Jayapal. Swadyaya social movement in India is based on the belief that God resides within, all people and nature are connected, and a person's responsibility is only to do one's duty to the best of one's capability for God and without attachment to the fruits of the labor.
Freedom’s Sacred Dance
The Veterans of Hope Project brings together veterans of the civil rights movement with young activist to explore links between religion and social transformation.
The Next Revolutionaries
Stories of youth activists and their campaigns for the earth,
for justice, and against globalization.
Garden of Simplicity
garden of simplicity, by Duane Elgin.
Simplicity is the new mantra for the overworked, over-stressed,
and over-cluttered, and for those who want to lighten their
impact on the Earth. The author of the classic book on
voluntary simplicity says the ways to simplicity are
many.
Youth Court: Jury of Their Peers
The Time Dollar Youth Court in Washington, D.C.
for first time juvenile offenders aims to keep first offenders
from becoming hardened criminals.
War Games
the War on Drugs: the social cost of the drug war and the people in and out of the criminal justice system who are calling for an end to war.
Genesee Peacemakers
Involving victims in the criminal justice system can lead to healing, community empowerment, and fewer repeated offenses.
White on Black, Black on White
Two perspectives on a talking circle about racism held following the WTO protests in Seattle.
Song of the Land
Mohave Creation Song cycle describes relation
of the Mohave to their land and helps prevent Ward Valley from
becoming a nuclear waste dump.
Simplicity Double-Speak
When big media attempts to horn in on the
simplicity movement, author and voluntary simplicity
spokeperson Vicki Robin draws a line in the
sand
Hog Heaven
combining some old-fashioned animal husbandry
with new, low-tech facility design and sophisticated ideas
about the relationships between livestock and the
land.
Wild Rice Moon
The ancient, wild rice-centered culture of Minnesota's Anishinaabeg people confronts cultivated "wild" rice.
An Industry in Trouble
an biotech industry in trouble, by Brian
Halweil
Twenty Acres And a Hen
Rachel Bagby rediscovers her roots (in the
soil) and learns about the creatures she shares it
with
Farms of the Future
Contrary to myths about the efficiency of
corporate agriculture, family farmers are the most efficient
producers - and they produce much more than
food
Wendell Berry’s Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front
Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest.
From DC: A New Global Solidarity
In the spring issue of YES!, I suggested that those eager to join the momentum for change so evident at the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle might want to
This Is What Democracy Looked Like
Amber Gallup reports from the IMF/World Bank protests in Washington, DC.
Divine Daughters
YES! A Journal of Positive Futures, Spring
2000: new stories, divine daughters, a poem by Rachel
Bagby
November 30 WTO Showdown
The most dramatic confrontations took place on November 30 (N30), when thousands of protesters blocked WTO delegates from reaching the meeting. Author Paul Hawken was among them.
The Entangled Universe
new stories,the entangled universe, by Mae-Wan
Ho
Making Peace In Macedonia
The key elements of conflict prevention in
Macedonia have been: 鈥� Domestic political will. 鈥�
International presence.鈥� NGOs. Breaking down media
ghettos
Clueless In Seattle: What was N30 Actually About?
Why were all those people in the streets? Reporters and pundits who covered the WTO recited the free-trade mantra but knew nothing of its real-world impact. Then there鈥檚 the small matter of who owns the media
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