Oct 28 2014
Indigenous Activists Fight to Keep Amazon Oil Where it Belongs: In the Ground
A number of indigenous groups and farmers filed a complaint this week against oil-giant Chevron at the International Criminal Court in the Hague. Their complaint cites Chevron’s refusal to cleanup part of Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, which impacts the health of communities directly, and amounts to – in their words – a “crime against humanity.” …
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The mid-term elections are exactly one week away and Democrats, who currently have a razor-thin majority in the Senate, have the most to lose. If the GOP wins a Senate majority and retains their House majority, we will have a Congress dominated by conservatives. Their financial benefactors are doing everything they can to make …
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On this episode of Uprising with Sonali: Courtney Morris analyses breaking news of the day; Stephen Zunes breaks down the US-led war on ISIS; And, Naomi Klein discusses her new book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate.
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