News Archive
George Monbiot Wows the Green Living Show Via Longpen
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 04.28.07
It is the first time I have seen a standing ovation for a video monitor. Margaret Atwood interviewed George Monbiot via Longpen, which was a challenge because the internet connection to Wales was a bit rough and she had to do a song and dance at the beginning until it got going and boy, with George on the line it got going. George noted that 1.5 metric tons of CO2 were saved, more than we should generate in a year. He speaks so well, answered Margaret's questions but also questions from the floor (continue reading)
South End Author Peter Gelderloos Arrested While Copwatching in Spain
On 23 April, 2007, Javier Mazas and Peter Gelderloos were arrested during the police response to a small demonstration organized by the Assamblea de la Okupacion (Squatters Assembly) on La Rambla, in Barcelona. At the demonstration, someone set off a petarda, a loud device designed to shoot flyers into the air. The police response was exaggerated, and they arrested one demonstrator. Peter, a US citizen, was arrested blocks away from the demonstration when police became suspicious based on his appearance. At the time, Peter was observing the first arrest and making sure police were not mistreating the detainee (continue reading)BECHTEL VS. BOLIVIA: THE PEOPLE WIN!!
Dear Readers:The people have won!!
This morning here in Bolivia, the Bechtel Corporation will sign an agreement dropping its $50 million legal case against the people of Cochabamba – for kicking Bechtel out in the 2000 water revolt. Instead of the fortune it demanded, Bechtel will fly home with a token settlement of two shiny Bolivian coins worth a total of thirty cents. One of the biggest, most powerful corporations on Earth has been defeated by an army of concerned citizens all over the world, including many of you. (continue reading)
July 21, 2006
Murray Bookchin, Visionary Social Theorist, Dies At 85
May 1, 2006
Minnesota Book Awards
Recovering the Sacred, by Winona LaDuke, General Nonfiction Winner
The 18th annual Minnesota Book Awards were held Saturday, April 29, 2006. The Minnesota Book Awards is an awards program that
recognizes, honors, and celebrates the best in Minnesota literature. Recovering
the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming won in the General
Nonfiction category. Minnesota Public
Radio's Cathy Wurzer hosted the ceremony. .
For information on the awards and other finalists, please visit www.minnesotahumanities.org.
January 13, 2006
Arundhati Roy refuses Sahitya Akademi Award
A letter to the Chairman
Dear Sir,
I thank the jury of the Sahitya Akademi for giving me this year's Sahitya Akademi Award for my book The Algebra of Infinite Justice. I am proud that the jury felt that a collection of political essays deserved to be given India's most prestigious literary prize. [nb: The title essay and the majority of the essays comprising The Algebra of Infinite Justice, published in India by Penguin India, are also published in the United States in the book Power Politics (South End Press, 2001).](continue reading)
December 8, 2005 Human Rights Book Awards
South End Press titles Conquest and Undivided Rights among the winners
Atlanta, GA: In observance of United Nations Human Rights
Day world-wide, ten books and their authors received prestigious Myers
Outstanding Book Awards 2005 at The Auburn Avenue Research Library on
African American Culture and History (AARL), a Special Library of the
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, in Atlanta, GA. The Greater Atlanta
human rights community joined AARL and the Gustavus Myers Center, a
national organization, in honoring the awardees and co-sponsoring the
lively dialogue.(continue reading)