The Truth About the Gulf Oil Crisis – A Special Report by Ty Bollinger
The BP oil “spill” or “leak” in the Gulf of Mexico is a national nightmare that seems to have no end. In a recent speech, Barry Soetoro (aka Barack Obama) said “There is oil leaking. We need to stop it, and [...]
White Plume: Keep out! Radioactive Sacrifice Area
By Debra White Plume
Powertech USA Inc. is embarking on a path of destruction from which there is no return. The company plans to start in situ leach mining in South Dakota’s Custer and Fall River counties that will puncture through four aquifers on the Great Plains and endanger a fragile geologic system.
As a result of [...]
Maude Barlow: “The World Has Divided into Rich and Poor as at No Time in History”
In the following video piece, Maude Barlow, head of the largest public advocacy group in Canada, the Council of Canadians, speaks out against the growing injustices in the world, as well as giving voice to the ecological catastrophe being wrought upon the world for the sake of ‘civilization.’
Victory for Black Mesa – Judge Pulls Peabody Coal Permit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 8, 2010
Department of Interior Judge Withdraws Peabody’s Coal-Mining Permit on Black Mesa Reverses 11th Hour Bush Administration Decision
Black Mesa, AZ – A Department of Interior Administrative Law Judge withdrew Peabody Coal Company’s Life of Mine permit for operations on Black Mesa, AZ, handing a major victory to tribal and environmental organizations who appealed the permit decision in [...]
Variety review of Palestine, New Mexico
Palestine, New Mexico
(Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles; 724 seats; $65 top)
By BOB VERINI
A Center Theater Group presentation for Culture Clash of a play in one act by Richard Montoya. Directed by Lisa Peterson. Sets, Rachel Hauck; costumes, Christopher Acebo; lighting and projections, Alexander V. Nichols; original music and sound, Paul James Prendergast; production stage manager, [...]
The United States Continues to Steal Land from Indians
BILL MEANS
With all due respect to Elouise Cobell, lead plaintiff in a recently settled lawsuit over American Indian trust funds (“U.S. to pay Indians $3.4B,” Dec. 9), I think the United States is continuing a policy of “Indians are not humans.”
During the course of this long-running, class-action litigation, it has been documented that the United [...]
