August 14, 2009
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Cuba: Gardening its Way Out of Crisis
Cuba is the only country in the world that has developed an extensive state-supported infrastructure to support urban food production. Functionally, this system was established in response to acute food shortages in the early 1990s, which occurred after the collapse of the Soviet Union, when the island was forced to find an alternative manner of… Continue reading
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Honduras: Attack on Peaceful Protestors Escalates By Jenny Atlee, Quixote Center
The repression is escalating. Crackdowns are occurring in San Pedro Sula as well as Tegucigalpa. Our delegation is accounted for and unharmed. They are now accompanying Honduran human rights workers and sending alarming reports. Police and military are rounding up people and taking them to places used for torture in the 1980s. Ambulances full of… Continue reading
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Fact Checking Lanny Davis on Honduras By Greg Grandin
Last Friday, I debated lawyer-turned-lobbyist Lanny Davis, now working for the business backers of the recent Honduran coup, on Democracy Now! It actually wasn’t much of a debate — in the way that word means an exchange of ideas — as Davis was fast out of the box, preemptively trying to taint host Amy Goodman… Continue reading
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Obama and the Honduran Crisis: Friend or Foe of Enlightened Change?
The United States, in line with President Barack Obama’s stated commitment to adopt more of an equal partnership in regional affairs, took a back seat – almost to a fault – putatively encouraging all of Latin America to share responsibility. But the U.S.’ failure to share authentic solidarity with the rest of the Americas, and… Continue reading
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Ad Hoc Memorandum by Honduran Human Rights Activists
As the fourth consecutive International Human Rights delegation present in the country since the coup d’état, we are writing to express our deep concern regarding the grave and rapidly deteriorating situation of human rights in Honduras, beginning with the events which occurred early in the morning of June 28th. In the name of the human… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 