Citizens’ Action is Best Response for Disaster.

Saying that the country needs to unite in order to confront and address the calamities brought about by typhoon Ondoy, Akbayan Party-list Rep. Walden Bello on Monday asked every Filipino here in the Philippines and those overseas to summon their Bayanihan spirit and help the victims in any way possible.

New issue of Le COUAC out on the news stands

I live in Forest Glen , in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. Every day I watch the Carleton river flow by, and I wonder how long it will take for my river to die.

Okay. Think what you want. Most of you will think that I am nuts and my title has maybe peaked your interest.

Citizens Press for Total Ban on Endosulfan to Put Off “Toxic Time Bomb”

Kurdistan will not now, nor in the nearby future become independent. Kurds will not rule themselves for a long time to come. At least not as long as neighboring countries need Kurdistan's water. The water from the Kurdish mountains also is the life line for Israel, and much more expensive than oil.

A handful of Australian activists claim victory in their blockade of a train carrying deadly cyanide.

Never doubt the power of one, or two, three or four. Four or five of us in Urunga, NSW, Australia stopped the cyanide train, with no money, but with candles, cups of tea and home-made banners. See
wilsonsalmanac.blogspot.com/2007/05/we-stopped-cyanide-train.html
and follow the links.

This is a global call against this mining project called Pascua-Lama elaborated by the Canandian multinational company Barrick Gold. It is located in the third region of Atacama, Chile, and in the San Juan Province, Argentina.

Canadian international mining company Barrick Gold has plans to relocate three glaciers in the mountain range between Argentina and Chile to gain access to 17.6 million oz. of rich gold and silver deposits.

EXPORTS DOWN OVER $150M, 10 TIMES MORE THAN THE INHUMANE SEAL "HUNT" BRINGS IN! CANADA CUTTING OFF ITS NOSE TO SPITE ITS FACE!

This is the statement (open letter) from the Quebec City peace network (commission Paix : www.coalitionsquebec.org ) written for Sept. 24, 2005 in solidarity with the protests across the USA and the world (sorry it took us many days to translate).
Commercial medias did not publish it, but it was posted in French and English to various grassroots medias.

SPECIAL FOOD ISSUE OF THE INDYPENDENT

For two years running, The Indypendent has won more awards for outstanding reporting from the New York Independent Press Association than any other paper. We are soliciting articles around the themes of problems of the global food production network and locally based alternatives.

 
I just wanted to let you all know about the launch of a new website dedicated to addressing environmental issues in Montreal's West Island community.

The aim is to build synergy between environmentalists, academics and concerned citizens in order to share knowledge, initiate contructive dialogue and mobilise grassroots participation in the municipal public consultation process.

The Liberterre collective and Earth First! Montreal are hosting Quebec’s first-ever radical ecology festival from March 26 to 27, 2004 ..

Is water a commodity or a human right? Developing country governments that are under the charmed spell of the pro-privatization World Bank, Asian Development Bank and other multilateral organizations have come around to a consensus that water is a commodity. On the other hand...