Popular Resistance against India’s War on Commoners

Review of Arundhati Roy’s Walking with the Comrades (Penguin, 2011) by Andy Lee Roth Associate Director, Project Censored The nation of India boasts one of the world’s highest economic growth rates.  At the same time, eight states in India are home to more of the world’s poor than live in all of Africa’s twenty-six sub-Saharan [...]

The Fair Share of the Common Heritage Award

Entries are being accepted for the Fair Share of the Common Heritage Award. Entries should be original contributions focused on the Fair Share of the Common Heritage, also referred to as Fair Share Capitalism. Submissions should develop theory or propose activism to advance the Fair Share of the Common Heritage Wealth and the public’s understanding [...]

#OccupyHemp: Don’t let the truth go up in smoke

Mickey Z.   “The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world.” – Carl Sagan   Upon receiving an invite to the NYC Cannabis March on May 5, I found [...]

Occupy for All Abilities: #PissOnPity

Mickey Z.   “While they were saying it couldn’t be done, it was done.” – Helen Keller   One Sunday afternoon last November—in the pre-eviction Liberty Square/Zuccotti Park encampment—my jaded eyes lit up when I saw a sign that read: KRIPS OCCUPY WALL STREET. Mic Check: The sight of dozens of disability rights activists occupying [...]

Corporate Power vs. Animal Rights: #DeOccupyAETA

Mickey Z.   “We know we cannot be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them—exploiting animals in the name of science, exploiting animals in the name of sport, exploiting animals in the name of fashion, and yes, exploiting animals in the name of food.” – César Chávez   If anyone requires proof that dark [...]