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The Plight of the Roma: From Europe to Canada

Tuesday, 10 November 2009 19:00 Reuel S. Amdur

Roma Camp in Italy

The media have not paid enough attention to the plight of the Roma in Europe. The Roma's living conditions are miserable, and they suffer from serious discrimination in education and employment, and attacks from racists and neo-Nazis. Because of the conditions they face in Europe, a number of Czech Roma fled to Canada in 2008 and 2009. Their Hungarian cousins quickly began to follow suit. Across these international borders, the Roma's struggle for rights and survival has not been an easy one.

Last Updated on Monday, 09 November 2009 08:28

Unpredictable Futures: Stories From Worker-Run Factories in Argentina

Monday, 23 November 2009 19:57 Benjamin Dangl

Following the social upheaval in

Argentina

in 2001-2002 a book was published in Spanish that a lot of activists and independent journalists in the country began trying to get their hands on. It wasn't in all of the bookstores, but news about it traveled like wildfire. Now the legendary book, Sin Patron: Stories From Argentina's Worker-Run Factories, is translated and available to the English-speaking world.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 November 2009 05:29

Author to Discuss the Revolutionary Public Relations of the Zapatista Insurgency

Wednesday, 01 September 2010 08:32 Toward Freedom

Join award-winning author Jeff Conant for a book presentation and discussion at the Center for Media and Democracy TV in Burlington, Vermont on Thursday, September 9th, 6:30 – 8 pm.

Last Updated on Thursday, 02 September 2010 08:31

Nature’s Bottom Line: The Folly of Endless Growth

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 12:31 Wayne Ellwood

The latest global economic slump underlines our reliance on growth. What happens when the economy stumbles?

Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 August 2010 12:47

Buying Africa: US Corporations Grab Land Across Continent

Monday, 22 November 2010 16:09 Joice Biazoto

Rachel Njeri plants potato seedlines outside Nairobi Suppose that, one day, a foreign investor decided to buy a vast tract of fertile land in the United States. Suppose all that is grown or produced on that land, and all profits made, would be shipped directly overseas.

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