Continuing Ben Powless’s report of revisiting the scenes of struggle to defend indigenous communities and rights in the Peruvian Amazon, on his way to Othe World Peoples’ Conference in Bolivia. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
Latest Posts
Fidel: The Insanities of Our Time
“The greatest contradiction of our time is the ability of our species to destroy itself, and its inability to govern itself.” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email...
People's Agreement on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Final Declaration of the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, Cochabamba, Bolivia Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to...
"Mother Earth can live without us, but we can’t live without her"
"The aggression towards Mother Earth and the repeated assaults and violations against our soils, air, forests, rivers, lakes, biodiversity, and the cosmos are assaults against us."
Some Initial Reflections on the Summit in Cochabamba
Ben Courtice is a member of the Australian Socialist Alliance who attended the World People’s Summit on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth. He posted this article on April 25 on his blog, Blind Carbon Copy. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit...
Venezuela Hails Cochabamba Climate Program
“We must go to Cancun to continue the battle of Copenhagen with greater fury… we are not going to allow the imposition of a document that does not include the voices of the people.” —Hugo Chavez Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
World People's Summit Calls for a Climate Justice Tribunal
“A permanent global mobilization has to begin to take on the global struggles for the defense of environmental balance, for the defense of Mother Earth.” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens...
ALBA Summit vows to fight Climate Change with System Change
Evo Morales: “The hour to combat the capitalist economic model and system, which has caused so much damage to life and humanity, has arrived.” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to...
Cuban VP in Cochabamba: To Defend Life We Must Abolish Capitalism
Speech by Esteban Lazo Hernández, vice president of Cuba’s Council of State, at the closing session of the People’s World Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, at the Félix Capriles Stadium, Cochabamba, Bolivia, April 22, 2010. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in...
People's Summit Adopts 'Cochabamba Protocols'
Final Agreement of Peoples proposes legal framework for protecting Mother Earth, supports Indigenous rights, condemns imperialism Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link...