'Green Revolution' Trapping India's Farmers In Debt

National Public Radio
Morning Edition
April 14, 2009

As the world's population surges, the international community faces a pressing problem: How will it feed everybody?

Until recently, people thought India had an answer.

Thousands flee bomb attacks by US drones

Daud Khattakin and Christina Lamb
Times Online
April 5, 2009

...As many as 1m people have fled their homes in the Tribal Areas to escape attacks by the unmanned spy planes as well as bombings by the Pakistani army. In Bajaur agency entire villages have been flattened by Pakistani troops under growing American pressure to act against Al-Qaeda militants, who have made the area their base...

AFTER THE SUMMIT: What Was Accomplished & For How Long?

A look at the coverage and impact of the G20 Summit that ended this week in London

Landmark Ruling Confirms Indian Reservation

RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 19 (IPS) - Chanting "Anna Pata, Ana Yan" (Our Land, Our Mother), members of indigenous organisations and activists celebrated a Brazilian Supreme Court ruling Thursday that confirmed the borders of a huge indigenous reservation in the Amazon jungle and set an important precedent for future land disputes.

March 21 March On The Pentagon - Iraq

On the 6th Anniversary of the Iraq War...
March on the Pentagon
Saturday, March 21, 2009

From Iraq to Afghanistan to Palestine, Occupation is a Crime
Jobs & Education - Not Wars & Occupation

Gather at 12 noon at 23rd St. & Constitution Ave. NW in Washington, D.C.!

FOCUS THE NATION 2009 ~ A Nationwide Town Hall

A Nationwide Town Hall on
America's Energy Future

On April 18th, 2009, town-hall meetings across the country will explore local, regional and national solutions to the climate-energy challenge. These meetings will connect campuses, communities and elected officials in a nationwide town hall meeting on America's energy future.

Together, we will ensure we know the facts about climate and clean energy, seize the opportunity to convey the urgency and promise of this moment to decision-makers, and take meaningful action now.



Join Focus the Nation and help lead the effort.

Power Shift ’09: 12,000+ Students Attend Largest Youth Summit on Climate Change in US History

This weekend, an estimated 12,000 young people were at the D.C. Convention Center for Power Shift ’09, the largest youth summit on climate change in history. College and high school students from all fifty states, all Canadian provinces, as well as a dozen countries, came together to discuss organizing for a clean energy revolution on the local and national levels. We hear some of their voices.

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/2/power_shift_09_12_000_students

http://powershift09.org/