activity // graciela
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recently came out in support of the FARC, urging the governments of Colombia and the USA to take the guerillas off their terrorist list.
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Yes, it's true that coca monocultures are very environmentally damaging in the first place. And DieGoth, no, I'm not saying that coca is immune to chemials,...
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Ordinary Americans are hit with hard times! Exxon Mobile hit with record profits? How can this happen with no accountability? Did Dick Cheney have anything to do with our hard times? Did his...
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We just have to make the problem apparent enough to the masses so that we elect them out.
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Al Gore announced on Current.com that he supports gay marriage. Since his announcement the larger media establishment is asking "Will Gore's comments up the ante for the candidates if they...
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Well, we can hope that others will follow Gore's lead.
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"The Brazilian government has announced a huge rise in the rate of Amazon deforestation, months after celebrating its success in achieving a reduction." Rising commodity prices are...
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It's tough to find a solution, because people in poverty are forced to do whatever will bring money for their families - which often means chopping down trees. I...
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi agreed to drop increases in food stamp and unemployment benefits during the Wednesday meeting in exchange for gaining rebates of at least $300 for almost everyone earning a...
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Don't worry, no one is actually claiming to care about the poor, they just want to stimulate the economy. We wouldn't want the poor CEOs to lose a penny. This is...
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...with a plastic bag ban set for the city. London councils have approved a bill to encourage reusable bags and reduce waste...good thing for a city that currently uses 1.6 billion plastic bags per...
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Good for London. I have to say, I love my cloth grocery bags. They're really strong, have good handles, and keep things colder longer. Everybody bring your own!
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A Turkish lake three times the size of Washington DC has completely vanished in 15 years. Just how much of this planet can the human race totally destroy in the next 15 years? The global water crisis...
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It's enormously important to and affecting many people in different parts of the world. Their voices just aren't heard when they're in the way of someone elses...
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Congratulations to Al Gore for receiving this prize for his work on the climate crisis. I look forward to his new book, The Path To Survival to be released in the coming months.
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Oh how different the last 8 years could have been...
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I watched this movie and I thought I would share a clip with you. This movie documents the lives of Evangelistic children in America. Some of these children are only 5 and 6 years old. What scares...
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Which is why our founders went to great lengths to keep religion separate from government - to protect both government and religion. I think that religion can be very...
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Starbucks has announced it will stop offering organic milk. As of February 26th you'll no longer be able to get a tall nonfat organic latte, at least not at Starbucks anyway. What does this mean...
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They also don't brew fairly traded coffee. I've found this much more ethical option to be more widely available in co-ops and natural food stores than in coffee...
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