Stories by Brendan Smith
Current leaders of the world's nations have utterly failed to develop a solution. Now it's up to ordinary citizens.
Posted on Jan 28, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Social networking tools can help people reach across national and workplace borders, outflank bosses and politicians and wield collective power.
Posted on Jan 16, 2009, Source: The Nation
The paradox of our economic crunch is that the world's resources are "out of service" at the very time they're needed to fight global warming.
Posted on Dec 27, 2008, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus
Many of the problems with American health care grow out of our history of employer-based insurance.
Posted on Dec 16, 2008, Source: TruthOut.org
Why we can't let the Bush Administration get away with its crimes.
Posted on Jul 19, 2008, Source: The Nation
MLK, Jr. died fighting to make green-collar jobs good jobs. Now, others at Green For All have taken on his work.
Posted on Apr 3, 2008, Source: AlterNet
The concept of "green collar jobs" is starting bring organized labor on board for environmental change.
Posted on Mar 13, 2008, Source: The Nation
The devastating realities of climate change, and the scientific consensus around its cause and cure, are shifting the global political climate.
Posted on Nov 29, 2007, Source: Global Labor Strategies
With little reason to have hope in Congress, peace activists are calling on the military to restrain Bush.
Posted on Oct 10, 2007, Source: TheNation.com
As in the historical Dred Scott and Amistad cases, the Supreme Court must once again rule on whether the executive branch of the government can seize, imprison, and abuse people without allowing an appeal to the court.
Posted on Mar 20, 2007, Source: The Nation
Bush was greeted by protesters filling the streets of Guatemala City this week to denounce a heartless immigration raid in Massachusetss which jailed hundreds of workers, and separated many from their children without warning.
Posted on Mar 15, 2007, Source: AlterNet
The new Democratic Congress will likely subpoena documents that the White House may refuse to hand over -- if that happens, we may witness a struggle that puts our democratic republic on the brink.
Posted on Jan 7, 2007, Source: AlterNet
First Lt. Ehren Watada has refused orders to go to Iraq. He says the war and the occupation violate the Constitution, international law and Army regulations.
Posted on Jun 30, 2006, Source: TheNation.com
Ordinary citizens must step up and challenge Congress to stop Bush's policies on torture, unlawful imprisonment and domestic spying.
Posted on Mar 2, 2006, Source: TheNation.com
Members of Congress -- on both sides of the aisle -- working to limit Bush's exercise of executive power are gaining momentum.
Posted on Feb 13, 2006, Source: TheNation.com
Rumsfeld and Cheney are staring down the possibility they could be held accountable for crimes at Abu Ghraib, Falluja and Guantanamo.
Posted on Jan 14, 2006, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus
The McCain Ammendment to ban torture may end up protecting torturers instead.
Posted on Dec 7, 2005, Source: The Nation
The prosecutor needs to examine the underlying reasons for the leak -- specifically, what crimes were committed in leading us into war on Iraq.
Posted on Oct 31, 2005, Source: AlterNet
As local Republicans head to New York, New Mexico's electoral votes remain up for grabs.
Posted on Aug 26, 2004, Source: Santa Fe Reporter
A jesuit priest who quit his archdiocese is busy raising hell leading rallies against Los Alamos.
Posted on Aug 9, 2004, Source: Santa Fe Reporter
Street protests like Seattle may get all the attention, but the true power of the anti-globalization movement lies in sustained grassroots campaigns.
Posted on Dec 14, 2000, Source: The Nation
