Stories by Kevin Danaher

is director of public education for Global Exchange, a non-profit educational group based in San Francisco which runs regular research trips to Cuba.subscribe to Kevin Danaher's rss feed

A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste

Posted on Mar 23, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Let's use this chance to create an economy that links social justice, environmental restoration, and financial sustainability.

5 Ways to Usher in the New Green Age

Posted on Dec 22, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Here are five steps we need to take now, to ensure our planet, and our species, is around to see the fruits of our labor.

Is Rocky Anderson the Country's Greenest Mayor?

Posted on Dec 11, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press

A conversation with Salt Lake City's super green mayor and advocate for Bush's impeachment.

Lois Gibbs: How to Be a Citizen-Activist

Posted on Nov 29, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press

Lois Gibbs, who put Love Canal on the map and ignited the movement against toxics, shares the secrets of organizing work learned on the fly.

How a Community Is Saving Itself and the Environment

Posted on Nov 20, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press

Our current economic model has created nothing but poverty and pollution for the South Bronx. But the visionary folks there have a different model that will change all that.

How the Environmental Movement Can Redefine Globalization

Posted on Nov 13, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press

We need to promote the globalization of mass movements and the globalization of sharing ideas so that communities can help each other achieve self-reliance.

How to Hold Corporations Accountable

Posted on Nov 6, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press

When the system doesn't allow people to protect themselves from corporate harm to their communities, it is time to change the system.

How to Build a Local Energy Economy

Posted on Oct 30, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press

Is it possible to get our power from local sources? Yes, and an interview with one expert explains how.

The Future of Cities: How Sprawl and Racism are Intertwined

Posted on Oct 23, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press

Civil rights leader and environmentalist Van Jones talks about suburban sprawl, race and the future of cities.

Environmental Justice in Action

Posted on Oct 10, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press

What do race and the environmental movement have to do with each other? Quite a lot, explains one environmental justice activist.

The United States' Failing Food System

Posted on Oct 1, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press

An interview with a leading food expert on the crisis of the America food system, the fallacy of labels and the organic vs. local conundrum.

World's Water Supply at Risk

Posted on Sep 26, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press

One of the world's leading water experts explains how our local water supplies are threatened across North America and across the globe.

Is It Good that Big Businesses Are Going Green?

Posted on Feb 20, 2007, Source: Grist.org

Can Americans retain their bad habits of overconsumption but simply switch to earth-friendly products? In truth, we are not going to spend our way out of a social and ecological crisis 500 years in the making.

Remembering a Friend

Posted on Apr 18, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Marla Ruzicka was a bright, shining light whose work focused on bringing some compassion into a war zone.

Outsource the CEOs

Posted on Apr 1, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Two veteran corporate accountability activists explain how outsourcing the CEO -- wink, wink -- is best for everyone.

Free Enterprise Is Dead, Long Live Free Enterprise!

Posted on Jan 14, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Free market ideology has come to mean that large transnational corporations can do only what's in their best interest. It's time to take back free enterprise and ensure the separation of corporations and the state.

White-Collar Anger

Posted on Dec 18, 2003, Source: AlterNet

By off-shoring high-tech and service jobs, American businesses are sowing the seeds of a populist backlash that could redraw the political map.

Honoring the Whole Dr. King

Posted on Apr 4, 2003, Source: AlterNet

In a time of national division we can honor the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. by pondering his words on war and U.S. foreign policy.

Grassroots Globalization Gets Real

Posted on Mar 6, 2003, Source: AlterNet

Last month's worldwide anti-war protests made it clear that a new kind of globalization has emerged, with an emphasis on conscience instead of commerce.

For Global Security, Fast Track Is the Wrong Path

Posted on Dec 4, 2001, Source: AlterNet

A Congressional vote on whether to give the President "fast track" powers in trade negotiations could happen any day. For our safety in the terror war, Congress should vote no.

What Can We Do About It?

Posted on May 23, 2001, Source: Global Exchange

Building an alternative to economic globalization can be done. But it takes education and activism.

It's the Global Economy, Stupid

Posted on Apr 26, 2000, Source: deleted

Globalization of market forces and other realities of the 20th century have greatly increased economic inequality in the world. Kevin Danaher, co-founder of Global Exchange, offers five arguments for reforming the global economy

Why Conservatives Should Like Cuba

Posted on Apr 26, 2000, Source: deleted

With pressure mounting for the U.S. government to drop its unilateral economic embargo against Cuba, conservatives will be tempted to buck the trend. After all, isnÕt this a perfect opportunity to kick one of the last communist countries while it is lying on the ground gasping for breath? But reviewing the social and political landscape of Cuba one finds a country with strong family values, a commitment to schools, little drug abuse, and very little street crime -- all good reasons for conservatives in the U.S. to like Cuba.
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