3.05.05 social empowerment

Majora League:An Interview with Majora Carter, Founder of Sustainable South Bronx

Majora Carter
Authors: Majora Carter

Summary:

The debate has to examine how environmental improvements to low-income communities lift up the economy, the safety, and the morale - not just locally, but regionally and nationally.

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Tomato Pickers Organize to Improve Conditions: An Open Letter to Burger King and the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange

Demonstrator in the rain
Authors: Clifton Kirkpatrick

Summary:

Boycott Burger King until it supports a penny per pound increase in wages.

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Ending the Cycle of Violence: Reforming Discriminatory Criminal Record Laws

CORI Reform Now!
Authors: Ivelisse Sanchez

Summary:

By depriving ex-cons of opportunity, current laws promote crime.

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Breathing Life into the Struggle: Victories for Indigenous Peoples & Transnational Allies

Indigenous Child
Authors: Paula Palmer

Summary:

Winning the right to decide if resource extraction should take place.

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Venezuela's Constitutional Referendum: Polarizing Politics

Book Cover- Venezuelan Politics in the Chavez Era
Authors: Daniel Hellinger

Summary:

The referenda pits supporters of populist reform against opponents of states of emergency.

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Reconfiguring Democracy: Venezuela's New Communal Councils Confront Bureaucracy

Demonstrators
Authors: Kendra Fehrer Ponniah

Summary:

Democracy means participation.

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Rule of Force vs. Rule of Law in Pakistan

Bush Musharraf cartoon
Authors: Zia Mian

Summary:

Musharraf has destroyed the constitution, the judiciary, and his own credibility. Time for him to go.

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Women's Pentagon Action Unity Statement

Authors: Grace Paley and the Women's Pentagon Action

Summary:

We have come here to mourn and rage and defy the Pentagon.

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Vietnamese Lawyer Jailed for Union Advocacy

Authors: the Committee to Protect Vietnamese Workers and Le Thi Cong Nhan

Summary:

The state-owned union is not interested in organizing strikes. When workers initiate strikes, they're classified as illegal.

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On the Trail with New Hampshire's Bird Dogs

Authors: Arnie Alpert

Summary:

There are still plenty of opportunities to get a word with the candidates, even the "rock stars."

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