By Gar Alperovitz | September 19, 2017 Charles Derber offers a guide to the new era of organizing in Welcome to the Revolution: Universalizing Resistance for Social Justice and Democracy in Perilous Times. With guest contributions from Medea Benjamin, Ralph Nader, Noam Chomsky and more, this book makes a compelling argument about how movements must…
By JEANNIE ALDERSON AND NICOLAI COCERGINE | September 19, 2017 Montana has been shaped by the image of the cattle industry. Cows grazing, hardy ranching families working the land and the rough-hewn hands of butchers are all iconic images of our state’s heritage. We represent two different ends of this heritage – the rancher who…
March 29, 2011 | Heard on Talk of the Nation During the Holocaust, Nazis referred to Jews as rats. Hutus involved in the Rwanda genocide called Tutsis cockroaches. Slave owners throughout history considered slaves subhuman animals. In Less Than Human, David Livingstone Smith argues that it’s important to define and describe dehumanization, because it’s what…
By Salena Zito | September 16, 2017 CAMPBELL, Ohio — Forty years ago, on Sept. 19, thousands of men walked into the Campbell Works of Youngstown Sheet and Tube along the Mahoning River before the early shift. Like every fall morning, they were armed with lunch pails and hard hats; the only worry on their…
by Kate Cox | September 19, 2017 Is there any good news about the way the world eats—or doesn’t? Two years ago next week, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” (aka the “Sustainable Development Goals” or “SDG”), a broad list of ambitions aimed at ending poverty, protecting the planet,…
by Harrison Greene | September 18, 2017 Preface Propagate Ventures is on a mission to grow agroforestry into a cornerstone of agriculture. We work with farmers, brands, and investors to design and install tree-crop systems that work in tandem with existing farm operations. Our agroforestry programs are intended to decrease cost and mitigate risk while…
http://wnax.com/news/180081-ocm-says-usda-failed-to-report-dairy-checkoff-program-activities/ OCM Says USDA Failed to Report Dairy Checkoff Program Activities 42 MINS AGO IN AGRICULTURE PHOTO: WNAX 0 0 0 0 Organization for Competitive Markets officials say that since 2012, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has failed to submit federally mandated annual reports to Congress on dairy checkoff program activities. OCM Executive Director Joe…
by Scott Mervis | September 16, 2017 Before the bands started at the 32nd annual Farm Aid on Saturday, Don Kretschmann, an organic farmer from Zelienople, sat on stage with legendary Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews, and he stated a simple truth: “Without farming, there would be…
by Lillian Salerno | April 20, 2017 Globalization and technology aren’t the only factors crushing the heartland. Since President Trump’s election, much has been made of his rural, heartland voters, and how politicians can better serve them, with most discussion centering on international trade and globalization. But there is another political and economic disaster crushing…
Inside the new battle against Google Barry Lynn and his team think monopoly is the next great Democratic political cause. But what happens when they aim for the tech giants? By DANNY VINIK 09/17/2017 07:05 AM EDT One of the biggest, most embarrassing divorces in the normally quiet world of Washington think tanks blew into…