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Making A Killing From Hunger
We Need To Overturn Food Policy, Now!
by GRAIN
Barcelona, Spain

El Negocio de Matarde Hambre
Es necesario cambiar radicalmente
la política alimentaria ¡YA!

por GRAIN
Barcelona, España

La Agroecología en el Día de la Tierra
22 de abril 2008
Hacia Una Nueva Soberania Agroalimentaria
por Miguel Angel Nuñez
Mérida, Venezuela

Global Warming
An Analysis of Problems and Facts
by L. Antonysamy
Dingidul, Tamil Nadu, India


El Susto de Cristina K
La influencia de la Soberanía Agroalimentaria?
por Miguel Angel Núñez
Merida, Venezuela

Algunas Ideas para el debate
sobre el Desarrollo Rural Sustentable
y la Extensión desde la Agroecologia

por Miguel Angel Nuñez
Merida, Venezuela

Agrofuels and Food Sovereignty
by John Kinsman
Oaxaca City, Mexico

Three Decades of African Popular Theater
by Arlene Goldbard
Richmond, California

(cross-referenced from the Art Changes section)

Interview with Piedad Guallpa of FAMAS
Agroecological Front of Women Artesans of Shagalpud
Medicinal Ointments: the Knowledge of the Ancestral People
Shagalpud, Cañar Province, Ecuador

Entrevista con Piedad Guallpa de FAMAS
Frente Agroecológico de Mujeres Artesanas de Shagalpud
Pomadas Medicinales: Los Conocimientos Ancestrales
Shagalpud, Cañar, Ecuador


Agenda y Sentido de los Movimientos Antisistemémicos
Gustavo Esteva
San Pablo Etla
, Oaxaca, Mexico

POSDATA
Gustavo Esteva
San Pablo Etla
, Oaxaca, Mexico


Agro-fuels
A great environmental and social disaster
by Sara Crespo Suárez
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia


Agrocombustibles
El Gran Desastre Ambiental y Social
por Sara Crespo Suárez
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

A Vision of Food Sovereignty for Venezuela
Christina Schiavoni
Pele el Ojo Cooperative, Yaracuy,
and Caracas, Venezuela

Interview with Miguel Angel Crespo
of PROBIOMA

A Contribution To Agroecology:
Biological Control, Certified Forest, Local Control
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

Entrevista con Miguel Angel Crespo
de PROBIOMA
Un Aporte a Una Agricultura Ecología
Control Biológico, Bosque Certificado, Administración Local
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

Waterboarding and U.S. History
by William Loren Katz
New York, New York
(cross-referenced from the Opinions section)

Baduel y la Crisis de Gobernabilidad del Viejo Sistema
por Miguel Angel Núñez
Merida, Venezuela

Interview with Eufronio Herrera
Presidente del Consejo de Municipio San Pedro
Ending Dependence On Intermediaries
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

Entrevista con Eufronio Herrera
Presidente del Consejo de Municipio San Pedro
Terminando la Dependencía de los Intermediarios
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

Never Give A Life, Or Take A Life, For A Lie
A Call to American Generals to Respect the Rights of our Troops
by Veterans for Peace and
Asian Pacific Islanders Resist
Published in In Motion Magazine July 17, 2007

Displacing Farmers
India Will Have 400 Million Agricultural Refugees
by Devinder Sharma
New Delhi, India

NEMESIS: The Last Days of the American Republic
Excerpt: "For us, the choice is between
the Roman and British precedents."

Chalmers Johnson
Cardiff, California


An Interview with Bernardo Peredo
Indigenous Communities, Biodiversity, Natural Resources, and Sustainable Development in Bolivia
La Paz, Bolivia

La Propuesta de Merida
Por El Tratado Comercio De Los Pueblos
Merida, Venezuela

Interview with Juana Benavides
Sustainable Development in Bolivia
"Not Sustainable If It Doesn't Mean Income For The Families”
The Management of Vicuña
On the road to Sajama National Park
Oruro Department, Bolivia

Entrevista con Juana Benavides
El Desarrollo Sostenible en Bolivia
No Es Sostenible Si Esto No Significa Ingresos Para Las Familias
El Manejo de las Vicuñas
Viajando al Parque Nacional Sajama
Departamento de Oruro, Bolivia


History Will Vindicate The Courage of Lt. Ehren Watada / Open Letter To General Charles Jacoby, Jr. at Fort Lewis
by Paul Rockwell
Oakland, California

Published in In Motion Magazine Aptril 8, 2007

Via Campesina Stand on Agri-Fuels
by MST National Secretariat
São Paulo, Brazil

Interview with Bertha Blanco of Bartolina Sisa
National Federation of Campesina Women of Bolivia / IPSP Department / For the Sovereignty of the Peoples
Part 1: Defense of the Peoples
Part 2: The History of Our Ancestors /
Time to Take Responsibility for Political Decisions
La Paz, Bolivia


Entrevista de Bertha Blanco de Bartolina Sisa
Federación Nacional de Mujeres Campesinas de Bolivia / Secretaria IPSP / Por la Soberanía de los Pueblos
Primera Parte: Defensa de los pueblos
Segunda Parte: La historia de nuestros antepasados / La hora para tomar responsabilidad por decisiones políticas
La Paz, Bolivia


How Far Is The Venezuelan Revolution Advancing?
59 Points
by Miguel Angel Núñez
Washington, D.C.

War in Iraq Index of articles including articles by In Motion Magazine columnist Paul Rockwell
Bolivia Series of interviews and articles
Mexico Series of interviews and articles
Autonomy: Chiapas - California cross-reference to In Motion Magazine section co-edited by Roberto Flores
Immigration Index of articles
Brazil, Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago Series of interviews and articles
Miguel Angel Nuñez Columnista de In Motion Magazine escribe sobre Venezuela
India New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Madurai and around Tamil Nadu: Extended series of interviews and articles
L.A. Samy of AREDS (Association of Rural Education and Development Service) and Christina Samy of SWATE (Society of Women in Action for Total Empowerment) in Tamil Nadu, India.
Devinder Sharma New Delhi-based food and trade policy analyst
South Africa / United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development
An extended series of interviews and articles from the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 26 - September 4, 2002 / and follow-through
New Zealand / Genetic Engineering
An extended series of articles and interviews gathered in the context of the 2000-2001 hearings of New Zealand's Royal Commission on Genetic Modification
Pacific Island Peoples Including Ka Pae'äina / Hawai'i, Aotearoa / New Zealand, Samoa, Cook Islands
Rural America Cross-reference to In Motion Magazine section co-edited by Rhonda Perry and Roger Allison of the Missouri Rural Crisis Center: family farms and international agribusiness, trade, genetic engineering, more
Essays from Ireland (1996-1999)
Including the Northern Ireland Peace Process
Commentary by Triona Carey
County Cork, Ireland
Special Economic Zones
Lessons from China
by Bhaskar Goswami
Gurgaon, Haryana, India

De-nationalizing Trans-border Grassroots Organizing
La Otra Campaña Transfronteriza
by Sirena Pellarolo
Tempe, Arizona
The New Maharajas of India
by Devinder Sharma and Bhaskar Goswami
New Delhi, India
Toxic Injustice
"... the military’s use of Agent Orange"
Part 1: What Was Done
Part 2: What Must Be Done
by Aaron Sussman,
Middletown, Connecticut
They Hate Our Freedom:
The Truth about the Military Commissions Act

by Aaron Sussman,
Middletown, Connecticut
(cross-referenced from the Email, Opinions and Discussion section)
President Hugo Chavez:
And The Rise Of Black Indian Power
By William Loren Katz
New York, New York
(cross-referenced from the Email, Opinions and Discussion section)
Recent Political Events in Oaxaca
Report: October 30, 2006
Notes by Gustavo Esteva
Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico

Codes of Conduct and Supplier Response in the IKEA Value Chain
The Case of Handloom Home Furnishing Suppliers in Karur, south India
by L.A. Samy
Karur, Tamil Nadu, India
and M. Vijayabaskar
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Globalisation after 9/11
‘Free Trade’ Explosion
by Devinder Sharma
New Delhi, India

On Tsunami Relief and Rehabilitation Work:
Weakening Civil Society
by L.A. Samy
Renganathapuram, Tamil Nadu, India

Interview with Melquiades Cruz
A Zapoteco Community in Sierra Norte
Webs of Flowers
Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico
Judicial Complicity In U.S. War Crimes
Lt. Watada Case, A Day Of Reckoning For Our Courts
by Paul Rockwell
Oakland, California

(cross-referenced from the Email, Opinions and Discussion section)
People Power in Argentina:
“Que se vayan todos!”

"El zapatismo es una metáfora sobre lo que es posible hacer"-- Colectivo Situaciones
By Sirena Pellarolo
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
(cross-referenced from the Autonomy: Chiapas-California section)
Interview with
Xochimilco Zapatista and Puente a la Esperanza: Aide, Angelica and Victor
Where Dreams Can Be Created, Constructed
Mexico City
, Mexico
Interview with Gustavo Esteva
The Society of the Different
1 The Center of the World
2
We Are People of Corn
3
Regenerating Community
Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
SWATE Women in the Election of Tamil Nadu
to Represent as People’s Representative in the Legislative Assembly
by Christina Samy
Renganathapuram, Tamil Nadu, India

Interview with Rosy Barrios of La Red
Working to Rebuild Ourselves
San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

Interview with Raymundo Sánchez Barraza
A University Without Shoes
An Indigenous Intercultural System of Informal Education
San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Flood Relief and Rehabilitation in Karur District
Tamil Nadu, India
by L.A. Samy
Renganathapuram, Tamil Nadu, India

Interview with Wahleah Johns and Lilian Hill
of Black Mesa Water Coalition
“We don’t have to be the battery for America”
Sustainable Development: It’s Old But It’s New
Kykotsmovi, Hopi Nation
Arizona
Interview with Geraldo Fontes of the MST
The Landless Rural Workers' Movement
“Without depending on power or having to take power”
Part 1 -- Building the New Society Now
Part 2 -- Agrarian Reform / Agribusiness
São Paulo, Brazil

Interview with Vandana Shiva
The Role of Patents in the Rise of Globalization
“The recovery of economic democracy
is at the heart of recovery of democracy itself.”
New Delhi, India
Interview with Chalmers Johnson
Discussing the books "The Sorrows of Empire" and "Blowback"
Part 1. An Empire of more than 725 military Bases
Part 2. From CIA Analyst to Best-Selling Scholar
Cardiff, California
Rethinking U.S. Agricultural Policy
(Executive Summary)
by Daryll Ray, Daniel De La Torre Ugarte, Kelly Tiller
Agricultural Policy Analysis Center,
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
(cross-referenced from the Rural America section)
Published in In Motion Magazine October 5, 2003
Full Index of Global Eyes Articles (in alphabetical order)


Interview with Joshua Sena Alouka
“They should contribute their local knowledge.”
Youth representative from Togo discusses how to make sustainable development effective.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Published in In Motion Magazine, November 23, 2002

Global Warming
An Analysis of Problems and Facts
by L. Antonysamy
Dingidul, Tamil Nadu, India
Published in In Motion Magazine, March 24, 2008

In Memoriam: Julius Nyerere
We are poorer for his death, richer for his life.
by Jerry Atkin
Portland, Oregon

Published in In Motion Magazine December 19, 1999

Defending Immigrant Rights in Iceland
Gudjon Atlason
Reykjavik, Iceland

Published in In Motion Magazine September 20, 1999

Interview with Backiam of CEDA Trust
Women Organize in Tamil Nadu Villages
“Only confidence will save them from their slavery”
Dingidul, Tamil Nadu, India
Published in In Motion Magazine March 20, 2004

Interview with Rosy Barrios of La Red
Working to Rebuild Ourselves
San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Published in In Motion Magazine December 18, 2005

Entrevista con Rosy Barrios de La Red
Trabajar Para Reconstruirnos
San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Published in In Motion Magazine December 18, 2005

Interview with Juana Benavides
Sustainable Development in Bolivia
"Not Sustainable If It Doesn't Mean Income For The Families”
The Management of Vicuña
On the road to Sajama National Park
Oruro Department, Bolivia
Published in In Motion Magazine May 16, 2007

Entrevista con Juana Benavides
El Desarrollo Sostenible en Bolivia
No Es Sostenible Si Esto No Significa Ingresos Para Las Familias
El Manejo de las Vicuñas
Viajando al Parque Nacional Sajama
Departamento de Oruro, Bolivia
Publicado en In Motion Magazine 16 de mayo, 2007

Interview with Ela Bhatt
Founder of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)
A good combination of struggle and constructive work
Create, as a strategy, alternative economic organizations
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Published in In Motion Magazine December 18, 2003

"Regarding the U.S. Relationship with Native Hawaiians"
On rejecting the Akaka bill
by Kekuni Blaisdell
Honolulu, Ka Pae'äina (Hawai'i)
Published in In Motion Magazine November 4, 2000

"Reconciliation" Hearings Undermine Kanaka Maoli Self-Determination
The need for return of all Kanaka Maoli lands and other natural resources
by Kekuni Blaisdell
Honolulu, Ka Pae'äina (Hawai'i)
Published in In Motion Magazine February 5, 2000

The Indigenous Rights Movement in the Pacific
1998 marks the centennial of the U.S. colonial expansion in the Pacific and Caribbean
Kekuni Blaisdell
Honolulu, Ka Pae'aina Hawai'i
Published in In Motion Magazine May 25, 1998

NGO Parallel Forum Expresses Pacific peoples' concerns on climate change, nuclear weapons and self-determination
Kekuni Blaisdell,
Rarotonga, Cook Islands and Honolulu, Hawai'i
Published in In Motion Magazine November 20, 1997

Kanaka Maoli Self-Determination and Reinscription of Ka Pae'Aina (Hawai'i) on the U.N. list of Non-Self-Governing Territories
Kekuni Blaisdell,
Rarotonga, Cook Islands and Honolulu, Hawai'i
Published in In Motion Magazine November 22, 1998.

Update on Kanaka Maoli (Indigenous Hawaiian) Health
Kekuni Blaisdell, M.D.
Honolulu, Hawai'
i
Published in In Motion Magazine November 16, 1997

Historical and Philosophical Aspects of Lapa'an -
Traditional Kanaka Maoli Healing Practices
Kekuni Blaisdell, M.D.
Honolulu, Hawai'i
Published in In Motion Magazine April 28, 1996

Interview with Bertha Blanco of Bartolina Sisa
National Federation of Campesina Women of Bolivia
IPSP Department / For the Sovereignty of the Peoples
Part 1: Defense of the Peoples
Part 2: The History of Our Ancestors /
Time to Take Responsibility for Political Decisions
La Paz, Bolivia
Published in In Motion Magazine February 25, 2007

Entrevista de Bertha Blanco de Bartolina Sisa
Federación Nacional de Mujeres Campesinas de Bolivia
Secretaria IPSP -- Por la Soberanía de los Pueblos
Primera Parte: Defensa de los pueblos
Segunda Parte: La historia de nuestros antepasados /
La hora para tomar responsabilidad por decisiones políticas
La Paz, Bolivia
Publicado en In Motion Magazine 25 de febrero, 2007

Interview with Nora Castañeda,
President of the Women’s Development Bank

Making women sovereign and participative:
Becoming the protagonist of their own reality
Caracas, Venezuela
Published in In Motion Magazine April 30, 2005

Interview with Miguel Angel Crespo
of PROBIOMA

A Contribution To Agroecology:
Biological Control, Certified Forest, Local Control
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Published in In Motion Magazine November 11, 2007

Entrevista con Miguel Angel Crespo de PROBIOMA
Un Aporte a Una Agricultura Ecología
Control Biológico, Bosque Certificado, Administración Local
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Publicado en In Motion Magazine 11 de noviembre, 2007

Food Sovereignty
by Bill Christison
Caracas, Venezuela

Published in In Motion Magazine, March 5, 2006

Facing The World today
GMO's: farm policy, patent laws, contamination, trade
Interview with Bill Christison
Auckland, Aotearoa / New Zealand
Published in In Motion Magazine May 31, 2001

Opposing Genetic Engineering in New Zealand (and around the world)
by Bill Christison
Auckland, New Zealand / Aotearoa
Published in In Motion Magazine February 25, 2001

The Impact of Globalization on Family Farm Agriculture
The increasing role of the multi-national corporations in controlling
both the inputs and the marketing of our commodities jeopardizes our very existence
Bill Christison
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Published in In Motion Magazine - August 1, 2000

The Valley of 1000 Hills Declaration
Conference on Community Rights
The Valley Trust, 1000 Hills,
Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa
Published in In Motion Magazine, June 8, 2003

Interview with Greenpeace campaigner Annette Cotter
The Future Is GE Free
Genetically modified organisms are unpredictable, irreversible, unnecessary
Wellington, Aotearoa / New Zealand
Published in In Motion Magazine May 19, 2001

Interview with Fiona Cram and Glenis Philip-Barbara
Genetic Engineering and Maori Health
Different ways of managing and understanding knowledge
Auckland, Aotearoa / New Zealand
Published in In Motion Magazine May 31, 2001

Interview with Eve Crowley
Respecting The Autonomy And Decisions Of The Poor
The Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Initiative
Johannesburg, South Africa
Published in In Motion Magazine, December 8, 2002

Interview with Melquiades Cruz
A Zapoteco Community in Sierra Norte
Webs of Flowers
Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico
Published in In Motion Magazine, August 24, 2006

Global Grassroots: Gaining Ground
Ronnie Cummins
Little Marais, Minnesota
Published in In Motion Magazine March 20, 2003

Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods and Crops:
Why We Need A Global Moratorium
Ronnie Cummins
Little Marais, Minnesota
Published in In Motion Magazine August 29, 1999

Maverick Artist
Conversations with Theater Artist, Marty Pottenger
by Eloise de Leon
San Diego, California
(cross-referenced from the Art Changes section)
Published in In Motion Magazine Summer, 2001

Interview with Peter Dowling
of Canada's National Farmers Union
The farm income crisis, supply management, sustainability and more
Part 1 - The Farm Income Crisis
Part 2
- Sustainable farming
Howe Island, Ontario, Canada
Published in In Motion Magazine - November 12, 2000

Agenda y Sentido de los Movimientos Antisistemémicos
y
POSDATA
Gustavo Esteva
San Pablo Etla
, Oaxaca, Mexico
Publicado en In Motion Magazine - 28 de febrero, 2008

Recent Political Events in Oaxaca
Report: October 30, 2006
Notes by Gustavo Esteva
Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico
Published in In Motion Magazine November 1, 2006

Interview with Gustavo Esteva
The Society of the Different
1 The Center of the World
2
We Are People of Corn
3
Regenerating Community
Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Published in In Motion Magazine April 8, 2006

The Revolution of the New Commons
Gustavo Esteva
Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Published in In Motion Magazine April 8, 2006

From Nuclear Free to Genetic Engineering Free
Soil ecology: the most serious and the least understood
ecological risk from genetically engineered crops
Interview with Jeanette Fitzsimons
Wellington, Aotearoa / New Zealand
Published in In Motion Magazine April 22, 2001

From U.S. Centered Multiculturalism To Global Intercultural Educational Equality:
The Role of Reforms and Autonomy
Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3
by Roberto Flores
Los Angeles, California
(cross-referenced from the Autonomy: Chiapas - California section)
Published in In Motion Magazine October 16, 2003

From Disillusionment and Abandonment to Autonomy:
Zapatista Bilingual Indigenous Education in Chiapas, Mexico
A Case Study in Alternative Meanings of “Development”
by Roberto Flores
Los Angeles, California
(cross-referenced from the Autonomy: Chiapas - California section)
Published in In Motion Magazine June 23, 2003

National Autonomous University in Mexico City (UNAM) striking students' organic relationship to the EZLN
Global neoliberalism prompts global organic relations and responses
by Roberto Flores
Los Angeles, California
(cross-referenced from the Autonomy: Chiapas - California section)
Published in In Motion Magazine August 19, 2001

Iraq's New Patent Law:
A Declaration of War Against Farmers

by Focus on the Global South and GRAIN
Bangkok, Thailand & Barcelona, Spain

Published in In Motion Magazine October 26, 2004

Interview with Geraldo Fontes of the MST
The Landless Rural Workers' Movement
“Without depending on power or having to take power”
Part 1 -- Building the New Society Now
Part 2 -- Agrarian Reform / Agribusiness
São Paulo, Brazil

Published in In Motion Magazine March 26, 2005

Interview with Ela Gandhi
The Gandhian View on Sustainable Development
Johannesburg, South Africa
Published in In Motion Magazine, December 3, 2002

Interview with Tom Goldtooth
of the Indigenous Environmental Network
“First and foremost is our right to exist and to make our own decisions ...”
Johannesburg, South Africa
Published in In Motion Magazine, March 15, 2003

Special Economic Zones
Lessons from China
by Bhaskar Goswami
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Published in In Motion Magazine February 14, 2007

Making A Killing From Hunger
We Need To Overturn Food Policy, Now!
by GRAIN
Barcelona, Spain
Published in In Motion Magazine May 9, 2008

El Negocio de Matarde Hambre
Es necesario cambiar radicalmente
la política alimentaria ¡YA!

por GRAIN
Barcelona, España

Interview with Oded Grajew
Initiator and Secretariat Member of the World Social Forum
Founder of the Ethos Institute for Business and Social Responsibility
“Another World is Possible”
São Paulo, Brazil
Published in In Motion Magazine December 19, 2004

Interview with Piedad Guallpa of FAMAS
Agroecological Front of Women Artesans of Shagalpud
Medicinal Ointments: the Knowledge of the Ancestral People
Shagalpud, Cañar Province, Ecuador
Published in In Motion Magazine February 21, 2008

Entrevista con Piedad Guallpa de FAMAS
Frente Agroecólogico de Mujeres Artesanas de Shagalpud
Pomadas Medicinales: Los Conocimientos Ancestrales
Shagalpud, Cañar, Ecuador
Publicado en In Motion Magazine el 21 de febrero, 2008

Police Open Fire on 1,000 Peasants in Tanah Awuk Village