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Editor’s Introduction: August 2013
Welcome to our August 2013 Editor’s Introduction—published on the 8th of every month. Join us as we work to provide tactical information. [read more …]
Native Resilience and Interethnic Cooperation: How Natives are adapting to climate change, and helping their non-Native neighbors follow suit
Editor’s Note: Natives are used to challenges—colonization offers an example. Natives’ historic resiliency and local traditional knowledge, along with their political sovereignty, [read more …]
Obstacles to Asserting Rights
Editor’s Note: When citizens get together to elevate their rights above corporations’—there is a backlash. What this backlash looks like can be [read more …]
USA Refuses to Ban Atrazine
Editor’s Note: Atrazine is used in many herbicides in the USA. It is a known endocrine disruptor that reduces testosterone production and [read more …]
Benton County, OR Moves Forward with Nation’s Potential First Food Bill of Rights
Introduction by Dana Allen: Since the pre petition of the Sustainable Food System Ordinance of Benton County was filed by the three [read more …]
What is the Local Food System Ordinance of Lane County?
Editor’s Note: An explanation offered by Community Rights Lane County. The Lane County Local Food System Ordinance is a law, drafted [read more …]
Lane County Initiative to Protect Local Farming Encounters Hurdle; Campaign Still Targeting May 2014 Election
Editor’s Note: Lane County, OR joins Benton County in defending the right to vote on rights-based, food-centric, ordinances in Oregon. Advocates of [read more …]
¡HUELGA! Mixteco and Triqui Farmworkers commence second Work Stoppage at Sakuma Brothers Farms, Inc.
Editor’s Note: Why are workers striking? Read their grievances. Burlington, WA, July 22, 2013: Over two hundred Triqui and Mixteco farmworkers authorized [read more …]
Imagining a New Society: Comparisons from Iceland
Editor’s Note: Davis Maas, a retired political science professor, looks at recent events in Iceland as a source of learning for the [read more …]
When Public Utility Districts Forget Who They Serve
Editor’s Note: Democracy, local Native culture, a Public Utility District and a dam are all converging in Okanogan County. Below is a [read more …]
