Issue 394 - April 2009
Change Comes to El Salvador
- The Politics of Sustainability
- El Salvador Elections
- Powerful Writing from Prisoners
In This Issue
 As long as well-meaning people assume that these issues are too complicated and persistent to be solved by public policies and programs, then they will be. |
 While Fair Trade certification is an important instrument for making positive change, the most fundamental issue for workers in the Global South is the rules of global trade. |
 Rather than getting bogged down in fear and grief about what is happening to the earth, these authors invite us into a joyful, proactive response. |
| From the Editor's Desk | ||
| Citizens of an Earth Democracy: Vandana Shiva Offers a Vision for our Times | If it is tapped, says Vandana Shiva, the largest energy source we have "is the internal energy of human beings in all its dimensions -- spiritual, cultural, emotional, intellectual, physical." | |
| Eat Locally, Act Globally: Fair Trade, Food Sovereignty, and the Food Crisis | It's time for Fair Traders to tone down the marketing rhetoric and return to the educational goals of our mission. | |
| Long-Awaited Change Comes to El Salvador | This was unlike any other election since the end of the civil war in 1992: never before had the FMLN maintained such a steady lead in the opinion polls, and never before had the US government so thoroughly sought to remove its influence from Salvadoran internal politics. | |
| Brick by Brick: Prisoners Use Writing to Find Freedom | "I must say that writing is a lot safer and much more productive than doing drugs." | |
| Don't Let the Time Do You: A Survivors' Manual for Prisoners in Isolation Units | No matter what name they are given, the purpose of these units is the same as it is in Abu Ghraib or Guantánamo -- the breaking of minds. | |
| "Don't Be So Holy": A Conversation with Two Combatants for Peace | I wish I could bring Palestine with me on my shoulders to show people how we live. | |
| Bits & Peaces | Events, Gatherings, Resources, Campaigns, & Opportunities |
