Kari Lyderson reports for In These Times: For Marisol Becerra and other kids growing up in the Little Village neighborhood in Chicago, the smokestack from the Crawford coal-burning power plant is part of the gritty, industrial landscape called home. Located between a major highway, rail line and canal, the plant... » read this article

Editor's Comment: Read Edward Guthmann's SF Gate report on Simin Marefat, an extraordinary US-Iranian activist for humanity and you will understand why we have selected her as Axis of Logic's next Featured Activist. - Axis Editors  How Simin Marefat, an unstoppable nurse at UCSF, aids Africa, one orphan at a time Take... » read this article

Axis of Logic Editorial �I challenged everything that Sir Humphrey and Sir Bufton and Sir Tufton put to me because the points they were putting to me were false. I will not allow people to make false allegations against me ... I am not a punchbag. If you aim low blows... » read this article

People do not gain power in U.S. society because others recognize their attributes and lift them up as leaders. Instead, power goes to those who gain recognition by trumpeting themselves, planning, and fighting for position. It is extremely rare to see a new leader evolve, reluctantly, at the behest of... » read this article

People do not gain power in U.S. society because others recognize their attributes and lift them up as leaders. Instead, power goes to those who gain recognition by trumpeting themselves, planning, and fighting for position. It is extremely rare to see a new leader evolve, reluctantly, at the behest of... » read this article

Editor's Note: On March 22, 2007 we lost an exemplary member of our activist community in Boston. Rachel Nasca was gifted, quiet woman and true revolutionary. A rich mix of about 250 people came to her memorial service last week when Rachel continued to give from her wellspring - 40 years of success as a political activist,... » read this article

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Editor's Note: I've always thought that one of the most honored distinctions that Jane Fonda received since she went behind enemy lines in Vietnam in 1972 were the cute stickers carried on the back bumpers of people who like war: "We're not fonda Jane". Today we have women like Cathy Garger who were children back then -... » read this article

March 13, 2006 The body of American peace activist Tom Fox has been found in Baghdad, over three months after he was kidnapped along with three other members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams. The whereabouts of the other three hostages remains unknown. We speak with one of his close friends... » read this article

Peace and truth, two absolutes that always seem to be at an unreachable horizon for mankind; two absolutes in ceaseless conflict with the dark nature of man. Our search for either, or both, appears to rely more often on our lips than on our deeds. But then, there is this... » read this article

August 2005 Anne Gwynne Named Axis of Logic's Featured Activist Editors� Note: This summer, we name Anne Gwynne - Featured Activist on Axis of Logic. We revere her for her commitment to truth and justice as she continues her work under tremendous duress and at great personal risk in the land of Palestine. We thank... » read this article

We are pleased to name John Spritzler as Featured Activist on Axis of Logic this month.  He exemplifies the qualities of courage, persistence and hard work that is essential for activism that confronts the empire and advances the cause of true democracy. John is a Research Scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health and... » read this article

The following eulogy was written at the request of the family of Wieste (Vic)Ratsma for their "Celebration of Life" which will be conducted tomorrow in Nova Scotia. Wieste wrote essays and poetry for Axis readers beginning in June, 2003, one month after we launched Axis of Logic. Later, he became... » read this article

When the eyes of the world are focused upon Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and other victims of the corporate-global wars, their victims and refugees, sometimes we tend to forget the obscure regions of the world where war's refugees are forgotten and without hope. This month we salute Matt Hamon, activist extraordinaire.... » read this article

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BAGHDAD APRIL 26 2004 "Kids remember things like this: who made them homeless, who killed their relatives, regardless of any later argument that it wasn�t as simple as that or it was all their parents� fault" - Jo Wilding - JO WILDING The Author JO WILDING is a 29-year-old activist,... » read this article

Jo Wilding, 29, is a human rights campaigner and trainee lawyer from Bristol. She and two other foreign nationals have been inside Falluja for the past week, providing medical and humanitarian aid Saturday April 17, 2004 Everybody in Falluja has lost someone. There is not a person here who doesn't... » read this article

Editor's Note:  Jo Wilding is reporting in Iraq for the Iraqi people through the organization,  Voices In the Wilderness. Someone has to do it.  The corporate media certainly will not. This riveting account of her observations gives a credible, first-hand account of the minute-to-minute lives of Iraqis as they try to survive and... » read this article