To be a Dongria Kondh is to live in the Niyamgiri Hills in Orissa state, India - they do not live anywhere else. Yet Vedanta Resources is determined to mine their sacred mountain's rich seam of bauxite (aluminium ore). The Dongria farm the hill slopes, grow crops in among the... » read this article

In October of 2009, a delegation of human rights observers organized by Casa Morazan from Chicago visited Honduras to witness the popular resistance to the coup d'etat. It was comprised of delegates from various local organizations such as the 8th Day Center for Justice, Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin... » read this article

The Nolan family dairy farm in Southern Ohio is returning to the basics. Nick and Celeste Nolan, along with their five children, are determined to help people reconnect with the food they eat and the land it comes from. In 2009, Milk Products Media, a creative media agency based in... » read this article

This video was created by Mario de La Vega to promote the Edible Schoolyard book, which chronicles the integration of academics with growing, cooking, and sharing wholesome, delicious food over the last 13 years. With inspiring images of the garden and kitchen—and their young caretakers—Edible Schoolyard is at once a... » read this article

TOWARD THE end of the remarkable new film, Soundtrack for a Revolution, Julian Bond summarizes the civil rights movement as "ordinary people doing extraordinary things." A persistent danger swirls around this history--the danger that the participants will be canonized, effectively placing them beyond the reach of present generations ("They were... » read this article

A new Mercy For Animals investigation is pulling back the curtains on the largest dairy factory farm in New York State Willet Dairy in Locke. In early 2009 an MFA undercover investigator worked at the mega-dairy, secretly documenting egregious acts of animal cruelty, including neglect, with a hidden camera. Mercy... » read this article

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Part One Part Two Part Three Cort Action See also "Guitars should be a means to liberation, not exploitation"... » read this article

Editor's Note: “Poison on the Platter”, is an eye-opening film, made by Mahesh Bhatt and Ajay Kanchan, illustrating how all of our lives are going to be (adversely) affected by genetically modified foods. It is no longer a farmer’s issue alone. It's a matter of the consumers’ right to food safety. For... » read this article

Editor's Note: The following two-part film by Everywoman was released in 2007 and sent to us for publication by Axis of Logic correspondent, Nesreen Melek. Nesreen's essays and poetry tells us that if the plight of Iraqi women has changed since 2007, it has only been for the worse. - Les Blough,... » read this article

This is a story of Israeli occupation, colonialism, oppression and barbarity and lies. The story of Palestinian suffering and steadfastness. The story of unparalleled injustice. Source: Redress... » read this article

Editor's Note: We decided to publish this Turkish TV series even though it has not yet been subtitled in English. Most readers will not be able to understand the dialogue, but the visuals speak to all of us. It serves as an example of what one country is doing to... » read this article

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Don Alverto Taxo, a Quichua elder and Iachak (community leader/healer), speaks of the ancient prophecy of the eagle and the condor meeting to bring a new harmony into the world. Don Alverto invites us all to trust the universal human intuition to bring greater harmony into our lives, and to... » read this article

(may require a minute or so to load and buffer) The Land Owns US   Bob Randall is a Yankunytjatjara Elder and a traditional owner of Uluru (Ayers Rock). Bob is one of the Stolen Generation of the Aboriginal people, taken from his family at the age of seven. Throughout... » read this article

The Story of Cap & Trade is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill. Host Annie Leonard introduces the energy traders and Wall Street financiers at the heart of this scheme and reveals the "devils in the details" in current... » read this article

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WHEN NEWS of the coup in Honduras broke in August, Johannes Wilms was in Europe. The anthropology student who had spent the last year and a half studying in Nicaragua immediately returned to Central America to document what was happening on the ground in Honduras. The result is a 90-minute... » read this article

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The thrift in me allowed me to wait until Michael Moore’s “Capitalism - A Love Story” came out on second run theatres - it was well worth the wait. The powerful effect that Moore has on his audience derives from the personal stories he relates combined with a sense of... » read this article