Stealth Ratification – End Run Around the Senate RED ALERT!!! Idaho S.1067 — Stealth Ratification — End Run Around the Senate The Obama Administration is REQUIRING ALL STATES to pass model legislation written by the Uniform Law Commission in Chicago that includes reference to the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family […]
RED ALERT!!! Idaho S.1067 — Stealth Ratification — End Run Around the Senate
Posted on April 11, 2015 Written by
Seed Laws that Criminalise Farmers: Resistance and Fightback
Posted on April 10, 2015 Written by
Peasant seeds – the pillar of food production – are under attack everywhere. Under corporate pressure, laws in many countries increasingly limit what farmers can do with their seeds. Seed saving, which has been the basis of farming for thousands of years, is quickly being criminalised. What can we do? A new booklet and poster […]
US Agribusiness, GMOs and The Plundering Of The Planet
Posted on April 10, 2015 Written by
Small family/peasant farms produce most of the world’s food. They form the bedrock of global food production. Yet they are being squeezed onto less than a quarter of the planet’s farmland. The world is fast losing farms and farmers through the concentration of land into the hands of rich and powerful land speculators and agribusiness corporations. […]
New Coalition Site Fight215.org Launches to Amplify Opposition to the NSA’s Mass Surveillance
Posted on April 10, 2015 Written by
A coalition of 34 organizations from across the political spectrum is launching Fight215.orgtoday to help concerned individuals contact lawmakers and demand an end to NSA’s unconstitutional mass surveillance under the Patriot Act. The launch coincides with the countdown to the expiration of Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which the NSA claims justifies bulk collection of […]
What Prevented Smart Meter Opt-outs in Pennsylvania?
Posted on April 8, 2015 Written by
Back in the summer of 2014, something very calculated apparently happened in the Pennsylvania state legislature that ought to be investigated by the Commonwealth’s Attorney General [1] and the Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission [2]. What happened was a crime against the democratic principles of governance, i.e., deliberately dis-allowing constituents, voters—and citizens in general—to exercise their […]
News from North Carolina
Posted on April 7, 2015 Written by
I just received this attachment and the e‑mail that follows my note here from the men in North Carolina who are giving their all to rid North Carolina of the “red” wolves that have always been no more than hybrid dog/coyote/wolf mongrels. The name “red” is about as biologically significant as is “red” Doberman. These […]
BREAKING: Legislation Launched to SHUT DOWN the UN’s Agenda
Posted on April 5, 2015 Written by
Senator Jim Inhofe added an amendment to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty that would potentially shut down parts of the United Nations if the treaty were to pass. Prior to Inhofe’s amendment, Senator Mike Crapo added an amendment to push back Obama’s Department of Justice and their Operation Choke Point. Operation Choke Point was an overreach of […]
Federal Land Management Not a Good Deal for Americans
Posted on April 4, 2015 Written by
“By nearly all accounts, our federal lands are in trouble, both in terms of fiscal performance and environmental stewardship.” That was an assertion made earlier this month in a study released by the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC). The study focused on the difference between state-managed public lands and federally managed public lands. The […]
