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December 2009 Archive
Thursday, December 31, 2009
- Headlines for December 31, 2009
- 2009 in Perspective: Glenn Greenwald on the Five Wars US Is Fighting in Muslim Countries
- "The Era of Tolerance Is Over"–Iran Warns over Opposition Protests
- Haitian Community Activist Jean Montrevil Faces Deportation
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
- Headlines for December 30, 2009
- Botched Christmas Airline Bombing: A Look at Obama’s Handling of the Case and the Media’s Coverage
- Gaza Freedom March Protests Continue in Cairo, Organizers Say Egypt Offer to Allow 100 into Gaza Not Sufficient
- EXCLUSIVE...Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Speaks Out in Support of Gaza Freedom March, Blasts Israeli-Egyptian "Siege" of Gaza
- Flashback: ICRC Spokesman in Gaza Describes Glaring Lack of Medical Access During Israeli Assault
- "Christmas Presents for Bankers"
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
- Headlines for December 29, 2009
- Anti-Mining Activists Killed in El Salvador
- Egypt Denies Gaza Freedom March Access to Border, Hundreds Protest in Cairo
- Kill the Bill or Support Passage? A Debate on Healthcare Legislation Between Insurance Industry Critics
- Report: Venture Capitalists, Food Companies Among 1,160 Businesses Lobbying on Climate Change
Monday, December 28, 2009
- Headlines for December 28, 2009
- Crackdown in Iran: Up to 12 Dead, Hundreds Arrested in Opposition Protests
- Palestinian Journalist Remembers Israel’s Assault on Gaza
- "The Man Who Conned the Pentagon"
- Dennis Brutus (1924-2009): South African Poet and Activist Dies in Cape Town
Friday, December 25, 2009
- Headlines for December 25, 2009
- StoryCorps: National Social History Project Records Ordinary People Telling Their Stories to Each Other
Thursday, December 24, 2009
- Headlines for December 24, 2009
- Senate Passes Healthcare Overhaul, Compromise with House Bill Looms
- The Nation: Immigration Agents Holding US Residents in Unlisted, Unmarked Facilities
- Gaza Freedom March Planned for One-Year Anniversary of Israeli Assault
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
- Headlines for December 23, 2009
- EXCLUSIVE: Environmental Activist Jeff "Free" Luers Speaks Out in First Interview After 9.5 Years Behind Bars
- Report: Obama Ordered US Military Strike on Yemen
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
- Headlines for December 22, 2009
- Study Reveals "Revolving Door" Between Capitol Hill Staffers and Healthcare Lobbyists
- Leading Climate Scientist James Hansen on Why He’s Pleased the Copenhagen Summit Failed, "Cap and Fade," Climategate and More
Monday, December 21, 2009
- Headlines for December 21, 2009
- Health Bill Passes Key Senate Hurdle; Legislation Restricts Abortion Funding, Stripped of Public Option, Medicare Expansion
- US-Led Copenhagen Accord Decried as Flawed, Undemocratic
- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on How to Tackle Climate Change: "We Must Go from Capitalism to Socialism"
Friday, December 18, 2009
- Headlines for December 18, 2009
- As Copenhagen Summit Closes, Obama Maintains Widely Criticized US Position on Emissions Cuts, Climate Aid
- Kenyan Voices Share Their Climate Message to President Obama, Son of Kenyan Father
- Chief G-77 Negotiator Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping: US-Backed Proposals Mean Death for Millions of Africans
- Democratic Lawmakers Defend US Stance at Copenhagen Climate Summit
- "The Countries that Can Really Make a Difference Have Not Really Got Sensitive Enough to the Plight of the Poorest of the Poor"–IPCC Chair Pachauri
- Environmental and Indigenous Activists Criticize Proposed Deal to Save Rainforests
Thursday, December 17, 2009
- Headlines for December 17, 2009
- Bolivian President Evo Morales on Climate Debt, Capitalism, Why He Wants a Tribunal for Climate Justice and Much More
- Voices from Small Island States: Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, a Tuvaluan Delegate and a Youth Activist from the Solomon Islands
- EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Internal UNFCCC Document: Global Temperatures Will Rise by More than Two Degrees Celsius
- "A Naked Form of Blackmail": Naomi Klein on Secretary of State Clinton’s Proposal to Set Up $100 Billion Climate Aid Fund for Developing Countries
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
- Headlines for December 16, 2009
- Climate Crackdown: UN Bars Friends of the Earth and Other Environmental Groups from Climate Talks
- Police Pepper Spray, Arrest Protesters Marching on UN Climate Summit as Hundreds Inside Stage Walkout
- NYT Reporter Andrew Revkin on the Climate Talks: There’s an Epic Fight Over Words
- "If Bush Was in Kindergarten, Obama Is in First Grade"– Indian Environmentalist Sunita Narain on US Climate Policy
- Bolivian President Evo Morales: "Shameful" for West to Spend Trillions on War and Only $10 Billion for Climate Change
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
- Headlines for December 15, 2009
- The Climate Divide: Dispute Between Rich and Poor Nations Widens at UN Copenhagen Summit
- Indigenous Peoples of Canada March on Canadian Embassy in Copenhagen to Protest Tar Sands
- Cap & Trade: A Critical Look at Carbon Trading
Monday, December 14, 2009
- Headlines for December 14, 2009
- Indigenous Leaders at the Front Line of Climate Change, at the Front of the Historic Climate March in Copenhagen
- "We’re Trying to Provide the Armies that They Lack"–Bill McKibben on Supporting Poor, Vulnerable Nations with Mass Protest Movements
- Indian Environmentalist Vandana Shiva: “It Is Time for the US to Stop Seeing Itself as a Donor and Recognizing Itself as a Polluter, a Polluter who Must Pay”
- Using Controversial Law, Danish Police Preemptively Arrest Over 1,000 Protesters
- "The Leaders of this World Stand by and Look at Us Dying"–Singer Angelique Kidjo Speaks Out on Climate Change
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu on President Obama: "He Is Now a Nobel Laureate — Become What You Are"
Friday, December 11, 2009
- Headlines for December 11, 2009
- Rich-Poor, North-South Divide Marks COP15’s Opening Week
- Author & Journalist Naomi Klein: Fate of Planet Rests on Mass Movement for Climate Justice
- Ahead of Major Climate Protests, a Rare Glimpse at Activist Preparations in Copenhagen
- "Keep the Oil in the Soil": Ecuador Seeks Money to Keep Untapped Oil Resources Underground
Thursday, December 10, 2009
- Headlines for December 10, 2009
- President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize: “The Instruments of War Do Have a Role to Play in Preserving the Peace”
- Indigenous Activists March on US Embassy in Copenhagen Urging Obama to “Stop the US Energy Industry’s War on Native Peoples and Lands”
- Kumi Naidoo of Greenpeace on Obama’s Peace Prize, Obama’s War, Copenhagen and Climate Debt
- Citing Its Survival, Pacific Island of Tuvalu Interrupts Copenhagen Summit to Call for Binding Climate Commitments
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
- Headlines for December 09, 2009
- “This Text Is an Extremely Dangerous Document for Developing Countries”: G77 Chief Condemns Secret US-Danish Climate Deal
- Naomi Klein and Martin Khor on the Growing North-South Divide in Copenhagen over Kyoto, Climate Debt and Emission Targets
- Climate Justice Activists Enter Day 34 of Hunger Strike
- "We Are Not Begging for Aid"–Chief Bolivian Negotiator Says Developed Countries Owe Climate Debt
- Negotiations over the World’s Rainforests Hang in the Balance
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
- Headlines for December 08, 2009
- "We Are Having a Hard Time Surviving" Gwich’in Elder Sarah James on How Climate Change Is Altering Life in the Alaskan Arctic
- "Would You Commit Murder?"–15-Year-Old Maldives Climate Ambassador Asks World Leaders to Take on Climate Change
- Report: Burma, Yemen and Vietnam Hardest Hit by Extreme Weather in 2008
- As EPA Rules Greenhouse Gases Endanger Public Health, a Discussion on Obama’s Climate Change Policies
- Nigerian Environmentalist Nnimmo Bassey: The Global North Owes a Climate Debt to Africa
Monday, December 07, 2009
- Headlines for December 07, 2009
- Climate Countdown: Largest Climate Summit in World History Opens in Copenhagen
- Ahead of Copenhagen Talks, Tens of Thousands Protest Across Europe Calling for Climate Justice
- Voices from Africa: Drought, Crop Shortages, Deforestation and Increasing Number of Climate Refugees Linked to Climate Change
- Climate Change and the Global South: A Roundtable Discussion
Friday, December 04, 2009
- Headlines for December 04, 2009
- Eliot Spitzer: Geithner, Bernanke "Complicit" in Financial Crisis and Should Go
- "The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther"
Thursday, December 03, 2009
- Headlines for December 03, 2009
- NY State Senate Defeats Bill to Legalize Gay Marriage
- “One Voice for Choice"–FireDogLake Founder Launches Campaign to Target Dems Supporting Stupak Amendment
- 25 Years After Bhopal Disaster, Survivors Still Seeking Justice
- As Troop Escalation Begins, Relief Groups Decry Militarization of US Aid to Afghanistan
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
- Headlines for December 02, 2009
- More War: Obama Unveils Plan to Send 30,000 More Troops to Afghanistan
- Rep. Kucinich on Afghanistan War: "We’re Acting Like a Latter Day Version of the Roman Empire"
- Vietnam Vet, Scholar Andrew Bacevich on Obama War Plan: "The President Has Drawn the Wrong Lessons from His Understanding of the History of War"
- Nir Rosen: "We Managed to Make the Taliban Look Good"
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
- Headlines for December 01, 2009
- Hondurans Divided After Coup Backer Wins Presidential Election Boycotted by Zelaya Supporters
- In Third Week of Hunger Strike, Ailing Western Saharan Human Rights Activist Aminatou Haidar Demands Moroccan Authorities Allow Her Return to Occupied Homeland
- Study: In Afghan Debate, Few Antiwar Op-Eds in Nation’s Two Leading Newspapers
