<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - NACLA's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - NACLA's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 09:46:56 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:21:10 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Fledgling Rebellion on Facebook Is Struck Down by Force in Egypt</title><description><![CDATA[At 1:49 a.m. in an Internet cafe only then quieting after Cairo's daily rumble, 27-year-old Ahmed Maher worked at a computer. 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dies</title><description><![CDATA[Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the hallucinogenic drug LSD, has died of a heart attack at his home in Basel at the age of 102.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/30/1462021-lsd-inventor-albert-hofmann-dies</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/30/1462021-lsd-inventor-albert-hofmann-dies</guid><category>world-news</category><category>drugs</category><category>switzerland</category><category>swiss</category><category>lsd</category><category>hippies</category><category>albert-hofmann</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:30:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Environmentalists Withdraw Backing for Chilean Government</title><description><![CDATA[Twenty-three environmental groups in Chile withdrew their support from President Michelle Bachelet, complaining that she had failed to live up to an agreement they had signed with her during her election campaign.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/27/1455794-environmentalists-withdraw-backing-for-chilean-government</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/27/1455794-environmentalists-withdraw-backing-for-chilean-government</guid><category>world-news</category><category>environment</category><category>energy</category><category>water</category><category>south-america</category><category>fishing</category><category>chile</category><category>dams</category><category>logging</category><category>michelle-bachelet</category><category>bachelet</category><category>convservation</category><pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:09:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Making a Killing from Hunger: We Need to Overturn Food Policy, Now!</title><description><![CDATA[For some time now the rising cost of food all over the world has taken households, governments and the media by 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Help]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/24/1450579-the-growing-global-food-crisis</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/24/1450579-the-growing-global-food-crisis</guid><category>world-news</category><category>food</category><category>poverty</category><category>activism</category><category>riots</category><category>food-crisis</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:03:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Oaxaca's Radio Wars</title><description><![CDATA["Some people think that we are too young to be informed, but what they should know is that we are too young to die."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/24/1450248-oaxacas-radio-wars</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/24/1450248-oaxacas-radio-wars</guid><category>world-news</category><category>media</category><category>mexico</category><category>violence</category><category>journalism</category><category>radio</category><category>north-america</category><category>repression</category><category>social-movements</category><category>oaxaca</category><category>appo</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:45:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Our Political Leaders Are to Blame in World Water Crisis</title><description><![CDATA[The world does not lack the knowledge about how to build a water-secure future; it lacks the political will.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/24/1450175-our-political-leaders-are-to-blame-in-world-water-crisis</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/24/1450175-our-political-leaders-are-to-blame-in-world-water-crisis</guid><category>world-news</category><category>water</category><category>water-crisis</category><category>crisis</category><category>water-security</category><category>rivers</category><category>lakes</category><category>fresh-water</category><category>corporations</category><category>corruption</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Despite Obstacles, Biofuels Continue Surge</title><description><![CDATA[Global biofuel production grew 20% in 2007. The U.S. and Brazil now produce 95% of the world's ethanol, and Germany leads in biodiesel production.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/24/1450071-despite-obstacles-biofuels-continue-surge</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/24/1450071-despite-obstacles-biofuels-continue-surge</guid><category>world-news</category><category>united-states</category><category>food</category><category>oil</category><category>energy</category><category>brazil</category><category>fuel</category><category>biofuels</category><category>food-crisis</category><category>agrofuels</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:09:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UN Calls Food Crisis the 'Silent Tsunami' </title><description><![CDATA[More than 100 million people are being driven deeper into poverty by a "silent tsunami" of sharply rising food prices, which have sparked riots around the world and threaten U.N.-backed feeding programs for 20 million children, the top U.N. food official said Tuesday.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/23/1449014-un-calls-food-crisis-the-silent-tsunami-</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/23/1449014-un-calls-food-crisis-the-silent-tsunami-</guid><category>world-news</category><category>food</category><category>un</category><category>united-nations</category><category>poverty</category><category>hunger</category><category>biofuels</category><category>riots</category><category>tsunami</category><category>food-crisis</category><category>agrofuels</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:42:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Embedded With Revolutionary Groups in Venezuela</title><description><![CDATA[Until recently, the relationship between the revolutionary collectives of 23 de Enero and the Chávez government had been a friendly one. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/23/1448076-embedded-with-revolutionary-groups-in-venezuela</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/23/1448076-embedded-with-revolutionary-groups-in-venezuela</guid><category>world-news</category><category>venezuela</category><category>socialism</category><category>hugo-chavez</category><category>chavez</category><category>revolution</category><category>south-america</category><category>caracas</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:47:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Taking Stock of the Oaxaca Commune</title><description><![CDATA[The Oaxaca Commune was an extraordinary experience of popular insurgency and democratic self-governance. Though its rise and fall was conditioned by the particularities of the Mexican political crisis of 2006, the forms of the struggle have a universalistic relevance.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/23/1448071-taking-stock-of-the-oaxaca-commune</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/23/1448071-taking-stock-of-the-oaxaca-commune</guid><category>world-news</category><category>mexico</category><category>democracy</category><category>north-america</category><category>social-movements</category><category>oaxaca</category><category>participation</category><category>appo</category><category>self-governance</category><category>popular-insurgency</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:45:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Paraguayans Hail New Opposition President</title><description><![CDATA[Paraguayans are celebrating the Sunday win of presidential opposition candidate and progressive former bishop Fernando Lugo.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/23/1448061-paraguayans-hail-new-opposition-president</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/23/1448061-paraguayans-hail-new-opposition-president</guid><category>world-news</category><category>elections</category><category>democracy</category><category>south-america</category><category>paraguay</category><category>fernando-lugo</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:40:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Connecticut's Immigration Duel</title><description><![CDATA[Two Connecticut cities have taken opposite approaches to dealing with undocumented immigrants. Last summer, New Haven became the first city in the country to issue municipal IDs regardless of immigration status.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/23/1448027-connecticuts-immigration-duel</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/23/1448027-connecticuts-immigration-duel</guid><category>us-news</category><category>united-states</category><category>racism</category><category>immigration</category><category>immigrants</category><category>nafta</category><category>hispanic</category><category>migrants</category><category>latinos</category><category>connectivut</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:20:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Is Earth Day a Wash?</title><description><![CDATA[Maybe you're dreading Earth Day. If you're aware of the colossal problems facing the environment and are already trying to minimize your carbon footprint, Earth Day can seem tiring and pointless.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/22/1446032-is-earth-day-a-wash</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/22/1446032-is-earth-day-a-wash</guid><category>world-news</category><category>environment</category><category>global-warming</category><category>earth</category><category>planet</category><category>earth-day</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:52:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Capitalism harms planet Says Bolivian President Morales</title><description><![CDATA[Bolivian President Evo Morales has told a UN forum that capitalism should be scrapped if the planet is to be saved from the effects of climate change.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/21/1444948-capitalism-harms-planet-says-bolivian-president-morales</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/21/1444948-capitalism-harms-planet-says-bolivian-president-morales</guid><category>world-news</category><category>environment</category><category>global-warming</category><category>climate-change</category><category>food</category><category>capitalism</category><category>south-america</category><category>bolivia</category><category>biofuels</category><category>indigenous</category><category>evo-morales</category><category>agrofuels</category><category>evo</category><category>land-agriculture</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:28:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Food Safety on the Butcher's Block</title><description><![CDATA[Washington is using new free trade agreements to push U.S. food--and food safety standards--down the throats of other countries.
]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/21/1443911-food-safety-on-the-butchers-block</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/21/1443911-food-safety-on-the-butchers-block</guid><category>world-news</category><category>united-states</category><category>food</category><category>trade</category><category>agriculture</category><category>land</category><category>free-trade</category><category>food-crisis</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:26:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>EU set to scrap biofuels target amid fears of food crisis</title><description><![CDATA[The European commission is backing away from its insistence on imposing a compulsory 10% quota of biofuels in all petrol and diesel by 2020, a central plank of its programme to lead the world in combating climate change.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/21/1443704-eu-set-to-scrap-biofuels-target-amid-fears-of-food-crisis</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/21/1443704-eu-set-to-scrap-biofuels-target-amid-fears-of-food-crisis</guid><category>world-news</category><category>environment</category><category>eu</category><category>global-warming</category><category>climate-change</category><category>food</category><category>europe</category><category>agriculture</category><category>biofuels</category><category>oil-energy</category><category>food-crisis</category><category>agrofuels</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:32:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Hidden Battle to Control the World's Food Supply</title><description><![CDATA[Food riots are breaking out across the planet. We must re-examine corporate control of the food supply.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/19/1440826-the-hidden-battle-to-control-the-worlds-food-supply</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/19/1440826-the-hidden-battle-to-control-the-worlds-food-supply</guid><category>world-news</category><category>food</category><category>africa</category><category>agriculture</category><category>ethanol</category><category>world-bank</category><category>corporations</category><category>wto</category><category>biofuels</category><category>land</category><category>imf</category><category>food-crisis</category><category>agrofuels</category><category>ifis</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:45:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Three Amigos Summit</title><description><![CDATA[Presidents of US, Mexico & Canada will meet with 28 corporate leaders behind closed doors in New Orleans on Sunday and Monday.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/19/1440784-the-three-amigos-summit</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/19/1440784-the-three-amigos-summit</guid><category>world-news</category><category>united-states</category><category>security</category><category>canada</category><category>mexico</category><category>immigration</category><category>trade</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>north-america</category><category>corporations</category><category>nafta</category><category>spp</category><category>security-and-prosperity-partnership</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:20:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nicaragua headed for General Assembly presidency; US, Colombia miffed</title><description><![CDATA[Nicaragua, an outspoken member of the new anti-imperialist bloc in the western hemisphere, last month won the backing of the 33-member Latin American and Caribbean group at the UN for presidency of the General Assembly—nearly assuring it of election to the one-year post in June.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/18/1438842-nicaragua-headed-for-general-assembly-presidency-us-colombia-miffed</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/18/1438842-nicaragua-headed-for-general-assembly-presidency-us-colombia-miffed</guid><category>world-news</category><category>us</category><category>un</category><category>colombia</category><category>latin-america</category><category>caribbean</category><category>central-america</category><category>nicaragua</category><category>general-assembly</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:55:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>