diaspora

check out one of the best offerings so far from the allied media conference. this documentary is truly an amazing creation about an emerging hip hop movement in palestine.

stonewall 1969: before corporations got a hold of PRIDE

superfund

see what got leadville colorado on this "site of the day" list.

igniting the revolution

a friend lent me this book before a recent trip to mexico city. i can't and don't want to put it down. read this introduction to the book and see what all the fuss is about.

tell me what you want, what you really really want.

lets keep building. there is work to do. hope, born out of disappointment, is what we have.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=tc_2f_2fvzkyUxZ54QXcUmMtxg_3d_3d

NACLA: report on the americas.

this journal does some amazing reporting on latin america. think=honest talk about the impact of neoliberalism and imperialism while highlighting resistance movements that work.

zines.

what brings together words + cool people talking about their lives + exquisite little books?

um. this.

food crisis or price crisis?

check out this article from grist magazine. it makes some important connections between animal rights, classism, and environmental justice.

austin.

"May this be your legacy: open a window, let endless laughter fill the whole of the room. Clouds fall down and wrap around your warm body. Hold someone close. Let your love rise in the darkness. Invisible forces are guiding the way. vaya con dios."

above.

Every serious liberation movement has had its historians, interpreters, scholars, and public representatives, and it is high time that these people emerge in support of animal and earth liberation movements. This was one of the core reasons that seven years ago I co-founded (with Tony Nocella) the Institute for Critical Animal Studies (ICAS) (http://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/). ICAS is the first and only scholarly center dedicated to philosophical research and dialogue on the principles and practices of animal liberation and how it relates to environmental and social justice struggles. Thus, we prefer to speak of “total” liberation (of humans, animals, and the earth) as it all hangs together. The Center promotes philosophical discussion of these issues through an online journal, research databases, a speaker’s bureau, and conferences on total liberation issues.

--dr. steven best.