David Solnit was one of the Direct Action Network organizers for the 1999 WTO demonstrations in Seattle. He looks at what really happened in Seattle, what politicians and the mainstream media have done with the story, and what difference the new movie "Battle in Seattle" might make to public thinking about the 1999 demonstrations.
Americans are under increasing economic pressure, and many feel powerless to do anything about it. David Sirota travels coast to coast and finds the people who know the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction--and are joining a populist uprising to turn it around
In a 2007 interview, folk singer Pete Seeger talks about hitchhiking with Woody Guthrie, inspiring people with music, and the power of millions of small changes.
The ITT oil fields, located within Ecuador's Yasun铆 National Park, have become the center of an experiment that could bring equity and human rights into the climate equation.
Communities across the country are declaring citizens' right and duty to protect their water, land, local economy, and way of life, even if it means taking on the enormous power of corporations. Here are some of the peaceful revolutionaries who have stepped up.
The unabridged text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1948: the first, comprehensive, internationally approved statement of rights.
The U.S. has a proud history of advancing human rights鈥攁nd sometimes forgetting them. Historian Eric Foner proposes we give humility and respect a try.