After witnessing the influx of migrants on the more recent ‘migrant caravans’ predominantly coming from Honduras, I felt called to go to Honduras—to be present to a land that though deeply rich in natural resources and culture was becoming increasingly dangerous and uninhabitable for its citizenry to the point where people felt compelled to risk More
Several articles are included. Access the full articles by clicking on the title. +++ Honduran President Deploys Military Across Nation Amid Chaos Telesur June 20, 2019 Honduran police using suppression techniques to dispel students, teachers, and doctors protesting against the Honduran president's neoliberal policies. | Photo: EFE President Juan Orlando Hernandez (JOH) announced orders to the More
A truly democratic United States would not destroy other countries and would do better by its own people. The migrant caravan and fear of it are proof of failure on both counts.
Article: The relationship between movements and elections is complicated to navigate but to succeed we will need both an electoral and non-electoral movement that are independent of the corporate duopoly.
America’s Continuing Border Crisis: The Real Story Behind the “Invasion” of the Children By Aviva Chomsky tomdispatch.com August 24, 2014 Click here to read Tom Engelhardt's introduction. Call it irony or call it a nightmare, but the “crisis” of Central American children crossing the U.S.-Mexican border, which lasted for months amid fervent and angry More
America’s Continuing Border Crisis: The Real Story Behind the “Invasion” of the Children By Aviva Chomsky tomdispatch.com August 24, 2014 Click here to read Tom Engelhardt's introduction. Call it irony or call it a nightmare, but the “crisis” of Central American children crossing the U.S.-Mexican border, which lasted for months amid fervent and angry More
Texas has become the deadliest state in the US for undocumented immigrants. In 2012, 271 migrants died while crossing through Texas, surpassing Arizona as the nation's most dangerous entry point. The majority of those deaths didn't occur at the Texas-Mexico border but in rural Brooks County, 70 miles north of the Rio Grande, where the More
Backwards Intentions> Afghanistan and Honduras By Buddy Bell August 31, 2012 VCNV I’ll always remember a scene from my second day in Afghanistan, when 16-year-old Abdulhai asked me a question, in English. “Is this your first time in a backward country?” I could see at the time that his comment was spoken from a place More
Backwards Intentions> Afghanistan and Honduras By Buddy Bell August 31, 2012 VCNV I’ll always remember a scene from my second day in Afghanistan, when 16-year-old Abdulhai asked me a question, in English. “Is this your first time in a backward country?” I could see at the time that his comment was spoken from a place More
