Reclaiming 'common sense': new pamphlet is a rallying cry to the 99%

Today marks the launch of OurKingdom’s version of ‘Common Sense’, a new ebook by Dan Hind about the Occupy movement and deliberative politics. We are publishing the pamphlet in partnership with Myriad Editions and the New Left Project ^↑ , who have brought out their own editions. Below, Guy Aitchison talks to Dan Hind about direct democracy and new modes of resistance

Guy Aitchison | OpenDemocracy | 21 March 2012

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Fighting for land

Rural social movements have a rich history in Indonesia, and they have recorded significant achievements in recent years

Dianto Bachriadi | Inside Indonesia | 18 January 2012

Peasants march in Jakarta, 2006, to demand agrarian reform. Dianto Bachriadi

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Three Ways to Beat Corporate Giants

How do Davids bring down Goliaths? Three tactics that worked

by Jim Shultz | Yes! Magazine | Mar 09, 2012

Photo by watchingfrogsboil

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Venezuela's Opec stand is a win for climate change campaigners

Environmentalists who support developing countries' fight against polluters should also back their struggle for control of oil

Mark Weisbrot | guardian.co.uk | 2 March 2012

Pablo Fajardo, the lead Ecuadorian lawyer in indigenous peoples' case over pollution against oil company Chevron. Photograph: Jose Jacome/EPA

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Cycle city Kathmandu

Jennie O’Hara meets Nepali campaigners seeking to tackle pollution and inequality by transforming their capital into a cycle-friendly city

Jennie O’Hara | RedPepper | 13 Feb 2012

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Less bank-bashing, more action: time to Move Your Money!

A call is going out to every British citizen who wants the financial sector to clean up their act. Move your money from the big banks to local, ethical or mutual alternatives and send them a message in a language they'll understand

by Louis Brooke | Feb 2 2012 by OpenDemocracy in Energy Bulletin | Feb 2 2012

Move Your Money UK campaign video

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What the Occupy movement must learn from Sundance

These great documentary films have a simple lesson: effective political protest needs good organisation and smart messaging

Naomi Wolf | guardian.co.uk | 31 January 2012

Trailer for Half Revolution, a documentary film about the protests in Egypt, by Omar Shargawi and Karim el-Hakim. Video: YouTube

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Muara Tae’s last stand against big palm oil

The fate of a Dayak community deep in the interior of East Kalimantan demonstrates how Indonesia must safeguard the rights of indigenous people if it is to meet ambitious targets to reduce emissions from deforestation

Environmental Investigation Agency | January 24, 2012

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Green economy and growth: Fiddling while Rome burns?

“Fiddling while Rome burns” may seem a stale analogy, but when talking of “green growth” and “green economy” (GGE, for short), it is appropriate. Despite assertions to the contrary, the only thing innovative about the GGE concepts is the buzz that surrounds them

by Manu V. Mathai | OurWorld 2.0 | January 25, 2012

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New video: “A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests”

A new video by the Global Forest Coalition and the Global Justice Ecology Project is deeply critical of REDD. Much of the criticism focusses on carbon trading, but through interviews with communities in Chiapas, Mexico, the video illustrates the perverse impacts that REDD can have on the ground

By Chris Lang | REDD-Monitor | 25th January 2012

A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests

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The scientist: Jim Hansen risks handcuffs to make his research clear

NASA's chief climate scientist built his career studying Earth's atmosphere and modeling humans' potential impacts on climate. Then he realized that laboratory work was only part of the equation

Interview conducted and condensed by Douglas Fischer | DailyClimate.org | Jan. 24, 2012

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Featured video: music in Madagascar to protest illegal logging

A new video highlights the plight of Madagascar's protected tropical forests, which are falling prey to illegal logging and foreign contractors. Featuring Razia Said, Malagasy singer and songwriter, the video shows concerts to raise awareness about illegal logging, especially near Maosala National Park

Jeremy Hance | mongabay.com | January 22, 2012

In February 2007, musician Razia Said returned to Madagascar to reconnect with the land she left as an eleven year-old child. For 6 weeks Razia and her band traveled around the island, and discovered the environmental damage taking place as the result of unfettered slash and burn agriculture, illegal logging and climate change

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Why now? What’s next? Naomi Klein on Occupy

Naomi Klein in discussion with Occupy Wall Street activist Yotam Marom

Naomi Klein, Yotam Marom | Red Pepper | January 2012

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Whither environmentalism?

In the latest issue of Orion Magazine, environmental activists Derrick Jensen and Paul Kingsnorth both express their frustrations with the current environmental movement

by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez | CommonDreams | Jan 8 2012

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