The Understory : Understory.RAN.orgThe Understory is the official blog of Rainforest Action Network.What progressives can learn from last nights presidential debate- September 28, 2008 (RAN is a nonpartisan organization that takes no stand on any political candidates. The observations below are intended to be a reflection on strategy and communication for activists and organizers, not as an endorsement of either candidate, or a comment on the policies or positions they represent.) Last night I saw Obama debate McCain. It was ...http://understory.ran.org/2008/09/27/what-progressives-can-learn-from-last-nights-presiden... Grassroots and online activists spread economic protests like wildfire- September 26, 2008 &8220;&8216;Curiouser and curiouser!&8217; cried Alice&8221; Sometimes you have those moments when the world makes you feel like a character in a Lewis Carroll novel. The economic system is reportedly in meltdown (Washington Mutual gave us the largest bank failure in U.S. history tonight). The political system is reeling from an inability to actually deal ...http://understory.ran.org/2008/09/25/grassroots-and-online-activists-spread-economic-prote... Conservation Corp.: Enviros Ally with Big Grain Traders- September 26, 2008 (from multinationalmonitor.org - more than an interesting read. One of the best articles and analyses dealing with the problems of the ABC&8217;s of Rainforest Destruction - and the relationships between the big companies and the big NGO&8217;s - and the folks on the ground fighting to protect their communities and the integrity of the environment ...http://understory.ran.org/2008/09/25/conservation-corp-enviros-ally-with-big-grain-traders... Scandal as Citi Executive Leaves- September 24, 2008 More on the Wall Street meltdown below with an internal shake-up at Citi over its responsibilities to clients. If you&8217;re in San Francisco, or in New York, come out tomorrow to tell all of Wall Street what you think we should be doing with $700 billion dollars. FortuneCNN Money blogs September 22, 2008, 4:39 pm Behind Sallie ...http://understory.ran.org/2008/09/24/scandal-as-citi-executive-leaves/ Al Gore Calls for Civil Disobedience Again! Denounces Clean Coal as Nonexistent- September 24, 2008 Last year in two different print publications, The New York Times and Rolling Stone, former Vice-President and Nobel Prize Winner Al Gore called for young people to commit civil disobedience to halt new coal fired power plants and climate change. Voicing his opinion at the Clinton Global Initiative, Gore said for the first time ...http://understory.ran.org/2008/09/24/al-gore-calls-for-civil-disobedience-again-denounces-... Financial Crisis 102: Whats this about a bail out I thought we couldnt bail out a dead planet- September 24, 2008 In my last post I mentioned the $700 billion of taxpayers money that the government is considering contributing to bailing out Wall Street. Its a bad deal, no question about it. The proposal amounts to a blank check being written to the very institutions that have gotten us into this mess in the first place, ...http://understory.ran.org/2008/09/24/financial-crisis-102-what%E2%80%99s-this-about-a-bail... Protesters Hijack Dominion Chiefs Slide Show- September 24, 2008 http:www.styleweekly.comarticle.aspidarticle=17782 September 24, 2008 Protesters Hijack Dominion Chiefs Slide Show by Amy Biegelsen Protestors digitally hijacked a presentation that Dominion Resources chief executive, Thomas F. Farrell II, gave last week, voicing their opposition to his companys new coal-fired power plant in Wise County. At a Bank of America investors conference Sept. 15, held in the San Francisco Ritz Carlton, ...http://understory.ran.org/2008/09/23/protesters-hijack-dominion-chief%E2%80%99s-slide-show... Financial Crisis 101: What happened Why is everyone freaking out- September 24, 2008 Over the last week a lot of people have asked me what I think of the Wall Street meltdown and the looming government bailout. As a finance campaigner, I have to admit that my response has been pretty flippant: fewer banks for us to campaign on! But the reality is that it never feels good ...http://understory.ran.org/2008/09/23/financial-crisis-101-what-happened-why-is-everyone-fr... Soybean Wars speaking tour kicks off in Chicago- September 22, 2008 The RAN agribusiness campaign, together with Student Trade Justice Campaign have organized a U.S. speaking tour for Leticia Galeano, a campesina youth leader from Paraguay. Other co-sponsors include Georgetown University, School of Americas Watch, Institute for Policy Studies, Grassroots International, Across the Americas, World Hunger Year, Global Justice Ecology Project, Small Planet Institute, Witness ...http://understory.ran.org/2008/09/22/soybean-wars-speaking-tour-kicks-off-in-chicago/ Wise Up Dominion!- September 16, 2008 The Beginning We woke up at 3:30 am, but few of us had slept the night before. You&8217;d think we&8217;d be groggy, but the adrenaline and excitement propelled us into action. By 5:30am two trucks holding steel barrels reading &8220;good jobs, healthy communities: we deserve a clean energy future&8221; and &8220;prosperity without poison&8221; pulled into the ...http://understory.ran.org/2008/09/16/wise-up-dominion/ |