Jeffery Sachs on The Colbert Report

In a recent video added to YouTube, Stephen Colbert talks to professor Jeffrey Sachs about his book “The End of Poverty“, or why eradicating poverty might be more effective in fighting terrorism than the military. (The Colbert Report, March 2, 2006) See the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUdc7atFiHg With a Ph.D. from Harvard University, Jeffery Sachs is […]

The Inherent Link Between War and Hunger

by Scott Hughes Sure, those who want to end world hunger also happen to often want to end war. Sure, sympathetic activists sympathize with both causes – the fight against hunger and the fight for peace. However, the reason war and hunger are linked is not just that these two movements happen to be motivated […]

Afghanistan Starvation

by Lance Winslow There appears to be many people in Afghanistan that were starving and it is said that over 3.5 million Afghans face a severe and critical food shortage. Now some might say this is because they are busy planting poppies instead of planting crops and indeed that is true. However, the fact that […]

Confronting Classism

by Donna Warnock and Laura Briggs (From Handbook for Nonviolent Action, published by the War Resisters League) We live in the wealthiest country in the world, but the greatest percentage of that wealth is in the hands of a tiny percentage of the population. It is environmentally and technically possible for everyone to enjoy a […]