"As they create global connections between their zones of production and consumption, we must create connections between the local and global struggles against neoliberalism, ecocide, and corporate globalization."

The emergence of multinational bodies (e.g. the World Trade Organization) and the creation of massive free trade zones (e.g. ASEAN, EU, or NAFTA), which have heralded the emergence of a new era of unfettered corporate domination of the earth, are not the only or even the most important aspects of globalization. Instead, we must also begin to examine and resist the gigantic infrastructure projects that are necessitated by the exponential expansion of trade across borders.

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News :: Environment

BlackBox Radio for 02/08/08

08 Feb 2008

BlackBox Radio airs today at 6PM on WCBN-FM (88.3FM in Ann Arbor). BlackBox Radio is produced in the studios of WCBN and can be heard every Tuesday from 6:00-6:30PM. It is also be available for download from the MichiganIMC.

On this week\\\\'s show: Michigan Peaceworks counters State of the Union Address, Professor Jessica Stern on the culture of terrorism, and Dave Foreman explains the theory behind Rewilding America. Plus, more local, national, and international news.

BlackBox Radio is an all-volunteer group comprised of students and non-students from the Ann Arbor area. There are opportunities to get involved in many ways, including research, field recording, interviewing, audio editing, and more.

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News :: Community Organizing : Urban Crisis

No sacrifice for banks

07 Feb 2008

DETROIT ? While city budget deficits may leave bus riders on the corner, banks are booming with city business.

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Announcement :: Media

Catalyst Radio for 2/4/2008

06 Feb 2008

This week Catalyst radio speaks with David Sanchez Juliao and Dr. Emilio A. Garcia-Mendez, who are the keynote speakers at the GVSU 8th annual Conference on the Americas. In the News Analysis segment, the GRIID crew look at recent local media coverage of Social Security Reform, Lockheed Martin and the F-35 program, and the Iraqi "election."

Catalyst Radio is a 30 minute weekly radio program of the Community Media Center airing every Friday at 9:30 on WYCE 88.1 FM Current and past episodes of Catalyst Radio can be downloaded and listened to at the audio archives section of the Catalyst Radio website.

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Announcement :: Environment

March Conference Explores the Future of Organic Farming in Michigan

04 Feb 2008
Modified: 09:34:21 PM

Saturday, March 5, 8am-6pm
MSU Business School Complex- Eppley Center
East Lansing

The Michigan Organic Food & Farm Alliance (MOFFA), Organic Growers of Michigan and Michigan State University are co-sponsoring the 2008 Michigan Organic Agriculture Conference--Growing Michigan\\\\'s Organic Future, on Saturday, March 5, from 8 am to 6 pm.

The keynote speaker is Maynard Kaufman, a founding member of MOFFA and current board member. Maynard will present his thoughts on the future in a presentation titled "Organic Farming and the Organic Way of Life." Maynard is a retired professor from Western Michigan University in Environmental Studies. In 1973, he started a homestead farm for students to experience self-sufficiency and harmony with their environment.

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News :: Race

White Supremacist National Alliance Again Distributing Leaflets in West Michigan

03 Feb 2008

The white supremacist group, the National Alliance, is once again distributing leaflets (previous Media Mouse update on the National Alliance) in the West Michigan area according to reports in the corporate press. In a post on the web site for the National Vanguard, the National Alliance\\\\'s magazine, National Alliance members in Michigan reveal that they are emboldened by WOOD TV 8\\\\'s coverage of the leafleting. They claim that the report by "a Jewish television reporter name \\\\'Jam Sarder\\\\'" showed a "distinctly unappealing White women apparently involved in multiple interracial relationships" while conveying their message of white purity and detailing how they favor "a proud White America."

Despite considerable infighting within the group and a membership of only 1,000, the National Alliance has been fairly active in the past year promoting "white rights" and the supremacy of the white race. Throughout the mid-1990s Michigan had considerable National Alliance activity and it seems to be picking up over the past year, with leafleting and even "organizing" meetings being held in Michigan.

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