
Indigenous Knowledge and the
Persistence of the 'Wilderness' Myth
Michael-Shawn Fletcher, Lisa Palmer,
Rebecca Hamilton, and Wolfram Dressler
Melbourne, Australia

Interview with Timothy Brook
The Westphalia Paradigm:
Before And After It Arrived in East Asia
Inspired by the book “Sacred Mandates”
How Governance and Sovereignty Change
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Patchwork Family Farms:
Feeding Farm Aid
by Jessica Plance
Hartford, Connecticut

The Devil’s in the Details:
USDA Owes Independent Processors Clear Commitments
by Tim Gibbons
Columbia, Missouri

Will Joe Biden’s Executive Order
Spark Real Change In Food Production?
by Darvin Bentlage
Barton County, Missouri

Missourians Need To Make Their Voices Heard
About The Future Of The Farm And Food System
by Tim Gibbons
Columbia, Missouri

Alice Lovelace: A Peaceful Disrupter
An Interview by Bill Cleveland
Atlanta, Georgia

How Suzanne Simard
Changed Our Relationship To Trees
Book Review
Claire Thompson / High Country News

Family Farms Are The Solution,
Corporate Agriculture Is The Problem
by Tim Gibbons
Columbia, Missouri

Missouri’s Groundwater Threatened
By Corporate Factory Farm Expansion
A Call to Action and a Victory
by Tim Gibbons
Columbia, Missouri

Our Rage is a Fire Burning Into the Soul of America
by Eddie Wong
Oakland, California

Interview with David Ciepley
Government by Corporation:
The Mythology of the Stockholder as the Owner
Part 1: The Corporation as a Governance Technology
Part 2: The Business Corporation
Part 3: The Governance of Collective Power
Uppsala, Sweden

Biden’s Secretary of Agriculture:
We Need Change, Not Corporate Ag’s Best Friend
by Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Columbia, Missouri

Structural Racism And
The Urban Geography of Education
by Pedro A. Noguera and Julio Angel Alicea
Los Angeles, California

Commentary
The Pandemic and the Protests Make It Clear:
Schools Cannot Ignore the Nation’s
Unwavering Anti-Blackness...And Their Own
by Julio Angel Alicea
Los Angeles, California

Change Is Coming:
What Is the Role of the Arts?
Atlanta, Georgia

The Urgency of Now:
The Role of the Arts in Pandemic Times
by Lisa Nanette Allender

What Are We Fighting For Now?
by Felecia Thomas

Breaking Dance Standards
by Imani Tornes

Riding With Cassandra
by Mariana Mcdonald

Meatpacking Corporations Cash in on Pandemic
While Family Farms and Consumers Foot the Bill
"We need a democratic, decentralized industry"
by Barb Kalbach, Jefferson Jones
John Harter, Darrel Mosel
Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota and Minnesota

Wild Womyn
A poem by Alice Lovelace
Atlanta, Georgia

Pandemic Disastrous to Family Cattle Producers
"The pandemic has put corporate control
of our protein production supply into the spotlight"
by Darvin Bentlage
Columbia, Missouri

Trump’s China Bashing Poses A Danger and Dilemma
by Eddie Wong
Oakland, California

If There Was Ever A Time To Transform Schools,
This Is It
by Miguel Casar Rodriguez
Los Angeles, California

It’s Time to Develop
a Progressive Education Agenda
by Pedro Noguera Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, California

Interview with Roger Allison
Economic Sustainability in Rural Missouri
Armstrong, Howard County, Missouri

Interview with Rhonda Perry
of the Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Local Control or the Corporatizing of Rural America
Armstrong, Howard County, Missouri

A Look Back At Seven Centrist Defeats
Why Bernie Is More Electable than Any Centrist
by Paul Rockwell
Oakland, California
The Sanders Plan to Overhaul
The Criminal Justice System
by Paul Rockwell
Oakland, California

The Klamath River Now Has The Legal Rights Of A Person
A Yurok Tribe Resolution Allows Cases To Be Brought
On Behalf Of The River As A Person In Tribal Court
by Anna V. Smith / High Country News

A Brief History of the White Nationalist Movement
A Talk by Leonard Zeskind

Making Difference Matter:
Teaching and Learning in Desegregated Classrooms
by Alexandra Freidus and Pedro A. Noguera
New York, New York and Los Angeles, California

Equity Through Mutual Accountability
Collective Capacity Building Helps Educators
Address The Needs Of All Students
by Juaquin Noguera and Pedro A. Noguera
Los Angeles, California

CAFO Summit Report
Taking Action Against Corporate-Controlled Factory Farms
CAFO Summit Picture Project
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Columbia, Missouri

Ella Baker Legacy Energizes Movement for Black Lives
by Paul Rockwell
Oakland, California

this one's for trump
© alice lovelace 12/4/2018
Atlanta, Georgia

Interview with Alejandro Nadal
The Key Organizing Principle of Society:
Macroeconomics Markets or Sustainability
Part 1: The Myth of the Invisible Hand
Part 2: The Day That Capitalism Changed Forever
Mexico City, Mexico

Rural Missourians Vote in Large Numbers
To Restore Ethics and Strengthen Rural Economies
by Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Columbia, Missouri

Developing Policies to Respond to the Challenges
Confronting African American and Latino Males
by Pedro A. Noguera
Los Angeles, California

Interview of Adam Payne
of the Landworkers’ Alliance
Change in Rural Culture, Small Farms, and Hedgerows
West Dorset, England

Interview with Finlay Matheson
Crofting: The Concept That
There Should Be Lights in the Glen Again
Strathcarron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

Interview of Duncan and Kath Fraser with Fiona Mackenzie
Crofting: In This Strategic Place
Toscaig Township, Applecross Peninsula,
Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

Interview with Iain MacKinnon
The Cultural Norms of Crofting:
The Recovery of the Story and Voices of the Economy,
the Understanding, and the Life of a People
Edinburgh, Scotland

Learning in the Trump Era
by Pedro A. Noguera
University of California, Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, California

Writing for Their Lives in the Deeper Part of Hell
by Pedro A. Noguera
Los Angeles, California

DACA:
Immigration Has Always Been Good for America
by Pedro A. Noguera
Los Angeles, California

Interview with Fiona Mandeville
of the Scottish Crofting Federation
A Hegemony of Helping and Looking Out for People,
Kyle of Lochalsh, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

Interview with Jadwiga Lopata and Sir Julian Rose
Of the International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside
The Small and Middle Family Farm:
A Base for Poland to be Independent,
and a Base for Good Quality Food
Stryszów, Poland

Introduction to
Racial Inequality and Education:
Patterns and Prospects for the Future
by Pedro A. Noguera, PhD
Los Angeles, California

What It Takes
The Debate Over LA’s Charter Expansion Plan
Is An Opportunity To Devise Ways
To Ensure All Schools Succeed
by Pedro Noguera, PhD
Los Angeles, California

Interview with tibusungu 'e vayayana
Political Deputy Minister of the Council of Indigenous Peoples
Reconstitute Different Tribes, Different Peoples in Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan

"Family Farm Livestock" Farm Camp
Growing the Local Food Chain in Missouri
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Howard County, Missouri

Oscar López Rivera: A Hero Comes Home
Barack Obama commutes the Puerto Rican
independence fighter’s sentence
by mariana mcdonald

Interview with Juan Martín Carpenco of CTEP
Confederation of Workers of the Popular Economy
Confederación de Trabajadores de la Economía Popular
The Excluded Ones
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Entrevista con Juan Martín Carpenco de CTEP
Confederación de Trabajadores de la Economía Popular
Los Excluidos
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Interview with Francisca Rodriguez
Of ANAMURI and La Vía Campesina
Part 1
Making Visible the Work and Participation of Women
Part 2
Recuperating Consciousness / A Space for Exchange
Santiago, Chile
Entrevista con Francisca Rodriguez
de ANAMURI y La Vía Campesina
La parte 1
Visibilizar el trabajo y la participación de las mujeres
La parte 2
Recuperar consciencia / Un espacio de intercambio
Santiago, Chile

The TPP is Dangerous
And A Direct Attack on U.S. Farmers
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Columbia, Missouri

La Via Campesina Declaration on
Trade, Markets and Development
"Globally, more than 80% of smallholders operate
in local and domestic food markets"
by La Via Campesina
Nairobi, Kenya

Missouri’s Cattle Producers Overwhelmingly
Reject New Missouri Beef Checkoff
75% of Registered Producers Voted No
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Columbia, Missouri

Interview with Luciana Monacci and Fabian Beltrán
La Mesa Campesina del Norte Neuquino
The Inter-Connectedness of Life
from a Viewpoint of Solidarity
Chos Malal, Neuquén Province, Argentina
Entrevista con Luciana Monacci y Fabian Beltrán
La Mesa Campesina del Norte Neuquino
La Integralidad de la Vida
Desde una Mirada Muy Solidaria
Chos Malal, Provincia de Neuquén, Argentina

Interview with Nilda Elisa Tapia and Olga Tapia
Of La Mesa Campesina del Norte Neuquino
Usurped: This Land Has a Lot of Oil
Chos Milal, Neuquén Province, Argentina
Entrevista con Nilda Elisa Tapia y Olga Tapia
de La Mesa Campesina del Norte Neuquino
Usurpado: Este Campo Tiene Mucho Petróleo
Chos Milal, Provincia de Neuquén, Argentina

Interview with Gregory Cajete
Science From A Native Perspective:
How Do We Educate for A Sustainable Future
Albuquerque and the Turquoise Trail, New Mexico

Why Are Younger People Not Keen
To Take Up Farming? The Answer Is Simple
"By keeping the farm gate prices almost frozen over the years,
farmers are in reality being penalized for producing food"
by Devinder Sharma
Chandigarh Area, India

Charter Schools
"... encouraged to collaborate rather than compete
with traditional public schools"
by Pedro Noguera, PhD
Los Angeles, California

Community Schools
"... support services going well beyond the classroom"
by Pedro Noguera and John Lyons
New York, New York

Interview with Yanet Alarcón,
Mauricio Parada, and Pedro Huayquillan
Defending the Ancient Trails / the Culture
Chos Malal, Neuquén Province, Argentina

Entrevista con Yanet Alarcón,
Mauricio Parada, y Pedro Huayquillan
En Defensa de Las Huellas Antiguas / La Cultura
Chos Malal, Provincia de Neuquén, Argentina

2015 Was a Terrible Year for Indian Agriculture
Epidemic of Farmer Suicides / Continuing Agrarian Crisis
by Devinder Sharma
Chandigarh Area, India

Climate: Real Problem, False Solutions
GMOs, Agrofuels,
REDD+, Climate Smart Agriculture
La Via Campesina

My Road to Anicca Acres
"... my desire to connect with the world in a healing way
melded with the idea of food justice"
by Benjamin Cossel
San Diego, California

Interview with Jorge Bermúdez
Of FaSinPat (Factory Without Bosses) and Zanón Ceramics
Cooperatives in a Capitalist Society
Neuquén, Neuquén Province, Argentina
Entrevista con Jorge Bermúdez
De FaSinPat y Zanón
Cooperativas en una Sociedad Capitalista
Neuquén, Provincia de Neuquén, Argentina

"You Are Destroying the Treaty
on Plant Genetic Resources"
"... we will continue to create our own multilateral system
for exchange between peasants"
by Farmer and Gardener organizations
around the world
Rome, Italy

Deep Ecology and the Implications
of the Pope’s Encyclical
A Sermon by Paul Rockwell,
Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists,
Berkeley, California

JBS-Cargill Merger
Causes Greater Concentration of Pork Industry
Further Harming Farmers and Consumers
American Antitrust Institute, Food & Water Watch, Iowa Farmers Union,
Missouri Rural Crisis Center and National Farmers Union
Columbia, Missouri and Washington, D.C.

Brushstrokes for Liberation:
The Art of Oscar López Rivera
by mariana mcdonald

Brother’s Keeper
"... due to structural barriers lack of jobs in the inner-city,
persistently failing urban schools, concentrated poverty"
by Pedro Noguera, Ph.D.
New York University, New York

Awareness of the Violence, the Mud
by Gustavo Esteva
San Diego, California

An Interview with Raúl Zibechi
A Civilizational Crisis:
Different Paradigms and Different Ways To Build Them
Montevideo, Uruguay

Governor Nixon Sells Out Missouri Cattle Farmers
& Creates Loophole to Allow Foreign Corporations
to Buy More Missouri Farmland
by Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Columbia, Missouri

Declaration of The International Forum
for Agroecology (2015)
"We see agroecology as a key form of resistance
to an economic system that puts profit before life"
Sélingué, Mali

Grit, Overemphasized
Agency, Overlooked
"Unlike grit, agency is about empowering young people
to use education to take control of their lives."
by Pedro Noguera, Ph.D.
New York University, New York

Rural Lives Matter:
Medicaid Expansion May Be Controversial
But It Will Save Rural Lives
... affordable health insurance and healthcare infrastructure in rural communities
by Rhonda Perry
Columbia, Missouri

Japan’s Submission of IP (Intellectual Property) in the RCEP
"Protecting the Intellectual Property and Privatization Interests
of Big Ag Biotech Companies Like Monsanto, Cargill and Nestlé ..."
by Arnie Saiki
Los Angeles, California

An Interview with Kate Fletcher
The Lives of the Users of Clothes
"What the future looks like"
Santiago, Chile

Andean Culture, Fashion and Sustainability
by Kate Fletcher
Isluga, Colchane, and Santiago, Chile
and London, United Kingdom

Sustainability and Exclusion
by Nic Paget-Clarke
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Remembering Toni
Remembering and Honoring Toni Cade Bambara
by Alice Lovelace
Atlanta, Georgia

2014 End-of-Year Update
(PDF file)
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Columbia, Missouri

Green Thumbs, Green Minds
In Oakland
"... the transformation that takes place in a garden"
by Paul Rockwell
Oakland, California

Measure D
Berkeley vs Big Soda
Wins Historic Victory
by Bruce Akizuki
Berkeley, California

Urban Agriculture Gets Boost in Oakland
“It’s about empowerment and self-reliance,
communities growing their own food”
Victory for Urban Farms and Gardens
at the Oakland City Council
Two articles by Paul Rockwell
Oakland, California

UN-masking Climate Smart Agriculture
History presents itself first as tragedy,
and the second time as a farce
by La Via Campesina
New York, New York

We Move Tonight:
The Making of the Grenada Revolution
A Review
by Fadhilika Atiba-Weza
Brunswick, New York

Auturgy for Eudaimonia
... from privileged trenches ...
Melissa Faye

Hungry For Land:
Small Farmers Feed The World
With Less Than A Quarter Of All Farmland
by GRAIN
Barcelona, Spain

Fast Track/Big Bad Trade Deal
Threatens Local Control, Family Farms
The TPP Agreement Would Elevate Multinational Corporations
To The Same Legal Status As Sovereign Nations
by Jim Compton
Buffalo, Missouri

The Status of Black Males:
At the Intersection of Risk, Resilience and Response
by Pedro Noguera
New York University, New York

An Interview with Dr. Eleanora (Norrie) Robbins
Mapping Connections:
How to Take Care of the Earth
La Mesa, California

20th Celebration: A Sober Reminder That Zapatismo
Is A Large Thorn In The Side Of Global And Local Capital
by Roberto Flores
Oventic, Chiapas, Mexico and Los Angeles, California

An Interview with Frank Partnoy
Deregulation, Derivatives, and Moral Hazard
San Diego, California

Crisis of Finance Capital: Behind and Beyond Derivatives
A Comment on the Interview with Frank Partnoy
"Deregulation, Derivatives, and Moral Hazard"
by Roberto Flores
Los Angeles, California

Responding to the Challenges Confronting Black and Latino Males:
The Role of Public Policy in Countering
the “Crisis” and Promoting Success
by Pedro Noguera
New York University, New York

2013 End-of-Year Update
(PDF file)
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Columbia, Missouri

La nueva Ley de Semilla
y la matríz productiva agrícola
por Miguel Angel Núñez
Merida, Venezuela

Vandana Shiva
Entrevista en español (1998)
St. Louis, Missouri

Community Helps Community
Selling Fruits And Vegetables at the Sobreruedas
Interview with Four Members of
Women Occupy San Diego
San Diego, California

The Schools From Below
"A non-institutional education,
where the community is the educating subject"
by Raul Zibechi
Caracol Morelia, Chiapas, Mexico
Translated by Joe Parker and Vilma Villela

To Confront the Climate Emergency
We Need to Dismantle the WTO and the Free Trade Regime
"There is no more time for half-measures."
This Analysis Signed by the Organizations
From Around the World Listed

Children First and It’s Impact on Latino Students in New York City
By Luz Yadira Herrera, CUNY Graduate Center
Pedro A. Noguera, New York University
New York, New York

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Do We Want to Create This Monster?
by Christina Imhoof, Vera Moldt, Eleanora Robbins, and Kristen Smith
Position Paper by Women Occupy San Diego
San Diego, California

Re-defining Masculinity
by Pedro Noguera
New York, New York

The Jakarta Call
"We are building new relationships between human beings
and nature based on solidarity, cooperation and complementarity."
by La Vía Campesina
Jakarta, Indonesia

El ecosocialismo: retos, rutas y reflexiones
por Miguel Angel Núñez
Barinas, Venezuela

Claiming Space: Involve the Alternative
Interview with Four of the Organizers of
Sobreruedas en el Barrio: A Neighborhood Market
San Diego, California

Enough Of These Crises!
From the Growing Discussion About Food
by Nic Paget-Clarke
San Diego, California

Marching Against Monsanto
and the Corporate Oligarchy
by James Bartoli
San Diego, California

Stop the CAFO/Monsanto Protection Bill
Local Control & the Future of Missouri Farming and Food
is at Stake / Call Your Senator TODAY!!!
Vote NO on HJR 7&11 and SJR 22
by Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Columbia, Missouri

Egypt: Uprising And Analysis
Two Years Later. February 2013
Interview with Dr. Ann Lesch
by Ja A. Jahannes
Cairo, Egypt and Savannah, Georgia

What Is The Growing Discussion About Food?
by James Bartoli
San Diego, California

“An Unfailing Legacy”
Why I Edited The Book
by Ja A. Jahannes, PhD
Savannah, Georgia

What Is A People’s Assembly?
by Carlos Huerta
San Ysidro, California

Lincoln, the Movie
by William Loren Katz
New York, New York

TPP v. ASEAN:
The Pivot And The Island Rows
"... competing to lead the regional trade liberalization agenda."
by Arnie Saiki
Los Angeles, California

Our Position --
On Livestock, Rural Communities & the Economy
(Also available as a PDF version)
by Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Columbia, Missouri
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