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Archive for February, 2006

Clamor recognized in Utne

Friday, February 24th, 2006 by Jen

Subscribers have already started receiving advanced copies of the brand new Spring 06 issue of Clamor - new format and all!! We’ll be posting the new issue on the site Monday, but in the meantime, here’s what Utne had to say about it:
The newly formatted, perfect-bound spring 2006 Clamor magazine arrived this week, sporting […]

Fasting for Lives in the Balance

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006 by Jason Kucsma

Mike Ferner is a war veteran from Toledo who is fasting on the White House lawn to protest the war. Clamor is fortunate to be able to share his observations.
Washington — 2/22/06. Today is day eight of our 34-day fast for peace at the U.S. Capitol, the Washington component of the Winter of […]

Victory in British Columbia

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006 by Jen

These days, it is important for activists to remember to celebrate victories. Though not well reported in the independent media so far, a huge area of land - over 5 million acres - in British Columbia will be protected in an unprecedented deal between activists, local communities, First Nations, loggers, and the Canadian government. Read […]

LA Mayor Antonio Villairagosa Speaks Out About the South Central Farm

Saturday, February 11th, 2006 by Jessica

A major new development in the struggle to save the South Central Farm came Wednesday when LA Mayor Antonio Villairagosa announced his interest in helping the farmers raise the funds needed to buy out the farm land from private owner Ralph Horowitz.
The history of the farm — the largest urban community garden in the […]

CONTE: Praise For A Journal That Is Making Waves, Turning Heads, But Which Uses None of These Sappy Clichés

Saturday, February 11th, 2006 by Michael Brooks

There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of literary journals online, and the quality on these sites runs from brilliant to dreckish. There is as yet no online rating service to assist would-be submitters and readers in their search for quality literary journals.
One site has consistently demonstrated an ability to attract and retain excellent work from […]

Darfur Spirals Into Despair

Monday, February 6th, 2006 by Michael Brooks

(Khartoum, Sudan) The situation in Sudan’s western Darfur region is deteriorating with more frequent and widespread violence, according to officials with the African Union.
“You may have thought the terrible situation in Darfur couldn’t get worse, but it has,” said the Africa director of Human Rights Watch, Peter Takirambudd. “Sudan’s policy of arming militias and […]