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A Migration Summit To Address Shrinking Birth Rates

John Feffer | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Remittances, Racism, Migration, Immigration, Obama, Xenophobia, Foreign Workers, World News
John Feffer

The Russians and Japanese, as well as Europeans, are not having enough children to replace themselves. Only by lowering the barriers to citizenship can shrinking countries revive their economies

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Fall Migration: Animal Migration Photos

Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 09.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Migratory Birds, Slidepoll, Humpback Whale, Caribou, Autumn, Winter, Fall, Animals, Dolphin, Migratory Animals, Sandhill Cranes, Migration, Monarch Butterflies, Elk, Snow Geese, Hummingbirds, Birdwatching, Swallow, Green News

With Fall upon us and temperatures starting to drop, animals are starting to migrate to warmer places to spend their winters. From snow geese to whal...

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Environmental Warfare in 10 years

Diane Francis | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Geostrategy, Australia, Migration, Geoengineering, Latin America, Environmental Refugees, Environment, Green, Geopolitics, Mexico, Spain, Degradation, Greece, Green News
Diane Francis

Oil company CEOs and Canadian, U.S. and British government officials attending the Global Business Forum in Banff last week heard a chilling forecast of military clashes if there is an environmental meltdown due to climate change.

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Illegal People: An Island of Rationality

Hector E. Sanchez | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: International Trade, Migration, Mexico Immigration, Immigrant Rights, Labor, Human Rights, David Bacon, Nafta, Illegal Immigrants, Illegal Immigration, Globalization, Guest Workers, Labor Unions, Politics News
Hector E. Sanchez

The hostility of globalization forces corporate management to compete for the cheapest possible products at the expense of exploited workers.

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While Obama Calls for Talks on Migration, Cuba's Young Launch Themselves Into the Sea

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 06.23.2009 | World

Read More: Human Rights, Obama, Migration, Cuba, Castro, World News
Yoani Sanchez

The relativity of distances obsesses the Cuban balseros, the rafters who try to escape Cuba by sea. "So close, yet so far," the strip of sea that lies between Cuba and the United States seems to say.

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The Next 100 Years

Giles Slade | Posted 05.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Floods, Migration, Megafires, Heatwaves, Freshwater Shortages, Arctic, Katrina, Polar Bears, Climate Change, Thomas L. Friedman, Cormac McCarthy, Global Warming, Sea Level Rise, Green Living, Green News
Giles Slade

With a confirmed global average of +4°C warming, we now know there will be devastating consequences. Within the next 40 years, there will be climate migrations right here in America.

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Why Immigrant Workers Will Fill the Streets This May Day

Crossover Dreams | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, Immigration, Migration, May Day, Undocumented Immigrants, Workers Rights, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Politics News
Crossover Dreams

By David Bacon Oakland, CA -- In a little less than a month, hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions, of people will fill the streets in city af...

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Hunger for Justice in Maricopa

Crossover Dreams | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cesar Chavez, Migration, Undocumented Immigrants, Doj, Arpaio, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Department of Justice, Immigration, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, 287(G), Maricopa Citizens for Safety and Accountability, Racial Profiling, Mcso, Worksite Raids, Politics News
Crossover Dreams

Although Julio Mora is a U.S. citizen and his dad has a green card, they were arrested in Phoenix, Arizona, on suspicion of being undocumented aliens. The case is commonplace.

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The Profitability Of Inequality

Crossover Dreams | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

Read More: Globalization, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Migration, Criminalization, Undocumented Immigrants, Illegal Aliens, Illegal Immigrants, World News
Crossover Dreams

The current concept of the "illegal" person has its roots in the Black Codes, used to define who could be enslaved and who couldn't.

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Forgive Us Our Trespasses

Crossover Dreams | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

Read More: Ips, Immigration, Migration, Undocumented Immigrants, Inter Press Service, Crime, Illegal Aliens, Mexico, Illegal Immigrants, Crossover Dreams, World News
Crossover Dreams

Why do some brand those who enter or stay in the U.S. without proper papers as "illegals"? The usual answer is: "They broke the law." In this sense, though, most of us are "illegals" one way or another.

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Thai Prime Minister Vows To Push Illegal Immigrants Out

Bangkokpost.com | AFP | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

Read More: Unhcr, Thai Prime Minister, Migration, Rohingya People, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thailand, Illegal Immigrants, Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants in Thailand, World News

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Thursday announced a crackdown on illegal immigration as he defended Thailand against allegations the military left a...

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