Since March 2015, a Saudi-Emirati led coalition has relied on U.S. support and participation in its airstrikes and blockade against Yemen. Barrages of bombardment targeting civilian infrastructure, plus a paralyzing air, sea and water blockade have exacerbated suffering as Yemenis face near-famine conditions and widespread diseases, including cholera. Author, speaker, peace activist, and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Kathy Kelly co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Other Voices Other Choices – Ground Beneath Our Hearts 2249
A day of art and music to express not just how it hurts to live with the constant assault of mineral extraction, but how immense is people's love for their home place. That was the focus of The Ground Beneath Our Hearts, a community-generated spectacle that unfolded in ten places around the world on September 12, 2015. This video tells the story of what happened.
Other Voices Other Choices – Environmental Harms of Pipelines
Energy Justice Shale Convergence Wyoming County, PA March 13 - 16, 2015 Presented by Faith Zerbe Water Watch Director, Delaware Riverkeeper Network This presentation was part of the Community Enforcement & Legal Strategies workshop. Per the organizers: "Participants will explore an array of legal strategies and issues pertaining to shale gas development, including community monitoring projects, eminent domain, permit appeals, local ordinances, and more." This particular presentation focuses on community monitoring of pipeline projects related to shale gas development in Pennsylvania. However, the techniques presented are effective in a variety of other contexts.
Other Voices Other Choices – Women in Hebron 5930
Laila Hasan is a Palestinian from a village in the Hebron District in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. She is the co-founder of the Women in Hebron embroidery and sewing cooperative. Laila will tell of some of the obstacles Women in Hebron faced when they opened a shop in Hebron's Old City at the height of the second intifada. She will also share stories of life in the villages around Hebron. Translator and Assistant: Jawakin Kamil Introductory remarks by Jim Clune, Broome County Peace Action.
Other Voices Other Choices – Resisting the Constitution Pipeline 5900
A Family's Fight to Protect Their Land Catherine & Megan Holleran take viewers on a tour of their family's property, currently under eminent domain threat from the Constitution Pipeline, which will carry fracked gas from the wells of Pennsylvania to upstate New York. They are joined in the second half of the video by Alex Lotorto of Energy Justice Network.