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From Public Citizen's Corporate Presidency site: "44 Trump administration officials have close ties to the Koch brothers and their network of political groups, particularly Vice President Mike Pence, White House Legislative Affairs Director Marc Short, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and White House budget director Mick Mulvaney."

Dark Money author Jane Mayer on The Dangers of President Pence, New Yorker, Oct. 23 issue on-line

Can Time Inc. Survive the Kochs? November 28, 2017 By
..."This year, among the Kochs’ aims is to spend a projected four hundred million dollars in contributions from themselves and a small group of allied conservative donors they have assembled, to insure Republican victories in the 2018 midterm elections. Ordinarily, political reporters for Time magazine would chronicle this blatant attempt by the Kochs and their allies to buy political influence in the coming election cycle. Will they feel as free to do so now?"...

"Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America" see: our site, and George Monbiot's essay on this key book by historian Nancy MacLean.

Full interview with The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer March 29, 2017, Democracy Now! about her article, "The Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency: How Robert Mercer Exploited America’s Populist Insurgency."

Democracy Now! Special Broadcast from the Women's March on Washington

Inauguration 2017 Special Coverage w/ Angela Davis, Naomi Klein, Ralph Nader & More

The Economics of Happiness -- shorter version

Local Futures offers a free 19-minute abridged version  of its award-winning documentary film The Economics of Happiness. It "brings us voices of hope of in a time of crisis." www.localfutures.org.

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October 15, 2008

15 October 2008: World Rural Women’s Day

"Rural women play an equal role working on the farm, but we do not play an equal role in deciding the policies that govern our livelihoods. This needs to change,” said Karen Serres, President of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers’ Committee of Women Farmers..."

Climate Change: Rural Women are Part of the Solution
World Rural Women’s Day takes place on October 15 of every year, one day before FAO’s World Food Day. Its aim is to raise the profile of rural women and to highlight the crucial role they play in supporting global food security...

"The world is facing a climate change crisis and rural women, who account for a quarter of the world's population, must be recognized as part of the solution.

"Solutions for climate change need to be addressed through a sustainable approach. The only approach that will achieve long-term sustainability is the integration of women into all levels of policy development. “Rural women play an equal role working on the farm, but we do not play an equal role in deciding the policies that govern our livelihoods. This needs to change,” said Karen Serres, President of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers’ Committee of Women Farmers..."

Read press release here

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