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Greetings to old friends and new visitors,
After a long pause, we again present an English-language e-newsletter, at a critical time. Super-storm Sandy is proving a turning point in political climate change denial in the US, at great cost. Meanwhile, a presidential campaign that has ignored this issue, along with many others, is in its final days. We present some women's voices in the US on both themes, plus a film tip -- for free on-line until Nov. 6th, and more.
Yours for peace and justice for all (the natural world included). 
Anna Gyorgy, English editor.

On super-storm Sandy and the coming election:

In the wake of its destruction on the US East Coast, three views on the meaning for climate change and social justice -- and the election on November 6. more

Sandy and the USA: will the mega-storm finally open the discussion?

After record heat, drought and forest fires, crop loss and Arctic ice melt, now a mega-storm comes 'home' to the biggest climate pollutor world-wide. more

Women's voices: US election 2012

According to polls and pundits, the women's vote is key to the coming presidentlal election. Here are two clear opinion pieces of interest. more
And in her on-line column "Freedom Rider," Black Agenda Report editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley makes the case for Not Voting for Obama.

See this film now! Witness: Living Downstream

Welcome to a new film, years in the making, based on the book of the same name: "Living Downstream" by biologist Dr. Sandra Steingraber. Now in a new edition, it one of the first read and reviewed in preparing for this website project. Currently she is very involved in defending her home region in New York State against hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") for 'natural' gas. Steingraber is also a cancer survivor, and this 47+ minute film tells the story of environmental dangers and the need for what she calls "environmental human rights." Until Nov. 6 the film can be seen for free on-line: more

Last but not least, as we have an international focus and have been following food and agricultural issues for years, we are pleased to present this paper from social movement activist Esther Vivas from Barcelona, Spain:
La Via Campesina: Food Sovereignty and the Global Feminist Struggle