This award-winning documentary follows a controversial sugar development scheme in Mali. Some oppose its claims to offer inclusive development, and see it as a neocolonial venture.

In this issue of Earth First! Journal Patrick Reinsborough tells the story of the U’wa (“the thinking people”) and their long fight against Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum’s (Oxy) effort to drill on their land in Colombia. In addition, Mariposa discusses civil disobedience and how being arrested can lead to empowerment, and Howie Wolke calls for attention to saving the Sapphire roadless area in Western Montana.

In this issue of Earth First! Journal, Many Hats gives an update on the actions against MAXXAM/Pacific Lumber (PL), David Orr talks about the late David Ross—”a man who made a difference in the world”—and Christopher Beaver discusses the bird “massacres” due to collisions with wireless telecommunication antennas in North America.

In this issue of Earth First! Journal Tim LaPietra and Errol Schweizer draw attention to the struggles of the working class and communities of color in order to broaden EF!’s perspective. In addition, Emily Wolf and Stephanie Tidwell report from road blockades used to protest against the expansion of Vail ski resort in Colorado, Jenni McGowan provides a broader look at biotechnology, and Karen Pickett gives her view on the annual MAXXAM shareholders meeting in Houston.