Still no signs of the Iranians protesting the theocratic government of the mullahs on any of the major Indymedia sites. But the main site has some really pressing world issues: -30 thousand workers protest pension reform in Brazil -U.S. Congressional Battles to Reverse the FCC -Days of Resistance in Thessaloniki -Itoiz is being evicted to build a water reservoir Oh, and this one slays me: Mobilizing in Sacramento for Global Justice From June 23-25 in Sacramento, the US Department of Agriculture, the Agency for International Development, and the U.S. State Department are hosting government ministers from 180 nations and transnational corporate reps to lay out the US government and agribusiness' vision for the future of the world. A major grassroots mobilization and convergence is planned to confront the corporados. The event has been referred to as "a showdown for people to say no to a genetically engineered future, and to voice instead a living world vision, rooted in social justice and ecological sanity. It is also a chance to stand in solidarity with the people's movements and hundreds of peasant farmers groups from around the world that have called on social movements in the US to denounce and protest this meeting." Sacramento is the most important destination at the moment for anyone concerned about genetically engineered trees, foods, and fish, the rights of small farmers, and the environment and corporations controlling and commidifying the world's forests and food supply. Organizers in the U.S. note: "The Sacramento mobilization is time to show that we understand it is not enough for those of us who live in the US to turn out in hundreds of thousands at the outbreak of a military invasion - we need to be looking for strategic opportunities to confront Empire on an ongoing basis to turn this nation 180 degrees and walk together in a radically new direction." Genetically-modified food constitutes fighting for "global justice" and agains "a military invasion," but thousands of Iranians protesting theocratic, fascist rule garner nothing at all from the self-proclaimed warriors for global justice. Nor do the beatings, imprisonments, and likely murders of the protestors. There is something seriously wrong with the radical left. But then, there always was. permalink