Zackie Achmat, Simon's colleague in both the anti-apartheid struggle and the gay and lesbian movement, is HIV positive but refused for years to take the antiretroviral drugs that he could afford, until�treatment�was a possibility for�all South Africans. At Simon's funeral he announced the�formation of�the Treatment Action Campaign, which has grown into a powerful lobby group that leads civil disobedience campaigns to fight for affordable treatment for people with HIV.

Amnesty International's OUTfront! section is devoted to tracking the status of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender human�rights around the world, and responding to human rights abuses based on sexual orientation.

The Human Rights Campaign is an American organization that is working for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equal rights in this country. Their action center sends out regular calls to action, as well as updates on political challenges�and victories.

The Black AIDS Institute has�established the�Simon Nkoli Exchange Program, to bring African AIDS workers and activists to the U.S. for training, and to in turn send U.S.-based AIDS workers to Africa to work on the frontlines in the battle against HIV/AIDS.

Well, this activist looks like Robert Redford, he is a trained falconer, and he has the name of the
most famous family in the US. And--he's on Link TV this week!�

But don't let the fancy pedigree fool you. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gets down and dirty in an Earth
Focus exclusive interview with our very own Spotlight host Mark Hertsgaard. Watch them talk
about what your vote will mean to the future of our air, water and natural resources.���

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What do Arianna Huffington, and Hollywood producers� Norman Lear and Larry David
have in common? The Detroit Project: a grassroots campaign to prod Detroit
automakers to build cars that will get Americans to work in the morning without sending
us to war in the afternoon -- cars that will end our dependence on foreign oil.

They produced several brilliant ads that call attention to the fact that�although the technology to
build a more fuel efficient SUV exists, it is not being used.

Click here to watch Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talk about the Detroit Project, and see the infamous SUV ad that the networks refused to air.

Buy the book :
Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country
and Hijacking Our Democracy

�Already know about Bush's dismal environmental track record?� What you can do is give the
book to someone you know is sitting on the fence.

Natural Resources Defense Council - NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action organization.�� They have more than 1
million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure
a safe and healthy environment for all living things.

Grist Magazine - Environmentalism with a sense of humor - who woulda thunk it? The "Ask Umbra" section is especially helpful for those oh so personal enviro-dilemmas.

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Adding to our growing list of environmental films, Link TV presents Troubled Waters: The Dilemma of Dams. The film acknowledges that there are some reasons to dam the flow of a river: perhaps some of these dams generate energy or benefit some of the up-river residents with more water for agriculture or shipping commerce. But the harm that many dams have done�environmental, cultural, and socio-economic harm�seems to far outweigh the benefits, according to the filmmakers and the experts that they interviewed: the late David Brower, who led the Sierra Club and founded Friends of the Earth and the Earth Island Institute, and Bruce Babbit, former Secretary of the Interior under President Clinton.��

Douglas Watts, one activist in the film, took some very direct action, but there are all sorts of ways to get more information on dams in your area, and to get involved in the issue.

For a checklist of steps and a list of organizations that are working for dam removal, see the helpful article�"So You Want to Remove a Dam" from the International Rivers Network.

Friends of the Earth has a number of river restoration projects in the works, as well as dam removal success stories to keep you motivated.

You've talked the talk, now you want to see what it's like to walk the walk? Read a Grist Magazine interview with Chad Pregracke, young river-lover and barge-dweller who gets his hands dirty and his feet wet every day, cleaning up his local river (you may have heard of it), the Mississippi.

Coming soon on Link TV is the dramatic documentary Drowned Out�a film about the infamous Narmada Dam Project that completely flooded hundreds of villages in India. The dam was funded by big money--the Indian government, the World Bank--but its progress was halted by individuals who gathered together in groups that grew larger and larger as word spread, marching and demanding meetings and going on hunger strikes.

See a preview of these activists in action. After seeing the entire film on Link, you can get an update on the Narmada Dam and the region�the struggle continues.