by David Sassoon -
Dec 12th, 2007 
Three big pieces of legislation are pending in Congress and the well-being of the entire planet is dependent upon them. Through the Energy Bill, the Climate Bill and the Farm Bill, America is legislating for the whole world, even though the political calculus is largely defined inside the Beltway by narrow special interests and big campaign contributors.
That's why it's worth giving some air time to a protest farming leaders staged yesterday -- not in the Capital Rotunda or the mall in Washington, no, nor in North Dakota or Iowa, not there either, but at the Bali Tourism Development Center Food Court, down the road from the convention center where international climate talks are progressing.
Dozens of people wearing green headscarves, accompanied by musicians playing percussion, chanted their opposition to neo-colonialism.
The group planned to march to the Westin Resort where the Convention Center is located. However, the rally did not move beyond the BTDC food court grounds as lines of police guarding the entrance gate, blocked their route.
Awfully peripheral to lawmakers on Capitol Hill. But then again, connect the dots, and what the protesters in Bali from La Via Campesina had to say might be much more important than meets the eye.
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