October 26, 2011
Image by david_shankbone via Flickr #Occupy and the #Climate Movement How are the #occupy movement and climate change connected? Fossil fuels enable the current economic system to continue because it is global and requires a lot of fossil fuels for production and transportation. Multi-national corporations won’t do well if we stop burning fossil fuels. Failure [...]
Tags: 99%, Activism, Climate, Climate change, environment, Fossil fuel, Greenhouse gas, Naomi Klein, Nation, OccupyDesign, Rebecca Solnit, Renewable energy, United States, Wall Street, World Now
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October 16, 2011
Nude in Black and White Mr. Fish By Mr. Fish While visiting the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., at age 11, I found out that the transparent bubble on a warplane from which a gunner fires his machine gun is called a blister. This seemed somehow appropriately unsettling, as if any aircraft [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Fish, Freedom Plaza, National Air and Space Museum, Susan Dey, Wall Street, Washington, Washington DC
Posted in Democracy, Dictators, Dirty Energy, Dissent, elections, Elites, Environment, Environment and climate, Environmental activist, Evolution, Fascism, Food, Fossil fuel, Gillard, Gillard and Labor; Masters of the Australian Crawl, Gitmo, Global capitalism and imperialism, Imperial Project, Imperialism, Indigenous, Indigenous Australians, Israel | No Comments »
August 27, 2011
In Washington, at least 275 protesters have been arrested oppossing a pipeline which they say will damage ecosystems, increase oil dependency and worsen global warming [GALLO/GETTY] David Daniel had never been to an environmental protest before this week, but as hundreds converge in Washington for civil disobedience against a massive oil pipeline, the retired carpenter from Texas is spearheading [...]
Tags: Alberta, Athabasca oil sands, Barack Obama, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, David Daniel, Keystone Pipeline, Ogallala Aquifer, oilsands, United States, United States Department of State, United States Environmental Protection Agency
Posted in Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, Capitalism and debt, Climate, Climate change, Climate denial, Dirty Energy, oil, oil and gas resources, Oil in the USA, President of the World, Propaganda, Protest | No Comments »
July 26, 2011
For those interested in the cancer of the voodoo economic rhythm this editorial should be illuminating. But consider this. The US elite that wishes to rule the planet has been putting what it feels is necessary to achieve this goal for at least a century. What has always driven this march to hegemony is that the people [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Bush tax cuts, Cancer, Elite, Harry Reid, middle east, Nigeria, Party leaders of the United States Senate, President, Republican, South East Asia, Southeast Asia, United State, War crime, White House
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July 10, 2011
For those of you who have time for a little reflection there is an interesting fact that emerges from the Carbon Tax in Australia. Whether it works, is partially successful or leads to other means as a matter of absolute certainty it is at least a start. Despite the one party system we have, that is [...]
Tags: Australia, Australian Labor Party, Carbon tax, Emissions trading, Government of Australia, Greenhouse gas, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Noam Chomsky, Tony Abbott
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July 6, 2011
This is yet another good article at the Gilad Atzmon site. That site can by reached at http://www.gilad.co.uk/. This article has an interview between Cattori and Plionis. I have has been mentioned on this page a few times that Israel has become like a new found friend for Greece. That raises a further interesting point. The [...]
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July 5, 2011
The damaged units of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Photograph: AIR PHOTO SERVICE / HO/EPA How did the thinking go? Well he does seems to have been anti-nuclear, with good reason BUT why the change in opinion and then this? The answer is quite simple, at least for me, but trust me that [...]
Tags: British government, Centre for Alternative Technology, Germany, Government of the United Kingdom, International Atomic Energy Agency, Japan, Nuclear, nuclearpower
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July 2, 2011
I sent the following email to George Monbiot and the Guardian. I will keep you posted if there is any response. George Ikners ikners.com Related articles Monbiot on Sydney (ikners.com) Monbiot on putting a price on nature and the environment (ikners.com) A Piece from ‘UK Government Watch’ (not me) about ‘The Hidden Economy’ (ukgovernmentwatch.wordpress.com) Monbiot [...]
Tags: Bahrain, David Cameron, George Monbiot, Helen Caldicott, Islamophobia, Journalists, Royal Wedding, The Guardian
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June 29, 2011
To the Last Drop Residents of one Canadian town are engaged in a David and Goliath-style battle over the dirtiest oil project ever known. Witness Last Modified: 23 Jun 2011 Filmmakers: Niobe Thompson and Tom Radford The small town of Fort Chipewyan in northern Alberta is facing the consequences of being the first to witness the [...]
Tags: Alberta, Athabasca oil sands, Canada, Chipewyan, David Schindler, Fort Chipewyan, Fort Chipewyan Alberta, Goliath, Northern Alberta, oilsands, Stockholm Water Prize
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June 29, 2011
Fukushima Spews, Los Alamos Burns, Vermont Rages & We’ve Almost Lost Nebraska By Harvey Wasserman http://warisacrime.org/node/58321 Humankind is now threatened by the simultaneous implosion, explosion, incineration, courtroom contempt and drowning of its most lethal industry. We know only two things for certain: worse is yet to come, and those in charge are lying about [...]
Tags: China Syndrome, Entergy, Government of Japan, Harvey Wasserman, Japan, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Tokyo Electric Power Company, United States
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June 27, 2011
2010 Sydney Peace Prize to Dr. Vandana Shiva, Indian Scientist and Environmental Campaigner The distinguished Indian physicist and environmentalist Dr. Vandana Shiva is the recipient of the 2010 Sydney Peace Prize. The citation for Dr. Shiva’s selection reads, “For courageous leadership of movements for social justice – the empowerment of women in developing countries, advocacy [...]
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June 27, 2011
This is another version from the author of the video about what is often referred to by this page as the United States of Israel. Unfortunately nothing happening today is even remotely suggestive of anything but the hatred of democracy by the elites and a very general hatred of people by the Jewish State of [...]
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Binyamin Netanyahu, Democracy, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Jews, middle east, Organizations, Palestinian people, United State, United States, Warfare and Conflict
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June 26, 2011
Michael Klare, The Energy Landscape of 2041 Posted by Michael Klare at 5:55pm, June 26, 2011. Let’s see: today, it’s a story about rising sea levels. Now, close your eyes, take a few seconds, and try to imagine what word or words could possibly go with such a story. Time’s up, and if “faster,” “far faster,” “fastest,” [...]
Tags: Arizona, Earth, Fossil fuel, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Michael Klare, Rising Powers Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy, Thirty Years War, TomDispatch, TomDispatch.com, United States
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June 26, 2011
You may wonder why in a world beset with massive environmental problems as well as endless wars it all seems to come down to a dollar value before the penny drops. But is it the right penny? Saying that the war in Afghanistan is a costly mess or any words to that effect only further legitimises the [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, David Randall, Elite, Jonathan Owen, middle east, United State, War, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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June 26, 2011
Saudi Arabian torment of migrant workers at mercy of abusive ‘madams’ Any Middle Eastern country that offers true equality of employment for women is to be congratulated but are the Saudis living up to anything like that? George Ikners ikners.com A Saudi woman applies makeup to a woman at a cosmetics exhibition in Jeddah. [...]
Tags: Indonesia, Jason Burke, Jeddah, Maid, middle east, Muslim, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan, United States
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June 26, 2011
“A Moment in the Sun”: An Extended Interview with Independent Filmmaker, Author John Sayles Share1172 We spend the hour with legendary independent filmmaker and author, John Sayles. Over the past three decades, he has directed 17 feature films, including Return of the Secaucus Seven, Matewan, Lone Star, and Eight Men Out. He has often used [...]
Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Dale Maharidge, Independent film, John Sayles, O. Henry Award, Philippines, Return of the Secaucus 7, United States
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June 26, 2011
We Need to Change Course: Ocean Life Is at Risk of Unprecedented Extinction Destructive fishing practices, pollution, biodiversity loss, spreading low-oxygen “dead zones” and ocean acidification are having synergistic effects across the board. June 23, 2011 | LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest [...]
Tags: Alex Rogers, Carbon Cycle, Dead zone (ecology), Earth, Extinction event, Greenhouse gas, Hugo Grotius, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Ocean, Organism
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June 16, 2011
This is an article by Chip Ward. There are other articles by Ward on this site. They are usually very informative, althought they deal with US environmental issues, the matters discussed clearly have a planetary implication. There is a brief foreaord from Tom Engelhardt as well. Tomgram: Chip Ward, Fire’s Manifest Destiny Posted by Chip [...]
Tags: Adam Hochschild, Arizona, Bruce Babbitt, iPod, New Mexico, Okefenokee Swamp, Tom Engelhardt, United States
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June 6, 2011
Tomgram: Michael Klare, How to Wreck a Planet 101 Posted by Michael Klare at 4:04pm, June 5, 2011. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: Here’s a first for this site: Adam Hochschild’s new book,To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918, now a New York Times bestseller, is also hitting other bestseller lists and getting fabulous [...]
Tags: Adam Hochschild, Andrew Bacevich, Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal, Fossil fuel, iPod, James Lovelock, Michael Klare, Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch.com, United State
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June 5, 2011
Climate Denialese: A Phrasebook By Sarah Burnside Tags: sarah burnside martin ferguson green religion george lakoff framing emissions trading climate scepticism Framing those who push for zero emissions as misanthropes addled by ‘green faith’ is a stock tactic of climate change deniers, writes Sarah Burnside During a recent Question Time session in the Federal [...]
Tags: Barnaby Joyce, Climate change, environment, George Lakoff, Julia Gillard, Martin Ferguson, Nathan Rees, United States
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June 5, 2011
Military budget could pay for renewables Wednesday, November 4, 2009 – 11:00 By Renfrey Clarke Admit it: you’re just a little disturbed when industrialists, fossil-fuel lobbyists and the Liberal and National parties thunder that big, quick cuts to carbon emissions would bankrupt Australian business. Well, aren’t you? Rest easy. Australian capitalism has ample money — and [...]
Tags: Australia, Australian government, Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, Fossil fuel, Government of Australia, Green Left Weekly, Martin Ferguson, United States
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June 4, 2011
An interview with Wendell Berry Filed under: Uncategorized — Federal Farmer @ 11:06 am Edit This A friend just sent me this neat little interview with Wendell Berry in Sun Magazine. Though not everything in it will be lauded on ASC, I think many of the gems offered, by the always eloquent and insightful Berry, will resonate. The [...]
Tags: Crusades, Dorothy Day, G.K. Chesterton, History, Kentucky, Politics, The Swan House (The Swan House Series #1), Wendell Berry
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June 2, 2011
Cairn Energy threatens to fine Greenpeace for Arctic drilling protest British oil company wants to fine Greenpeace €2m a day if the campaign group disrupts its oil drilling operations in the Arctic Share56 John Vidal, environment editor guardian.co.uk, Thursday 2 June 2011 18.15 BST Article history Greenpeace protesters spent four days in a survival [...]
Tags: Arctic, CairnEnergy, Drilling rig, Greenland, Greenpeace, Oil platform, Oil well, Petroleum industry, Royal Danish Navy
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June 2, 2011
JUAN GONZALEZ: Extreme weather across the United States has been dominating the news for weeks, from tornadoes to floods to drought. This is just a sampling of some recent news reports. PETER MANSBRIDGE, CBC: Now more than 1,500 people are still unaccounted for following Sunday evening’s tornado in Joplin, Missouri. The storm killed at least [...]
Tags: Bill McKibben, Climate change, Dust Bowl, Eaarth, Joplin Missouri, Long Island, Oklahoma, United States
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June 2, 2011
Greenpeace Arctic oil protest ended by Danish navy Commandos end occupation of drilling rig on exploration vessel by breaking into activists’ survival pod Share77 Severin Carrell, Scotland correspondent guardian.co.uk, Thursday 2 June 2011 08.49 BST Article history Danish navy commandos remove Greenpeace activists from the Arctic drilling rig Leiv Eiriksson. Photograph: Greenpeace/Reuters Link to this [...]
Tags: Arctic, CairnEnergy, Deepwater Horizon, Drilling rig, Greenland, Greenpeace, Luke Jones, Royal Danish Navy
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June 2, 2011
Three Strikes and You’re Hot Time for Obama to Say No to the Fossil Fuel Wish List By Bill McKibben In our globalized world, old-fashioned geography is not supposed to count for much: mountain ranges, deep-water ports, railroad grades — those seem so nineteenth century. The earth is flat, or so I remember somebody saying. [...]
Tags: Bill McKibben, Carbon Cycle, Central America, Climate change, environment, Fossil fuel, Keystone Pipeline, Obama administration, Oil sands, Sightline Institute, United States
Posted in Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, Carbon Tax, Climate, Climate change, Dirty Energy, Environment, Fossil fuel, Nigeria oil, nuclear, oil, oil and gas resources, Oil in the USA | No Comments »
June 2, 2011
UN chief challenges world to agree tougher target for climate change Global warming should be limited to 1.5C, not 2C, declares Christiana Figueres Share8 Fiona Harvey in Barcelona guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 1 June 2011 20.54 BST Article history Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN framework convention on climate change. Photograph: Alex Cruz/EPA The world should [...]
Tags: Cancún, Christiana Figueres, Climate change, Figueres, Global warming, International Energy Agency, United Nations, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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June 1, 2011
Carbon levels hit new peak, research shows Preliminary data from the US government shows that carbon dioxide levels peaked last week at the highest levels on record John Vidal, environment editor guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 31 May 2011 16.10 BST Article history Carbon dioxide levels have reached a new peak. Photograph: John Giles/PA Carbon dioxide levels [...]
Tags: Carbon dioxide, Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, Chindia, Climate change, Friends of the Earth, Greenhouse gas, Guardian, Hawaii, International Energy Agency, Mauna Loa, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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June 1, 2011
Biofuels boom in Africa as British firms lead rush on land for plantations Controversial fuel crops linked to rising food prices and hunger, as well as increased greenhouse gas emissions Share126 Comments (44) Damian Carrington and Stefano Valentino guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 31 May 2011 21.00 BST Article history An Ivory Coast nursery for jatropha, a non-edible [...]
Tags: ActionAid, Africa, Biofuel, Energy, European Union law, Greenhouse gas, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, The Guardian
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May 31, 2011
Food prices to double by 2030, Oxfam warns Charity says era of permanent food crisis will hit poorest people hardest and spark social unrest Share649 Felicity Lawrence guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 31 May 2011 08.23 BST Article history Staple crops such as maize could have risen in price by 180% by 2030, a new report by [...]
Tags: 2007–2008 world food price crisis, Barbara Stocking, Climate change, David Cameron, environment, Food, Oxfam, Poverty, Price, United Nations, World Bank
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May 30, 2011
Worst ever carbon emissions leave climate on the brink Exclusive: Record rise, despite recession, means 2C target almost out of reach Share1394 Fiona Harvey, Environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Sunday 29 May 2011 22.00 BST Article history Economic recession has failed to curb rising emissions, undermining hope of keeping global warming to safe levels Photograph: Dave Reede/All [...]
Tags: Fatih Birol, Greenhouse gas, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, International Energy Agency, John Sauven, London School of Economics, Stern Review, The Guardian
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May 28, 2011
US Rejects Libya Ceasefire, Vows War Will Continue Gadhafi Regime Reiterates Support for AU ‘Road Map‘ by Jason Ditz, May 27, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Libyan officials have directed phone calls to a number of NATO member nations urging a ceasefire in a ongoing NATO war. The call was immediately [...]
Tags: African Union, Barack Obama, Ben Rhodes, Ceasefire, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, United States
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May 27, 2011
These are pretty high stakes when you look at the continued existence of the capital project and the continued concentration of wealth is so few hands. It really seems to be the case that despite what may be being said there really is enough room on the planet for the population today. What we are running out of space for is [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Benghazi, David Cameron, G8, Libya, middle east, NATO, Nicolas Sarkozy, On the Origin of Species, Patrick Wintour, President of France, United States
Posted in Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, debate and discussion, Democracy, Democracy in the Arab World, Dictators, Dirty Energy, disaster, Dissent, economic measures, Economics, Economy, Education, elections, Elites, Environment, European, European Foreign Policy, Fascism, Foreign Policy, Hillary, Human Rights, IMF, Imperial Project, Imperialism, Islam and the US, Labor, Leon Panetta, Libya, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Mission Creep, NATO, Negotiate. It's now or never, Nigeria, Nigeria oil, nuclear, Obama, Obama warmonger, oil, oil and gas resources, Oil in the USA, Peace Movement, people's protests, Propaganda, Protest, Protests, Psycopaths, Racism, Special Ops, UK, UK fascism, UK Foreign Policy, UN, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US torture; art and science, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War Crimes, War is a crime, War on terror | No Comments »
May 26, 2011
China crisis over Yangtze river drought forces drastic dam measures Severe drought has forced China to release 5bn cubic metres from Three Gorges reservoir for irrigation and drinking water Share200 Comments (47) Jonathan Watts, Asia environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 25 May 2011 11.35 BST Article history The dried up Yangtze river in southwest China’s [...]
Tags: China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Drought, Jonathan Watts, Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China, Three Gorges, Xinhua News Agency, Yangtze River
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May 23, 2011
Obviously, the contest is meant to provoke and BP won’t actually change its branding. BP Still Wants to Work With Libya’s State Oil by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York on 03.17.11 BUSINESS & POLITICS Photo: jetalone, Flickr, Creative Commons 2.0 In an apparent attempt to secure the title of ‘world’s most despised oil company‘, [...]
Tags: BP, European Union, Flickr, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, National Oil Corporation, Petroleum industry, Reuters, World War II
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May 19, 2011
It is always of interest to read what those who call themselves realists say about life and liberty. Realism is a haven for failed aspirations and hope. It provides comfort to those who are unable to make a few steps to a truly Democratic position. It feasts on sinecure, nepotism and at times even rubs [...]
Tags: Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Bradley Manning, Dick Cheney, Glenn Greenwald, History, Jane Mayer, John Mearsheimer, Joseph McCarthy, NATO, Obama administration, President, United State, United States, Warfare and Conflict, WikiLeaks
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May 19, 2011
Trigger happy murderers in NATO are basically the new cancer on the block in the Middle East. These European invading barbarians know nothing but killing as far as the troops are concerned. Fresh from glory of several thousand years in the killing fields of Europe by air land and sea these new SS Regiments havea true obedience [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Bundeswehr, Hamid Karzai, middle east, NATO, Protest, Takhar Province, Taloqan
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May 17, 2011
Subscribe to FFF Email Update Subscribe to Freedom Daily DONATE TO FFF Hornberger’s Blog Monday, May 16, 2010 Hornberger’s Blog Index Information about RSS REMINDER: The Jacob Hornberger Show every Saturday at 7-8 pm EST. Listen and watch live on the Internet: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-future-of-freedom-foundation America’s Post-9/11 Turn toward Dictatorship by Jacob G. Hornberger Among the most potent [...]
Tags: Bashar-al Assad, Constitution, Demographics of Syria, Federal government of the United States, Future of Freedom Foundation, Jacob G. Hornberger, Law, Syria, United State, United States Constitution, US Constitution
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May 17, 2011
Special report: In Libyan oil shipment, sanctions prove dumb inShare6 Share this Digg Email Print Related News NATO must step up pace in Libya: British general Sun, May 15 2011 NATO hits Libyan arms depot as West faces dilemma Mon, May 9 2011 Special report: What triggered oil’s greatest rout Mon, May 9 2011 Libyan [...]
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May 9, 2011
The predatory capital project and its partner the imperial project are fast running out of the fresh kill zones they require in the killing fields they so euphemistically called the “new world” or the “third world” Marx clearly predicted that there would have to be a massive expansion of the predatory beast into the rest of the world, [...]
Tags: Anarcho-Syndicalism, Asia, Bakunin, Elite, Karl Marx, Latin America, London, Marx, Marxism, Mikhail Bakunin, United States
Posted in Anarchism, Bakunin, Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, Chomsky, Consent, Counterpunch, D Room, Democracy, Democracy Now!, Dirty Energy, disaster, Dissent, economic measures, Economics, Economy, Education, Elites, Emma Goldmann, Englehardt, Escobar, European Foreign Policy, Fascism, Fisk, Foreign Policy, Galeano, Imperial Project, Imperialism, Indigenous, Indigenous Australians, Jason Ditz, Labor, Leon Panetta, MI 6, Military, Military madmen, Miscarriage of Justice, Mission Creep, NATO, nuclear, Obama, Obama warmonger, oil, people's protests, Pilger, Predator Drone, Propaganda, Protest, Protests, Ray McGovern, Rudolf Rocker, Rupert Murdoch, Sabrosky, Stateless socialism, Swanson, Tom Dispatch, torture, Unemployment, University education, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US war crimes, War, War Crimes, War is a crime | No Comments »
May 9, 2011
‘Do not cry’: a nurse‘s blog brings comfort to Japan’s tsunami survivors An anonymous blog written by a Japanese nurse as she cared for victims of the tsunami has given strength to survivors and fellow relief workers Share149 Comments (5) Justin McCurry guardian.co.uk, Sunday 8 May 2011 20.29 BST Article history A tsunami survivor is [...]
Tags: Humanitarian aid, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, Media of Japan, Rikuzentakata Iwate, Tōhoku region, Tokyo, Tsunami
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May 8, 2011
An email from Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky University of Leeds (UCU) – Blog, November 30, 2009 I had a startling experience a few weeks ago. I travelled to Mexico City for talks at the National University, an enormous and very impressive institution with high standards of achievement and scholarship. Entrance is selective, but the university [...]
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April 7, 2011
Tomgram: Ellen Cantarow, Dirty Energy’s Dirty Deeds Posted by Ellen Cantarow at 8:43am, April 7, 2011. When it comes to energy there are no easy answers. This was painfully evident last week when President Barack Obama gave a speech on “America’s Energy Security” at Georgetown University. “We’ve known about the dangers of our oil dependence for decades,” [...]
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Been waiting a long time for this. But not surprised. Are you? Think first a Monbiot point of view
The damaged units of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Photograph: AIR PHOTO SERVICE / HO/EPA How did the thinking go? Well he does seems to have been anti-nuclear, with good reason BUT why the change in opinion and then this? The answer is quite simple, at least for me, but trust me that [...]
Tags: British government, Centre for Alternative Technology, Germany, Government of the United Kingdom, International Atomic Energy Agency, Japan, Nuclear, nuclearpower
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