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Jackson Rising: People Power and the New Cooperative Movement
A conference in Jackson drew about 500 participants, with the goal “to educate and mobilize the people of Jackson to meet the economic and sustainability needs of their community.”
Stealing Our Sympathy
There is a growing sense among the public that life on our planet is being threatened by our careless misuse of its resources.
Economic Update: Myths of Capitalist Efficiency
Updates on Maya Angelou; Chilean students' victory; Detroit's plan to demolish 40,000 houses; and housing market realities.
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Global Climate Change and Nuclear Abolition: One Urgent Issue
The Marshall Islands are filing lawsuits against the nine nuclear powers to get them to step up to their obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to negotiate total nuclear …
Is Elliot Rodger Our 21st Century Version of Holden Caulfield?
Of course, our modern day version has to include a gun. Holden with a gun where instead of holing up in a hotel room with a prostitute, he holes …
#YesAllWomen: Rebecca Solnit on the Santa Barbara Massacre and Viral Response to Misogynist Violence
Santa Barbara is grieving after a 22-year-old man killed six college students just after posting a misogynistic video online vowing to take his revenge on women for sexually rejecting …
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Germany’s 74% Myth Busting Renewable Energy Record
Sunday May 18, 2014 marked an historic day in the all-time energy hallmarks of the world. Germany had 74% of its electrical power, just about 3/4, of all its …
Worldwide Campaign: Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes Is a Human Right
An international consortium of medical cannabis organisations are demanding that humans, regardless of state or allegiance and without qualification, be able to use cannabis therapeutically.
UK Government Faces Legal Action Over Failure to Investigate BT Drones Link
Legal charity Reprieve has threatened legal action against the British government over its failure to investigate the role of UK telecoms giant BT in facilitating covert US drone strikes …
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Jeju Island: A Pivot on the Peace Island
Since 2007, activists have risked arrests, imprisonment, heavy fines and wildly excessive use of police force to resist the desecration caused as mega-corporations like Samsung and Daelim to build …