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Ruling Party’s Woes Mean a More Inward-Looking Japan
Tokyo - Worries about its political survival will hound Japan’s ruling party after its setback in the recent Upper House polls, leaving it little room to pursue policies that …
The Meaning of the Gulf Oil Gusher
Arthur C. Clarke and director Peter Hyams proved less than prophetic in the movie 2010: The Year We Make Contact, but they gave the audiences of 1984 what they …
Wanted: Some Journalists With Guts to Take on the Government and BP!
Update July 13: ProPublica reports that the Coast Guard, under pressure from news organizations (hey, and maybe the threat of journalistic civil disobedience?) has changed its access rules.
War – What Is It Good for?
Absolutely nothing, according to latest work by San Anselmo filmmaker. Born in 1914, the first year of World War I, poet William Stafford grew up hearing war horror …
International Community Must Demand an Impartial Investigation Into Recent Killings in Kashmir
Washington, DC - On July 9, 2010, Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, executive director of the Kashmiri American Council/Kashmir Center, made an imperative appeal for the international community to come …
Taliban Attacks Kill Eight US Soldiers Within 24 Hours
Taliban attacks on Tuesday night and Wednesday killed eight US soldiers within a 24-hour period, highlighting the intensifying insurgency waged by the Taliban, which this year is carrying out …
Creating Food Sovereignty for Small-Scale Farmers
This interview with Raj Patel, award-winning writer, activist and academic, was originally featured as a two part series on Nourishing the Planet. Location: San Francisco Can you please explain …
George Lakoff | Save, Baby, Save: A Barrel Saved Is a Barrel Not Needed – Ever!
The Death Gusher in the Gulf should tell us to end offshore drilling forever. The reason is simple: Systemic risk! Better regulations won't end what went wrong: Corporate greed, …
How Climate Change in South America Affects the Entire Planet: An Interview With Nikolas Kozloff
Nikolas Kozloff is the author of “Hugo Chavez: Oil, Politics, and the Challenge to the US and Revolution,” a Financial Times Best Book in 2008. An expert on South …
BP’s Well May Leak for 55 Years or More Into the Gulf of Mexico?
On June 15, 2010 the US Department of Energy announced that a group of federal and independent scientists convened by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Secretary of the Interior …