The passing scene: Links 12/3/13
Remove TEPCO Before Removing Fuel by Arnie Gundersen for Fairewinds Energy Education. Racism Not a Problem Anymore? Don’t Be Ridiculous, It’s Still a Big Issue by Jamelle Bouie for The Daily Beast....
View ArticleWorld fears Fukushima-contaminated food
Double click to enlarge. The world’s governments are worried about contamination of fish and farm produce from the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The graphic above, taken from the Korea JoonAng Daily,...
View ArticleChina, Russia and the future of Eurasia
When the Bolshevik Revolution occurred, European and American Marxists were surprised. Marxist theory said Communism would come first to the most economically advanced countries. But Bertrand...
View ArticleShould I be preparing for collapse? Should you?
I’ve been following a blogger named Dmitry Orlov for some years now. His ClubOrlov blog is listed among my Favorites on my Blogs I Like page, and some of my favorites from his writings are on my...
View ArticleThe passing scene: Links & comments 7/11/14
Oligarchy Blues: Without fair elections and a viable legislative process at the federal and state levels, the republic no longer exists by Michael Ventura for the Austin (Texas) Chronicle. This writer...
View ArticleThe passing scene: Links & comments 10/6/14
Populist Former Senator Jim Webb Could Give Hillary Clinton Major Headaches in 2016 by Lynn Stuart Parramore for Alternet. I’ve long admired Senator James Webb, the former Senator from Virginia. A...
View ArticleA liveable climate and its enemies
Here are links, with transcripts, to the complete Sept. 18, 2014 interview. Naomi Klein on the Need for a New Economic Model to Address Ecological Crisis. Naomi Klein on the People’s Climate March and...
View ArticleAlternative tar sands pipeline is ready to go
Source: Honor the Earth. While the U.S. government ponders whether to allow the Keystone XL pipeline to transport tar sands oil from the Canadian province of Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico, another...
View ArticleGermany as a good example for the USA
I grew up with a stereotype of the Germans as prisoners of hierarchy, bureaucracy and rules, who would never be a match for us democratic, freedom-loving practical Americans. But if that ever was...
View ArticleIt’s not just Wall Street
It’s not just the USA that allows bankers and financiers to break the law and get away with it. Or regards the largest financial institutions as “too big to fail”. This goes back to Prime Minister...
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