Amid Spain's general depression, Marinaleda - an Andalucian town sometimes dubbed the 'communist utopia' - is bucking the moribund trend with a heady mixture of direct action, community-level democracy, cooperation and mutual aid.
… dreams - utopia is possible! Liam Barrington-Bush Jen Wilton | 26th July 2014 Ethical … at Revolution Is Eternal . Liam Barrington-Bush is an activist, facilitator, and author …
US Investment bank Goldman Sachs convinced government officials in the early 1990s to allow it to start gambling on the price of food. Alan Bjerga explains how they did it
… bank getting overly involved in commodities. Bush’s CFTC could give an exemption, but … derivatives from regulation. George W. Bush’s election as president ensured that the … earlier. Corn that day closed at $2.19 a bushel – down exactly 70.25 cents from where …
You can actually be better off, healthier and happier with less consumption, says Munasinghe. And it's not just rich countries that need to change, he told Noah Sachs - poor countries too must develop sustainably, or the Earth's resources will simply run out.
… high off the hog today. The first President Bush went to the Rio conference in 1992 and …
The Encyclical published today by Pope Francis represents a profound religious and philosophical challenge to the mainstream narratives of our times, writes Steffen Böhm, and a major confrontation with the great corporate, economic and political powers, as it spells out the potential of a new world order rooted in love, compassion, and care for the natural world.
… published. US presidential candidate Jeb Bush, a Catholic, feels the pope should stay …
That’s what I would do if I were energy minister, says the former environment minister
… more costly than acting now, blows apart Bush’s argument that the US economy cannot … of adhering to the Kyoto Protocol. In a post-Bush Administration from 2009, I would …
We live in an age of propaganda by the 'mainstream' media, writes John Pilger. Inconvenient stories, truths and even entire countries are airbrushed away, while dominant narratives are parroted incessantly to bludgeon our minds in acceptance of war, injustice, austerity, all to serve the interests of our ruling elites.
… in the world had seriously challenged George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld and investigated …
Bob Inglis is a true Republican, writes Zachary Davies Boren. But now he's a ex-Congressman. All because he reckons that climate change is real, serious and demands solutions - among them a carbon tax to stop free riders dumping their trash in the sky. And, he's certain: it's only a matter of time before the GOP will come to see things his way.
… that somebody like John Kasich, maybe Jeb Bush, maybe Rand Paul - I can see any of those …
The high oil prices that turned North Dakota into a boom state have turned, writes Joshua Frank. Now high-cost oil and gas are in the doldrums everywhere, production is falling - and even if prices do pick up one day, risk aversion and the relentless advance of renewables will leave lakes of oil and caverns of gas underground where they belong. Folks, the oil party really is over!
… Out! How Liberals Helped Reelect George W. Bush (Common Courage Press, 2005), and along …
Almost 60 years since the world's first commercial nuclear power station began to deliver power to the UK's grid, the industry remains as far from being able to cover its costs as ever, writes Pete Dolack. But while unfunded liabilities increase year by year, governments are still willing to commit their taxpayers' billions to new nuclear plants with no hope of ever being viable.
… for the rest. As a further sweetener, the Bush II / Cheney administration, in 2005, …
In his search for alternatives to consumerism and industrialism, Jules Pretty travelled around the world to find surviving nature-based cultures. In this extract from his book 'The Edge of Extinction', he tells of the Tuva people of the Siberian steppe - proud of their traditions and closeness to the land, but very much part of the modern world - strictly on their own terms.
… on every surface. More flags are tied to bushes and fingers of rock. A narrow fault …