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Medea Benjamin : Why I spoke Out at Obama’s Foreign Policy Speech
Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the political activist group CodePink, is removed by security after speaking out against President Barack Obama during his foreign policy speech Thursday. Photo by Kevin Dietsch / UPI. Image from Common Dreams. Why I spoke out … Continue reading
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Norman Pagett and Josephine Smit : Grain of Truth
Image from UCL. Grain of truth:Our precarious food supply Global food production has been allowed to fall into the hands of fewer and fewer megacorporations, and their aims are simple: to deliver short-term profits and ultimately to control the entire … Continue reading
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Tagged Agribusiness, Agriculture, Energy, Food Production, Fossil Fuels, Hunger, Josephine Smit, Norman Pagett, Scarcity, U.S. Imperialism, World Economy
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REPORT / Mariann G. Wizard : ‘La Vida Coca’ in Bolivia and Peru / 2
Coca leaves, a standard small bag sold for personal use in Bolivia. From 10-40 hojas are used at once while working, walking, or otherwise exerting oneself at high altitudes. Habitual users enjoy coca three or four times a day. All photos by … Continue reading
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BOOKS / Bill Fletcher Jr. : Gar Alperovitz and Visions of a New World
What Then Must We Do?:Political economist Gar Alperovitzand visions of a new world The struggle for structural reforms is essential to changing the ‘common sense’ of the U.S. political arena. But it is not enough to wound the rabid beast; … Continue reading
Assata Shakur, Cuba,and the “Most Wanted Terrorists” By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / May 13, 2013 “My name is Assata Shakur, and I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no … Continue reading
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The Pacifica Foundation, founded in 1946, pioneered listener-sponsored radio in this country and WBAI became a Pacifica station in 1960. But the station went off the air at midnight. “I knew that there was a world of people” who would … Continue reading
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