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By Alice Friedemann / 29 June 2016
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Heavy-duty diesel-engine trucks (agricultural, cargo, mining, logging, construction, garbage, cement, 18-wheelers) are the main engines of civilization. Without them, no goods would be delivered, no food planted or harvested, no garbage picked up, no minerals mined, no concrete made, or oil and gas drilled to keep them all rolling. If trucks stopped running, gas stations, grocery stores,... Read more
By Santiago Navarro F. and Renata Bessi / 29 June 2016
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The Dark Side of Clean Energy in Mexico
A palm hat worn down by time covers the face of Celestino Bortolo Teran, a 60-year-old Indigenous Zapotec man. He walks behind his ox team as they open furrows in the earth. A 17-year-old youth trails behind, sowing white, red and black corn, engaging in a ritual of ancient knowledge shared between local people and the earth.Neither of the two... Read more
By Raúl Zibechi / 28 June 2016
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The New South American Political Map
The election results in Venezuela and Argentina, the Brazilian crisis, and the erosion of the “citizens’ revolution” in Ecuador are part of a change in political climate that puts the transformative processes underway on the defensive.In the past weeks four progressive governments in the region show unmistakable signs of weakness. Rafael Correa... Read more
By Harvey Wasserman / 28 June 2016
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Harvey Wasserman celebrates the end of the atomic era, but cautions that the fight is not over quite yet.
By Tariq Ali / 26 June 2016
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Tariq Ali offers his thoughts on Brexit.
By Richard Fidler / 26 June 2016
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Seventeen years after Hugo Chávez was elected Venezuela’s President for the first time, the supporters of his Bolivarian Revolution, now led by President Nicolás Maduro, suffered their first major defeat in a national election in the December 6 elections to the country’s parliament, the National Assembly.
Coming only two weeks after the victory of right-wing candidate Mauricio Macri in... Read more
By Colin Todhunter / 26 June 2016
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The world's big cities are choking with pollution and endless traffic jams, writes Colin Todhunter - except one. Copenhagen, faced with these problems half a century ago, decided to act. Now it is showing the world that cycling is not just the basis of a sustainable transport strategy, but is key to making our cities clean, green, human and livable. May the global revolution unfold ...
India's... Read more