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By Dave Lindorff / 13 March 2016
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Scientists have for decades recognized climate change as an existential crisis facing mankind, but the US media, hamstrung by a self-inflicted obsession with presenting “both sides” of every story even when there is only one, have only begun recognizing its gravity. And a huge barrier still prevents climate change from being honestly reported.
That barrier is a mainstream journalistic inability... Read more
By Serge Halimi / 13 March 2016
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An excellent overview of the current relationships between electoral and extraparliamentary movements, mainly from a European perspective.
By Phil McKenna / 12 March 2016
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Canadian oil producers can’t address the downturn by slowing production without huge losses, so they now sell at a loss economically and for the climate.
By Michael T. Klare / 12 March 2016
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Michael Klare provides an insightful analysis on the overproduction of oil and it's political-economic background.
By Don Fitz / 08 March 2016
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Don Fitz reviews Health Care without Borders: Understanding Cuban Medical Internationalism.
By Stan Cox and Paul Cox / 04 February 2016
“When I started this job, people kept asking me, ‘Why do we have so much flooding now?’ and I said, ‘Well, there’s just one problem: The whole city’s four feet too low—that’s all!’” But as Miami Beach city engineer Bruce Mowry, the person responsible for maintaining and improving the island’s public infrastructure, steered his car through the Flamingo Park neighborhood this past January, his... Read more
By Brian Martin / 24 January 2016
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This article investigates the influence intuitive thinking has on political decision making. The author advises those involved with non-violent social change to be mindful of 'gut level' reactions and how activists might respond to these in ways that can improve the effectiveness of progresive movements.