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The On-Going Battle Over What Seattle Will Be
There was an article in the Seattle Times last October about the transformation of the area around south Lake Union. I was visiting for a little big city culture, and I could see from the hotel window all the cranes … Continue reading
Iraq Moratorium : One MORE Time…
On Friday afternoon, April 18, 2008, at rush hour, members of CodePink and Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS/Austin)– dressed in black and some wearing skull masks — marked the April Iraq Moratorium at the busy corner of Sixth and … Continue reading
Whirling Steadily Down a Big Wide Culvert
Slip of the TongueBy Jim Kunstler Barack Obama caught hell last week for daring to tell the truth about the ragged thing that the American spirit has become. He said that small-town Pennsylvania voters, bitter over their economic circumstances, “cling … Continue reading
Now you may kiss the brides…
Nick Anderson / Houston ChronicleThanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog
Peak Oil News : Prices Continue to Surge
The peak oil crisis: The silly season Is upon usby Tom Whipple During the past week, the surge in oil prices continued with crude, gasoline and diesel prices all hitting new highs. U.S. gasoline consumption may be down by a … Continue reading
Erosion of Pay Check Drives Economic Downturn
Kim Baker works at a roof tile factory with declining business. “We don’t just hop in the car and go shopping or get something to eat,” he said, with his daughter Bailey and wife, Debbie, right. Photo by J. Kevin … Continue reading
According to Form
Thanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog
Real Power Can Be Manifest Through Our Spending
The Most Powerful People in AmericaBy Joel S. Hirschhorn / April 16, 2008 They are not the rich and superrich, nor the politically powerful running the two-party plutocracy, nor the greedy heads of banking and finance companies, and certainly not … Continue reading
Michael Klare : Oil Rules!
TomDispatch interview with author, Mike Klare It’s strange that the business and geopolitics of energy takes up so little space on American front pages — or that we could conduct an oil war in Iraq with hardly a mention of … Continue reading
Credit crunch? The real crisis is global hunger.
And if you care, eat less meatBy George Monbiot / April 15, 2008 A food recession is under way. Biofuels are a crime against humanity, but – take it from a flesh eater – flesh eating is worse. Never mind … Continue reading
Someone Will Have to Be Held Accountable
Financial Collapse will End the Occupation: And it won’t be “A time of our choosing”By Mike Whitney / April 14, 2008 “Come and see our overflowing morgues and find our little ones for us…You may find them in this corner … Continue reading
World Economic Leaders Gather : Confront Major Food Crisis
World Bank president Robert Zoellick. Photo by Saul Loeb / AFPWorld economic leaders act to counter financial, food crisesApril 13, 2008Washington –World economic leaders here this weekend took steps to alleviate the worst financial shock in decades and a food … Continue reading
