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BTL:Consumer Groups Link Power Outage and Failing Grid to Utility Deregulation
Interview with Wenonah Hauter, of Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris....
Posted: Sat, Aug 30, 2003 5:09am PDT
At the Edge of Chaos? Is Globalization the Root of all Evil?
Peter Boelke was economics editor of the weekly Der Spiegel from 1974 to 2001. His essay translated from the German could help uus understand the ambivalence of globalization....
Posted: Wed, Aug 27, 2003 10:45am PDT
INFO FOR FOLKS TRAVELING TO CANCUN
Traveling to Cancun for the WTO? Here are some suggestions from street medics -- what to do now, what to bring, how to stay healthy so you can stay on the streets....
Posted: Tue, Aug 26, 2003 6:30pm PDT
Street Medicine - Volunteers for Pepper Spraying?
Street medics, or action medics, are at an all time premium lately. As protest increase in frequency and intensity, and police bring more serious weaponry into the streets, we need to learn street medicine to protect ourselves....
Posted: Tue, Aug 26, 2003 1:44pm PDT
FTAA Update Miami
“3% are bad people who will come here as anarchists to disrupt…to get on the news by getting someone to club them.”...
Posted: Tue, Aug 26, 2003 1:36pm PDT
Practicing Protest
Protest tactics and techniques are reviewed by Kirsten Anderberg in this article that promotes parties to practice street protest maneuvers....
Posted: Tue, Aug 26, 2003 1:34pm PDT
Research as a Weapon: Manipulating, Falsifying and Repressing
"The American oil economy which the Bush administration represents also profits from scientific falsification. Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton declared that Arctic oil drilling would not endanger cariboo.." Translated from the German...
Posted: Tue, Aug 26, 2003 7:59am PDT
"There won`t be a Civil War in Venezuela "
Interview with Carlos Anastacio, a leader of the Bolivarian Movement...
Posted: Mon, Aug 25, 2003 4:09am PDT
New! Indepth Report on WTO online
A new 24-page report on the WTO - "Neoliberal Globalization: Cancun and Beyond", published by Action for Social and Ecological Justice (ASEJ), and written by Aziz Choudry is available for download from www.asej.org. Further details follow...
Posted: Thu, Aug 21, 2003 8:13pm PDT
FirstEnergy puts Profits first and Safety last
H. Peter Burg is a VERY good friend to the Republican Party, and his company FirstEnergy has benefited greatly from his patronage -- they have eluded NRC oversight and rigorous prosecution for pollition. Not that anyone really cared or notice ... until last Thursday when the lights went out....
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2003 6:21pm PDT
KUCINICH, GOODMAN, PALAST DISPUTE GRID EXPERTS
"Democracy Now" included a feature debate today proving that journalists and politicians are inept at managing a power grid and defending the rights of the public on this issue....
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2003 1:20pm PDT
Climate Change Endangers Growth of World Economy
"The solar architect Rolf Disch in Freiburg sold the first solar-energy-plus houses that produce more energy with the help of the sun than is consumed in these energy-houses. Every homeowner becomes an energy-seller. Economy and ecology harmonize.."...
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2003 6:30am PDT
Street Medicine: Volunteers for Pepper Spraying?
Street medicine and action medics are in great demand as police violence increases against activists. This article reviews street medicine wisdom and organizations....
Posted: Sat, Aug 16, 2003 2:05pm PDT
terrorist solar flares cause eastcoast blackouts
huge x class solar flares cause east coast electrical disturbances...
Posted: Thu, Aug 14, 2003 3:30pm PDT
WTO CANCUN - latest updates
The next ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization will take place in
Cancun, Mexico on September 10-15. From the 8th on, a huge mobilization will
greet the meeting with creative protest and visions of alternatives. Below is
our report on some of the preliminary organizing we did last week in Cancun and
Mexico City....
Posted: Wed, Aug 13, 2003 9:20am PDT
Interview with Jean Parker from Radio For Peace International (audio/mpeg 3.8MB)
Why is the UN-mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica trying to close down Radio For Peace International (RFPI)? RFPI includes United Nations programming in its line-up, yet it would seem that they are being denied the right of free speech.
Simon Aronowitz, Editor of ThoughtCrimeNews.com speaks to a member of the Board of Directors to find out the full story....
Posted: Tue, Aug 12, 2003 3:02am PDT
"Stop GATS!" Against Privatization of Services
"The `Washington Consensus' from the 80s promised that a neoliberal policy would be good for everyone. In fact, local structures.. are destroyed, human lives are annihilated through hunger and poverty and enormous environmental damage continued."...
Posted: Mon, Aug 11, 2003 11:05am PDT
Jobless Growth
"We celebrate the victory over the recession while several hundred thousand employees are dismissed every month', decried Calif congressman Pete Stark. `It would be almost hilarious if it weren't so sad.' Employers prefer reducing personnel to save costs.."...
Posted: Wed, Aug 6, 2003 9:43am PDT
The Ulterior Motive Behind School Vouchers
A network of Religious Right groups, Free-Market economists, ultra-Conservative columnists and others "are using vouchers as a vehicle to achieve an ultimate goal of privatizing" the education system....
Posted: Fri, Aug 1, 2003 12:08pm PDT
FROM FIRESTONE TO JUNK BONDS:LIBERIA
CAPITALIST PLUNDER LURKS BEHIND LIBERIA'S CHAOS...
Posted: Fri, Aug 1, 2003 3:49am PDT