All Views Articles for 2013-07-27
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César Chelala Is General al-Sisi Egypt's Pinochet? There is an ominous resemblance between Egypt’s General Abdul Fatah Al-Sisi and the late Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet. A resemblance that goes far beyond the upright, defiant and dark-... Read more |
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Alison Grass, John Wu Moving Dirty Crudes, Another Threat Posed by Dirty Fossil Fuels Read more |
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Nicolò Wojewoda This Community Has Spoken: Thou Shalt Not frack I often ask myself: how much longer can the rogue forces of the fossil fuel industry continue wrecking our planet with impunity? Today I was reminded of our movement’s recurring answer to that... Read more |
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Christopher Brauchli The Ceiling Fan and the Congresswoman Our children will enjoy in their homes electrical energy too cheap to meter. —Lewis Strauss, Speech on atomic energy (1954) Read more |
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Tom Engelhardt The Dreamless Night of Planet Earth An essay by Ira Chernus on the rare subject of “ political dreaming in the twenty-first century ” reminds us that there’s one historical reality worth considering in the largely dreamless night that... Read more |
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Richard Heinberg The Brief, Tragic Reign of Consumerism—and the Birth of a Happy Alternative You and I consume; we are consumers. The global economy is set up to enable us to do what we innately want to do—buy, use, discard, and buy some more. If we do our job well, the economy thrives; if... Read more |
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Robert Jensen Peace Talks: A New Chapter in An Old Book New negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians may begin next week, with much talk of a “new chapter” in the seemingly intractable conflict. A new chapter, perhaps, but who is writing the book? Read more |