Fossil and nuclear fuels are at war with the environment and with basic human rights. Until we shut down all the nuclear plants and get off of fossil and nuclear fuels, we’re not going to have any kind of social democracy. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share...
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La Via Campesina: The Bali Seed Declaration
We call on our communities to continue to conserve, care for, develop and share our peasant seeds: this is the best form of resistance against theft and the best way to maintain biodiversity Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...
The Oil-Food Price Shock
Global prices are now higher than at any time since the FAO began compiling its Food Price Index two decades ago, and they are expected to keep climbing as oil costs rise. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter...
Nuclear in Japan: Safety Sacrificed on the Altar of Profit
Since 2003, the big Japanese private group Tepco has focused on “reduction of costs of maintenance” in order to render profits “secure” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
The Lesson of Fukushima: Nuclear Means Catastrophe
The debate about nuclear power is primarily political, a debate society must have that ultimately poses a choice of civilization Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link...
Seed Treaty Legalizes Theft
Global treaty conserves seeds while undermining the rights of the farmers who created them Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new...
The Risks of Nuclear Roulette
Nuclear industry practices and government policies set the stage for the nuclear disaster in Japan Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new...
Japan's Unnecessary and Predictable Nuclear Crisis
Where the first two catastrophes were natural and unpredictable, a nuclear meltdown is entirely unnatural and entirely predictable. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a...
A Faustian Pact With Nuclear Power
Nuclear power poses major risks, and does nothing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)MoreClick to...
Ecology & Socialism; Rise of the Green Left
<Chris Williams, Ecology and Socialism: Solutions to Capitalist Ecological Crisis (Haymarket 2010) Derek Wall, The Rise of the Green Left: Inside the Worldwide Ecosocialist Movement (Pluto 2010) reviewed by Alex Snowdon Counterfire, March 11, 2011 There remains a huge gulf between what needs to...