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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...

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Food and Farming

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Books & Reports

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...

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Capitalism

Compassionate Capitalism

We’re so lucky to be ruled by philanthropists … Reposted with permission from Michael Perelman, who wrote it for his excellent blog Unsettling Economics. We would only add recognition for the compassionate capitalists who have heroically restrained their natural desire to cut greenhouse...

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