This interview originally appeared in the UK newspaper Weekly Worker, on November 10, 2005. It was recently posted on the Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières website.John Bellamy Foster is co-editor of Monthly Review, professor of sociology at the...
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More on Ecuador's Proposal to Leave Amazon Oil in the Ground
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APEC Fails on Climate Change, Pushes Nukes
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Climate Change Refugees
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The APEC Declaration on Climate Change
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