Published on Friday, October 28, 2016 by Common Dreams ‘Blood on the Mountain’: Why We Need a Red Neck Protest Anthem, Not a Hillbilly Elegy by Charles B. Keeney A place mired in poverty, a culture of guns, conservative religion, poorly educated people, an angry and embittered populace. These are common words used by journalists and writers to describe…
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Victim Blaming the Planet, by Khalil Bendib
Agroecology “Lite:” Cooptation and Resistance in the Global North Eric Holt-Giménez and Miguel Altieri 10.18.2016 The Green Revolution is a one-size-fits-all technological model for global agricultural development that originated in the breadbasket of the United States. Following World War II, the US turned “swords into plowshares” by transforming the vast stocks of wartime nitrate and…
Here’s one of the more fun, fascinating conversations we’ve heard in some time, between Ralph Nader and Noam Chomsky on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour on October 8. Click here to listen to the entire program. You may also download it to listen at your convenience. Among the commentary was this, from Chomsky, regarding our remarkable…
