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Why Marx is Man of the Moment |
by Francis Wheen
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18 Jul 2005
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The result of this week's BBC poll suggests that Marx's portrayal of the forces that govern our lives - and of the instability, alienation and exploitation they produce - still resonates, and can still bring the world into focus. Far from being buried under the rubble of the Berlin Wall, he may only now be emerging in his true significance. For all the anguished, uncomprehending howls from the right-wing press, Karl Marx could yet become the most influential thinker of the 21st century. |
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The Ethanol Scam: Study Says Ethanol Not Worth the Energy |
by AP
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17 Jul 2005
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''Ethanol production in the United States does not benefit the nation's energy security, its agriculture, the economy, or the environment,'' according to the study by Cornell's David Pimentel and Berkeley's Tad Patzek. They conclude the country would be better off investing in solar, wind and hydrogen energy.
The researchers included such factors as the energy used in producing the crop, costs that were not used in other studies that supported ethanol production, said Pimentel.
The study also omitted $3 billion in state and federal government subsidies that go toward ethanol production in the United States each year, payments that mask the true costs, Pimentel said. |
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LOCAL Announcement :: Agriculture : Environment |
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NYC IMC Call For Articles on the Food System |
by IMC NYC Print Team
christinaz (nospam) experimentalmedia.org (verified) |
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17 Jul 2005
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Given our location in the agro-industrial heartland, I have moved this announcement up to the Local Newswire so that those with an interest in food issues locally have a greater opportunity to respond.
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News :: Environment : Government Secrecy : Health : International Relations : Nukes : Regime : Right Wing |
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US Still Pursuing Nuclear Options 60 Years After First Bomb |
by AFP
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16 Jul 2005
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 "So the vision of the Bush administration is that we are going to need nuclear weapons well out into the middle of the 21st century, and beyond. I mean for decades to come," said Norris.
But the administration appears not to have counted on Representative David Hobson.
The Ohio Republican, chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Energy Department's nuclear weapons programs, stunned the administration by rejecting last year's request for new nuclear weapons funding.
He nixed nine million dollars in funding for research into new low yield "mini-nukes;" denied another 27.6 million dollars request for study of a Robust Nuclear Earth-Penetrating Weapon; and put off a request for another 30 million dollars for a new plant to manufacture the plutonium pits that trigger nuclear explosions.
"The development of new weapons for ill-defined future requirements is not what the nation needs at this time," Hobson said in a speech February 3 to the Arms Control Association.
"What is needed, and what is absent to date, is leadership and fresh thinking for the 21st Century regarding nuclear security and the future of the US stockpile," he said. |
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The Rights of Journalists |
by Victor Navasky
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15 Jul 2005
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Last and far from least, under the Bush Administration the free press has suffered a series of setbacks. Eric Alterman has documented in these pages how the White House has waged war on the critical press by curtailing its access to routine information, suborning friendly journalists and using other underhanded tactics. Enough is enough. Undermining journalism at its sources is too much. |
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