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You will not be surprised to hear that the events in Japan have changed my view of nuclear power. You will be surprised to hear how they have changed it. As a result of the disaster at Fukushima, I am no longer nuclear-neutral. I now support the technology.
Half a Million People Descended on London to Protest Corporate Tax Dodgers "This Is Economic Treason!"
http://www.alternet.org/economy/150398/half_a_million_people_descended_on_london_to_protest_corporate_tax_dodgers_%22this_is_economic_treason!%22/?akid=6744.282177.99OQVE&rd=1&t=1
Glenn Greenwald: How the US Government Strikes Fear in Its Own Citizens and People Around the World
http://www.alternet.org/rights/150330/glenn_greenwald:_how_the_us_government_strikes_fear_in_its_own_citizens_and_people_around_the_world?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Political controversies and political issues never take place in isolation. They're always part of some broader framework, that drives political outcomes, and that determines how political power is exercised. And so it doesn't really matter which specific topic, or which specific controversy of the day you want to discuss, the reality is, you can't really meaningfully discuss any of them without examining all the forces that shape political culture, and that shape how political outcomes are determined. So, in order to talk about any issue, you end up speaking about these same, broad themes, that are shaping, and I think plaguing, the political discourse in the United States.
When Facts Are Not Enough: Treating Mass Psychosis
http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2011/03/29/21561
One of the biggest, long-lasting delusions of progressives is that people are moved mainly by rational arguments. Consequently, to get people to accept a particular policy such as universal health care, all one needs to do is to present strong and persuasive arguments in favor of it.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
As George Lakoff and many others have pointed out, conservatives are highly effective in getting their views across and their policies adopted not just because they control major media outlooks and think tanks, but because they have powerful narratives that appeal directly to gut emotions. Until progressives not only have a better understanding of how emotions fundamentally shape political issues, but also incorporate them into their appeals, they will continue to lose the hearts and minds of the wider populace.
( And invalidate their self-image. Check and Mate )
Crimethinc
Fighting the New Terrain ; what's changed since the 20th century
Overture: The More Things Change…
Once, the basic building block of patriarchy was the nuclear family, and calling for its abolition was a radical demand. Now families are increasingly fragmented—yet has this fundamentally expanded women’s power or children’s autonomy?
Once, the mainstream media consisted of only a few television and radio channels. These have not only multiplied into infinity but are being supplanted by forms of media such as Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter. But has this done away with passive consumption? And how much more control over these formats do users really have, structurally speaking?
Once, movies represented the epitome of a society based on spectatorship; today, video games let us star in our own shoot-’em-up epics, and the video game industry does as much business as Hollywood. In an audience watching a movie, everyone is alone; the most you can do is boo if the storyline outrages you. In the new video games, on the other hand, you can interact with virtual versions of other players in real time. But is this greater freedom? Is it more togetherness?
Once, one could speak of a social and cultural mainstream, and subculture itself seemed subversive. Now “diversity” is at a premium for our rulers, and subculture is an essential motor of consumer society: the more identities, the more markets.
Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live in Now
http://www.alternet.org/books/150364
Gay Marriage and Religious Freedom -- Why the emphasis on male homosexuality?
http://gayequalityandthelaw.blogspot.com
Mormons Meddle and Destroy Marriage...
Almost four of every five dollars contributed to the campaign to eliminate gay marriage in the State of California was sent into this campaign from Mormons based in Utah. In total, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) contributed more than 19 million dollars to this campaign. A prominent blogger summed up the actions of the Mormons with the following observation: "They just took marriage away from 20,000 couples and made their children bastards.”
Now the LDS has the effrontery – the unmitigated gall – to call upon the gay community for "healing" and “respect” following passage of Proposition 8 in California. Hell will freeze over before this happens.
Consider the following:
On May 15, 2008, the California Supreme Court handed down its decision in in re Marriage Cases, S147999. The court refused to stay its decision until the November 2008 elections, and this decision took effect on June 16, 2008. In this decision, the state high court held that all classifications on the basis of sexual orientation are "suspect," and mandated that gay persons be able to marry their spouses on the same terms as applies to heterosexual persons. Tens of thousands of gay couples obtained marriage licenses and were married before the elections of November 4, 2008.
Guardian UK reports that core has melted through reactor pressure vessel at Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2
http://www.beyondnuclear.org/
Why there is no looting in Japan
What Caused the Wyoming Coal Disaster Last Week? Ask Warren Buffett and President Obama
http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2011/03/28/what-caused-the-wyoming-coal-disaster-last-week-ask-warren-buffett-and-president-obama/#disqus_thread
Coal Supply Constraints
http://www.cleanenergyaction.org/coal-supply-constraints
Coal: The Biggest Corporate Bailout of All (Part 1 of 3)
http://plainsjusticeblog.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/coal-the-biggest-corporate-bailout-of-all-part-1-of-3
- Opinion Piece Illustrates Mining Concerns
- Concerned Residents Gather Signatures to Oppose Coal Mine
- Request for Help from Environmental Integrity Project
- EPA and Politics Mixes Like Oil and Water
- New Study Reveals the Hazards of Coal
www.southernstudies.org
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March 29, 2011 HERCULES, CA - On Monday, homes in Hercules were tagged and residents were told to find another place to live. There are visible cracks in the hillside, fences were knocked down, and windows were smashed. A recent rainstorm made a bad situation worse. Last w
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The following is a Joint International Statement of Laureates of the “Alternative Nobel Prize” and Members of the World Future Council on Japanese Nuclear Disaster:We extend our deepest sympathies to the people of Japan who have experienced a devastating earthquake and tsunami followed by severe dam
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Anybody who has driven through NSW recently would recognise the signs of speed cameras popping up everywhere. Argued to be there in order to slow driv...
www.truth-out.org
If you are wealthy, you are living in the Golden Age of your American Dream, and it's a damned fine time to be alive. The two major political parties are working hammer and tong to bless you and keep you.... The little people probably crack you up when you bother to think about them. Their version o...
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- they want it to be more than $200 million, $250 million. They want the whole pie.' Interview with Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
www.truth-out.org
The most important content of presidential speeches is often what they don't say. Here are some things that President Obama didn't say about Libya in his speech last night.
www.reuters.com
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A consortium of U.S. organic farmers and seed dealers filed suit against global seed giant Monsanto Co. on Tuesday, in a move to protect themselves from what they see
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