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Democracy Now! | Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism
Interview with Greg Grandin, whose book is a good follow up to Naomi Klein's "The Shock Docrtine"; he sees US intervention in Latin America as the "workshop" that comes into fruition in Iraq policy and the "war on terror"
Derek Gregory
web site of cultural geographer Derek Gregory, who has available major essays about the Iraq war and how the US misleads people about ethnic conflict.
ImmigrationProf Blog: From a teacher at Postville, IA On the Raids
poignant and angry first person narrative from a grade school teacher hugely affected by an immigration raid in her town
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders
From Senator Bernie Sanders, who asked readers to write about what was going on in their lives economically. He received over 600 responses and it seems the middle class is not doing well.
What's One Less Species Between Friends? - Environment and Energy
impending mass die-off of species we don't even know about
Permafrost Threatened by Rapid Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice, NCAR Study Finds - News Release
Simulations by global climate models show that when sea ice is in rapid decline, the rate of predicted Arctic warming over land can more than triple. Clear explanation of a complex process.
Obama's Chicago Boys
Obama--who taught law at the University of Chicago for a decade--is thoroughly embedded in the mind-set known as the Chicago School. Naomi Klein tells how Obama pays too much heed to free market, no regulation advisors.
The Vertical Farm Project - Agriculture for the 21st Century and Beyond | www.verticalfarm.com
I love the idea of vertical or high rise farming. It is already practiced in the Netherlands. Find out more about it here.
Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
Official 2008 Bilderberg Participant List--check out who is going to this meeting of world power elites, fascinating to read through; they really do all get together
Errol Morris - Zoom - New York Times Blog
major documentary filmmaker has blog for Times; always gathers extensive comments, which make the entries a compendium of ideas about documentary, info, film technique, journalism, culture, etc.
Nanotechnology, transhumanism and the bionic man
athletic enhancements, diagnostic refinements, bionic disease cures or stabilization--these may cause a class divide in the near future; well written essay; need for "ability studies," not just "disability studies."
Invictus: A blog on U.S. Politics and the Fight Against Torture
Valtin, psychologist and key writer in anti-torture activism in US, has own blog here and also on DailyKos, where he details fights inside American Psychological Association against its current stance.
Foreign Policy in Focus - A Think Tank Without Walls
progressive think tank, one of the few leftist ones in the US, with articles on many aspects of international politics
Dissent Magazine: review of Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine"
a nuanced and well-argued critique of an important political book
What Michael Pollan Hasn't Told You About Food | Health and Wellness | AlterNet
Review of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World's Food System by Raj Patel: "... why we shouldn't feel guilty about our food choices but angry with a corrupt food system."
cityofsound
thought provoking set of links on relations between place, especially cities; art; sound; and design
Is Oprah Going to Save the Internet? - ReadWriteWeb
Oprah's live streaming video book reviews deliver up .5 million simultaneous streams in a two-week period; later available as podcasts on iTunes; breathes new life both into book sales and podcasts
Deyan Sudjic on the city of the future | Art & Architecture | guardian.co.uk Arts
co-author of new anthology talks about spurt in size of already massive cities and has some proposals. He is not pessimistic about what the outcomes can be.
Could we really run out of food? - MSN Money
Food crises in world history arose regionally from crop failures, war or pests; now there's a lack of supply everywhere at once. Like we speak of peak oil, we can speak of peak food.
TPMCafe | Talking Points Memo | Cafe Reactions to the Obama Speech
links to blogs that analyze reactions to Obama's speech on race, furthering the discussion of race in US today; it has been a long time since I have seen such a sensible, full discussion of race in public discourse here
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