There are those times when the problems of the world and the problems of our lives seem almost too big to carry. We may search for a ray of hope, of positive energy. Well, here is one such journey. Playing For Change. Watch this and read on.
From YouTube
After practicing stealing elections internationally for decades, the technique has been refined in the United States over the last eight years. As we approach another election, there is a possibility of the current elections being stolen as well. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Greg Palast have a must read article in Rolling Stone "Block the Vote" (or here).
Against Neoliberalism: A Vision of the Future by Michael Albert. 10/2006.
These are links to articles that were mentioned in class, and articles related to issues mentioned in class.
UN: Biofuel Production 'Criminal Path' to Global Food Crisis
Multinationals Make Billions In Profit Out of Growing Global Food Crisis
Food price rises are "mass murder": U.N. envoy
Major Arctic sea ice melt is expected this summer
Here is a brief piece from Reuters regarding the current food crisis.
Food price rises are "mass murder": U.N. envoy. Reuters. 4/20/2008.
VIENNA (Reuters) - Global food price rises are leading to "silent mass murder" and commodities markets have brought "horror" to the world, the United Nations' food envoy told an Austrian newspaper on Sunday.
This article was mentioned in class. Here is a link to it.
Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon's Hidden Hand. David Barstow. NY Times. 4/20/2008.
Other sites of possible interest:
Corporate Boards and power : They Rule. Provides networks of interlocking directorates and corporate leadership.
Business and Political Leaders, Social network analysis: Namebase.org.
Senator Robert Byrd on the Constitution. This is part of a speech he gave September 16, 2005 at a Constitution Day celebration.
This video is from the Internet Archive. It provides scales to determine where societies lies on the democracy to despotism scale. It was produced in 1946 by the Encyclopedia Britainnica.
Michael Albert and Parecon:
at YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMIDo42fvhs
As mentioned in class, here is the link to the BBC America Newsnight special report on the fight for employment rights among migrant workers in China.
By: Rowan Wolf
Food riots turn deadly in Haiti. Food riots fear after rice price hits a high. And so it starts. Globally there has been roughly a 25% increase in food prices. In some areas - such as Haiti - food prices have increased almost 50% in the last year. The poor of the planet who always live on the razor's edge of survival, are getting hit by multiple blows aimed directly at the food supply.
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