1848+: Last and First Men

State of seas ‘much worse than we thought’, says global panel of scientists by Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor Independent.co.uk (June 21 2011) The world’s oceans are faced with an unprecedented loss of species comparable to the great mass extinctions of prehistory, a major report suggests today. The seas are degenerating far faster than anyone has [...]

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Progressive Democrats of America Launch Campaign to End Corporate Rule http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/06/21-12

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Ciudad Juarez is all our futures. This is the inevitable war of capitalism gone mad Mexico’s drug cartels are actually pioneers of the global economy in their business logic and modus operandi By Ed Vulliamy June 20, 2011 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jun/20/war-capitalism- mexico-drug-cartels War, as I came to report it, was something fought between people with causes, however [...]

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The GOP’s CIA Playbook: Destabilize Country to Sweep Back Into Power Modern Republicans have a simple approach to politics when they are not in the White House: Make America as ungovernable as possible by using almost any means available.

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What Has Happened to Us? Torture’s Comeback http://www.counterpunch.org/madar06032011.html By CHASE MADAR The killing of Osama bin Laden should have provoked some healthy debate about our ongoing reaction to the 9/11 attacks. Was this manhunt worth the $3 trillion estimated by National Journal? Does our alliance structure guarantee the creation of more bin Laden-type threats? Has [...]

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