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Banana wars and the fraud of “free” trade
January 6, 2010The announcement in December of a deal to end the so called "Banana Wars" is not unqualified good news. Instead, it should instruct us as to the nature of so called "free" trade.
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Marx in Copenhagen
January 6, 2010"Goodbye Africa, goodbye South Asia; goodbye glaciers and sea ice, coral reefs and rainforest; it was nice knowing you." Such was George Monbiot's dismay as the recent Copenhagen Climate Conference ended.
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Conscious of capitalism at Whole Foods
January 5, 2010Whole Foods CEO John Mackey seems to be getting a lot of press recently.
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Ultra right is down, but not out
January 4, 2010The actions of the Republican Party over the past year in opposition to health care reform and every other program of the Obama administration are unprecedented in character.
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Movie review: Avatar is a winner
December 31, 2009We arrived early to get seats for Avatar, because it's been breaking box-office records and we didn't want to have to sit in the front row.
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