Science
Decline of Earth’s plant life threatens human life
July 17, 2015The destruction of the total biomass of the planet is fueled by the immense profits available under capitalism for the private exploitation of natural resources.
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After nine-year star trek, NASA spacecraft passes Pluto
July 14, 2015Applause erupted at NASA's New Horizons control center in the wake of the eponymous spacecraft's flyby of Pluto.
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Today in history: Russell-Einstein manifesto for peace
July 9, 2015The manifesto urged nations to find peaceful ways to settle differences and to renounce the use of nuclear weapons, which only promised "universal death."
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Capitalism the culprit in the Sixth Extinction
July 8, 2015If life on earth is to survive then we must reorient the means by which we survive currently toward keeping a balance with nature.
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Pope Francis offers a new vision for social and environmental justice
June 29, 2015This fight in which we are engaged - to defeat the forces of greed -- must be won with power from average people leveraged by moral authority.
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