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NEW BOOK FROM THE LAND RESEARCH ACTION NETWORK (http://www.landaction.org) AND FOOD FIRST BOOKS (http://www.foodfirst.org/node/1587)
Promised Land: Competing Visions of Agrarian Reform
edited by Peter Rosset, Raj Patel and Michael Courville
with a Foreward by Carmen Diana Deere
[ To order: http://www.foodfirst.org/node/1587 ]
Promised Land: Competing Visions of Agrarian Reform
edited by Peter Rosset, Raj Patel and Michael Courville
with a Foreward by Carmen Diana Deere
[ To order: http://www.foodfirst.org/node/1587 ]
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It is clear, in the midst of a seven year corporate financial crime wave,
that the business moguls and their academic apologists, who make up the
Committee on Capital Markets Regulation (CCMG) have no sense of irony. It
is not enough that the CCMG's new report is recommending less law
enforcement and accountability after years of Republican regimes addicted
to de-regulation. The Big Boys want to make lower standards overseas an
argument for starting a race to the bottom, in order for the U.S. financial
markets to remain "competitive."
that the business moguls and their academic apologists, who make up the
Committee on Capital Markets Regulation (CCMG) have no sense of irony. It
is not enough that the CCMG's new report is recommending less law
enforcement and accountability after years of Republican regimes addicted
to de-regulation. The Big Boys want to make lower standards overseas an
argument for starting a race to the bottom, in order for the U.S. financial
markets to remain "competitive."
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On November 7, 2006, the American public voted for a New Direction for our Iraq policy. That direction is -- out. As Democrats prepare to take the majority for the first time in twelve years, Democrats now have the responsibility to act on the overwhelming mandate issued by the American public.
Will that new direction mean an exit from Iraq? Because, if not, America will be held hostage by the skyrocketing cost of the war in Iraq even as President Bush leaves office at 11:59 am on January 20, 2009. And, the voters will not forget who let them down.
Will that new direction mean an exit from Iraq? Because, if not, America will be held hostage by the skyrocketing cost of the war in Iraq even as President Bush leaves office at 11:59 am on January 20, 2009. And, the voters will not forget who let them down.
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The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) has confirmed that 2 legally harvested bull moose from northern Colorado have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD).
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In a season when crowds are rioting over $600 video game consoles, and O.J.
Simpson could sign a deal for millions with the Murdoch empire to reenact
the "hypothetical" murder of his wife and her friend, it may seem like
absolutely everything is now for sale in our mercenary culture. And that
far too many people are buying. (Though, mercifully, not in O.J.'s case.)
The latest evidence of this comes from, of all places, one of the most
trusted and admired of federal agencies. The National Park Service (NPS) is
Simpson could sign a deal for millions with the Murdoch empire to reenact
the "hypothetical" murder of his wife and her friend, it may seem like
absolutely everything is now for sale in our mercenary culture. And that
far too many people are buying. (Though, mercifully, not in O.J.'s case.)
The latest evidence of this comes from, of all places, one of the most
trusted and admired of federal agencies. The National Park Service (NPS) is
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"Thanks to our warm and wonderfully stable tropical climate, they (the biotechnology corporations) can grow three breeding generations of conventional and/or biotechnology-derived plants. The climate in the winter months allows them to rapidly complete a growth cycle and give back the results in time to match planting schedules in other parts of the world.
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PRESS RELEASE
Woody Harrelson to Speak on Internet, Take Live National Audience Questions
Woody Harrelson to Speak on Internet, Take Live National Audience Questions
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From: CommonDreams.org
Published on Friday, November 10, 2006 by the San Francisco Chronicle
Breathing the 'I' Word
by Elizabeth Holzman
Though Democrats' gains on Tuesday were hard fought, they still pulled one big punch during the campaign. Party leaders chose to refrain from publicly uttering any "i" words -- investigation, immunity, and above all, impeachment -- and to dismiss those who did, for fear of somehow galvanizing disaffected GOP voters.
Published on Friday, November 10, 2006 by the San Francisco Chronicle
Breathing the 'I' Word
by Elizabeth Holzman
Though Democrats' gains on Tuesday were hard fought, they still pulled one big punch during the campaign. Party leaders chose to refrain from publicly uttering any "i" words -- investigation, immunity, and above all, impeachment -- and to dismiss those who did, for fear of somehow galvanizing disaffected GOP voters.
