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The Perils of Globeerization

Interesting look at some of the global history and political economy of beer by Chris O’Brien | Foreign Policy in Focus | 24 October, 2006 The world’s cup runneth over … Continue reading

26 October, 2006 · Leave a comment

‘Europe and North America the Ikea of the arms industry’

Arms industry ‘flouting export laws’ By Kim Sengupta and Jerome Taylor Independent :: 03 October 2006   Weapons companies are using globalisation to routinely flout arms control laws and supply … Continue reading

3 October, 2006 · 3 Comments

Why We Need An X Prize for Eco-Friendly Air Travel

An excellent idea … by Alex Steffen :: WorldChanging :: Sept 26 2006 Air travel presents one of the stickiest problems we face. On the one hand, in a rapidly … Continue reading

27 September, 2006 · Leave a comment

Bad Democracy Award

I’ve just discovered that openDemocracy actually conducts a monthly ‘Bad Democracy’ poll. It is, naturally, democratically determined by reader polling. I happen to think we don’t look enough at successes, … Continue reading

7 September, 2006 · Leave a comment

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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