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international / miscellaneous Tuesday July 29, 2008 - 21:26 by not 1 of
The Guardian reports it here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/29/wto.eu It didn't require the Irish Government to use their veto as the farmers have been demanding! Larger forces were at work. China and india don't want to be flooded by cheap food imports from the US. In other words they want to maintain their own small scale agriculture and their own food security. This is spelt out by Mandelson in his blog. Walden Bello of Focus on The Global South, and a noted ongoing critic of the WTO and neo-liberalism more generally, sees the re-localisation of agriculture (that such a collapse may make possible) as central to the mitigation of climate change. Extracts from and links to both below. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday July 29, 2008 - 08:32 by anti-war activist
An interesting story just gone up on Lenin's Tomb. What do people think: are Chomsky and Lenin's Tomb right? Are we too worried about not being seen to be puritanical? ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday July 28, 2008 - 15:41 by Recession Diaries
Can it get anymore fun? The Right is turning the screws at every scrap of economic information coming out, ignoring the fact that it is their policies that have landed us in this mess. So the Recession Diaries continues – with comments, critiques and a few proposals. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday July 28, 2008 - 07:43 by Independent Media 1 comment (last - monday july 28, 2008 - 21:08)
A group of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) are planning to start up a GI coffeehouse near the entrance of the Fort Lewis military base in Washington State. Though the project is still in its planning stages, the idea is that it will be a center for supporting GI rights and war resistance in the region, as well as a place for GIs to get coffee right off the base. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iOSDz6_iww Length - 5.50) ... read full story / add a comment |
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