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by Graham Peebles
Writer, Dandelion Salad
London, England
August 18, 2017
Man-made climate change, and the interconnected environmental catastrophe more broadly constitute the most urgent crisis facing humanity. It has come about as the result of a certain way of life, a materialistic approach to living in which greed and excessive consumption has been championed.
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with David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Let’s Try Democracy
May 27, 2017
TheRealNews on May 25, 2017
David Swanson of World Beyond War says the Trump administration is increasing nuclear energy spending while seeking to thwart a landmark global campaign for a UN treaty banning the possession and use of nuclear weapons.
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TheRealNews on May 12, 2017
The Secretary of State stopped short of linking climate change to human activity, when he signed the Fairbanks Document this week in Alaska. But Janet Redman of Oil Change International says the Trump Administration is still denying the urgency of the warming planet.
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with Michael Hudson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Michael Hudson
May 11, 2017
TheRealNews on May 11, 2017
British Columbia is giving away lumber at 1/2 cents an acre and the Green Party holds the balance of power at a tipping point on energy policy says Michael Hudson.
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by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Let’s Try Democracy
February 28, 2017
Trump proposes to increase U.S. military spending by $54 billion, and to take that $54 billion out of the other portions of the above budget, including in particular, he says, foreign aid. If you can’t find foreign aid on the chart above, that’s because it is a portion of that little dark green slice called International Affairs. To take $54 billion out of foreign aid, you would have to cut foreign aid by approximately 200 percent.
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replaced video and link to the transcript, Jan. 10, 2017
leftymathprof on Jan 1, 2017
Ecosystem collapse would kill us all. To avert that requires measures that are blocked by plutocracy. Ending plutocracy requires ending property and hierarchy, replacing them with a culture of sharing, caring, and networking that we all learned in kindergarten. It can’t be imposed by force. The first step is to talk about it.
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The Essays of The Man From the North by Rivera Sun
Writer, Dandelion Salad
November 27, 2016
Don’t wait until the perils of extraction are on your doorstep, in your backyard, or poisoning your water. Look around! Pay attention to the stories coming from the north, south, east, west. See the noose of hard truth tightening.
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by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Let’s Try Democracy
November 21, 2016
Regarding your 29 proposals, here’s a bit more than just the ranking you asked for. I’ll start with the best:
7. Announce our official withdrawal from the TPP.
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With Ralph Nader
talkingsticktv on Nov 3, 2016
Talk by Ralph Nader author of “Breaking Through Power: It’s Easier Than We Think” recorded October 21, 2016 at Town Hall Seattle.
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with Chris Hedges
teleSUR English on Apr 18, 2016
In this episode of Days of Revolt, Chris Hedges interviews documentary filmmaker Josh Fox, who directed the new film “How to Let Go of the World”. The two discuss the catastrophe of climate change, and the role of art and culture in helping us embrace what climate can’t change.
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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page
April 8, 2014
Ralph carves up Antonin Scalia and “Corporate Welfare King,” Rush Limbaugh, points out how Exxon actually made money on the Exxon/Valdez oil spill; and we discuss whether Germany actually won World War II, and the one position that Ralph took that he now regrets. Continue reading
by Finian Cunningham
Writer, Dandelion Salad
East Africa
Crossposted from PressTV
March 30, 2014
The US is prepared to plunge Europe into a war with Russia in order for Washington to preserve its hegemony over the transatlantic axis.
The key issues are the prevention of Russia and Europe developing closer trade and political ties – stemming primarily from a vast trade in energy fuels; and, secondly, the survival of the American dollar as the world’s reserve currency.
So vital are these issues for continued American hegemony that Washington is prepared to sacrifice millions of lives in a war between Russia and its so-called transatlantic European “ally”.
“It’s money, it’s greed, and capitalism that’s destroying the earth.” — Helen Caldicott
with Ralph Nader
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Samuel Lawrence Foundation on Oct 28, 2013 Continue reading
This isn’t capitalism, it’s fascism. And this is happening all over the United States. Has it happened in your state? ~ Lo
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Writer, Dandelion Salad
proactvoice.wordpress.com
October 11, 2013
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Republished with permission from Wyatt Emmerich
Price per kilowatt of Kemper plant stretches credulity
by Wyatt Emmerich
Northside Sun
October 3, 2013
The Kemper power plant is 20 times more expensive per kilowatt than five natural gas plants recently acquired by Entergy and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
