Many people don’t realize that genetically modified (GMO) foods are already in our diets: in corn, soybeans, canola, and now in alfalfa. According to Will Rostoff, senior attorney at the…
Although the election of Evo Morales was expected to reduce the amount of blockades, strikes, and general protests in Bolivia, here we are almost three months into the new government…
To many observers, the election of Evo Morales may seem like a victory orchestrated only by Bolivia’s rural and lower class voters. Bolivians will be the first to tell you…
On Wednesday I will be traveling to the South American nation of Bolivia. In the years 2000-2003 I lived in a small village in the province of Mizque, four hours…
The first advocate of Open Source was none other than the patron saint of neoliberal economics: Adam Smith. Although Smith’s classic The Wealth of Nations has become the de-facto Bible…
The Bush administration has declared that this week is “energy week”, as the President and his cabinet travel the country to tout the programs that will, in the President’s words…
In order to successfully resist the wholesale devastation of local economies at a global scale, it is necessary to pick apart, piece by piece, the philosophical underpinnings of neoliberal economics. …
The notion that Americans are entitled to over-consume world energy supplies is merely a novel twist on the 19th century ideal of Manifest Destiny. While 19th century political, economic, and…
Last night the President admitted: “America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world.” The President went on to say that “the best way…
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