Food Waste and Hunger Side by Side, Scandalous
How does the human race measure up to this wise saying when it comes to one of the essentials of life, food? Not well, it seems.
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Global Warming: Doing Nothing Is Not an Option
Doing nothing or very little is not an option.
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Money, Politics and the Science of Global Warming
Politicizing (in the US) the greatest threat to life on our planet in this way is a tragedy for humanity that could have devastating consequences for billions of lives.
Read MoreBoom and Bust, Fueled by Banks for Benefit of Banks
Will our politicians, from whichever party, push for these reforms and save us from the misery of the collapse of the next bubble? I am not holding my breath.
Read MoreThe Corruption of Western Liberal Democracy
Illegal wars and financial rip-offs are manifestations of corrupt practices. But they are not recognized as such by Transparency International. Why not?
Read MoreWorkers’ Rights Are Fundamental Human Rights
Exploitation and oppression have been with us since the dawn of time, by the strong of the weak, men of women, the rich of the poor. A measure of civilized societies is their effectiveness in mitigating and controlling such unfair and unjust practices.
Read MoreBiopiracy at Its Most Blatant: Bremer’s Order 81 Is the Ruin of Iraq’s Agriculture
Iraq’s freedom and sovereignty will remain questionable for as long as Iraqis do not have control over what they sow, grow, reap and eat.
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The Economic Collapse: Is the Solution Creating the Next Bubble?
It is bizarre that governments keep pumping money into the institutions that were the cause of the problem, in the hope that they will lead nations out of depression and into prosperity, and simultaneously punish the rest of the population through austerity and cuts.
Read MoreThe Plight of Iraqi Children
Of all the statistics that describe the devastation wreaked upon Iraq by the illegal war, I find the figures describing the plight of Iraqi children the most troubling and heart-wrenching.
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Economics of the Madhouse
Those whose job it is to distribute the cash earned by hardworking ordinary people, to fuel society’s engine, have run away with the loot and the system has seized up.
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