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Interview with Greens MP elect Adam Bandt: 'I'll give a voice to the movements' - Green Left Weekly issue #780

peter_b — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Fri, 03/09/2010 Adam Bandt, the MP elect for the seat of Melbourne (long considered a “safe Labor seat”), and the Greens' first House of Representatives member to be elected in a general election has been very busy since August 21. He says he left the triumphant Greens' election night party at 11pm thinking that he would have to do some media the next day so should get a good night's sleep. He woke up the next morning and after a couple of hours having coffee and reading the paper, the situation sunk in. read ...

NM Navajo chapter OKs alcohol at casino restaurant - ICT: Business

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

UPPER FRUITLAND, N.M. (AP) – Members of the Navajo Nation’s Upper Fruitland Chapter in northwestern New Mexico have approved alcohol sales at the restaurant in the casino they plan to build near Farmington.

Mining Near Bryce Canyon: Who Benefits? - NewWest.Net All Headlines

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Mining Near Bryce Canyon: Who Benefits?

E.J. Dionne Jr. | What's on Obama's Next Page? - Truthout - All Articles

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Washington - By insisting Tuesday evening that "it's time to turn the page," President Obama was talking about more than the Iraq War, and doing much more than reviving one of his most effective slogans from the 2008 campaign.

He was also trying to turn the page on a period in which he has found himself on the defensive, his party in a perilous position for November's elections, and his reputation for political mastery in doubt.

New Grist Auhtor Blogs Launch Today - Grist Magazine

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Matt P. Today, Grist launched brand new author blogs.  Ok, ok, I know—it’s sort of odd that Grist didn’t have proper blog-like destination pages for our great writers before this, but hey ... now we do!  These pages are a great way to keep tabs on your favorite Grist author, follow them on twitter (or read their tweets right on the page), subscribe to their feeds and otherwise fanboy/girl them.  So where are these pages?  For now, just click on the avatar or name of your favorite author or contributor anywhere on the site, and you’re there.  For example: check out Dave’s Blog here .  At the same time, we’ve spruced up everyone’s user page (now at ...

How to restore the Colorado River - Grist Magazine

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Grist. The Colorado River hasn’t reached the sea in ages. Is there hope left for this storied but manhandled river? Jonathan Waterman, author of Running Dry: A Journey from Source to Sea Down the Colorado River , brought together two experts from either end of the river to talk about what’s happened to the river over the years, and how to get more water flowing in the future. Brad Udall is the director of Western Water Assessment , based out of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) offices in Boulder, Colo. Osvel Hinojosa works as director of the water and wetlands program from the Mexican environmental group Pronatura . Jonathan Waterman: So while you’re both involved a lot with agencies that ...

Iraq War — Not So Easy to Turn the Page - AlterNet

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

This post first appeared on Hullabaloo. The troops were awesome, America is awesome, we saved Iraq, we’re saving Afghanistan, now everybody needs to turn the page on all those unpleasant differences we had over the wars and work together like awesome soldiers to fix the economy. Oh, and the troops are [...] ...

The Lomborg Deception: About Yesterday’s Front-Page Story in the Guardian - Commondreams.org Views

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Howard Friel

Howard Friel's most recent book is The Lomborg Deception: Setting the Record Straigh about Global Warming (Yale University Press, 2010) Yesterday, London's Guardian newspaper, an important paper with some of the West's best journalists, including Johann Hari, Suzanne Goldenberg, George Monbiot, and Chris McGreal, printed a front-page feature read more

Poll Shows 10% GOP Lead — But Is It Accurate? - AlterNet

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

This post first appeared on Washington Monthly. Two national generic-ballot polls were published within 48 hours of one another — Newsweek showed Democrats and Republicans tied at 45% each, while Gallup showed Republicans leading Democrats by 10, 51% to 41%. Guess which one is causing a massive freak-out in the political world? Pollsters [...] ...

Navajo report cites need for discrimination’s demise - ICT - National - Southwest

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Citing an impetus for change in the wind, the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission called for an “end to an oppressive and subservient relationship that existed and exists between the Navajo and its non-indigenous neighbor.”

Democrats' Generic Ballot Poll Numbers Drop - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Mark Blumenthal — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Two national polls released today and over the weekend report very different results leading to very different conclusions: On Friday, under the headline "Democrats May...

Jeff Madrick: Weak Financial Regulation Is Further Defanged - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Jeff Madrick — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A significant story on the front page of today's New York Times explains just how easy it will probably be for the financial community to flaunt new regulation. High risk on Wall Street will go on.

Princess, Meet Cowgirl: Two Books Offer Alternatives to Standard Princess Narrative - NewWest.Net Books & Writers

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Princess, Meet Cowgirl: Two Books Offer Alternatives to Standard Princess Narrative

Page Gardner: It's Time to Pay Back Alice Paul - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Page Gardner — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Today marks the 90th anniversary of the certification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. A lot has changed in ninety...

Craig Childs’ “Finders Keepers” Hits Stores, and Childs Hits the Lit Fest Trail - NewWest.Net Books & Writers

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Craig Childs’ “Finders Keepers” Hits Stores, and Childs Hits the Lit Fest Trail

Craig Childs' Finders Keepers Hits Stores, and Childs Hits the Lit Fest Trail - NewWest.Net All Headlines

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Craig Childs' Finders Keepers Hits Stores, and Childs Hits the Lit Fest Trail

Judge Rejects Death Row Prisoner Troy Davis's Innocence Claim - Democracy Now!

mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A federal judge in Georgia has rejected death row prisoner Troy Anthony Davis's claims of innocence. Last year the Supreme Court took the unusual step of ordering a district court in Georgia to hold a special evidentiary hearing to consider evidence that surfaced after Davis's conviction and might establish his innocence. Davis was convicted for the 1989 killing of an off-duty white police officer, Mark MacPhail. Since then, seven of the nine non-police witnesses have recanted their testimony, and there is no physical evidence tying him to the crime scene. [includes rush transcript]

Smashing Protons in the Cathedrals of Science - Technology Review Feed - Tech Review Top Stories

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The search for the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider The picturesque Franco-Swiss borderland between the Alps and the Jura Mountains has long beckoned skiers and hikers from around the world. But on March 30, physicists and journalists converged on this valley, near Geneva, eager to witness history being made 100 meters beneath the ...

We didn’t get what we deserved - Green Left Weekly issue #780

peter_b — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Wed, 25/08/2010 By Fred Fuentes Rather than getting the government we deserve, the August 21 federal election delivered an outcome the two old parties deserved. With both Labor and the Coalition focusing on negative campaigning, sloganeering and scapegoating refugees and other minorities, an even larger number of voters decided to cast their vote for alternatives with some vision. A hung parliament with the Greens holding the balance of power in the Senate was only a partial reflection of this growing disenchantment with the two-party system. read ...

Princess, Meet Cowgirl: Two Books Offer Alternatives to Standard Princess Narrative - NewWest.Net All Headlines

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Princess, Meet Cowgirl: Two Books Offer Alternatives to Standard Princess Narrative

Slobs at Lake Powell foment a revolt - High Country News Most Recent

Andrew Gulliford — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Rather than rail against Lake Powell's mere existence, conservationists should try to restore and protect the landscape that is still there.

Slobs at Lake Powell foment a revolt - Writers on the Range

Andrew Gulliford — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Rather than rail against Lake Powell's mere existence, conservationists should try to restore and protect the landscape that is still there.

Akito Yoshikane: Labor's Popularity Struggles Amid Criticism of Public-Sector Unions - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Akito Yoshikane — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

With 46 percent of Americans saying that their power will decline in the coming years, can unions steer themselves back into favor?

Labor’s Popularity Declines Amid Criticism Of Public-Sector Unions - Common Dreams: Headlines

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Akito Yoshikane

With increasing attacks on public sector unions, it’s not surprising that labor has become unpopular in the court of public opinion. A new Gallup survey reveals that approval ratings for labor unions continues to struggle one year after their popularity reached a historic low.

Elections 2010: Policies compared from Left to Right - Green Left Weekly issue #780

peter_b — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Wed, 18/08/2010 By Peter Boyle Sick of the manipulative, increasingly policy-free barrage of major party negative advertising in the race to the August 21 Australian federal election? Here are some antidotes: First, check out the table below comparing the policies of Socialist Alliance with that of the Greens, ALP and Liberals: Policy comparison from Left to Right compiled by Dick Nichols. Second, have a look at the independent Vote Climate survey on which parties the best policy on on climate change. read ...