Story by Alexis Madrigal What happens if, all of a sudden, you need to change the entire energy infrastructure on which California’s transportation system runs? Most Californians probably haven’t noticed, but that’s exactly what a combination of Midwestern farmers, Big Oil companies, railroad operators, and fuel terminal owners have done over the last decade. I. […]
A Note to Capitalism’s Economists: It’s all About the Consumer — Period
It’s not as if we don’t get our fair share of warnings — as in, these Billy Joel lyrics from last century: “… Every child had a pretty good shot … to get at least as far as their old man got… Something happened on the way to that place: they threw an American flag […]
Japan’s Communist Party Gets Boost from Video Site
Posted by Chris Salzburg to Global Voices Online It is a long time since the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) had any luck in Japanese politics. According to an article at J-CAST [ja], however, there are signs that this may be changing — with help from no other than Japan’s popular video sharing site, Nico Nico […]
Ethiopian bloggers defend charged pop star
– by Andrew Heavens Ethiopian bloggers rushed to the defence of their country’s top pop singer Teddy Afro, after he appeared in court charged with the hit-and-run killing of a youth in capital Addis Ababa. Many writers were convinced Afro was being framed by Ethiopian authorities who, they said, resented the singer’s huge popularity and veiled anti-government lyrics. […]
Remembering Aimé Césaire
– by Jennifer Brea … when my turn comes into the air I will raise up a cry so violent that I will spatter the sky utterly and by my shredded branches and by the insolent jet of my solemn wounded bole I shall command the islands to exist – from “Lost Body”, by Aimé Césaire, trans. […]
Robert Capa’s Spanish Civil War treasure trove
There are not many photographers who also make it into a book of quotations, though Robert Capa (alias Andre Freidman) managed just that. "This war is like an actress who is getting old…It is less and less photogenic and more and more dangerous," he said of World War II. Though of course, Capa is more […]
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