Catastrophe and Counterinsurgency in New Orleans by Frank Morales, The Shadow “For years, cities across the nation have been declaring old-style public housing complexes a social experiment gone awry, emptying the buildings and, with a good riddance press of the… Read moreBIG OIL AND THE BIG EASY
Continue ReadingBIG OIL AND THE BIG EASYCuban punk rocker Gorki Aguila, lead singer of Porno para Ricardo, charged with “social dangerousness” because of his songs denouncing and deriding the government, was released with a $28 fine after calling upon his fans to hold a public protest…. Read moreCuba: dissident punk rocker scores political win
President Hugo Chávez announced a measure to nationalize wholesale gasoline distribution in Venezuela—despite the lobbying of British Petroleum, Exxon Mobil and Chevron, whose local subsidiaries currently control the business. Under the measure, which received initial approval in the National Assembly… Read moreChávez to nationalize oil distro, move towards “Gas Revolution”
In a critical decision on Aug. 27, one of Brazil’s supreme court judges voted in favor of maintaining Raposa Serra do Sol (RSS) as a continuous indigenous land. Although the other judges on the court still need to vote on… Read moreBrazil: judge upholds demarcation of Raposa Serra do Sol
Our August issue featured the story “Hokkaido: The Anti-Climate Summit” by Walden Bello of Foreign Policy in Focus, arguing that the G8 nations derailed meaningful efforts to address global climate change at the July summit in Japan. Bello protests that… Read moreClimate change and economic growth: our readers write
