Thailand is today experiencing a brutal, global, crisis concerning simultaneously the place of the monarchy and army, the divisions inside the bourgeoisie, the relations between social classes “from above” and “from below”, the institutions and the political system, the dominant “values” or again the country's insertion in the world economy: the impact of neoliberal globalisation, the

The outcome of the regional elections in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) on 9 May 2010 was a political event of importance at the federal German and even European levels.

The 2010 Seattle Anarchist Book Fair is set for August 21-22 at our partnered space, the
Vera Project (www.theveraproject.org). Public hours will be 10-5 on Saturday the 21st and
11-5 on Sunday the 22nd.

Most people have been brought up to believe that the competitive, grow-or-die, absentee-shareholder-owned, "free"-trade "market" economy is the only one that works, the only alternative to a socialist, government-run economy. This myth is perpetrated in business and other schools, by the media, by accountants and lawyers and bankers and, of course, in the business world.

This summer, when Kellogg recalled 28 million boxes of Froot Loops, Apple Jacks, Corn Pops and Honey Smacks, the company blamed elevated levels of a chemical in the packaging.

Dozens of consumers reported a strange taste and odor, and some com

A weekdly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Oil and the global economy
-The Macondo well
-In the Congress
-Quote of the Week
-Briefs

The latest issue of Nature contained a paper by Daniel G. Boyce, Marlon R. Lewis & Boris Worm called Global phytoplankton decline over the past century.