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  • (en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #227 - Social Forum in Tunis: A full tool contradictions (fr) [machine translation]

    Syndicated from A-Infos (English) on Wed, 2013-05-22

    The World Social Forum was held in Tunis from 26 to 30 March. The opportunity to review
    the strengths and weaknesses of this activist tool. ---- Twelve years after its first
    edition, is in Tunis from 26 to 30 March, which this year was held the World Social Forum
    (WSF). Symbol of the anti-globalization movement, the WSF contains all the contradictions,
    strengths and weaknesses.

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  • (fr) Alternative Libertaire AL #227 - Forum social à Tunis : Un outil plein de contradictions (en)

    Syndicated from A-Infos (Français) on Wed, 2013-05-22

    Le Forum social mondial de Tunis s’est tenu du 26 au 30 mars. L’occasion de revenir sur
    les atouts et les faiblesses de cet outil militant. ---- Douze ans après sa première
    édition, c’est à Tunis, du 26 au 30 mars, que se tenait cette année le Forum social
    mondial (FSM). Symbole du mouvement altermondialiste, le FSM en recèle toutes les
    contradictions, les forces et les faiblesses.

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  • (en) Britain, Organise #80 - Anarchist Federation on Solidarity Federation Fighting for Ourselves: Anarcho-syndicalism and the class struggle

    Syndicated from A-Infos (English) on Wed, 2013-05-22

    Since its publication in October of last year, Fighting for Ourselves has been the subject
    of much discussion and deserved interest in the broad libertarian left.

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  • Energy Return on Investment

    Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2013-05-22

    <img src="http://www.resilience.org/rendition.small/uploads/article_custom/1369223608-739c5f525233c2691/EROI.png">
    <p>EROI studies for most energyresources show a decline, indicating that depletion has beenmore important than technological improvements over time.</p>

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  • The Seed Underground

    Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2013-05-22

    <img src="http://www.resilience.org/rendition.small/uploads/article_custom/1369222880-8c6011aad9a25d777/seed.jpg">
    <p>A delightful and thoroughly enjoyable read: in my many years of reading environmental books there aren't many I could say that about.

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  • Stressed Ecosystems Leaving Humanity High and Dry

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Wed, 2013-05-22

    <div class='node-body'><p><span class="meta_origin"><span class="image-full" style="width: 540px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/haulingwater_banner.jpg" style="width: 540px; height: 292px;" title="A man hauls water at the Chico Mendes landless peasant camp in Pernambuco, Brazil.

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  • Stressed Ecosystems Leaving Humanity High and Dry

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Wed, 2013-05-22

    <div class='node-body'><p><span class="meta_origin"><span class="image-full" style="width: 540px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/haulingwater_banner.jpg" style="width: 540px; height: 292px;" title="A man hauls water at the Chico Mendes landless peasant camp in Pernambuco, Brazil.

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  • For Africa’s Solar Sisters, Off-Grid Electricity Is Power

    Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2013-05-22

    <img src="http://www.resilience.org/rendition.small/uploads/article_custom/1369225834-0ae958a40616e217d/solar_sister_woman_with_child.jpg">
    <p>U.S. businesswoman Katherine Lucey is working with a network of women entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa to sell inexpensive, household solar energy systems.

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  • Tornadoes, Extreme Weather And Climate Change, Revisited

    Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2013-05-22

    <img src="http://www.resilience.org/rendition.small/uploads/article_custom/1369221998-5e96e845d36db8cc8/moore_wide_destruction.jpg">
    <p>The big tornado outbreak, including a monster Oklahoma twister, have people asking again about a possible link to climate change. I&rsquo;ll review the science in this post.</p>

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  • Spring Time?

    Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2013-05-22

    <img src="http://www.resilience.org/rendition.small/uploads/article_custom/1369221104-ba2dd962e70fbac1e/garden-e1369103321992.jpg">
    <p>I have ruminated enough times on this blog about climate change that it should no longer pop up its ugly head, and yet it never ceases to amaze me as to how well it lends itself to a quick article.

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  • Earth Trek: The Journey Home

    Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2013-05-22

    <img src="http://www.resilience.org/rendition.small/uploads/article_custom/1369220631-d580df32d44eef5fe/star_trek_into_darkness-250.png">
    <p>Lurking behind the cover story of terrorism and modern unease is an even more troubling development: the endgame of fossil-fueled civilization, and hence, the end of space travel.</p>

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  • Why Austerity Kills: From Greece to U.S., Crippling Economic Policies Causing Global Health Crisis

    Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2013-05-22

    <img src="http://www.resilience.org/rendition.small/uploads/article_custom/1369219859-437f39bd081f4e806/austerity-kills.PNG">
    <p>&quot;Had austerity been organized like a clinical trial, it would&rsquo;ve been discontinued given evidence of its deadly side effects,&quot; Stuckler says.</p>

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  • LGBT Community: Senate Dems 'Betrayed Us' on Immigration

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Wed, 2013-05-22

    <div class='node-body'><p>Champions of equality slammed Democratic members on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday after it succumbed to the pressure of rightwing threats by removing a crucial amendment to the immigration reform package that would have provided inclusion and protection of LGBT members of immigrant and binational families.</p>

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  • LGBT Community: Senate Dems 'Betrayed Us' on Immigration

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Wed, 2013-05-22

    <div class='node-body'><p>Champions of equality slammed Democratic members on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday after it succumbed to the pressure of rightwing threats by removing a crucial amendment to the immigration reform package that would have provided inclusion and protection of LGBT members of immigrant and binational families.</p>

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  • Concert: We sing for reconciliation.

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Wed, 2013-05-22

    <p>Sunday, June 2</p>

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