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Revolución Alimentaria

 

 

Should the neoliberal "free market" govern food production and distribution? Or can we learn from the efforts of Venezuela, under Hugo Chavez, to address food insecurity? Christina Schiavoni describes the transformation of that nation's food and agriculture system. David Pimentel points out the colossal energy demands of the US system, and proposes ways to reduce fossil fuel inputs.

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P. Sainath's lecture at U.C. Berkeley

No on 46

Why are more than ten thousand farmers in India committing suicide each year? Among the reasons, asserts the award-winning journalist P. Sainath, is neoliberal globalization. Also, Melissa Hart discusses the rejection by Colorado voters of a Ward Connerly-backed anti-affirmative action ballot initiative.

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Colin Duncan, The Practical Equivalent of War? Berkeley Workshop on Environmental Politics

Colin Duncan, The Centrality of Agriculture: Between Humankind and the Rest of Nature McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996

Twentieth century civilization is about to collapse, argues Colin Duncan, because of the imminence of rapid and vast climate change. The environmental historian believes a mass collective project must arise to plan a necessary transition to a new sustainable society. Also, Simon Dyer of the Pembina Institute describes oil exploration and extraction in Alberta's tar sands.