Social critic and veteran educator Henry Giroux connects the history and ideology of neoliberal policies to the education of young people and the prospects for building a real democracy which he believes has suffered a major hit. Listen to the by Giroux, which begins approximately 5 minute into the recording, from the kpfa 94.1 website. [...]
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A Call for Papers- Questioning the Market Panacea in Environmental Policy and Conservation
Nature Incorporated is holding an international conference in order to address the ways in which market forces have made and continue to make their way into environmental policies. The conference aims to critically engage with the market panacea in environmental policy and conservation in the context of histories and recent developments in neoliberal capitalism. This [...]
Mitumba: The Second Hand Road
A video following the story of a second hand T-shirt. Many in the West donate their old clothing to second hand clothing stores and rarely think about it after. This video follows the story of this donated T-shirt around the world and reveals how globalization really connects us all. How one person’s thrown out goods [...]
World Peoples’ Summit on Climate Change- Democracy Now
This video is broadcasted from Cochabamba, Bolivia. During the summit held there called the World Peoples’ Summit on Climate Change and Rights of Mother Earth several working groups met in order to come to some agreement about particular environmental issues.Key proposals include the establishment of an international tribunal to prosecute polluters, passage of a Universal [...]
The Life of a Fish in Japan
This short video from Mascha Halberstad, a free lance animator, depicts the life of a fish in the Japanese fish market. Although the film is short it is extremely interesting and shows the abundant resource, the fish, has been commercialized to the point that it is seemingly no longer respected as a living animal. Despite [...]
Public Reason vs. Private Reason
This is a conversation recorded on July 21 2010 by Slavoj Zizek about the crisis of global capitalism which is fast approaching. Slavoj Žižek has identified the four horsemen of this coming apocalypse: the worldwide ecological crisis; imbalances within the economic system; the biogenetic revolution; and exploding social divisions and ruptures. But, he asks, if [...]
Fault Line- In Deep Water
“We’re seeing that oil and fish and marine habitat don’t mix. And it’s no longer a situation where you have the luxury to pretend it can co-exit.” – Monique Harden (Environmental Lawyer) “Stop calling me resilient. I’m not resilient! Because every time you say, oh they’re resilient, that means you can do something else to [...]
Genetically Altered Salmon Get Closer to the Table
This article taken from the New York Times on June 25 2010 discusses the issues that have been raised around one companies attempt to produce and sell the first genetically altered animal meant for human consumption. The company who has developed these genetically modified salmon, AquaBounty, have been trying to get the product approved by [...]
Aquaculture- The Future of Farming the Water
The following podcast discusses the growing phenomenon of aquaculture. The program details how we have begun using the sea as we do the land for agriculture, showcasing the shift from hunting and gathering fish to monitoring and growing fish for our own consumption. This podcast provides an in depth look into the benefits and concerns [...]
La Via Campesina- International Peasant Movement
La Via Campesina Website as stated in the title of this post is the International Peasants Movement made up of small and medium sized producers, rural youth, landless, indigenous populations, rural women, as well as agricultural workers. This organization is made up of 148 members across 69 countries which include Asia, Africa, Europe, and the [...]
