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‘The End of Water As We Know It’ with Argonne National Lab Scientist Dr. Seth Darling

By MariaJune 15, 2016Clean Water, Newest Catalog Items, Sea Level

Even though water is most vital for survival the status of depletion or contamination is not well known to the public and there are very few mechanisms in place world wide for water protection and access to water as a human right.
In this May 18, 2016, talk valuable information is introduced to support and inspire local efforts. Dr. Darling updates statistics about the water embedded in certain products. He also makes an interesting connection between energy production and water and surprises us with research that shows how the energy industry withdraws 200 billion gallons of water per day in the US alone.
Seth Darling is a Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory and a Fellow at the Institute for Molecular Engineering at [ . . . ]

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Alex Carey: Corporations and Propaganda – The Attack on Democracy Part ONE of TWO

By MariaAugust 28, 2013Newest Catalog Items

This is TUC Radio’s all time most popular program.
Those of you who used it know that it draws an amazing response.
It’s been almost six years since it was last sent out.
Alex Carey wrote that the people of the US have been subjected to an unparalleled, expensive, 3/4 century long propaganda effort designed to expand corporate rights by undermining democracy and destroying the unions. The 20th century, he wrote, is marked by three historic developments: the growth of democracy via the expansion of the franchise, the growth of corporations, and the growth of propaganda to protect corporations from democracy. Carey’s unique view of US history goes back to World War I and ends with the Reagan era.
Noam Chomsky dedicated his book [ . . . ]

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Who were the Luddites? by Iain Boal (Parts ONE and TWO)

By MariaMarch 25, 2010Newest Catalog Items

Who were the Luddites? Machine smashers of the 19th century or members of a fascinating social movement with visionary insights into the unfolding drama of industrialization?
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The impact of today’s technologies on social relations and the planet itself is becoming an intriguing field of inquiry. However so far the discussion of nuclear power, biotechnology, deforestation, automobiles or computers is pretty much dominated by industry and government who want us to take all this for granted.
In this context it is inspiring to remember the Luddites who questioned industrial civilization at its very beginning in England during the introduction of mechanized textile mills. They knew that the power-looms that they selectively destroyed were not just a technology but would create a whole new [ . . . ]

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