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Analysis, March 2013

Three-Quarters of Progressive Caucus Not Taking a Stand Against Cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid

by Oregon PeaceWorks • March 10, 2013 • 0 Comments

NORMAN SOLOMON – For the social compact of the United States, most of the Congressional Progressive Caucus has gone missing.

While still on the caucus roster, three-quarters of the 70-member caucus seem lost in political smog. Those 54 members of the Progressive Caucus havenâ€™t signed the current letter that makes a vital commitment: â€œwe will vote against any and every cut to Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security benefits — including raising the retirement age or cutting the cost of living adjustments that our constituents earned and need.â€

Analysis, March 2013

Supply, Demand, and Activism: What Should the Climate Movement Do Next?

by Oregon PeaceWorks • March 8, 2013 • 0 Comments

DAVID ROBERTS – I’ve been writing a lot about the activist campaign to block the Keystone XL pipeline. Much of that writing has been devoted to pushing back against the squadron of Very Serious People who want to pooh-pooh the campaign as mistargeted, misguided, and futile.

Big Picture, March 2013

GE Will Not Chase Nuke Business if Laws Donâ€™t Change

by Oregon PeaceWorks • March 6, 2013 • 0 Comments

DINESH NARAYANAN – One big multinational is almost certain to be out of the race for nuclear energy business in India. On Wednesday I had met John Flannery, outgoing President and Chief Executive Officer of GE in India for a chat before he left for his new assignment: finding targets for the company to buy. Flannery said GE will rather give up business than play within Indiaâ€™s civil nuclear liability rules.

Big Picture, March 2013

The Foodopoly: Too Big to Eat

by Oregon PeaceWorks • March 4, 2013 • 0 Comments

DAVID SWANSON – We’ve come to understand that the banks are too big to fail, too big to take to trial, too big not to let them write our public policy, too big not to reward them for ruining our economy. Why have we come to understand that?

Big Picture, Global Warming Recent News, March 2013

Newly Proposed Carbon Tax Will Fight Global Warming, Protect Low-Income Americans, Reduce Deficit

by Oregon PeaceWorks • March 2, 2013 • 2 Comments

RICHARD CAPERTON – In the last two years, the biggest extreme weather events cost American families and businesses $188 billion. As we pump more and more greenhouse gas pollution into the atmosphere, these disasters are only going to become more common.

Big Picture, February 2013

Bhutan Set to Plough Lone Furrow as World’s First Wholly Organic Country

by Oregon PeaceWorks • February 28, 2013 • 2 Comments

John Vidal and Annie Kellly – Bhutan plans to become the first country in the world to turn its agriculture completely organic, banning the sales of pesticides and herbicides and relying on its own animals and farm waste for fertilizers.