The advent of democracy provided a breath of fresh air for democratic control of the electronic media. But not for long, it seems, as corporate capture of the airwaves is in the wings. The airwaves are a limited electromagnetic spectrum that is needed to carry radio,...
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Selling our airwaves | by Mark Weinberg
The advent of democracy provided a breath of fresh air for democratic control of the electronic media. But not for long, it seems, as corporate capture of the airwaves is in the wings. The airwaves are a limited electromagnetic spectrum that is needed to carry radio,...
Rio+20 Draft Text Is 283 Paragraphs Of Fluff | by George Monbiot
In 1992, world leaders signed up to something called "sustainability". Few of them were clear about what it meant; I suspect that many of them had no idea. Perhaps as a result, it did not take long for this concept to mutate into something subtly different:...
Rio+20: A Crisis Is A Terrible Thing To Waste | by Tina Gerhardt
Rio+20 agreement failed to demand an end to fossil fuel subsidies; critique nuclear energy Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL – On Friday afternoon, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development convened. Dubbed Rio+20, the conference was the largest UN summit ever...
The “second transition” – let’s not get sucker punched into a false debate | by Jeremy Cronin
We are now already deep into the silly season of an ANC-led movement electoral year. At the forefront of trying to promote the silliness are some of the usual hacks in the commercial media - especially those with the attention span of a tweetable headline. Last night...
Behind the ‘Green Economy’ – A new drive to commodify nature by Christophe
Faced with an even more complex and deeper crisis, capitalism is launching a fresh attack that combines the old austerity measures with an offensive to create new sources of profit and growth through the “Green Economy” agenda. No to the Green Economy I. A New Phase...
Rio+20 What Is at Stake | by T Jayaraman, Shruti Mittal, and Divya Singh Kohli
There are major issues at stake in the Rio+20 Summit on Sustainable Development to be held on 20-22 June. Yet governments of developing countries have not given adequate importance to the run-up to the conference. As has happened in the climate change negotiations,...



