i posted this has a response to the thread "The Five Stages of Collapse." It gives a different view on our current situation and where we might be heading, and was published in Mother Jones before the burst of the house bubble.
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Another World Is...
Colombians Hate Democracy (and Other Stories That Will Never Be Written From the 2009 Latinobarometro Survey)
Every year, the venerable old Chilean polling firm Latinobarometro publishes the world's most comprehensive survey of Latin American perceptions, with a handy country-by-country...
for those that havent seen the pbs documentary, below is the synopsis, if you're interested.
http://www.mininova.org/tor/2799490
A film investigating California’s prison gangs, their devastating effect on Latino families, and the controversial war to stop their spread
"Nuestra Familia,Our...
source: http://incakolanews.blogspot.com/2008/07/bolivia-why-they-fear-evo-morales.html
more info on the subject:
http://www.incakolanews.blogspot.com/2008/07/mo-money-evo-or-morales-hands-out-gas.html
written by Otto Rock
Why does the world pick on Evo Morales so much? I mean, we're talking...
Written by Roger Burbach
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1587/68/
Evo Morales is the latest democratically-elected Latin American president to be the target of a U.S. plot to destabilize and overthrow his government. On September 10, 2008 Morales...
July 10, 2008
Bisexual Species: Unorthodox Sex in the Animal Kingdom
Homosexual behavior is common in nature, and it plays an important role in survival
By Emily V. Driscoll
Two penguins native to Antarctica met one spring day in 1998 in a tank at the Central Park Zoo in midtown Manhattan...
anybody here hoping that an obama administrator will ease the blockade against cuba?
New Cuban victory at the UN
http://progreso-weekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=690&Itemid=1
A service by the Radio Progreso Alternativa Havana Bureau
For the 17th consecutive time, the policy...