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Genetic engineering fails to help feed the poor

samedi 22 juin 2013 à 14:00

Genetic engineering fails to help feed the poor. Given the requirements for pesticides, it may not be sustainable either.

US Supreme Court gives businesses unjust power over workers

samedi 22 juin 2013 à 14:00

The US Supreme Court allowed big businesses to impose contracts denying their clients (small businesses) the right to class action lawsuits.

The US had a similar problem in the first third of the 20th century: the Supreme Court persistently opposed attempts to limit what contracts could require, and that gave businesses dangerous and unjust power over workers.

Urgent: Sign the Education Declaration

samedi 22 juin 2013 à 14:00

US citizens: sign the Education Declaration.

EU considers placing limit on biofuels made from food crops

vendredi 21 juin 2013 à 14:00

The EU is considering placing a limit on biofuels made from food crops. Agribusiness companies are trying to prevent this, so that they can go on with wasteful production and make poor people around the world go hungry.

Oppression of Palestinians living in the "seam zone"

vendredi 21 juin 2013 à 14:00

For Palestinians whose homes or land fall in the "seam zone" between the annexation wall and the border of Palestine, ordinary activities require military permits which the Israeli military makes rather hard to obtain.

A different form of oppression is opposed on Palestinians in "area C", which contains a large fraction of the West Bank.