“I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.” –- Eugene Debs, presidential candidate with the Socialist Democratic Party

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With sales of their Hybrid vehicles skyrocketing amid high gas prices, Toyota Corporation is racing past auto giants like General Motors. The company enjoys a reputation for investing in modest design, reasonable prices, and environmentally friendly cars. Many progressives, including myself, have bought Toyota Prius’s in order to use less fossil fuels, and lighten …

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The total number of US soldiers killed in Iraq has exceeded 4000 since the start of the war in 2003. While the rate of killings is waning, Iraqi soldiers are picking up the death rate instead. Estimates on the numbers of Iraqi civilians killed varies depending on which study you believe, but most …

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This November, Californians will consider a ballot initiative that could reshape the state’s energy future. With alternative renewable sources of energy becoming a national issue in this year’s presidential race, Proposition 7 requires that utility companies in California obtain half of their power from solar, wind and other resources by 2025. The Solar …

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The Bombing of the LA Times by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

Ninety-eight years ago on this day in people’s history, the Los Angeles Times newspaper was bombed. On October 1st, 1910, twenty-one people were killed as planted dynamite exploded igniting barrels of ink near the building. The bombing occurred during the Los Angeles Iron Workers strike that demanded a …

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“We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.” — Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. …