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The scientific paper has long been the unit of scientific knowledge. Now, with print media lapsing into obsolescence, the internet is poised to transform science publishing and science itself.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
New Chinese Dam Project Fuels Ethnic Conflict in Sudan | International Rivers
New Chinese Dam Project Fuels Ethnic Conflict in Sudan | International Rivers
With serious human rights concerns surrounding the development of the
Kajbar dam in Sudan, Peter Bosshard of International Rivers says the
companies involved need to respect the interests of local people.
With serious human rights concerns surrounding the development of the
Kajbar dam in Sudan, Peter Bosshard of International Rivers says the
companies involved need to respect the interests of local people.
Pambazuka - Tunisia’s revolution: Self-organisation for self-emancipation
Pambazuka - Tunisia’s revolution: Self-organisation for self-emancipation
In the wake of the ousting of entrenched Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Horace Campbell reflects on events in the country, regional implications and the inspirational example of the Tunisian people in organising for a new future.
In the wake of the ousting of entrenched Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Horace Campbell reflects on events in the country, regional implications and the inspirational example of the Tunisian people in organising for a new future.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
The beautiful and the damned
The beautiful and the damned
The beautiful and the damned
The links between rising inequality, the Wall Street boom and the subprime fiasco
Economics focus
THERE was not a single year between 1952 and 1986 in which the richest 1% of American households earned more than a tenth of national income. Yet after rising steadily since the mid-1980s, reckon Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez, two economists, in 2007 the income share of the richest percentile reached a staggering 18.3%. The last time America was such an unequal place was in 1929, when the equivalent figure was 18.4%. The similarities in the evolution of income inequality in the years leading up to the Depression and the global economic crisis make for one of the most striking parallels between the two episodes.
The beautiful and the damned
The links between rising inequality, the Wall Street boom and the subprime fiasco
Economics focus
THERE was not a single year between 1952 and 1986 in which the richest 1% of American households earned more than a tenth of national income. Yet after rising steadily since the mid-1980s, reckon Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez, two economists, in 2007 the income share of the richest percentile reached a staggering 18.3%. The last time America was such an unequal place was in 1929, when the equivalent figure was 18.4%. The similarities in the evolution of income inequality in the years leading up to the Depression and the global economic crisis make for one of the most striking parallels between the two episodes.
Monday, January 17, 2011
The First Twitter Revolution? - By Ethan Zuckerman | Foreign Policy
The First Twitter Revolution? - By Ethan Zuckerman | Foreign Policy
Friday evening, Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali boarded a jet for Malta, leaving his prime minister to face streets filled with protesters demanding a change of government in the North African country. The protests began weeks earlier in the central city of Sidi Bouzid, sparked by the suicide of Mohamed Bouazizi, an unemployed university graduate whose informal vegetable stall was shuttered by the police. His despair exemplified the frustration that many Tunisians felt with their contracting economy, high levels of unemployment and inequality, censored media and Internet, and widespread corruption. Protests spread from city to city, with trade unions, lawyers, and countless unemployed Tunisian youth demanding a change to an economic system that appeared to benefit a small number of families close to power and leave ordinary citizens behind. ...
Ethan Zuckerman is a senior researcher at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society and co-founder of Global Voices, which has been following the events in Tunisia since protests broke out in late December.
Friday evening, Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali boarded a jet for Malta, leaving his prime minister to face streets filled with protesters demanding a change of government in the North African country. The protests began weeks earlier in the central city of Sidi Bouzid, sparked by the suicide of Mohamed Bouazizi, an unemployed university graduate whose informal vegetable stall was shuttered by the police. His despair exemplified the frustration that many Tunisians felt with their contracting economy, high levels of unemployment and inequality, censored media and Internet, and widespread corruption. Protests spread from city to city, with trade unions, lawyers, and countless unemployed Tunisian youth demanding a change to an economic system that appeared to benefit a small number of families close to power and leave ordinary citizens behind. ...
Ethan Zuckerman is a senior researcher at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society and co-founder of Global Voices, which has been following the events in Tunisia since protests broke out in late December.
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