Read more: http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/welcome-to-garbage-patch-state-where-plastic-rules#ixzz2VFkdVvVy Follow us: @motherboard on Twitter | motherboardtv on Facebook Today in Paris, a new nation was born. In the modern way, the news reaches America via Facebook, with these historic words: it is with great emotion that we announce that today our Nation has been regognized (sic) at the UNESCO in Paris, […]
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This is a guest post by UK blogger and leftist activist Scriptonite Daily A new ad campaign hit the streets of London two days ago, drawing attention to a surprisingly unrecognized state of affairs: the City of London is the tax haven in our own backyard. While the British government is busy protecting banker’s bonuses, […]
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26th February 2013 – 12:26
Trade can be a powerful engine for reducing poverty. But rich countries dominate the World Trade Organization (WTO), which is where global trade rules are negotiated. And they set rules under which poor countries continually lose out. Wealthy nations have double standards too – forcing poorer countries to keep to rules they don’t obey themselves. […]
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14th January 2013 – 11:49
Okay maybe they’re not really the most insidious lobbying group in US politics… but hey, they’re still pretty bad. Even the most starry-eyed of patriots knows that corporate lobbyists are the puppeteers behind the majority of US politicians, but sometimes the specificity of these groups boggles the mind. They’re like Catholic saints—there’s one for everything. […]
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