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Running on Hype: The Real Scoop on Biofuels

Brian Tokar November 14, 2006 Brian Tokar

You can hardly open up a major newspaper or national magazine these days without encountering the latest hype about biofuels, and how they’re going to save oil, reduce pollution and prevent climate change. Bill Gates, Sun Microsystems’ Vinod Khosla, and other major venture capitalists are investing millions in new biofuel production, whether in the form of ethanol, mainly derived from corn in the US today, or biodiesel, mainly from soybeans and canola seed. It’s literally a "modern day gold rush," as described by the New York Times, paraphrasing the chief executive of Cargill, one of the main benefactors of increased subsidies to agribusiness and tax credits to refiners for the purpose of encouraging biofuel production. read more

Bringing It All Back Home: The Politics of the New Imperialism

Greg Grandin November 1, 2006 Greg Grandin

U.S. interventions in Latin America have served as the training grounds for White House military theorists to practice their imperial designs on the rest of the world.

Tin War in Bolivia: Conflict Between Miners Leaves 17 Dead

April Howard & Benjamin Dangl October 11, 2006 April Howard & Benjamin Dangl

Miners Carrying Dead

"Something that should have been a blessing for the country has been turned into a curse." - Bolivian Vice President, Alvaro García Linera

October 7th was supposed to be a day of celebration for the Virgin of Rosario, the patron saint of miners. Yet events in Huanuni delayed the festival interminably.

From a Jail to a Community Radio Station: Revolution in Venezuela Made Tangible

April Howard & Benjamin Dangl September 27, 2006 April Howard & Benjamin Dangl

The neighborhood of El 23 de Enero is like many improvised neighborhoods in Caracas clinging to the hillsides of the city; multi-colored apartments made of brick and cement were stacked on top of each other forming labyrinth-like alleyways and streets. One of many barrios in Caracas, the community was self-assembled by immigrants from the countryside, most of whom began by squatting land on the hills outside the center of the city, and assembling houses next to and on top of each other.

The Hmong: An Uncertain Future in Thailand

Will Baxter September 21, 2006 Will Baxter

Thailand's Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) was recently assigned the task of repatriating 4,500 ethnic Hmong living in Phetchabun province-and they were told by caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to find a solution to the problem as soon as possible. Unfortunately, in this case, a 'quick fix' just isn't feasible.

How Fast Can UN Peacekeeping Move?

Rene Wadlow September 5, 2006 Rene Wadlow

After difficult negotiations regarding the composition and command of an expanded Unifil to guard south Lebanon and to consolidate a fragile cease-fire, at the end of August, the UN Security Council voted on resolution 1706 to constitute a 22,500 member UN peacekeeping force - mostly military with some additional civilian police - for Darfur, Sudan.