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Fordlandia: An Interview with Greg Grandin

Greg Grandin June 25, 2009 Greg Grandin

In this interview history professor and author Greg Grandin talks about what led him to write his recent book, Fordlandia, The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City, the auto industry, US foreign policy, and the modern day parallels to this failed American utopian adventure in the Amazon.

Touring Empire’s Ruins: From Detroit to the Amazon

Greg Grandin June 23, 2009 Greg Grandin

Ford Car Stuck in Amazon Mud

The empire ends with a pull out. Not, as many supposed a few years ago, from Iraq. There, as well as in

Afghanistan

, we are mulishly staying the course, come what may, trapped in the biggest of all the "too-big-to-fail" boondoggles. But from Detroit. Of course, the real evacuation of the Motor City began decades ago, when Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler started to move more and more of their operations out of the downtown area to harder to unionize rural areas and suburbs, and, finally, overseas.

All-American Squatters Fight Homelessness

Jake Thomas June 23, 2009 Jake Thomas

Family Takes Back Foreclosed Home

Max Rameau stood at a lectern in one of Portland State University's student centers on an April afternoon. "Being against oppression and exploitation in your mind is not enough," he told a group of 70 activists. Rameau had been invited to Portland, Ore., to talk about Take Back the Land, his audacious-and illegal-campaign to fight homelessness caused by the economic crisis.

Next on the Endangered Species List: Your Hometown Newspaper

Benjamin Dangl June 22, 2009 Benjamin Dangl

Local newspapers ground us in a globalized world, provide a sense of community, and help define who and where we are. But now more than ever these local papers are disappearing. They're being bulldozed over by corporate conglomerates and dropping ad sales.

Against Privacy: The Enhanced Driver’s License Security Show

Christopher Parsons June 15, 2009 Christopher Parsons

We're paying for a high-tech Broadway show that's themed around 'security', but we're actually watching the equivalent of a catastrophic performance in a low budget community theatre. The price of admission? Only millions of dollars and your privacy. As of June 1, 2009, Canadians and Americans alike require an Enhanced Drivers License (EDL), a NEXUS card, a FAST card, a passport, or a Secure Certificate of Indian Status to cross a Canadian-American land border.

The Privatization of the Global Freshwater Commons

Frank Joseph Smecker June 11, 2009 Frank Joseph Smecker

Water Rights Protest, Phillipines

Around the world, scarcity of potable water is becoming a portentous matter. Rivers and streams are vanishing, and the desiccation and depletion of entire watersheds and aquifers is increasing the world over. When seeking a reason for the withering away of drinkable water and the silencing of gushing streams, it becomes obvious that there is not one sole factor contributing to this dire situation, but many. Global warming and climate change, industrial modes of production, dam construction, and water privatization all conduce to the problem of water scarcity.