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Comment on Libertarian Municipalism: An Overview by Libertarian Municipalism: An Overview – Murray Bookchin « Ecotopianetwork

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:21:27 +0000

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Comment on Biotechnology Project by Ethan Genauer: Ethan Genauer C.V.

Ethan Genauer: Ethan Genauer C.V. — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:02:25 +0000

[...] Winter-Summer 2005, Lead Field Organizer, BioDemocracy Mobilization, Institute for Social Ecology (ISE) Biotechnology Project, Philadelphia, PA ´ ~ Led development of $15,000 “BioDemocracy Conference and Mobilization” [...]

Comment on Biotechnology Project by Nmyoungfarmers: Ethan Genauer CV

Nmyoungfarmers: Ethan Genauer CV — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:58:25 +0000

Comment on Are the Best Organic Standards the Toughest Organic Standards? Why the Activists Got it Wrong by cookie

cookie — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:29:38 +0000

I think the key is to just ignore the organic label altogether. It’s just a coveted marketing label to allow companies to raise prices.

I had a little trouble understanding the nuances in this article. I thought NOP and USDA were effectively one and the same at the end of the day.

Comment on Are the Best Organic Standards the Toughest Organic Standards? Why the Activists Got it Wrong by Bett

Bett — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:39:05 +0000

Oh now please. This is a whitewash job if I have ever seen one. Pretty graphics and invocation of the name of Gaia doth not an advocate for the land and people make.

I actually know a number of small organic farmers, and not one of them has any desire to use sewage sludge, concentrated animal feeding operations, genetically modified organisms, or irradiation. Those methods only benefit large producers.

Arrrgh . . .

Comment on Are the Best Organic Standards the Toughest Organic Standards? Why the Activists Got it Wrong by The Organic Community, the USDA, and the Morning After |

The Organic Community, the USDA, and the Morning After | — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:02:52 +0000

[...] to keep pace with the NOSB, though it wisely hired a veteran expert on organic standards named Grace Gershuny to translate organic speak into federal regulatory language. After the NOSB wrapped up its work, [...]

Comment on Anthroposophy and Ecofascism by Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:07:17 +0000

Hello, Hoping you can help me with your references. I have a copy of the Faculty Meetings (reference #13 – I would think) and can not find the references in the document that are referred to here. Would like to find these references — any help is appreciated!

Comment on Anarchism and the Cooperative Ideal by Jay

Jay — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:46:18 +0000

I just recently start a blog about the cooperative movement. I’m also working on a book about transforming society through cooperatives whether they be economic, social, healthcare, educational, or political. I credit philosophical anarchist in developing the values behind cooperativism. I am trying to write within a positive, inclusive, and flexible book that is not just “anti” but proposing alternatives. I was just emailing someone about this and mentioned a voluntary political community which would essentially be a free association municipality which sounds similar to the libertarian municipality. I tend lean more in a free market mutualist direction and actually don’t necessarily oppose some non statist capitalistic businesses. Like I was telling this “anarcho capitalist”, if we had a large segment of the workforce in worker cooperatives and a large segment in traditional businesses (capitalistic), it could end up making both systems better as they compete within the market. The capitalist business will have to compete for workers with the cooperative which means offering higher wages and benefits and possibly some say in the running of the business. The worker cooperative will have to hire good managers and CEOs to improve efficiency to compete with the capitalist business. In the end both are better off. Since all libertarians and anarchist are volunteerists and communities and individuals can choose how they want to order themselves it really all comes down to preference.

Comment on Radical Politics in an Era of Advanced Capitalism by Neighbourhood government « Social Ecology London

Neighbourhood government « Social Ecology London — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:48:28 +0000

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Comment on Peter Singer and Eugenics by David

David — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:24:13 +0000

Makes me ashamed to be an Australian.