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by Institute for Social Ecology
Friday, Jan. 18, 2002 at 5:17 AM
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Institute for Social Ecology Electronc Newsletter
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In this
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- New HTML Version Available
- Alternatives to the European Union
- The Hijacking of History
- Hot Discussion Topics
- Upcomming Events
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New
HTML Version Available
Starting this
month, ISE News is now available in two "flavors" -- HTML and plain text.
The new HTML flavor features a more readable layout, but requires that the
program you use to read your email is capable of displaying this type of
email. The plain text flavor will be maintained as our standard newsletter
format.
For those
interested in changing to the new flavor, instructions can be found at the
bottom of this issue of ISE News.
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Alternatives to the European Union
This past
month, as Belgium's six-month presidency of the European Union came to
term, the city of Brussels hosted a crucial inter-governmental EU Summit.
The Laeken Summit sought to push the EU's grand scheme of centralization
and trade liberalization forward. Some items on the agenda included public
services and privatisation, arranging a common asylum, unemployment,
education, immigration, and enlarging the Union to the East. With no
surprise, the ever-growing movement against profit-driven globalization
met the Laeken Summit with large-scale protests questioning
the EU's agenda.
In "Alternatives to the
European Union", Jonathan Kors, an ISE alumni, critiques the EU
while elaborating an alternative which takes democracy seriously. This
article was originally published in Demokratisk Alternativ's, a
Scandinavian Communalist organization, publication Direct
Democracy.
Read the
article
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The
Hijacking of History
By Peter
Staudenmaier
For many
people involved in the worldwide struggle against capitalism, the past two
years had seemed, for once, to offer some promise of progress toward a
freer society. History appeared to be taking a rare turn in our favor,
with the ranks of the global movement expanding and its politics becoming
sharpened and defined. But the massive crimes against humanity perpetrated
on September 11 have stifled these hopes and ushered in a new period of
uncertainty and peril. The fanatics who hijacked three planes that day
were also, in a sense, hijacking history. And in an alarming instance of
unconscious symmetry, their intended targets, the military, political, and
economic elites of the United States, appear to be intent on completing
the job.
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Hot
Discussion Topics
Ecological Crisis
& Transclass Issues: In the essay "Radical Politics in an
Era of Advanced Capitalism" Murray Bookchin argues that Marxist idea
that capitalism would create an "internal source of long-term economic
breakdown that will presumably create a general interest for a new
society" is bankrupt. Instead, Bookchin argues that the ecological crisis
will cut across material, ethnic, and cultural lines and the concept of a
general social interest may emerge. Rob Augman question if it is realistic
to say that the ecological crisis will create that
consciousness.
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Upcomming Events
Jamaica
Study Tour Wednesday, January 2nd to January 15th, 2002
The Institute for Social Ecology will be hosting a 14-day study tour
to Jamaica in early January 2002. Participants in this tour will have the
opportunity to study and practice tropical agroecology within the unique
social and cultural context of the "land of wood and water." We will
observe first hand the impact of globalization on this island nation that
depends heavily on tourism and continues to endure the legacy of
colonialism. This legacy has given rise to a unique tradition of
resistance that is widely recognized through reggae music and the
Rastafarian culture. Location: Jamaica For further
information contact: info@social-ecology.org 1 (802)
454-8493
Biotechnology,
Agriculture, and Racism Friday, January 4th to January 8th,
2001 This four-day intensive study will provide participants with
a deeper understanding of the politics, science, and economics of
biotechnology, and the connections between biotechnology, racism, and
agriculture. The course will also offer a critical perspective on the
developing political opposition to biotechnology worldwide.
Location: 1118 Maple Hill Road, Plainfield, Vermont, USA
For further information contact: biotech@social-ecology.org 1
(802) 454-8493
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