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Why US Fracking Companies Are Licking Their Lips Over Ukraine

Naomi Klein The Guardian
The industry's use of the crisis in Ukraine to expand its global market under the banner of "energy security" must be seen in the context of this uninterrupted record of crisis opportunism. Only this time many more of us know where true energy security lies. Responding to the threat of catastrophic warming is our most pressing energy imperative. And we simply can't afford to be distracted by the natural gas industry's latest crisis-fuelled marketing ploy.

Impacts of Climate Change – Part 2 of the New IPCC Report Has Been Approved

Wolfgang Cramer Real Climate
The second part of the new IPCC Report has been approved ... the situation is no less serious than it was at the time of the previous report 2007. There is a better understanding of observed impacts worldwide and of the specific situation of many developing countries and there is a new assessment of “smart” options for adaptation to climate change. The report clearly shows that adaptation is an option only if efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions are strengthened.

Tidbits - April 9, 2014

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Reader Comments - NLRB and UAW-Volkswagen; Supreme Court and McCutcheon decision; Full employement, jobs, trade, economic policy; Sports, gender and homophobia; NASA study and climate change; Portside discussion - Bernie Sanders for President (Jack Kurzweil); Announcements: Canadian Ecosocialist Ian Angus speaking in Oakland - April 25th

A People’s History of Muslims in the United States

By Alison Kysia Zinn Education Project
Students need these stories of Muslims throughout U.S. history in order to talk back to the dominant media stereotypes of Muslims as lying, violent, brown foreigners. If we gave students the historical examples in this article and more, they would realize that the history of Muslims in the United States is not limited to 9/11 and, in fact, spans from the late 15th century through today.

Crimea annexes Russia

By Boris Kagarlitsky, Moscow, translated by Renfrey Clarke Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
In perfectly rational fashion, the population of the peninsula reasoned that Russian rule, with all its shortcomings – which Crimean residents knew intimately – was nevertheless better than the chaos and collapse that were afflicting Ukraine.

NYSUT Election Signals New Rift

Rick Karlin Times Union
New York State United Teachers ousts incumbent President and elects Karen Magee and her entire slate. Ms Magee is NYSUT's first female President. She had the support of New York City's United Federation of Teachers as well as the Professional Staff Congress. The vote was seen as a repudiation of the incumbents close relationship with Governor Cuomo.