Michael M’Gonigle

Society

Cancun, and more consequential C words

Considering climate change, Copenhagen, Cochabamba, the coming calamity, and most controversial: capitalism.

November 30, 2010

From Copenhagen to Port-au-Prince

This is the story of two very different cities. One is a city whose past is steeped in historic achievement, and recent failure. The other is a city whose horrific past has gotten desperately worse, but whose future… well, who knows? Though world’s apart, these places embody a common metaphor for an elusive global possibility.

February 15, 2010

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