Reading I.F. Stone on Earth Day: Why we still won’t get anywhere unless we connect the dots

By Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything

It is in this joyous and self-congratulatory atmosphere [of the first Earth Day] that a curmudgeonly I.F. Stone, by now a full-fledged icon on the left, takes the stage. And he unapologetically rains on the parade, accusing Earth Day of providing cover for escalating war and calling for a movement willing to demand “enormous changes—psychological, military, and bureaucratic—to end the existing world system, a system of hatred, of anarchy, of murder, of war and pollution.”

Corporate hegemony and the Keystone Pipeline

By Joanne Knight, Open Democracy

The oil industry has corrupted the Keystone XL environmental assessment process just as it has hijacked the climate change debate and interfered with action.

Davos: peeling back the veneer

By Alex Jensen, The Economics of Happiness Blog, International Society for Ecology and Culture

Scrolling through the website of the World Economic Forum – convening this week in Davos, Switzerland – one might confuse the premier platform for global capital with a savvy and hip think tank, or perhaps a philanthropic aid and development charity. The content is carefully curated to sedate and comfort.