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Over 60 Organizations Join the 10-2-10 Mobilization This Week Alone

Submitted by suren on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 18:26

The One Nation Working Together team announced today that over 60 organizations have endorsed the mobilization. In an e-mail to steering committee members the team reflects the growing and gathering energy: "We are growing stronger every day. On October 2, we will send a message that there is a movement in this country for good jobs, equal justice and quality education for all."

A full list of groups is available from the OneNationWorkingTogether.org website. Here's a list current as of 8/29:

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New Jobless Claims Top 500,000

Submitted by suren on Thu, 08/19/2010 - 13:28

As organizers and activists around the country gear up for the October 2, 2010 jobs march in D.C. there are startling signs that--absent a major new stimulus package--the economy is headed for a double dip. Last week's new unemployment claims numbers are out and they top 500,000. This prompted Nouriel Roubini, among the few mainstream economists to predict the current collapse, to tweet: "Unemployment claims up to 500K after optimists predicted all year they would fall below 400K. Labor market dismal & double dip risks rising..."

What Global Warming Looks Like

Submitted by suren on Wed, 08/18/2010 - 15:16

The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency warns that a warmer-than-usual North Atlantic means that the state's relatively high latitudes may not protect it this hurricane season. Taken together with the flooding in Pakistan and China, it is certainly not too early to ask, "What global warming looks like?" This month, James Hansen looks at the physical evidence from across the globe in a peer-reviewed paper by that title (published in Reviews of Geophysics). Below we reproduce his summary. Hansen and his co-authors note that their scientific task is made difficult by the prevalent denialism and suggest that repeated clear scientific analysis is needed to overcome this climate.

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Economic Investment: Lessons from China's High-Speed-Rail Revolution

Submitted by rozziecole on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 00:14

Writing for MIT Technology Review (Jan. 11, 2010), Peter Fairley describes China's effective high-speed rail investment. It concludes with an overview of US projects in the works. This article is reproduced from SolidarityEconomy.net.

China has begun operating what is, by several measures, the world's fastest rail line: a dedicated 968-kilometer line linking Wuhan, in the heart of central China, to Guangzhou, on the southeastern coast. In trials, the "WuGuang" line trains (locally built variants of Japan's Shinkansen and Germany's InterCity Express high-speed trains) clocked peak speeds of up to 394 kilometers per hour (or 245 miles per hour). They have also recorded an average speed of 312 kph in nonstop runs four times daily since the WuGuang's December 26 launch, slashing travel time from Wuhan to Guangzhou from 10.5 hours to less than three.

Port-au-Prince Devastated; Haitian Red Cross Estimates 45,000 – 50,000 Dead

Submitted by rozziecole on Sun, 01/17/2010 - 23:31

In this report, TransAfrica calls for humanitarian assistance to Haiti. Recent polling indicates that most Americans are deeply concerned about Haiti and nearly half plan to make a donation to assist those impacted by the catastrophe.

Summary and Recommendations for Recovery “The country does not have the infrastructure or resources to deal with a crisis of this magnitude, the U.S. and the international community must provide immediate medical, humanitarian, search and rescue, and additional supports as requested by the government of Haiti,” --Nicole Lee, President of TransAfrica Forum. Summary January 12, 2010, Haiti, was hit with a magnitude 7.0 earthquake, its most severe in 200 years. The epicenter of the quake was approximately 10 miles south of Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital and home to over 2 million people. The city is devastated and the Haitian Red Cross estimates that 45,000 – 50,000 are dead.

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