Day December 18, 2007

Third party candidates

Cynthia McKinney officially announces her strongly antiwar campaign for presidency as a Green while Bloomberg looks for staff for a possible campaign. (And says he will spend a billion of his own money if he runs.) Both are paradigm breakers,…

Home-grown wind power

Asymptotic Life bought a wind turbine on eBay for $360 then built their own tower for it using similarly bargain-priced parts. They now have a wind power that produces 200 watts at 20 mph, and they did it for for…

Globalisation is good for you

From Red Pepper Many socialists look to the state as the decisive instrument of social change. Nigel Harris argues that, on the contrary, nation states, with their priorities and resources focused on maintaining power through military might, hold back the…