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Control by seed
After taking over US wiped out Iraq’s traditional, sustainable agriculture, replaced it with a gm-seed industrial one.
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The kind of ‘oppression’ I’d welcome
Internet can play the balancing act between western corporate media by creating closer links with people.
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Be careful who you vote for
Our rulers came to power by default, that too by narrow and insignificant margins and fluid coalitions.
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A solution for coping with the floods
In many low-lying parts of the world where flooding is routine, people build homes on stilts, houseboats, or rafts.
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Control and confession by torture
Today, police torture is taken as a given.
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Gambling with land
‘Socially responsible agricultural investment’ is actually transfer of state lands from peasants to foreign companies.
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Turf wars
Everyone knows the culprits and can identify them in private and off the record, but no one dares stand witness.
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The wasted solar solution
Solar systems could supplement grid supply until independent stand-alone systems become affordable.
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‘Building’ money in education... again
SEF met costs by remaining within budget. Yet the government released money for a new building without consulting SEF.
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At last, a UN agency for women
Finally, ordinary women were represented at the Beijing women’s conference, at Huairou, China, if only on the fringes.