LONDON PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL #97
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Issue #97 of the London Progressive Journal has been published and can be viewed here: http://www.londonprogressivejournal.com
- Globalization Unchecked: How Alien Media is Suffocating Culture: Ramzy Baroud considers the cultural impact of global economic integration in ‘third world’ societies.
- Book of the Month: George Lansbury’s ‘Miracle of Fleet Street’: This month’s recommended read is a passionate and intriguing account of the early life of the Daily Herald newspaper, as Matt Genner explains.
- Chavez: US Withdrawl is ‘Only Solution’ to Colombian Friction: Kiraz Janicke on the Venezuelan response to US offers to mediate in the Colombian-Venezuelan dispute.
- If Nothing Else, Save Farming: It’s probably too late to prepare for peak oil, but we can at least try to salvage food production, writes George Monbiot.
- Scoundrel with Permission: Uri Avnery on how a spate of brutal murders by recent Jewish immigrants to Israel has focused attention on the country’s controversial Law of Return.