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Crimes Against Nature
George W. Bush will go down as the worst environmental president in U.S. history, says Robert F. Kennedy.
(Mother Jones, October 7, 2004)
Tags: crimes against nature, deregulation, environment, interview, jeff fleischer, kennedy, mother jones, pollution, robert f kennedy jr
The Revolution Starts Now
The songwriting icon is working to get every ounce of horsepower that he can out of American democracy.
(Mother Jones, October 14, 2004)
Tags: alt.country, interview, jeff fleischer, mother jones, music, steve earle, the revolution starts now
Holding Power Accountable
The president of Common Cause talks about election-day voting problems, the need for electoral reform, and the importance of staying engaged.
(Mother Jones, December 13, 2004
Tags: 2004 election, chellie pingree, common cause, jeff fleischer, mother jones, voting reform, voting rights
Crisis in Darfur
A special adviser to the International Crisis Group on the genocide in Darfur, and the lack of an effective international response.
(Mother Jones, January 4, 2005)
Tags: darfur, genocide, international crisis group, interview, jeff fleischer, john prendergast, mother jones, sudan
Blue Gold
In this recent interview with Mother Jones, water activist Maude Barlow describes how, more and more, developing countries are pressured into ceding control over their dwindling water supplies to private firms.
(Mother Jones, January 14, 2005)
Tags: drought, environment, jeff fleischer, maude barlow, mother jones, water, water rights
The Debt Threat
Developing countries are crippled by their debts to industrialized nations. The moment for meaningful debt relief, says Noreena Hertz, is long overdue.
(Mother Jones, January 20, 2005)
Tags: debt threat, development, imf, interview, jeff fleischer, jubilee, mother jones, noreena hertz, poverty, third world debt, world bank
Election 2009 — What Have We Learned?
Three elections does not a trend make. Yet each can teach a lesson.
(BuzzFlash, November 11, 2009)
Tags: 2009 election, buzzflash, commentary, jeff fleischer, new jersey, virginia