Takes a critical look at the Tragedy of the Commons Elaborates the true tragedy of the monopoly, which has been taken to new heights by the global land grab in response to food insecurity. Examines how the usurping of land for oil, gas, logging, and mining has led to the massacre in the Amazon, due to the US-Peru Free2Raid Agreement. Introduces Presidents Correa and Morales UN sideshow on dismantling the International Center for Settlement of Investor Disputes.
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Music: Bruce Cockburn, David Rovics, India Arie, Snow Patrol
Reads Mark Jarman's poem, Coyotes. Elucidates the US position that favors democracy but backs paramilitary groups and secession to control resources. Reports breaking news on the military coup in Honduras and the popular support that has not been deterred. Talks about the 225 cardboard pigs delivered by Avaaz to the WHO, representing 225,000 petitioners demanding an investigation of the swine flu link to factory farms. With the possibility of State Park closures in CA, develops a plan to turn Wilder Ranch into a working eco-ranch with heritage chickens, heirloom pigs, and dual-purpose dairy.
3P-033
The Comedy of the Commons, the Tragedy of the Monopoly