Thorium Reactors and Climate Change

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN03072020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans       I’m trying to keep an open mind, OK?  I know we’re all supposed to hate nuclear energy and be scared of total disasters, right?  There’s Three-Mile Island in Pennsylvania.  I’ve read the books and seen the series on HBO about Chernobyl.  I’ve personally visited …

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Foundations as “Extensions” of Corporate Reach

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CN02182020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans   Foundations created by corporations and the superrich are multi-headed monster of tax havens and public relations that combine to whitewash a story for the people down below that makes us swallow rather than spit.  The latest examples have Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder and world’s …

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New York Times Offers More Advice on Activism

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CN01132020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans       The editorial page editor of the New York Times has embarked on an interesting strategy in recent years.  I’ve made some small comments about this in the past, but the pattern is so unmistakable that this is no longer a matter of coincidence or …

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