QUESTION: federal or state tax incentives for sustainable/renewable energy

question / pregunta: 

Do you know if there are any federal or state income tax incentives for homeowners who install/purchase use sustainable energy products for their households, like hybrid cars, solar energy panels, water saving devices and so on?

Rad Ref at ALA Annual 2007

Radical Reference will be meeting and socializing at the ALA Annual conference in Washington, DC on Saturday, June 23, 2007.

We plan to meet at 8:30pm at the Hawk 'n' Dove at 329 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. The Hawk 'n' Dove does not have much in the way of vegetarian or vegan food. So the vegans among us might have to get some takeout or eat a little earlier.

QUESTION: Plato's Apology for a prison inmate

question / pregunta: 

(From an email to info@)

Hello. You have helped me in the past. Kisses! My pen pal is on death row in Arkansas (qualifications to be there: be poor, black and mentally retarded).

He has asked me for a copy of the speech, Apology, by Plato. You know that guy?

He asked me to find it on the internet for him, so I think he is asking for the link. I don't think I'm allowed to mail in articles, I'm not sure.

QUESTION: immigration (and border security)

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i'm currently working on a paper about illegal immigration. i'm having a hard time finding material on the history of border security. the idea of the paper is to identify a current policy (in this case the immigration reform act of 2007), supply a historical background of the policy (immigration and border security), and then analyize the current policies intent and ideology. there is so much information on immigration that i'm having a difficult time identifying relevant material. any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated. thank you.

Rad Ref Free Library Book Project

In the spirit of projects like
http://bookcrossing.com and
http://www.londonproject.co.uk/bookproject
we've decided to set some books free as well. Essentially it's a way for you to make the entire world, and especially places that lack libraries of their own, (ie.

QUESTION: Joseph Stiglitz recommendations for "making globalization work".

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What do people with a left perspective -- economists, sociologists, political scientists and others -- say about Joseph Stiglitz's recent book, Making Globalization Work? His criticism are not usually new. More important, his goal seems to be to save global capitalism by reforming its major institutions, those hardly subject to constraints by national states.
Could you recommend any non-technical articles or reviews of his book by left critics of Stiglitz's approach? We would prefer materials available on the internet, through libraries or websites? I found only a brief article by Gudynas on Stiglitz's earlier book via URPE. Many thanks.

QUESTION: systems of justice

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I am looking for sources about transformative justice. It is easier to find information about other kinds of reconsiliatory justice, because there are a few restorative justice programs being used by state programs. I know about several prison abolition organizing groups, but i am looking specifically for reading material on TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE. What are your suggestions?

NYC Collective May/June 2007 Meeting Minutes

June 1, 2007 (combined May/June meeting)
ABC No Rio

In attendance: Gretchen, Jenna, John, Melissa

1. U.S. Social Forum. In the event that a Rad Ref presence in the media center there does work out, home support would be nice mainly to connect those of us on-site with databases available only to Rad Reffers with academic access (e.g. to Lexis-Nexis, which public libraries don't subscribe to). Melissa will keep the main RR list posted with USSF news.

QUESTION: race and social work

question / pregunta: 

What is the racial make up of social workers in the U.S.?

Also, what is the racial makeup of service seekers? Like welfare reciepients, or CPS?

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RNC Guide Back Online!

The RNC Guide from Republican National Convention protests in New York City in August/September 2004 is back online! This is the first project Radical Reference librarians worked on as members of Radical Reference. We're between the mechanics and the hustlers in the credits.

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