QUESTION: Alternative Economic Systems

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Hello,

I am a graduate in Economics and Political Science at the University of Missouri Kansas City. I recently saw an interview of Noam Chomsky in which he pointed out that there was a great deal of literature that explain what an economic alternative to Capitalism might look like. As of yet I have had bad luck finding books or authors that deal with anarchist alternatives. I would like to know if you could be so kind as to tell me what books, authors or websites I could visit in order to satisfy my curiosity. I hope to hear from you whenever you get a chance.

QUESTION: Kangaroo / Exxon

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I thought read somewhere once that Kangaroo gas stations are owned by Exxon, but can't find that information now. Is it true that Kangaroo's parent company is Exxon? Thanks.

Copyright Salon Notes

Copyright discussion notes, Radical Reference Salon 4/29/07

Laura Quilter conducted a discussion of copyright. We went around the table and people brought up copyright interests, concerns, and questions.

A few key issues were discussed, with elaboration below: Copyright paranoia; struggles to get permissions; concerns regarding electronic reserves; contract vs. copyright law; definitions of 'good faith belief'; works-for-hire; use fees.

Shinjoung representin' at ICA

The International Communication Association Conference was held in San Francisco this weekend. I was on a panel titled, "Alternative Journalisms with Bob Ostertag (artist and author of People's Movements, People's Press), Don Hazen (founder of Alternet) and Josh Wolf (the Rise Up Network, prisonblogs.net). The audience was mixed with academics, independent journalists, and community activists. I talked about what RR was doing to support alternative journalists. Many of them were surprised by our work and showed interest.

QUESTION: posting a book

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Is it possible to add the following book to your reference section?

http://dwarfurl.com/cc66b

thanks

QUESTION: Crime rates and immigrants

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In a recent speech on the house floor - rep. Steve King of Iowa made the claim that 12 Americans are murdered by "illegal immigrants" every day. This number has been picked up by many anti-immigrant groups but King offers no source for this. By my math that would mean "illegal immigrants" commit over a quarter of all murders (which I have a hard time beliveing) - Could you prove or disprove this number? I have arguments going on many fronts with folks who say "A member of the house of representatives said it - it must be true!" -
thanks . . .

Professor Eric Faden has created an amazing Fair Use video!

Bucknell prof Eric Faden along with some of his film students at Bucknell, has produced a terrific video mashup.

"A Fair(y) Use Tale" cuts together thousands of extremely short clips from dozens of Disney cartoons, lifting individual words and short phrases to spell out an articulate, funny, and educational lesson on how copyright works, or rather..doesn't work.

May 25 in Brooklyn: Dance Dance Library Revolution and Books Through Bars book drive!

The Desk Set, a hip bunch of librarians in Brooklyn, will be hosting a dance event that includes a book drive for Books Through Bars - NYC on Friday, May 25. Here's their blurb:

QUESTION: non-globalized wine

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I am interested in a source of information on non-globalized wines, that is, wines from old, non-corporate wineries that don't try to make wines for popular tastes. Any country's wines are ok.

NYPD RNC "intelligence"

Amazing news from the folks at I Witness Video about the release of secret NYPD intelligence files during the RNC!

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