The High Costs of the Cloud
Data centers make “the cloud” tangible. The supposed benefits—such as jobs—might not be.
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Links on Higher Ed and Housing
(1) Higher ed: There's a nice piece by Jefferson Fish at Psychology Today's website, of all
Greece and TINA: Syriza Igniting Debates
Margaret Thatcher coined the radical neo-liberal slogan/mantra, “There Is No Alternative”—what most of us know as, “TINA.
Cover Story, plus: Greece Links
(1) Cover Story Posted: Where Are Today's Mass Movements?: We have posted the cover story for our current
Links on Yanis Varoufakis
One of the exciting things about the new SYRIZA government in Greece is that the new finance minister is Yanis
Mike-Frank Epitropoulos on SYRIZA Victory
See also Mike-Frank Epitropoulos's pre-election piece, A Second Demonstration Project for Greece. Patti Smith's
Links: SYRIZA, SOTU, etc.
(1) Greek elections: We just posted an article by Mike-Frank Epitropoulos on tomorrow's elections in Greece, and
New Issue!
New Issue! Our Jan/Feb 2015 issue is (finally) out--or at least it is ready to be sent to
Support the Homelessness Marathon, Feb 17-18
I heard from my old friend in the Finger Lakes in upstate New York, Jeremy Alderson, about the upcoming 17th
Wednesday Links
Here are some items I've been meaning to post: (1) ASSA Protests: My last post mentioned the planned
Where Are Today's Mass Movements?
What we can learn from the millions who demonstrated for jobs, government relief, and collective bargaining rights in the 1930s.
Inside the World of Check-Cashing Outlets
Not all financial services for the poor are equally bad--regulation makes a difference.