Coming Together to protect the educational commons

Confronting the take over of our public educational systems by the corporate assault on the intellectual commons of our schools throughout the world.

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Digital Library of the Commons (DLC)

From the DLC Website, "The Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) is a gateway to the international literature on the commons. This site contains an author-submission portal; an archive of full-text art ...more

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edited by mregelsbe... 19 days ago

Obama's View of Education

Obama's View of Education Stuck in Reverse July 25, 2009 By Henry A. Giroux Source: Truthout Henry A. Giroux ...more

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added by frankpatton 4 months ago

BP: We Won't Blow You Up, Just Ruin the Planet

Source: BBC News, May 11, 2009 First, it was British Petroleum. Then, after a multi-million dollar rebranding as "green," the oil giant renamed itself Beyond Petroleum, or simply BP. Now, BP s ...more

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edited by bowo 6 months ago

The fight for our genes heads to court

Sunday, May 24, 2009 Twenty percent of your body belongs to someone else. Don't believe us? Check the U.S. Patent Office. Twenty percent of all human genes have been patented, mostly by private compan ...more

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added by frankpatton 6 months ago

Crop Scientists Say Biotechnology Seed Companies Are Thwa...

By ANDREW POLLACK Published: February 19, 2009 Biotechnology companies are keeping university scientists from fully researching the effectiveness and environmental impact of the industry’s geneti ...more

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edited by immaia 6 months ago

Monsanto U: Agribusiness's Takeover of Public Schools

Monsanto U: Agribusiness's Takeover of Public SchoolsBy Nancy Scola, AlterNetPosted on February 15, 2008, Printed on February 19, 2008http://www.alternet.org/story/76804/I've startled a bug scientist. ...more

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edited by immaia 6 months ago

BP - Beyond Petroleum spends less then 5% to actually get...

This hasn’t been the best year for British Petroleum. After the series of embarrassing pipeline breaks in Alaska, critics say the British energy giant can no longer claim to be an environmentally cons ...more

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edited by frankpatton 6 months ago

Science Needs Permission?

Science Needs Permission? biotechnology corporations science Source: New York Times, February 20, 2009 "Biotechnology companies are keeping university scientists from fully researching t ...more

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edited by boatsie 9 months ago

Green Jobs Act of 2007

Green Jobs Act of 2007 Pelosi's plan to save the polar bears -- and poor kids, too ... Posted by Van Jones at 9:30 AM on 02 Aug 2007 Read more about: politics | legislation | green jobs | Nancy ...more

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edited by KDunnigan 10 months ago

French education

French newspaper on French students (high school) protests against the French report on the renewal of the French system http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2008/04/29/forte-mobilisation-lyceenne- ...more

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edited by Camilla 11 months ago

Asia - Financing Higher Education in Asia: Patterns, Tren...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is preparing a new policy framework for its work in education. To provide background information for policy formulation, the ADB commissioned a series of ...more

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