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Polls fail to detect apathy |
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Written by Jan Lee Martin
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 |
Party politics in the West represents a victory for disillusion, not democracy. Phillip Adams argues that “what’s happening at the ballot box is as threatening as bird flu.” Ever fewer Americans are engaged in the political process....people are opting out. “If the trend continues all governments will be minority governments. The majority will vote with their feet and head forthe shopping mall.
The Australian 28 March 2006
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Written by Jan Lee Martin
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 |
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Australia ranks 11th of 100 countries ranked for “networked readiness” in a report from INSEAD and the World Economic Forum, and an OECD report shows that the IT industry has rebounded from the end of the dot-com bubble. But... a warning from “internet elder” David D. Clark of MIT that the utility of the internet may stall and turn downward.
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Young people aren’t all totally into “stuff” |
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Written by Jan Lee Martin
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 |
Combined youth spending power in the 11 major economies, including Australia, exceeds a massive US$750bn per year. But recent research shows that against a constant marketing onslaught, young people are beginning to show signs of consumer leadership, becoming more aware of being a key part of the solution to over-consumption and its impact on global resources, and thinking about more sustainable ways of living.
Ecos August - September 2005
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Written by Jan Lee Martin
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 |
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A new report - “US Intervention in Venezuela, A Clear and Present Danger” - tells a shocking tale of hardening US attitudes and intervention in yet another country. It is at http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/americas/venezuela/USVZrelations.pdf. www.commondreams.org
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Written by Jan Lee Martin
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Sunday, 26 March 2006 |
Australia ranks 11th of 100 countries ranked for "networked readiness" in a report from INSEAD and the World Economic Forum, and an OECD report shows that the IT industry has rebounded from the end of the dot-com bubble. But while we're flagging disasters... a warning from "internet elder" David D. Clark of MIT that the utility of the internet may stall and turn downward. "For the average user today the Internet resembles Times Square in the 1980s: exciting and vibrant but with drugs, robberies and insane people. Times Square has been cleaned up, but the Internet keeps getting worse." Security patches aren't keeping pace. Some 43% of US users have reported spyware or adware on their computers; IBM says viruses and criminal attacks jumped by 50% in the first half of 2005; Symantic says spam surged 77% at companies it monitored in the last half of 2004 and that 60% of all email was spam.
Future Survey January 2006 |
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