An interview with Svandis Svavarsdottir, Minister of the Environment for Iceland from the Left-Green Party

Svandis Svavarsdottir has served the coalition government of Iceland for almost two years. Her Left-Green Party is part of the ruling coalition that was voted into power following the failures of Iceland's major banks and consequent public anger at the corruption and poor governance at the root of those failures. Prior to taking this position, Svandis served for three years in the Reykjavik City Council during a period of much debate on energy policy for the municipally-owned Reykjavik Electric Company. She was one of only two Left-Green party members on the 15-member council.

Chuck Turner: “Guilty”, Energized

(The following report is via a third party source. It should not be understood as representing the viewpoint(s) of the Green-Rainbow Party. We re-publish it here and urge everyone to read it, as it represents a valuable source of items missing from most other published accounts of this case--Ed.)

This was a “bizarre” proceeding, according to a headline in the Boston Globe. Veteran Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner from the mainly-black Roxbury district including parts of Fenway, South End, and Dorchester—known for his ardently principled pro-democracy community organizing, his sys tem reform activism, and simple life-style— was on trial in October for “attempted extortion” and three counts of "lying to FBI agents" in his district office. All of which he denied. Here was the rare councilor who had voted "no" on council pay increase. Here was the only councilor who has maintained a district office, at his own expense, to better serve his constituents.

GRP candidate for State Auditor & Whately School Committee Chair schools Governor Patrick

Watching the crowds in Iceland banging pots and pans until their government fell reminded me of a chant popular in anti-capitalist circles back in 2002: "You are Enron. We are Argentina."

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for showing up. It's certainly nice to travel all the way across the North American continent and have a few people come to see you, even if the occasion isn't a happy one. You are here to listen to me talk about social collapse and the various ways we can avoid screwing that up along with everything else that's gone wrong. I know it's a lot to ask of you, because why wouldn't you instead want to go and eat, drink, and be merry? Well, perhaps there will still be time left for that after my talk.