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Rowan Wolf, a senior contributing editor to Cyrano's Journal, is a sociologist, teacher, writer and activist. Her areas of interest include social justice, environment, and globalization/corporatization at the core. She frequently writes where these issues intersect which takes her from empire and fascism, to civil liberties and politics, to the links between corporatization and genocide. Rowan was a member of the City of Portland's Peak Oil Task Force, which submitted its efforts and recommendations to the City in February of 2007 (Descending the Oil Peak: navigating the transition from oil and natural gas). She also maintains her own site Uncommon Thought Journal, and may be reached by email at
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TIME TO BOYCOTT AND CONTACT CIRCUIT CITY | By Rowan Wolf | While the working class struggles to make ends meet, the CEO class enjoys salaries and perks fitting for royalty...just call it economic democracy, American style.
Circuit City has decided to lay off 3400 Associates who make above the "market range." That range is in the vicinity of $7.75 an hour. The rationale from the Circuit City press release reads...[READ ON]
FOOD CONTAMINATION - A Much Larger Set of Problems | By Rowan Wolf | ust as the Dubai Ports World fiasco (1, 2, 3) brought to public attention that the US has ceded control of our ports to international corporate control, the pet food contamination has brought to the fore problems with globalization, our food supply, and the ineffectiveness of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). [READ ON] 4.07
ENVIRONMENT, GLOBALIZATION & GENOCIDE | By Rowan Wolf |The environment is the straight line link between globalization and genocide. The policies and practices of globalization institutions (such as the IMF and World Bank), and the practices of transforming nations for "participation" in a globalized free market capitalist economy..[READ ON] 4.07
PET FOOD DEBACLE IS GETTING EVEN LARGER | By Rowan Wolf | While it has not been added to the US list of problematic ingredients, there was an article today from South Africa of renal failure in dogs and cats due to melamine in corn gluten. While the food was processed in South Africa, the gluten - once again - came from suppliers in China. This would place on the danger list wheat, rice, and corn gluten and concentrated vegetable protein from any of these sources. [READ ON] 4.07
