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Dr Doom?

by Adam Fenderson

“The world is not about to run out of oil, but it does face the end of the First Half of the Age of Oil,” writes retired oil geologist Colin Campbell. “That [age] opened 150 years ago when wells were drilled for oil on the shores of the Caspian and in Pennsylvania. The cheap, convenient and abundant energy it supplied led to the growth of industry, transport, trade and agriculture, which in turn allowed the population to expand six-fold exactly in parallel with oil.”

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Towards Hopes and Dreams

by EVE VINCENT

In the making of his documentary The Take, Canadian director Avi Lewis says he “bailed from the daily fray” and went in search of hopeful stories. In Argentina he found a group of workers who repossessed their auto-parts factory after the 2001 economy collapse and, in the process, returned dignity to their lives. Avi talks to Signature co-editor EVE VINCENT. more

Rattling the cage

by VICKI SENTAS

Recently, the federal government announced a controversial new 'counter-terrorism' package. Civil libertarians were quick to raise the spectre of a police state . Yet Muslim groups argued that the new security regime is already having an impact on the democratic freedoms and everyday safety of their communities.

VICKI SENTAS talks to Agnes Chong and Waleed Kadous from the Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network about the impact of the anti-terror laws so far. more

 
Photo Feature:

The Lost City of Ciudad Perdida

Photos by Fred Biggar

Ciudad Perdida is one of the largest pre-Colombian cities found in the Americas. The Tayrona people constructed large wooden structures on massive stone terraces in the Sierra Nevada between the 11th and 14th Century. After the Tayrona were destroyed by the Spanish during the conquest, the city was reclaimed by the jungle... more