EDGE Winter 2008

1. Jan 8. Introduction: The failure of the U.S. Empire Ambitions.

2. Jan 10. Forty Years to a fairer greener future..OR ELSE: Review of world energy use, wealty and poverty. Biofuels China, Latin American, Africa and OPEC. Geopolitics of energy.

3. Jan. 15. Peoples of the World; A review of the ancient civilizations before the Colonial Era

4. Jan. 17 . The Challenges Facing the American Economy on the World Stage, Corporations in the New World Economies.

5. Jan 22. The Colonial Era Part 1, Beginning of Cotton and Textiles Paper

6. Jan 24. Japanese Empire growth through WW I, Discussion of Energy, Discussion of Food Trade, Discussion of Peace

7. Jan 29. The End of the Roman Empire, Witch Hunts and the Spanish Inquisition, Colonial Trade Routes, Colonial Ownership of Africa. Tribal Communities in Africa, 50 years of Independence, Angola and Nigeria with oil wealth, Fall of the dollar amid the rise of world trade

8. Jan 31. Investments for Peace, Efforts in the Palestine Region, Gas and Oil Pipelines, Ukraine’s new leader ..... Peak Oil Presentation 1

9. Feb 5 . Comments on Economic Developments, Comments on textile trade and developmen, Comments on Peak Oil and the Future ... Sustainable Textile Trade 2

10. Feb 7. Updates on Dollars in the World, http://www.patternliteracy.com/.... Peak Oil Update

11. Feb 12. Update on the World’s Wars, Kenya, legacy of Colonial Rule, Sudan (Darfur) the UN-AU peace effort +oil, Iraq oil and the spoils of War,  Chad, legacy of colonial rule + oil, Venezuela, Oil and Chocolate

12. Quarter Overview: The Birth of Empires; The Christian Colonial Era; Post Colonial World Wars; After the “Great War”, the Other Great War; Creation of Regional Governments; United States Empire Ambitions; Best Laid Plans..; Latin American Seeking Independence; Using Oil Profits to make World Trade Fair; New Efforts stirring  Military Confrontation.

13. Overview Statements, New Efforts stirring  Military Confrontations, Overview of World Energy Trade, Overview of World Textile Trade (a modest proposal), Overview of World Food Trade, Overview of Peace Efforts

EDGE Winter 2007

1. Jan 9. Introduction to EDGE

2. Jan 11. Overview of Global warming and Biofuels, Nigeria Sugarcane and Cocoa, Childrens rights ILO and World Courts.

3. Jan 18. WTO Group of 24 Developing Nations, OPEC in World Trade, Alternative Energy Crop, OPEC Fund , New Leaders in Latin America, Iran forging links with Latin America, War or Peace in the Middle East, Nigeria Oil Trade, Slavery and the Roman Heritage.

4. Jan 23. World trade Blocks vs American Superpower, Oil for Development, Arms Trade, Nafta & the EU, China, Arabia, Morocco

5. Jan 25. UN Millenium Project, world GDP's, External Debt, the Gini Coefficient change since WWII, Rich-Poor separation in selected nations, Morocco, Nigeria, India Infrasys

Jan 30. Student Presentations on ....Africa....Morocco....Sex & Slavery....India .... Child Labor

6. Feb 1. Developments in Lebanon - Aid and Protests, Confrontation in the Persian Gulf, Washington Protests Against Bush’s War, Micro-lending Institutions around the World, Poverty in India - Punjab and Maharashtra, ENRON history and Influence, Emergence of AES Corporation, Evolution in Nigeria, Latin America and Mid East

7. Feb 6. The Brazilian Ethanol Industry...... Local Grameen model, World Leaders at G8 summit, Iran confrontation update, Oil $$$ population and  donations, China in Nigeria and Angola, China and Railroads, Angola in the world politics, Developing cartels, OPEC, Diamonds and Cocoa

8. Feb 8. Iran, The living wage, and Labor organizations Discussion of projects.

9. Feb 13 Iran Confrontation, Fatah-Hamas Palestinian Mecca Areement,“Quartet” World Press Reactions, Putin Visits Saudi Arabia, Quatar, Jordan,Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador trade with Iran China, Rafael Corea meets Nobel Prize winner in Economic reform- to renegotiate oil contracts, Bolivia renationalizing mineral industries, Enron, Bechtel and Poverty in India, Indian and world Cotton trade, slavery and Farmer Cooperatives

10. Feb 15. Russia Yukos Oil history, Update on Yukos and Gazprom, Gazprom in Tuekmenistan and India, Gazprom and Putin in Quatar, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, Putin and Arab Leaders on Gas Cartel and Nuclear Energy projects Project Discussions.

11. Feb 20. Latest on Iran Confrontation, Hugo meets Ken in London, Israeli Tunnel near holy shrine, Gazprom in Venezuela, Nigeria and the world Cotton Market, Angola, Dam, Diamonds, Cotton & Fashion, Report on Biofuels

12. Feb 22. Update on London, Update on Iran Confrontation, Latest on Korean “Agreement”, Student Presentations .... Morocco... Africa.... India...

13. Feb 27. Black Tuesday on Stock Exchange?, Continuing Iran Tensions, US military expansion, Energy regrouping, Debt forgiveness, Formation of Development Cartels, Overview Discussion of Energy developments

14. Mar 1. Continuation of Stock Market Problems, Iran confrontation, Arab Iraq Summit meetings coming soon, Russia buys Portland Steel Corporation, Venezuela completes oil nationalization, Ecuador renegotiates International debt ........Student Review of ENRON

15. Mar 6. Overview of Trade and the Environment

16. Mar 8. Update on Iran Baghdad Meeting, Update on Stock Market, President Bush visit to Latin America

17. Mar 13. Bush Brazil Ethanol and WTO, Protests in Uruguay, Colombia and Guatamala, Chavez rallies, Bush to Mexico Chaves to Haiti, Obrador opposes oil sale & road privatization, Update on stocks, war spending and trade balance, Iraq international meeting in "Cradle of Civilization" Hamarabbi code, Turkey's role, US, Iran, India, Libya and nuclear power, Africa developments, Noam Chomsky Interview.

18. Mar 15. Final Presentations ... ENRON FAILURE & NATIONS CONTROL OVER ENERGY RESOURCES .... Think Outside the Barrel! The Brazilian Ethanol Industry ... Morocco And The Foreign Assistance In The Economic Development ... AFRICA’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; A case study of Nigeria ... India's Economic Development