Published: May 19th 2008 - at 2:23 pm

Welcome to Casting the net, Liberal Conspiracy’s daily web review. As always, please feel free to share your own recommendations in the comments.

Huffington Post – 75,000 and a flotilla of boats watched as Barack Obama spoke on the banks of the Willamette River in Portland, OR. Reports that Obama turned water into wine are unconfirmed.
OurKingdom – [Book Review] Paul Kingsnorth (author of Real England) reviews Vron Ware’s Who cares about Britishness?
A Very Public Sociologist – Lefties muse theoretical and practical approaches to environmentalism. You know, still kicking capitalism, but from a green perspective.
Amnesty Blogs – Patrick Corrigan digs out some great quotes from American literary legend, Gore Vidal.
Philobiblon – Natalie Bennett has her say on the abortion debate and the Human Fertility and Embryology Bill.
e8voice – [video] Watchers of US politics must watch this video.
Dave Cole – Making the case for Paul-Henri Spaak as the “individual [who] has had the most influence on humanity worldwide since WW2”.
Sadie Smith – Those hypocritical Tories in Crewe and Nantwitch.

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