Alex Fischer "A new report from the United Nations" climate panel warns humanity has only a dozen years to mitigate global warming and limit the scope of global catastrophe. Otherwise, millions will be imperiled by increasing droughts, floods, fires and poverty. The sweeping report by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change urges immediate and unprecedented … [Read more...] about Marx and Earth-First Socialism
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If Capitalism Must End, What Should Replace It?
Michael D. Yates Today, the world faces multiple crises. Foremost among them is an impending environmental catastrophe, marked by rapidly rising temperatures and sea levels, widespread extinction and diminution of species, poisoned air, contaminated and polluted water, including our oceans, the loss of soil elasticity, and worsening desertification. We are rapidly reaching a … [Read more...] about If Capitalism Must End, What Should Replace It?
FYI: Corporate Killers
Informative articles that look at how the right to earn profits has overturned the basic legal principle that your rights end when you harm others. Mankind: Death by Corporation, by Dr. Brian Moench – Truthout, 26 June 2013 Death by Corporation, Part II: Companies as Cancer Cells, by Dr. Brian Moench –Truthout, 23 July 2013 Death by Corporation: America's Corporate … [Read more...] about FYI: Corporate Killers
FYI: Capitalism, Financialism, & Democracy
Here are some recent news articles and blog posts that are 'must read' if you're concerned about the extent to which unregulated capitalism & financialization of the economy are strongly anti-democratic: The Next American Revolution Has Already Begun (interview with Gar Alperovitz) Capitalism in Crisis: Opportunity for a new System, by Margaret Flowers & Kevin … [Read more...] about FYI: Capitalism, Financialism, & Democracy
The Sun
by Ken Burak Summer vacation with the family in Vermont. Rainy morning. Aha! Monopoly! I decide to teach my two girls – Hannah (7) and Dhara (5)—how to play. I figure it’s best for them to learn by playing. First they pick their pieces. Dhara: top hat. Hannah: ship. After a bit, Dhara-top hat lands on Park Place and I advise her to buy it. She asks why and I explain that if … [Read more...] about The Sun
The House Always Wins (If you’re foolish enough to play)
The barker on the midway of the cheap carnival welcomes everyone to play and try to win the prize. Step right up, you too can win! (The prizes aren't really worth much, but if you don't have anything else to do it might be fun to play for a while.) Sooner or later, most people realize that, despite the occasional winner, the rubes continue to lose and the house always … [Read more...] about The House Always Wins (If you’re foolish enough to play)
Ted Morgan: From Occupation to Democratization
From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy (Everywhere) Together and now to Saturday’s Global Occupation protests, the protest moment has spread like wildfire. For me, this brings to mind the way a four-student sit-in at the Woolworths’ lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina grew and spread rapidly until, in two short months, over sixty southern cities were experiencing student … [Read more...] about Ted Morgan: From Occupation to Democratization
OccupyWallStreet – Media Silence on Major Story
Did you see all the major headlines or national news stories about the amazing happenings with the OccupyWallStreet movement? Neither did I. Here a few of the happenings that have at least been mentioned, although not really covered in detail: A police captain walked up to a young woman and sprayed in her in the face with pepper spray for no reason. A few minutes later he … [Read more...] about OccupyWallStreet – Media Silence on Major Story
Education and Sustainability
Do schools and our current educational system function in sustainable ways—and do they prepare students to live sustainable lives? Hundreds of years ago, the people knew waht this meant, but many of us seem to have forgotten. One of the Great Laws of the Iroquois was ‘In every deliberation we must consider the impact on the seventh generation.’ In 2000, Penn State issued a … [Read more...] about Education and Sustainability