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An environmental sociologist explains how permaculture offers a path to climate justice
Image by Local Food Initiative, flickr. Permaculture practitioners manage their gardens or farms in ways inspired by the sustainability and resilience of healthy natural ecosystems. An environmental sociologist explains how permaculture offers a path to climate justice Big farming is both a victim of climate change and a contributor. Droughts, floods and soil degradation threaten crop yields. […]
John Pilger: A Judicial Kidnapping
John Pilger: A Judicial Kidnapping Julian Assange’s High Court judges offered no mitigation, no suggestion that they had agonised over legalities or even basic morality, writes John Pilger. “Let us look at ourselves, if we have the courage, to see what is happening to us” –- Jean-Paul Sartre. Sartre’s words should echo in all our minds […]
British Court Rules Julian Assange Can Be Extradited To US
British Court Rules Julian Assange Can Be Extradited To US More than 2.5 years have passed since Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange was dragged from the Ecuadorian embassy in London after 7 years in hiding from British authorities, during which time Assange has struggled through a lengthy court battle, all while remaining imprisoned. And yet it […]
Young People Turn To Collectivism Because Of These Psychological Disparities
Young People Turn To Collectivism Because Of These Psychological Disparities Are Americans changing with the times, are the times changing with Americans, or, has nothing really changed at all in the past century? Before we dive into this discussion it’s important to understand one thing above all else – There is nothing new under the […]
The FBI Can Access Your Personal Data in 15 Minutes
The FBI Can Access Your Personal Data in 15 Minutes (Click on image for higher resolution) The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) can legally access your “secure messaging app content,” according to a new report by The Epoch Times. In fact, it would only take officers about 15 minutes to access the contents of iMessages to collect […]
The Theranos Trial Shows Why We Should Be Suspicious of Nuclear Fusion
The Theranos Trial Shows Why We Should Be Suspicious of Nuclear Fusion Former Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes. Amy Osborne/Getty Images The Theranos story is an epic tale of folly with lots of twists and turns, but it’s by no means unique. At the very same moment the play-by-play of the Elizabeth Holmes trial sprawls […]
The End of the Common Good
The End of the Common Good image by Gopal Vijayaraghavan on flickr, CC-BY-2.0 Anita Sreedhar and Anand Gopal, a doctor and a journalist, have been researching vaccine hesitancy for decades. In a recent NYT article they offered this remarkable perspective on it: Over the past four decades, governments have slashed budgets and privatized basic services. This has two important […]
Technology that “empowers the individual” can threaten all of us
Technology that “empowers the individual” can threaten all of us Whenever I hear about a new technology that “empowers the individual,” I know that one thing is likely to be true about it: It will soon (if not already) be turned to negative and harmful ends. And yet, we as a society keep falling for […]
The Twilight of the Narrative: Why the Truth will never be Revealed
The Twilight of the Narrative: Why the Truth will never be Revealed Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every […]
Of grain and gulags: a note on work, labour and self-ownership
Of grain and gulags: a note on work, labour and self-ownership I’ll begin with a brief account of how our modern global grain trading system was invented in Chicago in the 19th century, which is maybe a bit of a jolt from the present focus of this blog cycle on the forms of property but hopefully […]
Now or Never: The Great ‘Transition’ Must Be Imposed
Now or Never: The Great ‘Transition’ Must Be Imposed A new wave of restrictions, more lockdowns, and – eventually – trillions of dollars in new stimmie cheques may be in prospect. Were you following the news this last week? Vaccine mandates are everywhere: one country, after another, is doubling-down, to try to force, or legally […]
How the Corporate Media Launched a Disinformation Campaign to Protect Fauci
How the Corporate Media Launched a Disinformation Campaign to Protect Fauci As public anger grew over gruesome and medically useless dog experiments funded by Fauci’s agencies and budgets, his media allies came to the rescue with a pack of lies. Anthony Fauci (R), Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Chief […]
The Climate Crisis & More Propaganda
The Climate Crisis & More Propaganda QUESTION: How can you be against climate change when every world leader has been convinced and 97% of all scientists say you are wrong? JL ANSWER: Climate always changes and it has done so for millions of years without soccer moms driving the kids in SUVs. It is just propaganda. […]
