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Why Do We Ignore the Obvious?
Why Do We Ignore the Obvious? I have a hard time with people not being willing to recognize what’s obviously in front of their faces. It’s a voluntary mind game people play with themselves to justify whatever it is they think they want. This is massively exacerbated by an array of social engineering tactics, many […]
Peak oiler? Not Catholic? You should still stand with the pope on climate
Peak oiler? Not Catholic? You should still stand with the pope on climate I get it, you believe in peak oil. So do I, despite gas at $2.50 a gallon. But peak oil is no excuse for either you or me to just sit around waiting for the final oil crash to make the climate problem moot by […]
FBI Invokes National Security to Justify Surveillance of Tar Sands Protestors
FBI Invokes National Security to Justify Surveillance of Tar Sands Protestors The FBI has wide leeway to conduct surveillance on possible threats to “national security.” Where the rubber meets the road, of course, is who the Bureau decides constitutes such a threat. Both the president and the Pentagon have proclaimed that global warming is a threat to U.S. national security. But there’s no sign […]
Top 10 Activist Errors
Top 10 Activist Errors The number one error, engaged in by the majority of people, is failing to be an activist. The world’s going to hell, countless situations can be easily improved, lives can be saved, and most people just sit there and do nothing. Others actively work to make matters worse. So, if you’re […]
Want to Change the Future? Pay Attention to the Past.
WANT TO CHANGE THE FUTURE? PAY ATTENTION TO THE PAST. From Mandela to MLK to McKibben, history offers lessons aplenty for climate activists We all know the plotline: Single-minded, passionate activists attempt to take on immense money and power, hidebound ideology and bureaucratic paralysis to turn the tide on the most important issue ever. We […]
How a Department of Homeland Security Fusion Center in Texas Targeted Animal Rights Activists
How a Department of Homeland Security Fusion Center in Texas Targeted Animal Rights Activists Last September, a Facebook event caught the eye of a counterrorism specialist within the Texas Department of Public Safety. The email was among those released by the Austin Regional Intelligence Center (ARIC) last month. This same release revealed that ARIC took stock of potential […]
Noam Chomsky: “The Idea Of A Media Which Does Not Repeat US Propaganda Is Intolerable To American Leaders”
Noam Chomsky: “The Idea Of A Media Which Does Not Repeat US Propaganda Is Intolerable To American Leaders” Few individuals polarize the public with their opinions, statements and mere presence, like Noam Chomsky. The 86 year old linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician, political commentator, social justice activist, and anarcho-syndicalist advocate, has strong opinions (and in […]
Tens of thousands march against austerity in Brussels
Tens of thousands march against austerity in Brussels Rainy weather in Brussels did not stop tens of thousands of people from protesting against austerity measures introduced by the new Belgian government. Attendance estimates from police and organizers differed sixfold. The rally saw somewhere between 17,000 and 20,000 people on Sunday, RTFB broadcaster reported, citing police […]
Policing Justice Requires Economic Justice, Part I | Occupy.com
Policing Justice Requires Economic Justice, Part I | Occupy.com. Demonstrating in Ferguson late in the summer, activist and former Green Party vice presidential nominee Rosa Clemente posted to Facebook: “We ran to get away and were surrounded on a small path on [a] bridge, surrounded by all types of police and told to lie down […]
Grassroots Activists Say Climate Change Demands System Change
Grassroots Activists Say Climate Change Demands System Change. It’s remembered as the global march for climate justice, but how did that word “justice” get into the title of the huge rallies that took place in New York and other cities this September? Money media typically do such a bad job of covering social movements that […]
Egypt jails 23 activists over protests – Middle East – Al Jazeera English
Egypt jails 23 activists over protests – Middle East – Al Jazeera English. The three-year jail sentence handed down is the maximum allowed under the law [AP] An Egyptian court has sentenced 23 pro-democracy activists to three years in jail for holding an illegal protest, despite international calls to free them. The defendants were sentenced on Sunday […]
