Dismantle Civilisation

Washington is Fostering Political Divisions between India and Pakistan

by Michel Chossudovsky, at GlobalResearch.ca
The U.S. Violates Pakistan’s Territorial Sovereignty
The US is currently violating Pakistan territorial sovereignty through the routine bombing of villages in the tribal areas and the North West Frontier Province. These operations are carried out using the “war on terrorism” as a pretext. [...] Read more »

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The following article by International Journalist, Deena Guzder, suggests that we look at the underlying causes of ‘terrorism’. The ‘war on terror’ policies of declaring warfare on countries, and US foreign policy economic warfare is impoverishing and killing millions of people. Is it any wonder then that some take up arms against the people and [...] Read more »

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By Morris Berman, at Thomas Paine’s Corner.
The notion that the parliamentary democracy of the industrial nations is a sham, and that the real power lies not in the hands of the people (or their elected representatives) but in the hands of a small, ruling elite is a view most closely associated with Karl Marx. This [...] Read more »

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We have received news that the Lacandona rainforest is under threat – the Mexican government is granting rights to oil companies to search and explot there, next year.
We can’t find much news on the internet, but here is an article in spanish.
And there is a facebook group in opposition!
Here’s some background videos of the forest [...] Read more »

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A recent series of Channel 4 comedy documentaries called ‘Silly Money’ by Bremner, Bird and Fortune has explored the ongoing economic crisis, but goes deeper than most of the media in revealing some of its true roots – all whilst still being very funny and good watching!  Check it out here. Read more »

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This article, originally published at the start of 2008, and written by Nafeez Ahmed (his blog here), clearly explains the situation facing us ‘civilised’ humans.
This may be repeating things for many of our readers, but the article is concise and clear, illustrating the unfolding crisis of civilisation.
The article at Indymedia, where you can also read [...] Read more »

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Hugh Fearnley Wittingstall, author of River Cottage books and TV series in the UK, has come up with a great idea to try to connect people with land they dont use to people who want access to land for growing food etc.
What is Landshare?
With allotment waiting lists massively over-subscribed and people right across the country [...] Read more »

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A very depressing article at Alternet, by Chris Hedges, illustrating how the recent economic crisises (and peak oil) are affecting the poorer sections of US society. Millions of people, living in the ‘wealthiest nation in the world’, without healthcare, and already in very difficult circumstances, are now finding it even harder to survive.
The swelling numbers [...] Read more »

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Suddenly, we ran out of money and, to avoid collapse, we quickly pumped liquidity back into the system. But behind our financial crisis a much more ominous crisis looms: we are running out of nature… fish, forests, fresh water, minerals, soil. What are we going to do when supplies of these vital resources run low?
There’s [...] Read more »

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from PeakOil Hausfrau.
I say, withdraw your support from the corporate greenwashers and don’t buy their crap! Of course, I’m not talking about organic food or toiletries. But if you do need to buy a consumer good, remember that buying USED is the most environmental choice you can make in almost all cases. If you’re preparing [...] Read more »

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