Posted in act local, anti-civ 101, fascism/corporatism, not 'hope', resistance, sane words on Mar 10th, 2010 No Comments »
Here’s a great article by Chris Hedges that reflects much of what we think here, it’s well worth a read:
We stand on the cusp of one of humanity’s most dangerous moments.
Aleksandr Herzen, speaking a century ago to a group of anarchists about how to overthrow the czar, reminded his listeners that it was not their job [...] Read more »
Posted in anti-civ 101, cooperation, equality, heirarchies, sane words on Feb 28th, 2010 No Comments »
Here’s an interesting article, exploring the native american term ‘Sumac Kawsay’, or ‘Buen Vivir’:
(Portuguese to Spanish Translation by Blanca Diego.
Spanish to English Translation by Christopher Reid (Decolonial Translation Group)
NOTE: The original article “Sumac Kawsay” was published on the Web site of Foro Social Mundial on 6 February 2009. The Spanish translation by Blanca Diego, “Buen [...] Read more »
Posted in act local, anti-civ 101, climate chaos, not 'hope', resistance on Dec 22nd, 2009 3 Comments »
The Copenhagen Climate Talks – the 15th conference of all the parties of the UNFCC – have now come to a close. The hope was that the gathered world leaders and politicians would have created a legally binding deal that would see global emissions of greenhouse gas fall drastically as the science demanded, limiting the [...] Read more »
Posted in anti-civ 101, not 'hope', resistance, sane words on Dec 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
If you’re in love with the world, fall in love with trying to save it
by Derrick Jensen, reprinted from Orion Magazine.
Years ago I was interviewed by a dogmatic pacifist (note to self: bad idea), who in his (grossly inaccurate) write-up said he thought I wanted all activists to think like assassins. That’s not true. What [...] Read more »
Posted in anti-civ 101, beyond organic, sustainability on Jul 27th, 2009 No Comments »
An interesting piece on wildness contrasted with sustainability, from the new going feral blog:
Wildness
Everything on this earth is inherently wild – if it lives and dies, it is part of the wildness that is life. Our word ‘will’ is rooted in the word wild; the will of a creature – the will of the land, [...] Read more »
Posted in act local, anti-civ 101, beyond organic, collapse, not 'hope', peak food, peak oil, sane words on Jun 17th, 2009 1 Comment »
Definancialisation, Deglobalisation, Relocalisation
Another long but brilliant article, this time by Dmitry Orlov, reprinted from Club Orlov.
This talk was presented at The New Emergency Conference in Dublin, on June 11, 2009.
1. Good morning.
The title of this talk is a bit of a mouthful, but what I want to say can be summed up in simpler [...] Read more »
Posted in anti-civ 101, not 'hope', sane words on Apr 29th, 2009 No Comments »
Keith Farnish considers the changes we need to make in our lives, to stop industrial civilisation, and in particular how we talk to those we love about the future and about those necessary (but often scary) changes. Reprinted from CultureChange.
The future is everything we will ever know, and everything we have never known. Some people [...] Read more »
Posted in anti-civ 101, peak food on Apr 25th, 2009 No Comments »
Asks Lester R. Brown at Scientific American magazine.
Key Concepts
Food scarcity and the resulting higher food prices are pushing poor countries into chaos.
Such “failed states” can export disease, terrorism, illicit drugs, weapons and refugees.
Water shortages, soil losses and rising temperatures from global warming are placing severe limits on food production.
Without massive and rapid intervention to address [...] Read more »
Posted in anti-civ 101, resistance, sane words, useful media on Apr 25th, 2009 No Comments »
Posted in anti-civ 101, cooperation on Apr 14th, 2009 No Comments »
Consider an indigenous community, and the past comes rushing back – at least for those people indoctrinated into a culture that detests any forms of living that do not lie open-mouthed under the teat of market capitalism. The drips of golden promise that sate the appetites of the brainwashed are enough to keep the lie [...] Read more »
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civilization, as we know it, is largely the creation of psychopaths by admin on May 14th, 2008
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it's an illusion - John Harris by admin on April 25th, 2009
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the corporation by disciv on January 25th, 2008
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where to start? Ishmael by disciv on January 5th, 2008
All your life mother culture has been whispering in your ear the lies and fairy tales that make it all seem normal.
endgame - the problem of civilization by admin on February 4th, 2008
So, hopefully you have read Ishmael, and the gorilla has made you start to think about all the things in your life that you believed were 'normal' or unchangeable.
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