Dismantle Civilisation

Reprinted from Culture Quake magazine, suggesting in a different way exactly what this website has proposed. We need to dismantle civilisation, the taker culture - creating a new story is part of that process, as we form new communities close to the earth. By example, and with reference to surviving leaver cultures, we can … Read more »

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We’d pretty much agree with Jim’s predictions:

Introduction
There are two realities “out there” now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let’s call it the Status Quo) is that our problems of finance and economy will self-correct and allow the project of a “consumer” economy to … Read more »

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Thanks to Tierra-y-Vida for this. Something to contemplate, as the new year approaches. Many of us are looking to accelerate the transition to a new cultural renaissance in 2009, while others are revolting around the world in anger that the promises made by capitalism and globalisation turned out to be lies, while the american dream … Read more »

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As house prices in US and Europe continue to plummet, Sharon Astyk asks this question, with an inspiring and positive answer.
The first is to shift your thinking. Until not too long ago, people rarely thought of their homes, primarily as assets. Your home is, well, your home. Its value lies not … 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 Juan Santos, reprinted from carolynbaker.net.
Original article is at Juan’s Blog, The Fourth World
The bottom line is profit. Profit and the lust for it is capitalism’s event horizon. Much like what happens at the boundary of a black hole (”boundary of a black hole” is roughly what the term “event horizon” means in the theory … Read more »

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Carolyn Baker reprinted from Mohawk Nation News.
Who would have thought that artificial economies and their worthless paper currencies, based on theft of Indigenous resources, would come tumbling down? Greed and oppression can’t go on forever. These foreigners have been wheeling and dealing with goods stolen from us. Remember, they came here with nothing! Every inch … Read more »

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Another excellent post by Sharon Astyk.
The question becomes how do we turn this story into one where most of us can say “We were poor, but we had enough - just enough, but enough.” And where our kids may grow up not really realizing just how poor we were? How do we accustom ourselves … Read more »

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Reprinted from CarolynBaker.net.
Daughter of the Earth ~
I speak from the heart of my indigenous grandmothers. I want to share my concern with and for you, your family, and our country. We have only three choices in our lives ~ to act from Love; to act from Fear, or not to act at all.
The day you … Read more »

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A great article by Ran Prieur from 2002!
When you hear “the economy,” think “corporate rule”: A strong economy means strong corporate rule; economic collapse means the collapse of corporate rule. It’s not exactly true, and it’s false in times and places where corporations are not dominant, but right now it comes a lot closer to … Read more »

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