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Another Wakeup Call – Manfred Max-Neef

Chin up people – poverty is less corrupted by greed. One positive to look forward to. Social networks and creativity prosper in poor communities. Dogma and greed in rich communities? Manfred foresees a quickening approach to an ultimate barrier to things as usual. Apparently some people in his orbit of friends and colleagues even see [...]

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Union music

Zack de la Rocha and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine came together again to lend their music and inspiration to the workers’ battle for a more just world. This happened on the seventh day of the Truth Tour 2007, at the House of Blues, Chicago, IL.

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Meron Benvenisti quote regards hypocracy two state solution Israel Palestine

Since it is impossible to refrain from reacting to the Palestinian demand for self-determination in the occupied territories, the Israelis seek to limit it to a mere quarter of them, those who live in the West Bank. For them they have invented a unique concept of a “state”: Its “sovereignty” will be scattered, lacking any [...]

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Lawrence Lessig – Fix Congress First

Lawrence Lessig has moved from activism on Creative Commons issues to activism on fixing Democracy. It boils down to trust. A system of governance without trust can not be an effective Democracy. A system that incorporates an addiction to lobbyists money and electoral campaigns to maintain power and, at the end, retire into the wealthy [...]

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Fault Lines – In Deep Water: A Way of Life in Peril

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