"Oxford Tire Pile #8" by Edward Burtynsky The National Film Board of Canada — producer of such great films as Manufacturing Consent, Ryan, Jesus of Montreal, The Decline of the American Empire, The Big Snit, Lonely Boy, Manufactured Landscapes, Madame Tutli-Putli, Rocks at Whiskey Trench, Walltown – has announced an
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Dead Wild Roses: Noam Chomsky on OWS
This is all repost folks. The article from alter.net is long, but clearly written and provides a great deal of context as to what OWS is and what it needs to do to continue its success. Do you want to actually understand some of what OWS? is about? Make the time and read this article. […]
Politics and its Discontents: Noam Chomsky Addresses The Occupation Movement
While some may wonder about the practical utility of the Occupy Movement and where it is headed, I believe that in its current form, its chief value lies in the raising of consciousness about the gross inequities that exist in the world today, and endi…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Noam Chomsky on the Occupation Movement
Largely shunned these days by the corporate-driven mainstream media, Noam Chomsky expresses some optimism about the Occupy Wall Street Movement that has spread to several cities:Recommend this Post
Continue reading350 or bust: Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
Those who wish to play a meaningful role in influencing public policy or changing its institutional base must begin with honest inquiry, in community with others if it is to be effective. Whether one sees oneself as dedicated to reform or revolution, t…
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Evils of Socialism?
Strip away all the muddle, all the hoopla, all the baggage and then you can begin to understand what Socialism is actually about. Noam Chomsky explains how the term has been, in essence, denatured and is quite meaningless except as a dog-whistle for the normative defenders of the the capitalist status-quo. Filed under: Education Tagged: […]
What has my country come to?
Wikileaks’ release of US Embassy cables is hitting some Canadians harder than others. On November 30, Tom Flanagan, a political and strategic adviser to Prime Minister Harper, said, on national television, no less, “I think Assange should be assassinated, actually. I think President Obama should put out a contract and maybe use a drone or […]