Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Crawford Kilian reviews Richard Seymour's Disaster Nationalism as setting out the problem of fascists using emergencies both real and contrived as an excuse…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Crawford Kilian reviews Richard Seymour's Disaster Nationalism as setting out the problem of fascists using emergencies both real and contrived as an excuse…
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Stefan Labbe reports on new research showing how the business-driven use of lead in gasoline resulted in large-scale poisoning in the U.S. (and in…
Assorted content to end your week.- Joshua Pearce discusses the reality that the climate crisis could carry a ten-figure death toll over the course of this century - which would…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Oliver Willis writes about the dangers of a second Donald Trump presidency - and the importance of not conceding core values out of deference…
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Tim Winton writes about the need to wake up from our fossil fuel stupor - with the role of activists being to sound…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Hilary Beaumont and Nina Lakhani report on the fossil fuel lobby's pressure on U.S. governments to impose draconian anti-protest laws to prevent climate…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Mo Amir discusses how John Rustad is attempting to cover up his longstanding climate denial in advance of this fall's B.C. election. And…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Brittany Hopkins rightly argues that parents with any interest in providing a worthwhile future for their children should be motivated to combat the…
This week I learned that a friend and comrade from my Toronto days has died: Lee Zaslofksy. Lee was a leader in the War Resisters Support Campaign, supporting men and…
Great discussion, as always, and a great song. (See the link below, to a podcast interview by one of my top three sources.) Now, maybe a song about sisu, the…
I write more about Covid than climate because we can actually dramatically decrease the problem with rampant viral transmission in the next few years with tools on hand if we…
See my four decades of published work as a philosopher & social-political analyst – on:AmazonRumbleSpotifyYoutubePinterestFacebookTwitter/XWordPressSubstackBlogSpotGood Reads… Especially: Enlightened Democracy The People vsThe Elite The Collapse of the West And Manifesto…
The student movement opposing Israeli apartheid brings my heart so much joy. When I was in university, a similar movement calling for divestment from South Africa played a significant role…
The student movement opposing Israeli apartheid brings my heart so much joy. When I was in university, a similar movement calling for divestment from South Africa played a significant role…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ian Welsh discusses how institutions under the thrall of neoliberal ideology are incapable of achieving any end other than the further enrichment…
In case you’ve missed it, many students on university campuses have been protesting the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The police have been heavy-handed — or outright violent — with some…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Alex Tanzi reports on new research showing how COVID-19 has radically changed the main causes of death globally. And Michael Peluso et al.…
Listen to Nathan explain the problem with a capitalist structure that forces the elderly to continue working. @nathanreo #revolution #deconstruction #deconstructingcapitalism #capitalism #socialism #decentralization #socialprogress #awakening #humanevolution #shiftinconsciousness #consciousness #spirituality…
Conflict, climate, and covid are showing us the worst of ourselves, but it might be what we need to find our collective humanity. Tiberius wrote: “The old world is no…
Margaret Heffernan explains the term and the CDC provides a great example of it! Heffernan lectures to MBA classes and runs a few businesses and such, so she’s not someone…