Interview with Ellen LaConte

SUBHEAD: Eco-economies are local and regional, place-based, functionally self-reliant, interdependent, mutually supportive, regenerative, restorative and resilient.By Robert Jensen on 8 March 2011 in Energy Bulletin - (http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-03-08/listening-life-it%E2%80%99s-too-late-interview-ellen-laconte)Image above: "Mother Earth" by Stephen Alcorn (2005). From (http:/

The Language of Tyranny

SUBHEAD: Once self-delusion no longer works it is the iron fist that speaks.By Chris Hedges on 6 February 2011 in Truthdig - (http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/recognizing_the_language_of_tyranny_20110206)Image above: A cover of George Orwell's "1984". From (http://greaterthanorequalto.net/blog/2009/08/1984).Empires communicate in two languages. One language is expressed in imperatives. It is

See South of the Border

SOURCE: Kenneth Taylor (taylork021@Hawaii.rr.com)SUBHEAD: A film to be shown on Kauai by Oliver Stone about the ongoing revolution in South America. Jan 21st.By Kauai Alliance for Peace on 3 January 2011 - Image above: Evo Morales, Oliver Stone and Hugo Chavez at Film Society of Lincoln Center 2009 screening of "South of the Border". From (http://www.upi.com/enl-win/