Economy - Energy - War

SUBHEAD: The world is stable in the sense of hanging by your fingernails is stable.By Bas Van Berkel (Ilargi) on 21 March 2011 for The Automatic Earth - (http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2011/03/march-21-2011-stable-in-sense-of.html)Image above: A military tank that will be used to clear rubble from the Fukushima nuclear complex leaves Camp Asaka on a trailer.

We’re taking the planet with us

SUBHEAD: Elites turn citizens into serfs and the natural world into a wasteland for profit.By Chris Hedges on 7 March 2011 in Truthdig - (http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/this_time_were_taking_the_whole_planet_with_us_20110307)Image above: "The Ruins of Kom Ombo" by David Roberts (1838). From (http://www.travellersinegypt.org/archives/2005/02/david_roberts.html).I have walked through the

An Empire of Lies

SUBHEAD: We must demand more of our corporate media and we must desert them, as is already happening, for better sources of information.By Jonathan Cook on 28 February 2011 in Information Clearing House - (http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27583.htm)Image above: Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, a.k.a. "Curveball" now lives in Karlsruhe, Germany. From (http://www.bollyn.com/

Praying For Peace•Promoting War

SUBHEAD: If some misinformed fool attempts to point out the consequences of consumerism, shrug him off as a terrorist.By Guy McPherson on 23 December 2010 in Nature Bats Last - (http://guymcpherson.com/2010/12/praying-for-peace-promoting-war)Image above: Imperial Stormtroopers arrest Santa, Emperor to take over Xmas. From (http://gizmodo.com/tag/santa-arrested-by-imperial-stormtroopers).A

Wikileaks diplomatic cable results

SUBHEAD: The WikiLeaks diplomatic cables are small revelations that may cause a big idea to take hold.Image above: Wreckage of US tanks, hummers, and personnel carriers. From (http://forums.cadetstuff.org/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=14868).By Arianna Huffington on 30 November 2010 for Huffingon Post -(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/the-wikileaks-cables-smal_b_790158.html)Let's start

Nothing but Flowers

SUBHEAD: As things fell apart, nobody paid much attention. This was a Pizza Hut. Now it’s all covered with daisies.Image above: Ruins on the site of the Kushi Institute in Massachusetts. From (http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2506227930011281402bDZwaB).By Administrator on 19 November 2010 in The Burning Platform - (http://www.theburningplatform.com/?p=7614)Here we standLike an Adam and an

End the War Against the Earth

SUBHEAD: People's need for food and water can be met only if nature's capacity to provide food and water is protected.Image above: Corporate mercenaries killing indigenous "rhino" on planet Avatar. From (http://kotaku.com/5343210/james-camerons-avatar-the-game-impressions-of-mass-slaughter).By Vandana Shiva on 4 November 2010 in The Age - (http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/

The World Liberals Made

SUBHEAD: The death of the liberal class cuts citizens off from the mechanisms of power.Image above: Liberals have their heads on upside-down. Mashup of John Kerry. From (http://www.freakingnews.com/John-Kerry-Pictures-65253.asp).By Chris Hedges on 25 October 2010 in Truthdig - (http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_world_liberal_opportunists_made_20101025)The lunatic fringe of the Republican

WikiLeaks Iraq Diary Videos

SUBHEAD: British TV Channel Four current affairs show "Dispatches" presents study of Wikileaks US military Iraq diaries.Image above: Julian Assange at press conference was photographed by Leon Neal for Getty Images.By AdamW11 on 25 October 2010 on Youtube -(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=METSuKyY-t4)[Editor's note: We have compiled videos on the subject of the WikiLeaks Iraq Diary from the BBC

Wikileaks Iraq War Diaries

SUBHEAD: Wikileaks releases almost 400,000 pages of military reports on Iraq War.Image above: Photo of Julian Assange, founder of Wkileaks.org. From (http://www.overoll.com/Content/WikiLeaks-founders-rape-case-dropped-/2010/8/28/322436.news).Press release on 22 October 2010 by Wikileaks.org - (http://warlogs.wikileaks.org)At 5pm EST Friday 22nd October 2010 WikiLeaks released the largest