With thanks to Nancy 2018 Format: Book Author: Solnit, Rebecca, author. Title: Call them by their true names : American crises (and essays) / Rebecca Solnit. Publisher, Date: Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2018. Description: 188 pages ; 19 cm Summary: “Changing the world means changing the story, the names, and the language with which […]
Hey Janet, I took the luxury of sitting back and listening to the audio of the interview. Thanks for sending. – – – – – – – – – – Janet: I read this today. It’s so chockfull of insights & wisdom, & in these times that are surely grief-filled for all of us, one […]
Comment By Richard Haass A stable world order is a rare thing. When one does arise, it tends to come after a great convulsion that creates both the conditions and the desire for something new. It requires a stable distribution of power and broad acceptance of the rules that govern the conduct of international relations. […]
There are good pictures but I don’t know how to copy them, and I don’t know where to find this on-line. Can’t give you a URL. Maybe you have to be on Instagram? Hey Jammers! What does Design Anarchy mean to you? This past Monday, bright and early, Adbusters infiltrated the viscera of Vancouver’s prestigious […]
Return to INDEX, Salish Sea (Excerpt from an earlier note from Howard: I deliberately covered a lot of ground in the Blue Book because I wanted people to see the ‘big picture’ on our inland sea and connections between issues that are often considered in isolation from one another, even though the problems never can be […]
The former Guardian editor details a revolution in journalism. Can it still perform its vital, truth-telling role? Ian Jack Eloquent in his argument for well-resourced journalism … Alan Rusbridger. Photograph: Greg James Truth is a small word liable to sanctimonious overuse and philosophical dispute, but in its humblest sense of accurate and verifiable information […]
ALSO ARENDT: Hannah Arendt, Crises of the Republic: Civil Disobedience, On Violence, and Thoughts on Politics and Revolution 2011-12-23 The Banality of Evil, Hannah Arendt. Freedom. “The new” versus certainty (action versus behaviour). 2012-04-15 Figure me out. Figure you out. Salvation is coming. With help from Hannah Arendt. Hannah Arendt’s teachings and Uncompromising Photos Expose Juvenile […]
. . . progressive lawyering rests on the sound assumption that no fundamental social change – be it the eradication of racism, poverty, war, sexism, homophobia or other societal ills – can come about solely through legal reform. Only organized, politicized mass activism from below, aimed at constantly enhancing and enforcing that social change or […]
June 17, 2018 In this week’s report from the Hill, Elizabeth May’s staff wrote: “Midnight sittings in the House continued this week. Seizing every opportunity to speak before the summer recess, Elizabeth made almost three dozen interventions on climate change, pipelines, carbon pricing, the Fisheries Act, the Environmental Protections bill, and cannabis legalization.” In […]
John Perkins is a co-founder of the Pachamama Alliance (https://www.pachamama.org/john-perkins). I am a fan of Perkins, his work and his book “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man“. A 6 minute Youtube by Paul Hawken, plays automatically after the above. Paul Hawken is the author of “Natural Capital” and “Blessed Unrest“. There are a number […]