Monthly Archives: January 2016

The specter of geoengineering haunts the Paris climate agreement

Another good critique of COP21. More “fuel for the fire” of slowcialism and convivial degrowth. (Yes I know “fuel for the fire” is a gross misuse of a metaphor here. I put it in to highlight the depth of the … Continue reading

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Social Movements and Progressive Governments – Marta Harnecker

Building a New Relationship in Latin America by Marta Harnecker In the following article Marta Harnecker, a Chilean sociologist, further explores a topic she has addressed in many books and pamphlets over a lifetime of active involvement in Latin American … Continue reading

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Beyond Extinction —

In Margaret Atwood’s powerful essay on the reality of climate change—and its implications for the future of oil-dependent industrial civilization—she tells two vastly distinct stories of our future. https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/beyond-extinction-12daed1bc851

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A New Year’s message from the Zapatistas: “We chose life”

Good evening, good day compañeras and compañeros, today we are here to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the beginning of the war against oblivion. For more than 500 years we have endured the war that the powerful from different nations, … Continue reading

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