capitalism

Endgame

It could be that the author/environmental activist, Derrick Jensen, is new to you or maybe you're familiar with his work.  Either way, I'd like to share some links to his material.

He impresses me with his straight-forward, logical approach and softly-spoken words.  And so, here are a few ways you can get your dose of Derrick...

Read his book, Endgame or his other books.  Here's his website: http://www.derrickjensen.org/

Watch the video, Endgame (below) or the Derrick Jensen vids on Youtube 

Owned & Operated

Owned & Operated is a mosaic of the world through the lens of the internet. Showing our lives as consumers, under the thumbs of privileged individuals and their methods of control. But the world is awakening, and the experience is something outside the normal rules of social interaction, causing excitement in those who are not served by the current system... and fear in those who are pampered by it.

Chris Hedges on Imperial Capitalism

 

"We are in the throes of a giddy, intoxication with illusion. That's what happens when societies die. The worse it gets, the more disconnected they often become, and that's how you end up with demagogues and tyrants who promise magic."  ~ Chris Hedges

 

The Race To The Bottom

March 25th marked the 100th anniverary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire which killed 146 sweatshop workers.  Just three months ago, an eerily similar fire broke out in a Bangladesh factory. What have we done to improve workplace conditions since 1911?  What implications do policies that grant power to corporations over the rights of workers have on the rest of us?

Noa

 

On Modern Servitude

Hi All-

(Berry, please don't give up posting - I had a hard time with this post too - I expect that the g-spot is getting a bit too big for it's britches, i.e. popular for it's servers)

This film makes the point that elections only give us the illusion of free choice, thereby depriving us of the essential information we need to become free - that we are slaves. The recognition that we live in modern servitude is the first step toward freedom.

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