¡Nuevo año, nuevas charlas! Decidimos comenzar un año más discutiendo una frase muy utilizada por todos cada vez que entablamos conversaciones sobre nuestras realidades sociales, económicas y políticas. ¿Sera cierto que el problema del estancamiento o empeoramiento de nuestras situaciones es culpa de un sistema opresivo? O simplemente somos víctimas de nosotros mismos utilizando de [...]

There’s a bumper sticker still clinging to the back of my old camper, bearing a phrase you’ve probably heard before or perhaps even uttered: “Subvert the Dominant Paradigm.” At the time I’d placed this on the tailgate for display, it made perfect sense to me. The Dominant Paradigm was the one manufactured by the warmongers, [...]

Let’s be honest about this: the world has been coming apart at the seams, and we’ve been far too complacent about it. Sure, many of us are well aware of the apocalyptic risks of climate change, the social/environmental ravages of perpetual warfare, and the harsh realities of the rise of global [...]

In just a few short years, it has become increasingly apparent that humankind is fast approaching a technological tipping point. Particularly in the West – the First World , the Developed Nations, or whatever self-consciously superlative designation you prefer – a thoroughgoing dependence on “high technology” for life-sustaining essentials is evident in all spheres of modern society. The hardware of our lives, from food and energy to transportation and shelter, is entirely bound up with the workings of a highly mechanized and digitized global economy. And no less so, the software of our existence – communications, community, entertainment, education, media, politics, and the like – is equally entwined within that same technocratic system. This is not a lamentation, just an observation. To describe this state of affairs as a fait accompli or to conspiratorially suggest an orchestrated inevitability misses the larger point that it merely constitutes what is at this point in history.

Fuente: Kaos en la Red Se ha calculado que la inmensa mayoría de la población mundial vivirá en ciudades a lo largo de este siglo.Tal fenómeno no augura nada bueno.Se acabó el Progreso y se precisa ya replantearse la vida. por originario 19 de febrero, 2010 Se ha calculado que la inmensa mayoría de la población mundial vivirá en [...]

Source: Truthdig by Chris Hedges January 10, 2010 Corporations, which control the levers of power in government and finance, promote and empower the psychologically maimed. Those who lack the capacity for empathy and who embrace the goals of the corporation-personal power and wealth-as the highest good succeed. Those who possess moral autonomy and individuality do not. And these [...]

por Paco Roda 5 de noviembre, 2009 Recientemente cayó en mis manos un libro cuyo título ya me impactó: La insurrección que viene. La autoría venía firmada por un tal Comité invisible. Pero más me sorprendió la contraportada que decía así: «El Comité invisible es una tendencia de subversión presente. Recientemente, varias personas fueron detenidas en Francia [...]

by GRITtv November 19, 2009 The word “Change” has been used so much lately that it often seems almost meaningless. What’s change really? Is it having Barack Obama in the White House, talking about withdrawing from Iraq, a stimulus bill that spends some federal dollars on infrastructure? David Harvey, author of A Brief History of Neoliberalism, and Alexander [...]

Source: ZNet by Chris Spannos December 23, 2009 While attention to class has ebbed and flowed among social movements for generations, class rule was always present and the recent economic crisis has forced it back into the spotlight. But what is class rule and why is it important? People define class in diverse ways, but for me classes are [...]

Source: Truthdig by Chris Hedges December 7, 2009 Liberals are a useless lot. They talk about peace and do nothing to challenge our permanent war economy. They claim to support the working class, and vote for candidates that glibly defend the North American Free Trade Agreement. They insist they believe in welfare, the right to organize, universal health [...]