‘Don’t Go, Don’t Kill’

In the past few weeks a series of reforms have been passed which some are saying justify President Obama’s, the Democratic Party’s, and American liberals’ extreme moderation and corporatism (or, in some cases, a mere subservience to, if not an outright embrace of, this horribly corrupt form of capitalism).

However, I would advise you to [...]

America: y ur peeps b so dum?

If you hang out much with thinking people, conversation eventually turns to the serious political and cultural questions of our times. Such as: How can the Americans remain so consistently brain-fucked? Much of the world, including plenty of Americans, asks that question as they watch U.S. culture go down like a thrashing mastodon giving itself [...]

Sorry, Jon Stewart, but I was just way too busy to make it to your rally

As we all know, there was a rally in Washington, DC on Saturday.  It’s gotten tons of attention in the media and had some high profile guests, like The Roots, Jeff Tweedy, the Mythbusters and, of course, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

Its aim is…well, nothing.  Just to get together on the national mall, [...]

Climate change. Work to elect or get in the streets?

Joe Romm of Climate Change responds to Bill McKibben of 350.org on what the best tactics are for reversing climate change. Should we work to elect candidates who support the cause or get into the streets with mass protests?

Holding rallies about solutions will never replace the need for actually doing the messy [...]

The climate movement is dead: Long live the climate movement

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Rising Tide North America on their free publication, which is absolutely worth reading.

“A particular model of dealing with climate change is dying. It is revealing itself before the world as nothing more than a final scramble for the remaining resources of [...]