Category: Cultural Intelligence

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Berto Jongman: The Facts on Global Migration

Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

Global Migration? Actually, The World Is Staying Home

EXTRACT

The number of migrating migrants between 2010 and 2015 (36.5 million) is more than 8 million fewer than in the previous five-year period (45 million). The global migration rate reached an historic peak between 1990 and 1995, a time when the Iron Curtain had fallen, Afghanistan had descended into civil war and there was genocide in Rwanda. The 0.5 percent figure for the last five years is the smallest value since 1960.   . . .   What distinguishes a refugee from a migrant? One of them migrates voluntarily, while the other is forced to do so. However, the UN migration figures toss both categories into the same pot.

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Mongoose: Republicans Abandon Black Voters, Democrats Take Black Voters for Granted

Cultural Intelligence
Mongoose
Mongoose

Below speaks to the Republican Party's abandonment of Black Republicans. Not covered is the counterpoint — the Democratic Party — which has put more black people in jail than there were slaves at the beginning of the Civil War — taking Black Democrats for granted. Both parties are derelict.

Broken Promises: Black Republicans “The RNC Gave Up on Us”

The RNC had pledged to make outreach to black voters a priority. But as staff dedicated to the effort quit, the committee has been slow to replace them, causing black Republicans to question their commitment to the effort.

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May East: Ghost Towns + Displaced Person + Ecological & Open Source Solutions = Resurrection

Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
May East
May East

Sustainable Approaches and Interventions for the Conservation of Abandoned Towns in Southern Italy

Defined as towns or villages that have been abandoned by their original inhabitants, so-called ‘ghost towns’ are a sub-product of the opposing forces of excessive urban growth on the one hand and decline of rural regions on the other.

PDF (58 Pages): May East_Compressed-GT_Research

Sicilia Integra: Socio-Economic Integration of Migrants through Organic Products

A potential solution to the current migration crises can be found in the ecovillages, permaculture and transition communities’ social movements. In many places these community-led strategies have shown how rural villages and urban communities can re-establish sustainable livelihoods combining local traditional knowledge with appropriate technologies.

PDF (7 Pages): May_East_Sicilia_Integra_8Jan2016_EN

 

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Antechinus: US Vote Rigging Favors Clinton

09 Justice, 11 Society, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government, IO Impotency
Antechinus
Antechinus

Vote rigging the primaries – old software, uncertified voting machines, no paper trail, registration switching – the numbers add up for Clinton.

Hundreds of jurisdictions throughout the United States are using voting machines or vote tabulators that have flunked security tests. Those jurisdictions by and large are where former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is substantially outperforming the first full wave of exit polling in her contest against Senator Bernie Sanders.

 

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