Jean Lieven: From Occupy to Climate Justice – Merging Economic Justice and Climate Activism

From Occupy to Climate Justice: Merging Economic Justice and Climate Activism by Wen Stephenson It’s an odd thing, really. in certain precincts of the left, especially across a broad spectrum of what could be called the economic left, our (by which I mean humanity’s) accelerating trajectory toward the climate cliff is little more popular as …

Event: 27-29 JUN 14 RENSSELAER Generative Justice: Value From the Bottom Up

Generative Justice: Value from the Bottom-up  A conference at RPI, June 27-29 2014 Social problems are often addressed through the top-down forms of “distributive justice”: intervention from government agencies and regulations for example. But science and technology innovations have opened new possibilities for “generative justice”: bottom-up networks that strive for a more equitable and sustainable …

Yoda: 10 Groups That Are Building a Movement for Economic Justice from the Grassroots Up

10 Groups That Are Building a Movement for Economic Justice from the Grassroots Up With more than 46 million people living below the poverty line, struggling to survive on $19,530 or less for a family of three, and with more than one in three Americans living on less than twice that amount, scrimping to pay …

SchwartzReport: Is Justice Scalia Insane? Or Merely Possessed by the Devil?

When I read this interview I was stunned. I have never thought much of Scalia. Like Clarence Thomas I have always thought of him as first and foremost an ideologue, and as with Thomas there are also growing ethical issues involving him. But I really had no idea how very inappropriate it is for this …

Denmark: Justice for Sale — The Hunt for ACQUITTED Pirate Bay Co-Founder Henrik Alexandersson

European Principles Of Due Process Shoved Aside To Hunt Down Pirate Bay Founder Corruption – Henrik Alexandersson:  In the upcoming extradition request against Gottfrid Svartholm-Warg, co-founder of The Pirate Bay, Danish judicial authorities are disregarding an important acquittal in Swedish courts. This is remarkable, as European courts are bound to respect each others’ verdicts. It’s …

Owl: Supreme Court Justices on Tyranny in America

Justices Souter and O’Connor, Intelligence Agency Heads and Congressmen All Warn of Tyranny in America Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter told University of New Hampshire School of Law that the “pervasive civic ignorance” in the U.S. could bring dictatorship: “I don’t worry about our losing a republican government in the United States because I’m …