Review: A User’s Guide to the Crisis of Civilisation – And How to Save it

Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed 5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond 5 Stars – Superb Individual Effort, October 25, 2011 In its own way this book is every bit as good as such classics as The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology) or The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters …

Vatican, Ethics, & Truth II (Full Text Online for Google Translate)

Full Text: Note on financial reform from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace 2011-10-24 Vatican Radio Please find, below, an unofficial translation of the Note on the reform of the international financial and monetary systems in the context of global public authority, released Monday by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. ****************** Pontifical …

Chuck Spinney: From Algeria to Libya –Lessons Not Learned + USG CIA Web of Deceit in Arabia RECAP

The triumphalism in the US surrounding the liquidation of Qadaffi may be short lived.  That is because most Americans do not appreciate how the legacy of anti-colonialism shapes the contemporary cultural DNA in North Africa or how influential that legacy has been in shaping the revolts of what is now called the Arab Spring.  There …