The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The ISIS war has a new commander — and ISIS may be the least of his worries (Andrew Tilghman, Military Times, 21 August 2016) With the appointment of LtGen Stephen Townsend, USA, as the new commander for the war on ISIS, the US enters a new stage of deception and denial in the months preceding …
Source Tip of the Hat to Jean Lievens.
When a mafia expert tells us Britain is the most corrupt country in the world, it’s time to start listening In London, the financial mafia don’t take out death warrants on truth tellers, but powerful financial firms will destroy the lives and reputations of whistleblowers. Newsnight found they have a 100 per cent success rate
I’m looking for examples of the most cutting edge uses of technology in smart cities. What’s your thinking on the future of smart cities? If you were doing research on the future of cities, what would you focus on?
Transition Proposals Towards a Commons-Oriented Economy and Society In the context of the Ecuadorian transition project towards a open commons-based knowledge society, see Floksociety.org, and to complement the prior analysis of three competing economic models in the age of peer production, I have formulated some transition proposals, on how to get from Phase 2, emerging …
Michel Bauwens — Other Non-Capitalist Techno-Utopianisms Part 5 of Kevin Carson’s Techno-Utopianism, Counterfeit and Real One of the most useful non-Marxist schools is the post-capitalist model of commons-based peer production, which inclues that of Michel Bauwens of the Foundation for Peer-to-Peer Alternatives. Late capitalism, Bauwens writes (with Franco Iacomella), is beset by two main structural irrationalities: artificial abundance and …
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Who’s Afraid of a Feminist Foreign Policy? Jenny Nordberg, New Yorker, 15 April 2015 Last month, Saudi Arabia abruptly cut ties with Sweden, recalling its ambassador and announcing that it would issue no new visas to Swedish business travelers. The cause, according to Saudi Arabia, was some remarks made by Margot Wallström, the foreign minister …
