Upward Spiral #6 – The Pros/Cons of Full Economic Collapse
In this bonus episode (possibly our best yet)…we feature a recording of an unplanned discussion about the benefits and dangers of the possible economic collapses that we’ve all imagined are possible. This episode not only features one of our most engaging discussions but King’s Corner is back with an awesome picture of what it looks [...]
Political Consultation – 2012 End of the World Campaign
One of the things that will make it hard for Obama in the coming election is that some of the criticisms the Republicans are making are true…they are a ridiculous source, that promises only a further entrenchment in the very things I dislike about Obama, but that does not make it any safer to avoid [...]
Silver Lining
After hearing news reports in the background of my distracted morning driving of European countries downsizing their governments under economic pressure I realized that there is a global deconstruction of representative government. That is what is really happening. Anybody who knows anything about economics (like me) knows that there is plenty of ‘capital’ out there, [...]
New Tactics for OWS #2 – ONE WORLD CURRENCY
HEY OCCUPY WALL STREET! PUT OUT A CALL AROUND THE WORLD FOR A SINGLE GLOBAL CURRENCY. From the beginning of my participation with Occupy Wall Street I have advocated for an absurdist approach to demands. Why? Not because I want chaos, but because the problems we face are too large for singular or systemic legislative [...]
Revolutionary Tools … puns for fundamentalists…
If I have a gift, in the realm of revolution, it is for creating linguistic frames that allow us to perceive the problem in a way that implies a next step. And one of these problems is found in our use of the word Solidarity. There are two forms of solidarity; negative and positive. Negative [...]
Akbar’s Book Club #3 – The Origins of Political Order
The Occupy Movement, like all great social movements, has changed its members and like one big Schrodinger’s box, now that it’s opened some of us feel the cat is dead, and some of us feel it is alive and well. The cat in this metaphor, for the purposes of this post, will represent the very [...]
2012 Campaign Slogans #2
I am giving these new campaign slogans away free of charge to any of the politico-gangsters who want them…. “The Environment is The Totality.”
2012 Campaign Slogans #1
I am giving these new campaign slogans away free of charge to any of the politico-gangsters who want them…. “The economy IS stupid, stupid.”
He who feels it…knows it…
The more I awaken to the world I live in, the more I find it impossible to stand idly by while enslavement of my fellow human beings happens at an escalating rate. There are those in the polite society I have somehow found myself in, who urge me to focus on my own success…who see [...]
Open Letter to David Graeber and Chris Hedges…
After watching the video interview of Chris Hedges, and reading the follow up letter by David Graeber (both below) concerning the Black Bloc occupy tactics, I wrote my own open letter. Please share. Open Letter to David Graeber and Chris Hedges Dear Distinguished Dudes, As a member of this ‘struggle’ I cannot help but see [...]
Football Metaphors and Class Struggle
What is the end zone? Patriotism? David and Goliath? Engines driving us over the environmental metaphor? Loyalty to growth vs. commitment to sustainable slow down?
The Forbidden Fruit of Progress – Apple Boycott
After you listen to the following podcast, I think you will understand the subsequent campaign I am launching. Please listen and then join me in trying to liberate those who are working for our pleasure. What would you do if you lived in a society where slavery was being practiced? When, as Americans, we learned [...]
Job Creationism
when people are talking about ‘job creation’ what they really want, whether they know it or not, is to live in a society with a vision, with a mission, with something to cooperate for…our crisis comes from a lack of this, and from an awareness of our planet and the cosmos, and the utter paralysis [...]
Occupy Teleology – A dialogue about ultimate aims from Facebook friends.
K – much of the west coast ports are being shut down according to the interwebs…you probably won’t see much bout it on the news, but an epic action is taking place… M – Doesn’t the blocking of ports and stopping the imports hurt the end users by driving up costs of those goods and [...]
Obama Facts….
sorry for all the reposted content lately, but i find these to be interesting topics for conversation…and i found this one awakening…
Ode to Greedy Greg
My dearest Greg, You, like so many in our time, having seen a speech from Wall Street, the movie, have made a mistake that many 10 year olds of my generation used to make, wanting to dress up like Darth Vader for Halloween…Because you see, Gordon Gekko, representative of human greed as a source of [...]
Utopian Fantasies
The fact that most are unwilling to face is that the rise of technology has decreased dramatically the necessity of work, and thus the driving force of exploitation. So, those in charge are finding it more and more difficult to justify the exploitation of the masses, but they are still succeeding in doing so by [...]
The Topic – New Painting and Essay by Vallario
The Topic – Acrylic on Canvas – 22″ x 28″ If you would like to know more about this painting read the essay: The Topic : Meditation on the Identification of Legitimacy
Akbar’s Meditations #1 – Profit See
What is Profit? Akbar’s Meditations: Take the question above and think about it, but take the first instinctual response and dig deeper. What is profit? What is it? What is a real world example? How does it work? What is it grounded in? Is it good? Is it bad? Is it real? What is its [...]
The Infertility of Capitalism
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A Simple Plan – Globatron Insurance Company
A thought occurred to me today…What is stopping people from starting their own non-profit insurance company. Given the right number of people, paying half of what they pay now, I am not sure why we couldn’t start a very simple pay-all insurance company. We would have no marketing costs, very few legal fights, and of [...]