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Robert Jensen : The Craziest Person in the Room
The craziest person in the room: Reflections on how a mediocre white guy can try to be useful It’s the job of people with critical sensibilities — those who consistently speak out for justice and sustainability, even when it’s difficult … Continue reading
Robert Jensen : What Starts at UT… Accelerates Destruction?
Image from Latinitas.UT motto modification:What starts here…accelerates destruction? While UT administrators may be heartfelt in their belief that ‘we are driven to solve society’s issues,’ most of the so-called solutions that are generated ignore or intensify the fundamental problems of … Continue reading
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Tagged Academia, Capitalism, Ecology, Global Crisis, Higher Education, Robert Jensen, Social Criticism, University of Texas
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Robert Jensen : Why We Won and How We Are Losing
Going, going… Image from Earthweek.From start to finish:Why we won and how we are losing A review essay on human origins and contemporary crises. By Robert Jensen | The Rag Blog | September 27, 2012 James Howard Kunstler, Too Much … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Anthropology, Books, Ecology, Evolution, Global Crisis, Robert Jensen, Western Civilization
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Roger Baker : Converging Global Crises and Why We Deny Them / 2
An unraveling earth. Graphic from Sound of Cannons.Converging global crisesand why we deny them / 2 If the total human impact on nature is approaching a natural limit, we face difficult choices. By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Debt Crisis, Global Crisis, Global Warming, Peak Food, Peak Oil, Population Growth, Roger Baker, World Economy
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Roger Baker : Converging Global Crises and Why We Deny Them
Cartoon from Belonging Las Vegas. Converging global crisesand why we deny them It is the system itself that is unsustainable, but the public tends to interpret the problem as being a function of bad leadership. By Roger Baker | The … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Global Crisis, Global Warming, Peak Food, Peak Oil, Population Growth, Roger Baker
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Robert Jensen : Coping With Anguish
Art from toonpool.Struggling to be ‘fully alive’:Reports on coping with anguish By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / July 12, 2010 I don’t have anything to say that hasn’t been said many times over the centuries. That may have … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Global Crisis, Psychology, Robert Jensen, Social Change
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Robert Jensen : Emotional Reactions to Collapse
Anguish. Image from Fixing My Life.The anguish of the age: Emotional reactions to collapse By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / June 26, 2010 We live amidst multiple crises — economic and political, cultural and ecological — that pose … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Global Crisis, Psychology, Robert Jensen, Social Change
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The Economic Vocabulary Was Turned Into Double-Think
An Interview with Economist Michael Hudson… The worsening debt crisis: Who got us into this mess and what are the real political options?By Mike Whitney / September 8, 2008 Michael Hudson is a former Wall Street economist specializing in the … Continue reading
For the West, Mistake Has Become Second Nature
We tilt at windmills as world war loomsBy Simon Jenkins / August 24, 2008 Is the world drifting towards a new global war? From this week the dominant super-power, America, will for three months pass through the valley of the … Continue reading
We Just Buy the Leaders with Money
Are You Ready For Nuclear War?By Paul Craig Roberts / August 19, 2008 Pervez Musharraf, the puppet installed by the US to rule Pakistan in the interest of US hegemony, resigned August 18 to avoid impeachment. Karl Rove and the … Continue reading
Assessing the Meaning of the Confict in Ossetia
Credit: ABC NewsBush’s war in Georgia: Will it be the flyswatter or the blunderbuss?By Mike Whitney / August 11, 2008 “I saw bodies lying on the streets, around ruined buildings and in cars. It’s impossible to count them now. There’s … Continue reading
That Has the Ring of Truth to It
The US economy has been on the verge of recession as it combats a massive national debt, a housing crisis and the declining strength of the dollar [GALLO/GETTY] Dumping (and dumping on) the DollarBy Dale C. / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
