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Environmentalist Preaches Conservation as Chaos Engulfs Eastern Congo

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:46:25 -0500

Environmentalist Preaches Conservation as Chaos Engulfs Eastern Congo

November 4, 2008, Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo: With little more than a motorbike and a mission, Clement Kitambala has been spreading news about environmental issues in remote communities of the war-ravaged Democratic Republic of Congo.

Amid renewed fighting that has displaced more than 130,000, ongoing food crises and rampant sexual violence, his newsletter, Tunza Mazingira ("Conserve the Environment" in Swahili), has provided a steady voice for conserva...

Grats to ya boy

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:59:23 -0500

Last night around 8pm I was at a house party here in Oakland getting ready for my band’s set when somebody across the room shouted out “Obama won! he did it!” and the whole room broke out in cheers and clapping. I pulled out my cellphone and sent a text message to my friend Labrie (who’s been pulling hard for an Obama victory and recorded a couple songs supporting him and his candidacy) saying “Grats to ya boy” and went back to working on getting our sound set up. Later that night as we closed o...

Lakes across Canada face being turned into mine dump sites

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:25:03 -0400

Lakes across Canada face being turned into mine dump sites

Lakes are in B.C., Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories and Nunavut

Last Updated: Monday, June 16, 2008 | 9:42 PM ET Comments502
I received the following email in my box today and figured I’d share it and my response with ya’ll:

Hi,
I tried to contact you on Rethos, but could figure out how.

I wanted to ask you to recommend a few seminal books on anarchy, with which to inform myself.

I will be quite honest, granting my ignorance on the subject, I nevertheless do not see how the anarchist program is feasible beyond a small group of like-minded people – communism works excellently in the monastery or convent, but not so much ...

(Im)migration and Empire

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:14:22 -0400

An article I wrote for the CelticAnarchy.org site, I figured I’d re-post it here as well.

One of the big topics nearly everywhere I turn these days is Immigration – in the US news it’s Latino immigrants from Mexico and South America, in UK news it’s Islamic immigrants from a range of countries, and in Irish news it’s Polish immigrants; but in all three the complaints are the same: there are a lot of them, they’re hard to understand, they’re different, ...

Skyline, Verizon Line

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:15:06 -0400

Just a short rant this time. If you live near the Brooklyn waterfront like I do you know what a treasure the New York skyline is. Most cities are known by a single building or monument – think Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, even the Hollywood sign in L.A. New York, too big for any one thing to ever represent, is symbolized by the city itself, the cheek by jowl mishmosh of its architecture as much as its citizenry, its denizenry, its ever changing expan...

The Invasion of Bits of Plastic Doom

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:17:33 -0500

At twenty-one years old, I am starting to feel a bit like that crazy old guy with the sign that reads: “The end is near”.

The more I go to the beach, check out the everglades, read the news, and reflect on the rising temperatures, the more I realize that we’ve hit the alarm clock of environmental consciousness and slept right through those crucial moments when we should have woken up. Now we find ourselves snapping into awareness, feeling groggy and a little hung over, and running lik...

New comment - Is Atheism a religion and does it require faith?

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:06:20 -0500

A very well written argument for the state of mind that most “atheists” have. Religion is a cloud, It clouds the mind from any unwanted external forces of reason. Theists will say “i believe in god. I grew up with god. Jesus Christ is my savior.” – They have been indoctrinated with these beliefs and ideals at such an early age it is almost impossible to break. Theists will go through their lives using religion as an excuse to mame, an excuse to torture “them.” and worse of all theists will create an “Us vs. Them” society that will be...

The Improbability of God - Richard Dawkins

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:36:07 -0500

“Much of what people do is done in the name of God. Irishmen blow each other up in his name. Arabs blow themselves up in his name. Imams and ayatollahs oppress women in his name. Celibate popes and priests mess up people’s sex lives in his name. Jewish shohets cut live animals’ throats in his name. The achievements of religion in past history bloody crusades, torturing inquisitions, mass-murdering conquistadors, culture-destroying missionaries, legally enforced resistance to each new piece of scientific truth until the last possible moment are even more imp...

China Launches Crackdown on Plastic Bags

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:19:53 -0500

A step in the right direction!!!

Click on the Source link below to read the article.

Lakota Declare Independance from USA

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:24:06 -0500

Lakota Declare independence from United States

I first saw this on myspace but wanted to double-check it before posting it here – and I found confirmation here: http://www.republicoflakotah.com/about.html

The Lakota Nation has officially withdrawn from treaties that allowed the United States to annex their land and have declared themselves an independent nation. They are currently seeking international recognition and waiting for an official acknowledgment from the United States federal government.

And, the very best part, theyâ€™re completely...

New comment - Is Atheism a religion and does it require faith?

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:55:25 -0500

Lynx,

Regarding religion losing ground, I know just how hard it can be to believe when you keep hearing about assorted groups of morons trying to get creationism taught in public schools and such, but consider how far we’ve come in the last 100 years. In the first world, at least, (you’ll notice how religion seems to thrive in third world shitholes. Coincidence? I think not) women have equal rights, gays can marry in some countries, religion is, in writing at least, completely separate from the state, etc, etc, etc. People are simply less ferverent in the religi...

Ally Request - Technology For People Group Inc.

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:14:26 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - Dillon

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:09:28 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - lynx

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:12:44 -0500

New comment - Is Atheism a religion and does it require faith?

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:37:01 -0500

damn straight.

Athiesm is not a religion, it is the opposite of religion. Believing that you have an all-powerful and yet invisible and totally undetectable friend might be understandable in a five year old, but for adults to insist that their imaginary friend not only exists but actually created the universe and controls everything that happens everywhere is a sign of serious mental illness. Such belief without evidence or “faith” is not deserving of respect or serious consideration, any more then the faith of the junkie on 5th avenue who swears he’s the r...

Save Our Planet

Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:56:11 -0400

Enough is enough, and it’s time for a change.

-Christopher Howse – EarthThreat.org