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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 : The Collapse of Journalism
Graphic treatment by James Retherford / The Rag Blog. The collapse of journalism and the journalism of collapse:From royal, to prophetic, to apocalyptic When we strip away supernatural claims and delusions of grandeur, we can understand the prophetic as the calling … 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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John Perkins : Occupy the Dam
Three hundred indigenous people, small farmers, fisherfolk, and local residents occupied the Belo Monte Dam project at the Xingu River, Brazil, on June 15, 2012 Photo by Atossa Soltani / Amazon Watch / Spectral Q. Go here for photo essay. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Brazil, Direct Action, Ecology, Indigenous People, John Perkins, Occupy Movement, Rainforest
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Marc Estrin : Worstward Ho!
Fail worse What is absolutely clear is that the performance of the United States at the recent Rio+20 conference was intended as an energetic worsening thrust. By Marc Estrin | The Rag Blog | June 27, 2012 In his penultimate … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecology, Environment, Marc Estrin, Rio+20, Sustainability
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Jordan Flaherty : Gulf Residents Fear for the Future
Image from GRIID.Two years after the BP drilling disaster, Gulf residents fear for the future By Jordan Flaherty | The Rag Blog | April 23, 2012 “The Gulf is a robust ecosystem and it’s been dying the death of a … Continue reading
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Tagged British Petroleum, Ecology, Environment, Gulf Coast, Jordan Flaherty, Offshore Drilling, Oil Spill
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Restoration Ecologist Bill Neiman on Saving our Texas Environment
Environmentalist Bill Neiman at the KOOP studios in Austin, Friday, April 13, 2012. Photo by Tracey Schulz / Rag Radio.Rag Radio:Restoration ecologist Bil Neimansays we need a paradigm shift By Rag Radio / The Rag Blog / April 18, 2012 … Continue reading
Ellen LaConte : When Too Big to Fail is Too Big Not To
“Blick auf den Planeten Erde” by Heikenwaelder Hugo, Austria / Wikimedia Commons.When too big to failis too big not to Where bailout theory comes a cropper, no matter who’s doing or who’s receiving the bailout, is when it ignores the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecology, Economic Crisis, Ellen LaConte, Sustainability, World Economy
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Robert Jensen : Occupy ‘Demands’: Energy, Economics, Ecology
Image from humanbannersf.com. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE. Occupy demands:Let’s radicalize our analysis ofempire, economics, ecology Rallying around a common concern about economic injustice is a beginning; understanding the structures and institutions of illegitimate authority is the next step. By … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Ecology, Economics, Occupy Austin, Occupy Wall Street, Political Analysis, Robert Jensen, Sustainability
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Leonardo Boff : Man as ‘Lord and Master’ of Nature
Art by Gorgok / Picable.Man as ‘lord and master’:Modernity’s ‘God complex’ By Leonardo Boff / The Rag Blog / July 19, 2011 The present crisis is not just a crisis of the growing scarcity of natural resources and services. It … Continue reading
Robert Jensen : The Power and Limits of Social Movements
Image from The Democracy Center.The power — and limits — of social movements Dissidents not only have to be willing to tell the truth about the delusions of the dominant culture, but make sure we don’t fall into delusions of … Continue reading
