Directly Democratic Social Change — The 2012 ISE Intensive

The Current Intensive is now full. Due to the overwhelming interest, we will host more programs in the coming months.   Feel free to email: seminar@social-ecology.org with any inquiries. READINGS: https://social-ecology.org/wp/learn/ise-intensives/ise-seminar-reading/ …

New from Annie Leonard and Naomi Klein

From Story of Stuff creator Annie Leonard, we now have an accessible and visually engaging outlook on the financial crisis, deficit mania in Washington, and how to shift public funds …

Population in the news – again

The specter of “overpopulation” has returned to the public airwaves following the UN’s recent announcement that the earth is now home to 7 billion people. The coverage is highly reminiscent …

By Brian Tokar | November 5th, 2011 | Climate Justice, Economics & Capitalism, Social Ecology Blog | 3 Comments |

J. E. Roos: The end of the ‘End of History’

Another excellent article from The New Significance. It begins: The Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions. The Arab Spring. The looming Greek default. The increasingly likely breakup of the eurozone. The second …

Occupy Wall Street protests go global

A comprehensive global round-up from journalist Bill Weinberg’s invaluable World War 4 Report:

Under the slogan “From Tahrir Square to Times Square,” the Occupy Wall Street movement reports demonstrations in over 1,500 cities across the globe Oct. 15, including over 100 US cities from coast to coast. In New York, […]

“Occupied Wall St. Journal” online + More photos

Here’s the word, direct from the streets of New York: First issue: http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2011/owsj061011.html Second issue: http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2011/owsj101011.html Also the Atlantic Monthly has an outstanding set of photos from the October 5th …

Reflections from Occupy Amherst

by Ben Grosscup October 9, 2011 When I heard that a “general assembly” had been called for the Amherst Common to organize an Occupy Amherst movement, I had a sense …

Photos from Occupy Wall St. support demo Weds. 10/5

All photos are © 2011 by Eliot Tokar, whose website is http://www.tibetanmedicine.com/. Brian Tokar’s brother Eliot is interviewed about his Tibetan medicine practice at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKro_d-6nX4. More of his Wall St. …

“Why Greece Is About To Explode”

From The New Significance, an excellent new webzine on global rebellions from former ZNet co-editor Chris Spannos. He is just back from visiting and interviewing activists across Europe, and promises …

Updates and more views of Occupy Wall Street

The Occupy Wall Street campaign, now in its third week, has inspired a wide range of commentaries, as well as like-minded events all across the US. Here are two somewhat …