A fantastic essey on the way that our modern environments are manufactured to anethesise us to the horror of living in post-industreal society.

The first few pages are a little academic reading, but from there on, it's a great read all the way until the end. Check it out if you have time.

http://www.freespace.cc/files/u10/778700.pdf

Sign the petition!
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/defend-the-regional-growth-strategy-...

IN REGARD TO the proposed amendment to the Regional Growth Strategy to extend the Regional Urban Containment and Servicing Area boundary in the District of Highlands:

http://www.voteformmp.ca/

From the above: Currently, Ontario's voting system almost always gives one party far more power than it deserves. For example, while the winning party might get only 40 percent of the votes, it receives 60 percent of the seats. This gives its leaders 100 per cent of the power.

In questioning the purpose of work, there are two possible answers that one can come up with. Work is either a commodity to be exchanged on the market for the resources needed to live. Or, by being the direct means of producing those resources, and in requiring creativity and passion, work is a truly meaningful pastime.

Rod Coronado gave a talk in San Diego and the feds called his words ‘terrorism.’ How new laws are equating environmentalists with Al Qaeda. In 2003, Coronado gave a public speech about animal rights in San Diego attended by about 100 people and hosted by a vegetarian group.

Italy's Cultural Underground: Social Centers
by Adam Bregman

An excerpt from the Tyranny of Structurelessness by Jo Freedman

There are some principles we can keep in mind that are essential to democratic structuring and are politically effective also:

1.) Delegation of specific authority to specific individuals for specific tasks by democratic procedures. Letting people assume jobs or tasks by default only means they are not dependably done. If people are selected to do a task, preferably after expressing an interest or willingness to do it, they have made a commitment which cannot easily be ignored.

The "10-Squared Strategic Investment Plan" into a Post Peak Oil Age

Hi All. Thank you all for your critical analyses, comments, and suggestions. Every person who gave feedback was heard, and the resulting text is a result of that feedback. If you are planning for the future in an age without cheap and abundant oil and natural gas, then consider this:

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1) OVERVIEW OF THE SITUATION
2) REASONS FOR A STRATEGIC PLAN
3) The 10-SQUARED(tm) STRATEGIC INVESTMENT PLAN
4) WHAT IF I HAVE NO ASSETS AND NO FAMILY?
5) EXPECTED DIFFICULTIES OF IMPLEMENTATION