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The Climate Camp, I'm confused

I spoke to a fair number of people last week who were intending to go to London Climate Camp, most of whom I would consider to be anarchists (”anarchist” simply means “one who has no leaders” : any other definition must be taken with a big pinch of ...

From KEITH FARNISH, UK Indymedia Newswire,  28 Aug 2009
Related Topics: BBC

Protest Mediators: A Plan To Make Protest Even More Benign

This is obvious, too: because the activities that masquerade as “protest” in the modern age, have as little to do with protest as a Toyota Prius has to do with environmental sustainability. The vast majority of “protests” organised by groups such ...

From KEITH FARNISH, UK Indymedia Newswire,  3 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Sierra Club,  BBC,  Ward Churchill

The Coming Insurrection: A Tiny Book That Could Change The World

There is such a thing as “word exhaustion”, the feeling of weariness that comes over a reader when they feel that a piece of text has outstayed its welcome and the author should probably learn at what point the reader is likely to lose interest. I ...

From KEITH FARNISH, UK Indymedia Newswire,  27 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Glenn Beck

Mothercare Support Arms Trade

In the ongoing saga of the Baby Show [ http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/9448] and its organisers, Clarion Events, being the very same company that organises the DSEi arms fair, the campaigners seem to have hit an interesting, but not insurmountable ...

From KEITH FARNISH, UK Indymedia Newswire,  15 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Mothercare

Time's Up! Read it now for free.

The book is called "Time's Up! An Uncivilized Solution To A Global Crisis" which is the published version of an online book I completed last year called A Matter Of Scale. I believe it is extremely important for the information, philosophy and ...

From KEITH FARNISH, UK Indymedia Newswire,  3 May 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.

Shifting The Burden Of Proof Changes Nothing In The GM Debate

Doesn’t sound very reasonable, does it? Especially considering that you have never met the person and, to your knowledge, haven’t done anything except mind your own business and just get on with the job of living for most of your life. Yet, here is ...

From KEITH FARNISH, UK Indymedia Newswire,  22 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Phil Woolas

The Problem With...Work

I could be writing this article about both the education system and the workplace, but there would be little point separating the two – real education has nothing to do with the education system we were taken through in our early years, and the ...

From KEITH FARNISH, UK Indymedia Newswire,  19 Jul 2008

Tony Blair: A Sudden Turn Of Conscience? No.

The e-mail from Tony (well, there were three kisses at the bottom, so it must be personal) said: TOKYO - Tony Blair today (Friday) published the first report from the ‘Breaking the Climate Deadlock’ initiative which will set out the framework for ...

From KEITH FARNISH, UK Indymedia Newswire,  14 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Tony Blair

Free Online Book Now Available : A Matter Of Scale

A Matter Of Scale is a survival guide for humanity. It describes, in crystalline detail, what our actions are doing to the very things on Earth that we depend on for survival, at scales that we rarely contemplate. It shows, unequivocally, that the ...

From KEITH FARNISH, UK Indymedia Newswire,  9 Jul 2008

99 Corporations Get Together And Do Some Serious Greenwashing

Corporations, basically, run the world: what they do influences billions of people, not just in terms of the environmental impact of their activities, but in making people think that the corporate way is the best way. It’s not quite that simple — ...

From KEITH FARNISH, UK Indymedia Newswire,  3 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Alcoa, Inc.,  British Airways,  Deutsche Bank,  Yasuo Fukuda,  American International Group

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