I wasn't quite sure what I
wanted to do with these links, having got onto the
environmental podium in the planet zone. Then I looked at my
Swiss Army knife and saw how diverse functions can
integrate successfully within a package. So here I
present the links which cut, the links which puncture and split open for
inspection.
The links which take the fine tweezers to tug at our
accepted "normality." Even those links that can
prise the stones out of horses' hooves.
We all would like to believe in
heroes and heroines, and in the West we have a
bad conscience about poor people in developing
nations. Christopher Hitchens argues that
we have turned a blind eye to serious gaps in the
story of Mother Teresa - her links with fascism
and questions about what happens to money donated
to her charity - because in our culture, Church
figures are given a pass on credulity.
Mother Teresa's Crimes against
Humanity
Adbusters
Against the multi-billion dollar advertising corporations, Adbusters stands in a lonely place. Subscribe here to the Culture Jammers Network, view some "uncommercials" and spoof ads.
Creating
Liveable Alternatives To Wage
Slavery
From the site: If you start asking yourself "why work?" you may see a connection between wage slavery, misunderstandings of leisure, lifestyles based on consumption, corporate welfare, education that often amounts to little more than conditioning, and the global social, environmental, and economic crises we are now facing.
we're special, but we're really
just monkeys...
ZNet
A very large resource of articles from writers on topics from Africa through Globalisation and Repression to Youth. Selected articles are translated into many other languages
Globalise
Resistance
Globalise Resistance brings together groups and individuals opposed to the global growth of corporate power.
medialens
This site, run by a small team of volunteers, grew out of frustration with the unwillingness, or inability, of the mainstream media to tell the truth about the real causes and extent of many of the problems facing us, such as human rights abuses, poverty, pollution and climate change.
It's hard to pigeon-hole this site. It has funny stuff and
news bulletins, but is basically against conformist-culture. A
quote: "Something motivates you to get up each day. That
something says a good deal about your current central purpose in
life. If you eventually get out of bed because you don’t want to be
sacked from your job, then your purpose has to do with money and
security. If you get up because of what people might think if you
didn’t, then you are motivated by a fear of disapproval."
Anxiety Culture
New Internationalist -
India in the heat.
"In the midst of this crushing summer heat, politicians promise the moon. But few talk about what global warming means to the poor." Urvashi Butalia paints a picture of Delhi as it feels for the city's poor when the mercury reaches 45°C.
Noam Chomsky, "9-11"
In this interview, from 16th of April, 2002, Noam Chomsky discusses the consequences of America's bombing campaign in Afghanistan. He also expands on the question, "Is the U.S. a terrorist state?" and outlines the idea of the clash of civilisations.
Corporate control of the Internet
Are you concerned about freedom of the last great media resource, the Internet? In this interview, Noam Chomsky talks about the development of the Internet from its earliest beginnings, Microsoft, Bill Gates and corporate control of the media.
Social Anarchism Online
This online magazine has articles which cover anarchist history, theory, practice, and economics. Also anarchist critiques of current events, illustrations and poems.