Dear Friend,
The governor of the Chinese Central Bank has warned of a spiralling debt crisis in China. China has a 250 % debt compared to its GDP. Zhou Xiaochuan has said that the country’s financial system faces a possible “Minsky moment”. Any crisis in China will not let the rest of the world unspared. As CC has been warning for long, debt crisis could be the undoing of world's financial system, world economy and ultimately human civilization itself.
Colin Todhunter warns of another threat. He writes, "An anthropogenic mass extinction is underway that will affect all life on the planet and humans will struggle to survive the phenomenon. So claims Dr Rosemary Mason in a paper (2015) in the Journal of Biological Physics and Chemistry. Loss of biodiversity is the most urgent of the environmental problems because this type of diversity is critical to ecosystem services and human health. Mason argues that the modern chemical-intensive industrialised system of food and agriculture is the main culprit."
How should activists write in an age of short attention span? Richard Oxman gives some tips in his article "Radical Rule For Activist Writing"
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China Faces Growing Debt Problems, Says Central Bank Governor
by Nick Beams
A warning by the governor of the People’s Bank of China, Zhou Xiaochuan, that the country’s financial system faces a possible “Minsky moment” has again raised concerns over the level of the country’s debt.
US Soldiers In Niger: A Hidden Global Mission
by Dr Binoy Kampmark
The four US army deaths in Niger have been shrouded by the bickering unfolding between President Donald Trump and the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson. John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, has also been catapulted into the sordid business.
Why Is My State THE Best?
by Sally Dugman
Why is Massachusetts the best state in the USA?
Environmental Protest: Bob Brown Wins In Australia
by Dr Binoy Kampmark
The Protesters Act had been passed to muzzle and control protesters concerned that the Lapoinya state forest was going to be felled for the Malaysian logging company Ta Ann. The Tasmanian government seemed enthusiastic enough with Forestry Tasmania to wish for the operation to go ahead.
A Nonviolent Strategy To End Violence And Avert Human Extinction
by Robert J Burrowes
Around the world activists who are strategic thinkers face a daunting challenge to effectively tackle the multitude of violent conflicts, including the threat of human extinction, confronting human society in the early 21st century.
We Are Bees
by Rachel Olivia O'Connor
It doesn’t matter whatsoever whether or not Einstein actually ever made that remark about how man would only have four years left if bees went south on the planet. People love to mouth off about issues when their stance can put them one-up on others. But what’s important about what anyone says about anything if the words are going to distract us from dealing with what’s unfolding right in front of our eyes?
One Trick Pony Up
by Rachel Oxman
Most people aren’t geniuses. Most cannot juggle multiple tasks at the same time. That’s fine. All activists need to be is a one trick pony, as per the 1980 Paul Simon song. Tackling a single job with unswerving focus is quite enough. Every contribution counts. Just do it with a sense of grace — blessing and enjoyment — so that your activism is fun and self-nurturing.
Rolling Back The Tide of Pesticide Poison, Corruption And Looming Mass Extinction
by Colin Todhunter
An anthropogenic mass extinction is underway that will affect all life on the planet and humans will struggle to survive the phenomenon. So claims Dr Rosemary Mason in a paper (2015) in the Journal of Biological Physics and Chemistry. Loss of biodiversity is the most urgent of the environmental problems because this type of diversity is critical to ecosystem services and human health. Mason argues that the modern chemical-intensive industrialised system of food and agriculture is the main culprit.
Radical Rule For Activist Writing
by Richard Oxman
More than prose, poetry — ideally — should be an art of compression. And activist writing today needs to emulate that art form to some degree. I’m not saying that all poems should be epigrams, nor that — at the expense of clarity or good manners (or for any reason) — activist writing should be clogged, crammed, or written in highly condensed telegraphese.
Micro Insurance: A Critical Need For India’s Poor
by Moin Qazi
In the developed world, insurance is a part of life. However, its coverage has been patchy and woefully inadequate in the developing world. More than 80 per cent of India’s poor are not covered in any way
What Is New In Today’s New India?
by Dr. Y. Srinivasa Rao
Now with an eye another five year term at the centre it came up with a new slogan: sankalp se sidhi, (New India Movement from 2017 to 2022). This means that the new India would be built on the foundations that are laid during 2014 to 2017. Then, one could easily guess what the BJP-RSS new India is going to be
The Anthem
by Ra Sh
a black man sat in the Tagore theatre balcony
and an old man with a flowing white beard sat next to him
while the Anthem was being played.the rest stood up.
these two remained seated.
the black man asked the bearded gentleman,
“who da fuck’re you, man?”
the saintly man said,
” I’m Tagore..and who art thou?”
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