The degrowth movement is a relatively new contender in the economic and political debates that swirl around humanity's future.
Degrowthers believe we need a more modest and sane alternative to the constant pressures of expansion that are destroying the ecological basis of our existence.
Author and essayist Richard Swift explores the degrowth alternative, in theory and in practice.
IMO, This is one of the many great shows on the CBC radio
CBC IDEAS Schedule for September 29 - October 3
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The Joy of Trump
Friday, September 26, 2014
THE DEGROWTHERS
Thursday, September 25, 2014
NPC Luncheon with Dr. Ben Carson
Streamed live on May 28, 2014
Dr. Ben Carson, noted neurosurgeon and author of the new book "One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future," was the guest speaker at a National Press Club luncheon on May 28, 2014.
Dr. Carson was director of pediatric surgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital until he retired in 2013. In 2008, Dr. Carson was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. Dr. Carson has received 38 honorary degrees and dozens of merit citations.
Dr. Carson was director of pediatric surgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital until he retired in 2013. In 2008, Dr. Carson was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. Dr. Carson has received 38 honorary degrees and dozens of merit citations.
Robert Ringer interviews Dr Benjamin Carson March 1, 2013
Published on May 6, 2014
In this interview, Robert Ringer talks with Dr. Benjamin Carson, the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Robert Ringer interviews Dr Benjamin Carson August 30, 2012
Published on May 6, 2014
This is Robert Ringer's first interview with Dr. Benjamin Carson, the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
They discuss leadership in today's society and other topics.
Dr. Carson:
- has authored 5 best selling books, including America The Beautiful (a New York Times bestseller)
- has been awarded 60 honorary doctorate degrees
- has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Enjoy the interview and please visit www.robertringer.com for regular weekly updates and information that will make your life just that much better:)
They discuss leadership in today's society and other topics.
Dr. Carson:
- has authored 5 best selling books, including America The Beautiful (a New York Times bestseller)
- has been awarded 60 honorary doctorate degrees
- has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Enjoy the interview and please visit www.robertringer.com for regular weekly updates and information that will make your life just that much better:)
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Peace in our Time
Peace President : We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.
-- Jimmy Carter
“The War to End all Wars”
Dear Mr. Obama:
"May we live in peace without weeping. May our joy outline the lives we touch without ceasing. And may our love fill the world, angel wings beating."
Yours,
Francis of Assisi
Churchill sign for Victory became associated with Peace... How?
No Peace Through Military Strength
THIS ARTICLE APPEARED ALMOST A YEAR AGO BUT SEEMS APPROPRIATE TO CURRENT EVENTS:
Dec-20-2013
No Peace Through Military Strength
Patrick T. Hiller Special to Salem-News.com
A response to Catherine Ashton's "To Secure Peace, Be Ready for Battle".
Soldiers paint peace sign by Banksy
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(PORTLAND, OR) - “The War to End all Wars” never achieved what H.G. Wells implied with this term. On the contrary, World War I not only resulted in the death of more than 16 million humans, it also resulted in a victor’s peace directly setting the stage for World War 2 where an estimated 60 to 100 million people died. I like to believe that no World War is on the horizon, but I was quite surprised to read the headline of a Wall Street Journal opinion piece “To Secure Peace, Be Ready for Battle. The surprise not so much was the title itself. This language—promoting ‘peace’ by amassing more military—has been all-too-familiar and all-too-common in the twenty-first century perpetual ineffective and counterproductive war on terror and other misguided relics like humanly insane nuclear deterrence or the offensive, war-waging North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
The entire article by Ashton is so misguided that it is hard to focus on one part. Should we talk about the immorality of Western global power projection, the ineffectiveness of military versus nonviolent alternatives, the myth of the “defense” sector as a job creator or corporate interests in building “defense” machinery? Apparently it would have been nice from Ashton’s European Union perspective to have more of their own air tankers refuel the fighter jets while bombing the country of Libya to get rid of a dictator. It is troubling that Ms. Ashton seriously is using the Libyan example as a success story. All alarm bells should be ringing by now.
- Patrick. T. Hiller, Ph.D., Hood River, OR, syndicated by PeaceVoice, is a Conflict Transformation scholar, professor, on the Governing Council of the International Peace Research Association, and Director of the War Prevention Initiative of the Jubitz Family Foundation.
TIME HAS SERVED TO MAKE MR. HILLER'S POINT ALL THE MORE TRUE... LIBYA A MESS, ISIS RISES, BOCA HAREM CONTINUES TO TERRORIZE, UKRAINE UNDER THREAT IN SPITE OF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS, ISRAEL CONTINUES TO PRACTICE GENOCIDE ON THE WEST BANK AND SHOOTS DOWN A SYRIAN JET TODAY - PROVOCATEURS AND WANTS IRAN CENSORED INSTEAD OF JOINING IN CONFRONTING MILITANT ISLAM. WHERE DOES IT ALL COLLAPSE AND CAUSE MUCH LARGER CONFRONTATIONS?
Monday, September 22, 2014
World Rhino Day
"Looking completely at ease within their natural environment. #TheWayItShouldBe #WorldRhinoDay"
Link: https://twitter.com/PrideLodgesZA/status/514043195219795968/photo/1
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Saturday, September 13, 2014
Friday, September 12, 2014
The Sorrows of Empire
This excellent discussion can be listened to online.
The Sorrows of Empire
Photo credit: HENNY RAY ABRAMS/AFP/Getty Images
The American Empire has been called everything from "a colossus with attention deficit disorder" to a "reluctant empire". On the anniversary of 9-11, IDEAS revisits an interview with academic Chalmers Johnson who suggested that failure in Iraq might mark the beginning of the end of the American Empire. Producer Mary O'Connell explores the discussion further with historian Alfred McCoy.
Historian Alfred McCoy has written a dozen books and is one of the editors of Endless Empire: Spain's Retreat, Europe's Eclipse, America's Decline. The book is a collection of writings from twenty leading historians on four continents who sift through the tea leaves of past empires, looking for emerging patterns that may apply to the decline of the American Empire. These academics are part of a growing group who refer to themselves as "declinists". They warn, "As the American century of global dominion draws to a close, the signs of geopolitical change are gathering like thunderbolts on the horizon."
In 2012, The National Intelligence Council, the top analytic organization within America's vast intelligence community, predicted that by the year 2030 the U.S. empire would be over. The multi-trillion dollar cost of foreign wars in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, along with countless other interventions has created "imperial overstretch". The Council also notes a poorly performing U.S. educational system, a waning middle-class, and China's leap onto the world stage as contributors to the decline of the American Empire.
Participants in the program:
Chalmers Johnson, author of Blowback; The Sorrows of Empire; and Nemesis. He was a professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego. Chalmers Johnson died in 2010.
Alfred McCoy, historian, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Author of a dozen books, including,Endless Empire; A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror; and Policing America's Empire.
Reading List:
The Sorrows of Empire by Chalmers Johnson, Metropolitan Books, 2005.
The Science of Coercion: Communication Research and Psychological Warfare, 1945 1960 byChristopher Simpson, Oxford University Press, 1995.
Kill Anything that Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam, by Nick Turse, Metropolitan Books, 2013
Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire, by Niall Ferguson, Penguin Books, 2005.
Endless Empire: Spain's Retreat, Europe's Eclipse, America's Decline, edited by Alfred W. McCoy, Josep M. Fradera, Stephen Jacobson, University of Wisconsin Press, 2012.
American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy, by Andrew J. Bacevich, Harvard Press, 2004.
The Sorrows of Empire | Ideas with Paul Kennedy | CBC Radio:
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2014/09/11/the-sorrows-of-empire/?cid=IDEAS+Week+of+January+13
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