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The Shock Doctrine has come to New Zealand Now, ever since we got to Australia and, later, New Zealand, I've had the impression that the main priority of the respective federal governments is to sell off any and all domestic resources as fast as they can, and for short term profit only (or, well, maybe to cover the deficit losses they've run up). New Zealand is actively trying to sell some of its most productive farm land. What's more, it's attempting to raise revenues from the sale - though the government claims it's actually a form of public-private partnership - of a portion of its hydro infrastructure and -power. Read the full article
Shame on Sonoma State University -- Part 2 After four years of teaching various humanities courses at Sonoma State University in Northern California, I’m sad to report that our school sank to a new low on May 12 by awarding the notorious banker Sandy Weill and his wife Joan honorary doctorates. The retired CEO of Citigroup, once the world’s largest bank, purchased them for $12 million. He gave that ill-gotten money to the Green Music Center, an essentially non-educational pet project of President Ruben Arminana, which recently has dominated fund-raising at SSU. Read the full article
New Zealand: Strengths and Weakness in an Age of Collapse When thinking of getaway plans in an effort to best survive collapse, New Zealand is a destination that is appealing. Robin Westenra provides an overview of the strengths and weaknesses New Zealand has to offer to people seeking solace and shelter away from the crumbling infinite-growth paradigm. Read the full article
All is not well I sit. Home. Alone. Leah has gone to see the redwoods in the company of her two sisters, her 87 year old mother and my brother-in-law, God save his soul. I say alone, but in reality I am surrounded by creatures, among them a pack of dogs, a fair number of horses, goats, chickens of all stripes and sizes, cats, hogs and a even a couple of obnoxious geese. Read the full article
Shame on Sonoma State University Retired Citigroup CEO Sanford Weill will receive an honorary doctorate, as will his wife Joan, from Sonoma State University in Northern California on May 12. Weill was CEO of Citigroup, the largest of the “too-big-to-fail” banks bailed out by taxpayers. Last year he gave $12 million for SSU’s new Green Music Center (GMC). At issue are how Weill got that money and what strings were attached to his passing it on to SSU. Read the full article
Collapse Psychosis: A Civilization In Chaos: Creating Radical Joy Anyway We have arrived at the last segment in this Collapse Psychosis series, and some readers may be surprised, even shocked, by the subtitle, “Creating Radical Joy Anyway.” In exploring the “Big Five” emotions that are likely to surface now and throughout collapse, I insist on including joy, not because the disintegration of the world as we have known it will be a joyous experience, but because the fear, grief, anger, and despair which I have already explored in depth will be punctuated by moments of joy. Read the full article
Economic Alert: If You’re Not Worried Yet…You Should Be For the past four years I have been covering the progression of the global economic crisis with an emphasis on the debilitating effects it has had on the American financial system.  Only once before have I ever issued an economic alert, and this was at the onset of the very first credit downgrade in U.S. history by S&P.  I do not take the word “alert” lightly. Read the full article
Local Elections 2012: Our Last Chance For A Political Solution There is little doubt, even amongst the most uninterested and apathetic of people, that America has reached the threshold of a dangerous new era in 2012.  Economically, the paper thin facade of recovery created by Federal Reserve fiat easing is beginning to fade, and the debt turmoil we currently see in the European Union is beginning to surface right here at home. Read the full article
Nullifying Debt: Ancient Torah, Contemporary Crisis. Sharing Resources, Liberating Timed American society is simmering with energy, demanding action against economic inequality and ecological destruction. Are these just problems of the 21st century? Hardly! Ancient Torah confronts them in a prophetic mode. Read the full article
The Europe Crisis from a European Perspective The purpose of this report is to give readers the essential background to the economic problems in Europe and to bring you up-to-date in what has become a fast-moving situation. At the time of writing, there has been a lull in the news flow, but that does not mean the problems are under control. Far from it. Read the full article