Wirearchy

This quote, offered by Tom Matrullo from Arundhati Roy’s speech and article titled Peace and Corporate Liberation Theology, stimulated me to think about a question I often ponder.
We know very well who benefits from war in the age of Empire. But we must also ask ourselves honestly who benefits from peace in the age of [...]

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Noticed on the web site of the Heritage Foundation, the announcement of a new blog by their Director of Media and Public Policy. The foundation is beginning to wonder if all this publicly visible opinion, as well as links to research, analysis and other forms of documentation will have some impact on government transparency [...]

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I wrote about this about a year ago … honest, I did .. though probably not as clearly as has danah boyd, in a blog post titled “Life Is a Game” or something like that. I’ll have to see if I can find it and link to it.
From danah boyd’s blog on Corante:
In September, [...]

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Having discovered a new (to me) blog - George Monbiot - I’m just nosing about.
1. I wish I had read this 25 years ago
2. I’m glad I “came back to life” before it was too late, even if means quitting work I knew how to do well, and living more simply than [...]

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… argues George Monbiot in this fascinating article titled Religion Of The Rich.
He notes that there is much talk these days about the advent of “soft fascism” following Bush’s election as President of the USA, but argues it just isn’t so. In fact he points that finger at “us”.
“If Bush wins”, the US writer [...]

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I remember a moment about a year ago when some report or academic article came out suggesting that there was some evidence of workplaces becoming more democratic, in a general and widespread sense. I ddn’t believe it, and said so, somewhere.
Thanks to Euan, linking to Suw Charman’s Strange Attractor, here’s a more realistic … [...]

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