by Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York. He is the author, most recently, of Shi’ism: A Religion of Protest (Harvard University Press, 2011).
Mrwen Tlili on the WSF in Tunis: "... a political economy for the social struggles that must absolutely be undone, because this ‘NGOization’ will grow stronger in the future and most importantly be a great hold-up towards the self-determination of people." "It was a dreamed opportunity to support social movements in struggle and yet nothing happened." "The lie of the Tunisian revolution has brought forth another lie, the WSF lie, which reminds the Tunisian people and all the people in struggle that another lie is possible."
A speech by Ian Angus, June 2013 suggestions include (as the last one) : " closing down all military operations at home and elsewhere; transforming the armed forces into voluntary teams charged with restoring ecosystems and assisting the victims of environmental disasters." "There is a giant death sentence hanging over much of our world, and capitalism is the executioner. That’s why Climate & Capitalism rewrote Rosa Luxemburg’s famous warning, to say that humanity must choose between ecosocialism and barbarism. And that’s also why, in the 21st century, socialists must be ecosocialists, and humanity needs an ecosocialist revolution."
"Remove Corruption Not Subsidies" "469 NASS members gulp N1.12 trillion and its ok....But 160million citizens gulp N1.3trillion and it becomes an issue. #OCCUPYNIGERIA."
Wir erzählen diese vielen Lesern vielleicht bekannte Geschichte, weil es Andeutungen gibt, dass sich dieser wunderbare Schritt in der Biologie wiederholen könnte. In der Fachzeitschrift "Nature" vom 25. Januar spekulieren zwei amerikanische Genomforsche
Tomorrow, (actually today 30 November) the Aviation Week and Credit Suisse will be holding their 17th annual Aerospace & Defense Finance Conference in NYC. These war profiteers export death in the name of defense. They have obscene influence over our democracy with politicians in their pockets and hundreds of lobbyists working congress. They sell arms to to the 1% so that war can be waged against the 99% in efficient and technologically advanced ways. #OWS will not stand silent as these dangerous parasites take our tax dollars and turn them into arms and profit.
M. Maciejewski. Doktryna rewolucyjnego konserwatyzmu wobec narodowego socjalizmu: 1921 - 1945, 207, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, Wrocław, (1991)