Bye, Bye Ms. American Empire–Can We Talk About Secession Now? By Bill Kauffman
ORIGINAL ARTICLE The following is an excerpt from BIll Kauffman’s Bye, Bye Miss American Empire (Chelsea Green, 2010). Norman Mailer, the novelist and pugilist whose 1969 campaign for mayor of New York City was the most articulate and pugnacious and inspiring...Transition: The Sacred, The Scared, and The Scarred, By Carolyn Baker
I read with great fascination, Rob Hopkins’ critical response to Michael Brownlee’s November 26 article “The Evolution of Transition In The U.S.” In it, Rob begins by listing a number of criticisms of Transition in recent years and adds that criticism of Transition...VIDEO: Richard Heinberg Discusses His New Book "The End of Growth"
Finding Rootedness In The Age of Vulnerability, By John Cavanagh and Robin Broad
ORIGINAL ARTICLE In a world increasingly vulnerable to external shocks, we’re searching for rooted communities—and what we can learn from them. It seems that almost everyone we know is feeling vulnerable these days—whether they are rich or poor, employed or...Four Scenarios For The Coming Collapse of The American Empire, By Alfred McCoy
ORIGINAL ARTICLE A soft landing for America 40 years from now? Don’t bet on it. The demise of the United States as the global superpower could come far more quickly than anyone imagines. If Washington is dreaming of 2040 or 2050 as the end of the American Century,...Who Stole The American Dream?
If you think you’re being lied to about the state of the economy, watch this video, and you’ll KNOW you are.
Slow Money: Reconnecting The Economy To Soil, Biodiversity and Food Quality, By Woody Tasch
ORIGINAL ARTICLE The following is an excerpt from Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered by Woody Tasch (Chelsea Green, 2008). Tasch presents an essential new strategy for investing in local food systems, and...When The Jobless Become The Unemployable, By Catherine Rampell
[Another glaring indicator of the speed with which industrial civilization is collapsing. Inevitably paralleling the end of jobs as we know them is a burgeoning underground economy which will be well in place when fiat currency no longer exists–CB] ORIGINAL...The Televangelist Matrix–Priceless Humor From Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow, tirelessly endeavoring to keep the sins of fundamentalist Christians “straight”