Foray into US Culture: Recycling ... and Marketing Recycling (p1) (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Susan Galleymore)
A winding and varied career path eventually paid me well to work in corporate 'Internet marketing and communication'.I was not responsible, thank the gods, for coming up with hard-core 'messaging' - capitalism's lingua franca   that persuades shoppers, voters, fashionistas, lovers, etc., to shut    down their critical thinking faculties and open up their wallets to keep   up with The Joneses.I was glad to be a paid member of   a media team for I found marketing and communication presented me key    insights into our dominant culture, how it functions, who keeps it    going, how, and why. The point at which it rankled, indeed the point at    which I departed the team,  was when I was tasked with white- and    green-washing corporate ideology.Whether team members notice it    or not, sooner or later, this point always comes in this line of work.    For the essential driver of this work is having fun finding catchy new    ways of persuading people to spend money and ensure    corporate/corporate-like capital accumulates - not only regardless of    consequences but, most importantly, not asking about potentially devastating consequences.Only   recently has a small segment of the shopping public begun to    acknowledge the consequences of shop- 'til-you-drop: garbage dumps that    have grown so unwieldy that America gifts developing countries with its waste; the swirling, unbounded Great Pacific Garbage Patch; and landfills that evolve into residential neighborhoods in the US and around the world.Anyway, let me cut short a long polemic on capitalism and say: Yes, mea culpa:   I am one of a shrinking group who believes, as the Beatles put it,    'money can't buy me love'...nor can money persuade me to spread the    ubiquitous, usually corporate but not only corporate lies that go into    toxifying land, water, air, or people. Read what I mean here.I   fail to see how the complex system that is core to capitalism's wealth    extraction and accumulation can continue to savage the planet with    impunity. Nor do I see happy-ever-after looming on the horizon.Happily,   though, I see a group of people who, not only do not share my    doom-and-gloom perspective but find ways nicely to use capitalism's    messaging tools and coax into bloom alternatives from capitalism's    stagnant waters....JUST THE FACTS Fact 1:    I'm using an old toothbrush whose bristles are distorted and scratch my   gums so they hurt, and sometimes bleed. (Yes, I do have an electric    toothbrush. It is battery operated and opens up a line for future    inquiry: how to dispose, benignly, of AA batteries.) Fact 2: I need a new toothbrush. Fact 3:    I loathe shopping (the avid and avaricious buying 'look,' choosing one    thing from an  overwhelming glut, trying it on, bringing it home,    grrrrr....)   Buy online, you say? Here's an example of that enterprise: NiceTouch Disposable Toothbrushes.   Smooth head has 38 tufts of soft, end-rounded nylon bristles. Brushes    come without mint paste. 144 cello-wrapped brushes per box. Cost?   $45.99 plus tax, plus shipping plus the cost of a storage unit to keep   them until I use them all up or I die of old age, whichever comes    first. Fact 4: I put off and put off and put off the quick trip to a local store to buy a new toothbrush. Fact 5: I shop for groceries (mostly) at Trader Joe's.[read on ... page 2]  

Caoital in the Twenty-First Century (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Thomas Riggins)
  

Ukraine (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by John-Paul Leonard)
  

The Ideal Society and the Ideal U.S. Constitution (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Roger Copple)
After describing 6 major political and religious groups, the author explains how unity among all the diversity can be achieved by passing an amendment to revise Article V so that laws thereafter will be easier to change, and the Constitution will be easier to amend and easier to abolish.  Then when the 7 largest national political parties are empowered through Proportional Representation to have a Constitutional Convention, a new  Constitution can be created.  The author then proposes his ideal constitution called the Third Constitution of the United States, following the Articles of Confederation and the current constitution.     

rlene Goldbard: Art and Story As Activism, Awakener and Change Catalyst (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Rob Kall)
podcast and transcript in two parts  

Anti-Aging and Regeneration (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Dr. Hans J. Kugler, PhD)
Applied anti-aging is a, scientifically documented, reality/possibility.  

Health Care (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Shirley Braverman)
  

Gardening (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Shirley Braverman)
  

Poetry (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Shirley Braverman)
  

Non-interventionism and Ukraine (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Charles Roll)
Non-interventionist sentiment is growing in USA. What should a non-interventionist policy or position look like for the Ukraine issues?  

Gender Equality is Essential to our Survival as a Species (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by John Coombes)
For too long our species has been dominated by male dominated short term thinking. We have now reached a crossroads where if this short term attitude is continued it will take us to our own self-destruction. Gender equality is no longer the political football it has been for centuries but a matter of life and death. It was Albert Einstein who said 'The thinking that created the problem is quite incapable of solving it' and nothing is truer about the challenges we now face in this 21st century  

Toke Signals TV / Radio Cannabis / Marijuana Weekly News Program (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by )
Toke Signals TV / Radio is your source for the latest in uncut, uncensored, no-holds-barred, non-corporate-controlled cannabis news, hosted by Steve Elliott, author of the Little Black Book of Marijuana and editor of TokeSignals.com. Find out what you need to know about the week in cannabis / marijuana news, in 30 minutes or less!   

Odisha and Sea Turtles (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Basudev Mahapatra)
Odisha is the only state in India to have three Olive Ridley turtle mass nesting sites. Lakhs of turtles visit Odisha coasts every year for mass nesting.  

Medea Benjamin; How To Interrupt a President (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Rob Kall)
audio podcast interview and two part transcrip-- how to do it-- planning, strategy and execution  

Bill Holt's Dreamies® (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by William Holt)
Video art and politics.  

Prose-poetry, Politics, Personal Growth (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Patrick Frank)
In this series of prose-poems, I explore issues related to personal growth and politics in the form of prose-poetry.  

Globalism/Agenda 21 and Related (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Rima E Laibow MD)
   Globalism is a process in which economic, social, legal, health and military systems are brought under a single controlling agency, often the United Nations and its component agencies.   The policies and intentions of the process of Globalism include sharp reduction of the global population and limitation of personal options, choices, movement and property ownership.   The tools of globalism are, fundamentally, totally antithetical to personal liberty, health or freedom and must be halted, reversed and eliminated while there is still time and opportunity to do so.   Recommended sites: www.TRUTHAboutAgenda21.com, www.DrRimaTruthReports.com, www.GDS-Therapy.com     

The Secret of the Human Heart (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Cynthia Piano)
   The Secret of the Human Heart is a series dedicated to the innate gifts all of us have within; the ability to love unconditionally, assist others, and live a full joyful life.   Through it we explore what we all have in common, to co-create a peaceful abundant world.     

Climate Change (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by CJ Orach)
        

TruthIsLouder News (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by )
   Truth is Louder voices the   public interest. Enjoy interesting and informative articles-   Find out about the harsh realities of whistleblowing and   conducting a legal case without any legal representation. For the general public, 'self-represented litigants', would-be whistleblowers and the   people who support them.      

Whistleblower, No FEAR (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Marsha Coleman-Adebayo)
This series will focus on the plight of whistleblowers and social justice. 

EAT THE PRESS - Don't Read It! (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by John K Roberts)
In this series, we published the inane, un-vetted 'prevarications that are passed along to us by unreliable and unknown sources.  Our Journalistic Creed demands that we race to publication before doing any fact checking because we believe:'That Your Right To Know Supersedes Our Right To Tell The Truth'!Proceed with caution and be sure to wear your 'big boy pants', or 'push up bra'; best read in the nude.  - Publisher

Rape, violence, and culture (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Jennifer McClendon)
We need an honest and comprehensive conversation on rape, violence, and culture. I plan to deliver one of what I hope will be many voices on this matter. 

getnetabebe (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by getnet abebe)
getnetabebe is good wish for equality in history in future .getnetabebe    was born in small town in  mola, ethiopia .now i am learn in addis ababa   ,journalism and communication.i have great hope in future,to make    Ethiopia democracy.i am parent less,and i am pass alot of    challenge.personally,i like white but i see equal with black people.life   for me teach alot,leave and learn in ethiopia is very challenge.

War Against Syria? (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Thomas Magstadt)
A two-part series on the folly of fighting another unnecessary war in the Middle East.

Corporate Charades (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Gary Brumback)
A corporation is made up of many parts. Some of them are   charades. One of them is the corporate ethics program. This article is about   it. Others will eventually follow on the other parts. The next essay will be   about corporate social responsibility programs.         As long as the general public is duped and stays duped corporations   and their government stooges will continue pretending they are putting people,   peace and the environment over profit and power. When you think about it, the   entire corporation is a charade, not just particular parts of it. The U.S. Supreme   Court farcically ruled in 2010 that corporations are persons. People who really   believe that carry on conversations with stuffies. If only corporations were as   benign as stuffies!         

Opednews and Rob Kall Awarded Pillar Award for Supporting Whistleblowers and 1st Amendment Rights (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Rob Kall)

International (0 articles.) (# of views) (Created by Burcu Cekmece)