’nuff said, Naomi: “Our enslavement to oil has required the repression of millions of Arab people. As they shake off their bonds, so must we.” – Naomi Klein In celebration of this eminent tweet let me recycle two cartoons 🙂 Update: Cover of The Economist Cover of February 26th – March 4th 2011 “The Economist”…
Month: February 2011
Sachs, Brown et al comment on Egypt, Tunesia etc
January and February of 2011 have seen the people of Tunisia and Egypt in unprecedented protests. While it seems the overwhelming sentiment of the people in the streets are for less repression and corruption, more freedom and democracy Western commentators have mentioned the danger of radical Muslim influences. Fortunately, this weekend a few voices of…
Home, Sweet Home
Having just arrived home from Kenya – summed up at TH!NK3 in Touching. Brutal. Unfair. – I instantly find two stories from Kenya in my search alerts and one Ecowar-like post on the new TH!NK blog. First, Photo District News / An Under-Reported War Over Water is an interview and background article about photographer Evan Abramson’s recent project…