OWS: What Can the Global Occupy Movement Learn from Egypt?
Revolutions are complex phenomenons which do not follow linear or predictable courses. The 1789 French revolution went through many phases encompassing its hardening and journey towards collective psychosis once Robespierre took control during the brutal phase known as the Terror. During this period of madness, so many heads were getting cut off by summary Guillotine […]
Occupy Wall Street Photojournal: Come to Manhattan!
by Kenneth Lipp A cross-section of America has gathered in New York City to demand an end to the deference given to corporations and greed over people and needs. “We are here to kill war.” Bukowsi Photographs from the first 5 days of Occupy Wall Street. Photos by Joanne Stocker I watched a young man […]
Will we Have a Global Paradigm Shift away from Obsolete Ideologies?
Philosopher Thomas Kuhn gave paradigm its modern definition in reference to the set of principles and practices that define a scientific discipline at a particular period. In his seminal book “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”, Kuhn introduced the notion that most significant scientific progresses are made by quantum leaps, which he called paradigm shifts. In […]
Global Depression: It Is Time For World Citizens To Rise Against Shock Capitalism
After the United States downgrade in credit ratings, Wall Street plummeted today. Now the shock wave is moving quickly to Asia, at some point the market was down by 10 percent in South Korea. It will surely reach Europe when the markets will open. Investors on worldwide financial markets are panicking, as they always do, […]
United States of America: The Lowest Common Denominator Empire
Like a bottle of milk, all empires have their expiration date. Rome lasted a millennium; the French and British empires had a global reach for centuries. Others were not as successful and disappeared in a few years. This was, of course, the case for the psychotic empire that Adolf Hitler tried to create. He thought […]
