OK, I know this article comes from the Iranian news agency FARS, which may for some Westeners not be a source they would normally turn to for information (though I personally find it to be usually well thought out and sourced, and also level-headed - not glammed up or distorted, as Western news tends to... Continue Reading →
Millennial Disengagement
"Have millennials given up on democracy?" Asks The Guardian Photo credit: Young people demonstrate in Lyon against a new labour code they called ‘an unprecedented offensive against the young’. Photograph: Konrad K/Sipa/Rex Shutterstock "...young adults are deeply sceptical about democracy". They should be. Except that perhaps the system they are basing that opinion on is... Continue Reading →
2014, The Year Everything Changes
"It's The System, Stupid!" - US Ex-President, Bill Clinton It is the system. The system is corrupt and bears us (you and me) no good will. The system must go. Democracy is dead. Overpowered, overcome and taken over by Corporate lobbyists, Corporate greed and Corporate money. Well, actually, democracy is not quite dead but has... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 