We find ourselves subjected to a political world of fixations of opinions around claims to truth, half-truth, distorted truth, fake news, suppressed information, falsehoods, deceptions, denial, and outright lies. Continue reading
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We find ourselves subjected to a political world of fixations of opinions around claims to truth, half-truth, distorted truth, fake news, suppressed information, falsehoods, deceptions, denial, and outright lies. Continue reading
IST. Draft: August 2003
Updated Draft: November 2018 Continue reading
An Appreciation
The European Union has established a union of 28 member states. The EU states it has built a “community of peace, freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.” Continue reading
We, citizens (not all!), of Totnes, Devon, England, have declared ourselves as an independent city state.
We take an oath of allegiance to the EU.
We have issued the Totnes passport.
The Declaration of the Reformation of Brexit has been nailed (well, blue tack) to the 17th century Guiildhall door.
Totnes invites other towns and cities around the UK to follow Totnes.
The Totnes Oath states: “Compassion, endeavour, ingenuity, altruism, diligence, daring and a peace-loving commitment to the dignity of all sentient beings”).”
PS. Big thanks to Jonathan Cooper and others in Totnes for this initiative.
Are we moving the furniture around on a sinking ship?
The ship is capitalism. There are alternatives to capitalism/socialism/communism – the predominant ideologies of the past centuries.
The new economics (reconomics) generates ethics, values, co-operation, local community, sustainability and international co-operation.
These take priority in political decision making. Continue reading