RAGE-ing back, The Oh No Canada version

Welcome to another edition of Rage

Radio against Global Ecocide

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The Oh No Canada version, Second largest Colonial institution (by Land Mass) in the World.

I am your host Seymour Lyphe.

 Okay I have been gone for a while and time for a new show.

Let’s talk about colonialism; two of the largest colonial institutions in the world celebrated their anniversaries this past week. Can you guess who they are?  As Waziyatawin said in her interview with me one cannot be decolonizing and still get teary eyed over the colonial national flag or anthem.

It is important to see this institutions for what they are; justification for genocide and continual destruction of the natural world.

There are atrocities committed each day under the name of national security, national economies and the people even when the atrocities are committed against the people themselves.

I will be doing a full show on colonialism and its effects on the environment.

So… let’s have a look at what been going on while I have been gone;

1)      Well first off is the BP’s disaster in the Gulf. (regarded as the biggest oil disaster  US history and with the most lack lustre response.)

• It is incredible with all money and technology the US has they have yet stopped the flow of oil.
• Also that there has not a more outrage form the general public. Sure everyone thinks it bad but very few understand this is really out right murder of the life in the Gulf. But then is not really not that surprising given how separated we are from that which truly keeps us alive.
• I was horrified to learn that BP and refusing to allow the rescue of sea turtle and actually burning them alive.  http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1101844/pg1
• Stephanie McMillian is raise money for a the emergency summit and hopefully they can http://minimumsecurity.net/blog/gulf-summit-fundraiser/
• http://www.gulfemergencysummit.org/  go help out the summit any way you can. One thing of note much of the demands are human centric. I do not have issue  human concern, my concern is the fact humans are not the most important species on the planet. It is something we need to understand if we are going to make real strides  in real change for the environment.
• If anyone needs proof that Joe Public real does not care it is a perfect example.
• Check out the video on the website from Wimp.com.  Apparently this has happened before. http://www.wimp.com/oilspills

2)      The Tar Sands are nearly back to 2008 levels of production before the time of Bails out and avarice ( hold it! … those time have always been with us; for at least 6000 years).  Obviously my bumper stickers about the tar sand ain’t doing much. of course much of this is directed at investors so the rose story about the Tar Sands is design to get more of them specially with the reassurance that the grow will be mostly in-situ and thus less of an environmental impact (Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more…).

3)      The World People’s Conference on Climate Change- The Rights of Mother Earth.

• I heartened that such a conference happens and that people would gather and put out such document. (http://pwccc.wordpress.com/prorgama/ )
• Not answered: How do we deal those who do not recognize or willing ignore the rights of mother earth and all living beings? How do we deal with the Wetiko?
• There is a good article on the Energy Bulletin Called  Why sociopaths win & why, no, you don’t want to be one of them by Kathy McMahon  http://www.energybulletin.net/node/53296 .

4)      Oh Yeah speaking of Sociopaths there was the G8- G20.

• The Media and the cops made sure the really issues were not talked about. Check out Naomi Klein on Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/28/naomi_klein_the_real_crime_scene
• Also check out what was not reported by the Main Stream Media in this piece by Franklin Lopez of SubmediaTV  did for Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/28/toronto_police_arrest_over_600_in
• And just in case there was doubt that Democracy is dying if not Dead already in the Western World check this out http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/david_vassey . Rules are always made for the rich and their lackeys.
• Also note when it was held. During the World Cup on the final weekend of the group stage when most of the world would not be paying any attention. This too is not a coincidence. As a friend of mine says watch for the reasons things are done. They are reasons that are not always obvious.

5)      And most importantly during this time – 3 months

• 3.3 million hectares of forest were lost (1 hectares =2.47 acres)
• 6,900 species went extinct
• CO₂ is at 390 ppm and rising not falling
• And roughly 19.5 million people were added to the world population, more than half the population of Canada.

 At what point?

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Oh No Canada

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Calling All Fanatics

Protecting nature should be more important than enjoying it
by Derrick Jensen

Published in the July/August 2010 issue of Orion magazine

I’VE ALWAYS kind of hated that quote by Edward Abbey about being a half-hearted fanatic (“Be as I am—a reluctant enthusiast . . . a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic”). Not so much because of the racism and misogyny that characterized some of his work. And not even because of the quote itself. But rather because of how that quote has been too often misused by people who put too much emphasis on the half-hearted, and not nearly enough emphasis on the fanatic.

The fundamental truth of our time is that this culture is killing the planet. We can quibble all we want—and quibble too many do—about whether it is killing the planet or merely causing one of the six or seven greatest mass extinctions in the past several billion years, but no reasonable person can argue that industrial civilization is not grievously injuring life on Earth.

The rest of the article can be found here http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/5622

 

 

Here’s an idea:

plug-the-well by Stephanie McMillan

 

Mass Organizing Meeting to Stop the Gulf Ecological Disaster

July 5th, 2010

Calling all people in South Florida, if you’re angry about the Gulf oil spill and all its associated crimes, please come to an organizing meeting for a new coalition to fight back against these atrocities and those responsible. I’ll be there — hope you will too!
Stephanie

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Here’s the Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=135485193148140&ref=mf

Mass Organizing Meeting to Stop the Gulf Ecological Disaster
Date: Saturday, July 10, 2010
Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm
Location: St. Maurice Catholic Church (Hospitality Room), 2851 Stirling Road, Dania Beach, Florida

Go or send what support you  can, it is important!!