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Why Doesn’t Poland Have Any Nuclear Power Plants?
Written by Artur Kacprzak
The answer to this question is a chronological sequence of various factors which have interacted ever since the Second World War. Coal The first factor is coal. Mother Nature has richly endowed the current territory of Poland with “black gold” as the Poles call it. Its coal reserves were sufficient […]
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Has America Found Its Occupation?
Written by Max Webster
I could hear the bongos playing from down the block. As I walked closer to Zuccotti Park, the pseudo headquarters of the Occupy Wall Street Movement, every one of my senses lit up. I saw colorful costumes and hand-painted signs, I felt the massive throng of people sliding along as […]
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It´s all about real social cohesion!
Written by Kapell
Everything started in August 2008 when all kinds of Mexicans flooded the Zócalo -the main square in the historic center of Mexico City – with thousands of lit candles in a mass demonstration of their unease. The assassination of the son of Alejandro Marti – a renowned Mexican businessman – […]
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The Greater We: Who is the ‘We’?
Written by Ajinkya
While 20th century promised us wonderlands, 21st century is bringing in a new clarity through revolutions where the greater we knows that a ‘final solution’ is never feasible and there are many ‘we’s in a ‘greater we’.
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#OWS – The First Steps Towards Real Open Government?
Written by Ole Wintermann
After reading this weekend’s blog posts in the mainstream media in Germany, I am a bit surprised at the traditional view of the “occupy” demonstrations of this past weekend. For instance, the headline published by the most relevant German media site – SPON – was “99% stayed at home.” The […]
