Seeing Wetiko: On Capitalism, Mind Viruses, and Antidotes for a World in Transition
By Alnoor Ladha, Martin Kirk
Kosmos Journal, Spring | Summer 2016
What if we told you that humanity is being driven to the brink of extinction by an illness? That all the poverty, the climate devastation, the perpetual war, and consumption fetishism we see all around us have roots in a mass psychological infection? What if we went on to say that this infection is not just highly communicable…
Unleashing the Learner: Massive Open Online Courses and the Decolonization of Education
By Rhonda Fabian
PUBLISHED IN SPRING | SUMMER 2016
There is a sea change under way in higher education, and it’s not in the ways that traditional universities think about themselves or do business. It’s not in the admissions requirements or policies of the elite universities. And you won’t find it spelled out in any new theory of learning.
It is a shift of power and autonomy from the…
Confessions Of A Panama Papers Hit Man
By John Perkins, via his blog with kind permission
As an Economic Hit Man (EHM) in the 1970s I spent a great deal of time in Panama. I hate to admit it, but I helped forge the system that has now been exposed in the Panama Papers. It is a system of legalized crimes. How else can we describe it?
This EHM system has created a global economy where 62 individuals have as much wealth as half the…
A Call for Creative Engagement | Seeing Wetiko
A Very Special Campaign from Our Friends at /The Rules
"Calling all painters, photographers, filmmakers, musicians, dancers, graffiti artists, fine art students, animators, sculptors, designers, actors, advertisers, poets, writers, illustrators, tech specialists, crafters and anyone with a passion for creating, we’d love to hear from you.
We invite you; creatives, artists and activists of all…
Meeting the Inappropriate/d – The Liminality of Justice and Reconciliation in Canada
By Bayo Akomolafe, via his blog
Keynote Address [Bill Reid Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada / Organized by Simon Fraser University and the City of Vancouver] May 5, 2016
Just as my wife, Ej, finished putting my box together for this trip, our two year old daughter, Alethea, came to her and asked her where I was going. “Dada’s going on a plane to a country called Canada, dear”, she replied.…
How to Decolonize Your Yoga Practice
By Susanna Barkataki, via Decolonizing Yoga
As an Indian woman living in the U.S. I’ve often felt uncomfortable in many yoga spaces. At times, such as when I take a $25.00 yoga class by a well-known teacher who wants to “expose us to the culture by chanting Om to start class“ and her studio hangs the Om symbol in the wrong direction, my culture is being stripped of its meaning and sold back to…
Wetiko | Healing the Madness Within
If ever there was a time when the turning inward of self-reflection was of critical importance, it is now, in our present catastrophic epic. - Paul Levy: Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking The Curse Of Evil
Dear Reader,
Maybe you have already heard of wetiko -a Native American word, that means “a wicked person or spirit who terrorizes others by means of evil acts.” Wetiko can also describe a toxic…
Two Statements on the Upcoming World Humanitarian Aid Summit
The first World Humanitarian Aid Summit to be held in Istanbul next week, comes at a crucial time. War and natural disaster has ripped apart families and displaced communities at levels unseen since World War II.
The topics to be covered at the Summit are daunting: how to stop assaults on human rights and human rights workers workers, and improve protection for people in need. Yet, those…
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Spring | Summer 2016 Digital Edition
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