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Our Vanishing World: Birds
By Robert J. Burrowes At the beginning of the nineteenth century, it is estimated that the total number of passenger pigeons in the United States was about three billion birds. The bird was immensely abundant, as illustrated by this passage … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Environment, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technology, war
Tagged Biodiversity, Birds, Climate Change, Dr. Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Ecology, environment, Extinction, habitat destruction, Herbicides, Insects, Neonicotinoids, passenger pigeons, Pesticides, Philosophy, plastics, poaching, psychology, radiation, Socialization, Sociology, Violence, war, wildlife trafficking
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Our Vanishing World: Wildlife
By Robert J. Burrowes Throughout its history, Earth has experienced five mass extinction events. See, for example, ‘Timeline Of Mass Extinction Events On Earth’. It is now experiencing the sixth. The Ordovician-Silurian Extinction, which occurred about 439 million years ago, … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, education, Environment, History, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged 6th Extinction, Biodiversity, Biosphere, civilization, co-extinction, Cognitive Revolution, Ecology, environment, Extinction, extinction cascades, habitat destruction, localized extinctions, Mass Extinction, Philosophy, pollution, psychology, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Sociology, Violence, Yuval Noah Harari
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Our Vanishing World: Rainforests
By Robert J. Burrowes Rainforests are a crucial feature of Earth’s biosphere. Apart from being critical to Earth’s climate and vital carbon sinks, the major player in Earth’s hydrological (water) cycle, a massive producer of oxygen and home to most … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Energy, Environment, Health, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Science, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Agriculture, Biodiversity, biofuels, Biosphere, Cattle, Consumerism, culture, ecosystems, environment, Global Elites, Jair Bolsonaro, junk foods, Logging, mining, Philosophy, rainforest destruction, Rainforests, society, Sociology, vegetable oils
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Neoliberal Defenestration and the Overton Window
By Stephen Martin Source: CounterPunch ‘It is difficult to get Artificial Intelligence to understand something, when the Research and Development funding it depends upon its not understanding it’– Paraphrase of Upton Sinclair. defenestration (diːˌfɛnɪˈstreɪʃən) n the act of throwing a person or thing out … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, imperialism, Inequality, Labor, Militarization, Neoliberalism, Philosophy, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technology, Work
Tagged AI, artificial intelligence, automation, Biodiversity, Corporatism, Economics, empire, Free Market, Hegemony, imperialism, Neoliberalism, Overton Window, panopticon, Philosophy, politics, Robotics, Utilitarianism
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Agrochemicals and Institutional Corruption: Pleading with the Slave Master Will Not Set You Free
By Colin Todhunter Source: CounterPunch Environmental campaigner Dr Rosemary Mason has just written to President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans and Health Commissioner Vytenis Andruikaitis. As set out below, she asks … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, elites, Environment, GMOs, Health, imperialism, Neoliberalism, NGOs, Science, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged Agribusiness, Agrochemicals, Agroecology, Big Ag, Biocides, Biodiversity, Cancer, Die-Offs, environment, Gates Foundation, Glyphosate, GM Crops, GMO, Herbicides, Industrial Agriculture, Localisation, Monsanto, Neoliberalism, Neonicotinoids, Pesticides, Roundup, World Bank
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Biological Annihilation on Earth Accelerating
By Robert J. Burrowes Human beings are now waging war against life itself as we continue to destroy not just individual lives, local populations and entire species in vast numbers but also destroy the ecological systems that make life on … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Environment, Health, Science, society, State Crime, war
Tagged 6th Extinction, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Earth, Ecological Catastrophe, environment, environmental catastrophe, Extinction, habitat loss, Humans, invasive organisms, Mass Extinction, Nuclear War, Overconsumption, overexploitation, pollution, Population Growth, toxification, war
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Capture, Smear, Contaminate: The Politics Of GMOs
By Colin Todhunter Source: RINF When rich companies with politically-connected lobbyists and seats on public bodies bend policies for their own ends, we are in serious trouble. It is then that public institutions become hijacked and our choices, freedoms and … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, Empire, Environment, Geopolitics, GMOs, Health, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged Biodiversity, Biotech Industry, FDA, GMOs, Lobbyists, Monsanto, Pesticides, Seralini, US Foreign Policy, Vandana Shiva
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