People have no fucking clue what Hinduism is. The monotheisms – the paths which admit a single truth – are four major and many minor. The four major are Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism. Buddhism is not often discussed as a monotheism, and in many variations it is not, but the notion of a single [...]
Read more →I want to talk a little about techno-political theories of change, and outline where the paths of Julian Assange and I diverged. Although I don’t talk about it very much, I was a cypherpunk in the 1990s. I contributed a little to a software project to protect human rights workers in China. I collaborated with [...]
Read more →Rebel Chinese village of Wukan ‘has food for ten days’ The rebel Chinese village of Wukan, which has driven out the Communist party, has resorted to smuggling in food past a police ring of steel which has cut off its population of more than 20,000. A demonstration in the centre of Wukan village, in south [...]
Read more →I have decided to do something to prevent the abuse of chemical weapons by police. If I was a lawyer I might sue. I’m an engineer: I design. So I am presenting a simple plan for a chemical weapons protection system which is suitable for construction by peaceful protesters. I am aware this is a [...]
Read more →http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gFjUiR1UITcwjb-zi7X0UoH6CHIg?docId=CNG.3da26ae4096a7bf3ae955737adbba454.3c1 Israel threatens to cut off power, water to Gaza (AFP) – 17 hours ago JERUSALEM — Israel warned on Saturday that it would cut the supply of water and electricity to the Gaza Strip if rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas form a unity government. “The foreign ministry is examining the possibility of Israel [...]
Read more →http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/30/greeks-threatened-with-power-cuts Greeks threatened with power cuts if they fail to pay property tax Civil disobedience campaign puts pressure on Athens government as it pushes EU/IMF austerity measures Helena Smith in Athens guardian.co.uk, Sunday 30 October 2011 19.12 GMT Article history Demonstrators and riot police have clashed as Greeks oppose austerity measures imposed by the IMF [...]
Read more →I have been written up on Armed with Science, a Department of Defense web site. Vinay Gupta probably did not expect to serve as an inspiration for a DoD research project. As a programmer, master of Nepalese magic, editorial staff-member at the Rocky Mountain Institute and, most recently, the founder of the Hexayurt Project – [...]
Read more →My life makes even less sense than usual. Remember when I was settled in Cloughjordan Ecovillage in Ireland, putting my feet up and hunkering down for the apocalypse? Yeah, me neither. I was offered a role at Hub Westminster to “do something amazing with nights and weekends” and so I did. So I’m now back [...]
Read more →This piece appears to form the foundation of Adbusters Tactical Briefing 18, which gets the basics but misses two important points. Hexayurt Encampment at Burning Ice, Brussels. Click for video of the winter camp. I’ve been getting a couple of pings a day about providing infrastructural support for #Occupy. I get pinged by email, on [...]
Read more →Once in a while, life gets complicated. That’s not usually good news, but this time is an exception. I’ll try and keep the near-infinite complexity of the situation down to a few key core facts. * I left Ireland for a quick trip to visit the KaosPilots with Dougald (of Dark Mountain) and Barbora (of [...]
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