The Thing about Deniers: Holocaust and Global Warming
My daughter, who is a toddler and loves to dance, is addicted to the Weather Channel, particularly the local forecast because the music they play is fantastic to dance to. So while we do not quite have the TV on as wallpaper, often it’s on for her to dance. This morning I saw on that [...]
Privatization and the Creation of Humanity’s Prisons…by Ameena Mayer
Privatization and the Creation of Humanity’s Prisons Traditionally defined as the selling off of public assets to the private sector, over the years the term ‘privatization’ has taken on a variety of meanings, none of which leaves a palatable taste in the mouth of the tenderhearted. Take for instance British Columbia, a province redolent with [...]
Coca-Cola: The Happy-time Beverage Made from Blood…by Ameena Mayer
Coca-Cola: The Happy-time Beverage Made from Blood It is a hot summer day, the kind in which the sunlight splatters upon you like thick slabs of golden lava, running over your face and arms that long for a splash in a sapphire lake. However, you are drowned in the cityscape, the only respite being one [...]
The Corporation Revisited
The Corporation Revisited -Ameena Mayer “A man who is in love declares that ‘I’ and ‘you’ are one, and is prepared to behave as if it were a fact” (Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents). As I watched The Corporation for the third time, the key to humankind’s destructive path toward complete annihilation became apparent [...]
