Politics - United Diversity

Pam Warhurst: How we can eat our landscapes

I love Pam Warhust. She is such a inspirational, grounded and powerful woman. This is one of my favourite TED talks, by far. Please, watch and share it now. It is about the inspirational story of Incredible Edible Todmorden [https://www.incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk/] which has now spawned the Incredible

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Liquid Democracy is NOT Delegative Democracy

> Liquid Democracy is a fast, decentralized, collaborative question-answering system, which works by enabling chained answer recommendation. It occupies the middle ground somewhere between direct and representative democracy, and is designed to ensure that the things we all hold in common stay properly maintained (by small, stealthy, distributed teams of

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Inside Job

The last version of this film we posted [/must-see-film-inside-job-with-spanish-subtitles/] has since been removed so here it is again (this time with Greek subtitles). It is an important film well worth watching. You can also watch (and download) it on vimeo [https://vimeo.com/23086688], or download it via bittorrent [https:

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California’s P2P Carsharing Bill Passes Assembly 63-0

Carsharing just took a step forward on June 3rd in California when AB1871 passed the Assembly with zero opposition. The bill now goes to the Senate and could become law before the year is out. We talked about the potential for this bill to accelerate the already fast growing [https:

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A French Twist On GDP

Sarkozy proposes measuring happiness. I’m starting to think that French President Sarkozy is a Sightline fan. Last week it was a killer carbon tax [https://www.worldchanging.com/resolveuid/c02e6bca6e3a3ec7631b2bb1214b8f48] proposal; now it’s something else near and dear to our hearts: a national measure of happiness [https://www.

Agriculture

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash

This is one of the best peak oil movies. A must see documentary.

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Money as Debt

Widespread debt slavery created by an insane banking system is undoubtedly one of the biggest problems we all face. This video animation, Money as Debt [https://www.moneyasdebt.net/] by Paul Grignon [https://www.moneyasdebt.net/], is undoubtedly one the most important films ever made. If you don’t yet

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What A Way To Go: Life At The End Of Empire

I just watched this. As it says at the beginning it is very dense, but overall I think it is really rather good. For more info about the movie visit the website [https://www.whatawaytogomovie.com/] Peak Moment 72: “What a Way to Go” – Meet the Filmmakers

Activism

The War On Democracy by John Pilger

A brilliant new documentary from John Pilger about the reality of USA’s role in Latin America and the world. “It is about the struggle of people to free themselves from a modern form of slavery.”

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Outfoxed

Outfoxed examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, have been running a “race to the bottom” in television news. This film provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangers of ever-enlarging corporations taking control of the public’s right to know. It is made

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This Is What Democracy Looks Like

One of the first documentaries made by Big Noise Films [https://www.bignoisefilms.com/] and still one of the best. This follows the explosive events of Seattle in 1999.

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Fourth World War

Another great documentary from Big Noise Films [https://www.bignoisefilms.com/]

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Network

Here are some clips from the amazing 1976 film, Network. A truly brilliant film about media that also touches on the realities of oil and money. The classic “Mad as Hell” speech is repeated a bit below, because I wanted to include the first clip that includes what happened beforehand,

Agriculture

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

This is one of the best videos about Peak Oil because rather than focussing on the potential doom and gloom, it shows how communities can work together to implement solutions 🙂 Watch it now!

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The Corporation

Another must see documentary that we’ve screened [https://uniteddiversity.com/the-corporation-zapatista-space-hijackers-and-lab-of-ii/] a couple of times. Watch it now! (and considering buying the book or original DVD, or just donating, at https://www.thecorporation.com/ )

Activism

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

This is a must see film. We’ve screened it [https://uniteddiversity.com/the-revolution-will-not-be-televised-screening] a few times, but if you’ve still not seen it, please watch it now.

Agriculture

David Korten – The Great Turning

Last night, when I should’ve been asleep, I watched these video clips and was left totally inspired. 🙂 I strongly encourage you to watch them too. Its great stuff! You should also buy the book: [amtap book:isbn=1887208070] UPDATE: The book in bullet points from David Korten [https://davidkorten.

Activism

Reclaim Love 2007

This just through from the Peace Not War [https://peace.fm] list via the Creative Forum [https://creativeforum.org] list… Reclaim Love 2007 [https://www.o-i-l.org] The ONE IN LOVE [https://www.o-i-l.org] VALENTINES CONNECTION. EVERYONE INVITED. SAT 17TH 12.00 MID DAY.@ EROS STATUE PICCADILLY To affirm

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The great global action 2007

The great global action 2007 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwHlbBbZNT4] La gran acción global 2007 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwHlbBbZNT4] English: If you want to know what the great action global 2007 is watch this video www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwHlbBbZNT4 [https://www.youtube.com/

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Unmissable: Sunday Sounds album launch party on July 23rd

I can’t recommend the Sunday Sounds [https://www.myspace.com/sundaysounds] album launch highly enough. It takes place this Sunday July 23rd @ the DA Gallery [https://www.dagallergy.co.uk], 43 Kensington High Street, London W8 5ED [https://uk.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=51.502&lon=

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Protest against Mexico's vote rigging TODAY 1-2pm (and Radical Activist conference 2moro)

As those of you who saw Greg Palast speak at the NUJ last week will know, the recent presidential election in Mexico was marred by blatant vote rigging and Florida-style fraud. An emergency picket outside the Mexican embassy has been organised for tomorrow, Friday July 14, from 1pm to 2pm

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alt.SPACE MARATHON - TWO DAY EVENT - July 28-29, 2006

Via ccred [https://www.ccred.org] on the NODE London [https://www.nodel.org] list:> alt.SPACE MARATHON – TWO DAY EVENT – July 28-29, 2006 The alt.SPACE Group invites you to a two day long event of project presentations, performances open mic sessions, screenings, picnics and BBQs, and some

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Indymedia Film Festival 7th – 15th July

Via Indymedia London [https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/] > Not been invited to the G8 this year? Never mind, indymedia’s hosting an eight day film festival in London venues with no obligation to buy a gallon of Coke or a bucket of popcorn. Please note the

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Peace Not War Album Launch - Thursday 6 July @ Cargo - In memory of the victims of the London Bombings

The Peace Not War Creative Collective [https://peace.fm] are proud to present the launch of their new mixtape on Thursday 6 July in memory of all those victims of the London Bombings on the 7 July 2005. The CD will be launched at a unique event at Shoreditch’s

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Interdependence Day, 1st July 2006

Interdependence Day, 1st July 2006, Royal Geographic Society, London Renga Platform Poetry A renga is a series of short verses linked into one long poem, composed collaboratively by a group. It is a wonderful, reflective experience which draws inspiration from the seasons and our changing relationships with the natural world.