I Don’t Pay

The European culture jam spreads.

From Adbusters Blog

Instead of begging their governments for non-existent mercy, activists in major centres across Europe are taking their public services into their own hands. They are engaging in creative resistance, one that initiates instead of making demands. Transit, healthcare, utilities, you name it, nothing is out of reach. Watch and be inspired by this growing culture jam. See people living what Franco Berardi Bifo calls our new cultural task:

“To live the inevitable with a relaxed soul. To call forth a big wave of withdrawal, of massive dissociation, of desertion from the scene of the economy, of non-participation in the fake show of politics. The crucial focus of social transformation is creative singularity. The existence of singularities is not to be conceived as a personal way to salvation, they may become a contagious force.”

Paul Mason

The “cancelled future” generation has gone from apathetic despair to inspired action.

From Adbusters Blog

The “cancelled future” generation has undergone a radical shift from apathetic despair to inspired action, says journalist Paul Mason.

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/video/2012/jan/23/paul-mason-rev…

Ireland’s 99% left holding the bag


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Once a rising star in the industrialized world, Ireland now has the highest per capita national debt in the world – a debt to be paid by the people, not the 1% behind the crash.

Read more at Al Jazeera: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/peopleandpower/2012/01/2012119847466…

Occupy North Pole

Naughty banks have got to go.

From Adbusters Blog

San Francisco’s annual SantaCon event delivered an extra occupy message this year, asking citizens to give the leading financial companies an extra hefty lump of coal. Catch the spirit of these holiday revelers and make this holiday season one to remember – move your cash from the big banks once and for all and join your local credit union.

The top 1%


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With 1% of Americans controlling 40% of the country’s wealth, Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines examines the gap between the rich and the rest.