Hasta La Creative!

An indie filmmaker traveled to Zuccotti in September 2011… this is what he saw.

Over the course of history, human welfare has transformed from an economy of gifts to an economy of commodities. In his new book, Sacred Economics, Charles Eisenstein explores how we can realign towards the humanity-based economy.

URL: http://sacred-economics.com

A year after the Arab Spring touched down in Bahrain, the people of that country are still demanding change. At Pearl Roundabout, the epicentre of last years’ vicious government crackdown, protestors have gathered again.

Our mental software is ill prepared for the technological experiment humans have unleashed on the natural world … but it’s not too late to update the program. If you haven’t already, check out this award-winning documentary inspired by Ronald Wright’s 2005 book, A Short History of Progress.

URL: http://survivingprogress.com

Live stream from the nonviolent Occupy Movement in NYC and financial districts around the world.

The Occupy movement has taken much of its inspiration from Spain’s “Outraged” movement. What lessons does Spain have for Occupy now?

Via The Real News. Transcript of the interview available here.

“Shoot first, think later.”
Watch and learn about the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) being debated in Washington, legislation that will give big companies and government agencies the power to shut down any website they please.

Find out more at http://http://americancensorship.org

How the multinational corporate kleptocracy and global tax evasion keeps millions of Sub-Saharan Africans trapped in poverty.

Money taken illegally from the developing world is worth 10 times annual global aid budgets, according to a recent study by a Swedish agency, Forum Syd.

Tax evasions by multinational companies in Africa is so vast that one tax analyst believes that if the money were paid, most of the continent would be “developed” by now.

But, lacking a sophisticated tax code, or the people qualified to enforce tax laws, many African countries continue to lose money that could solve most of its financial problems.

Al Jazeera’s Peter Greste reports from Nairobi.

URL: http://www.aljazeera.com/video/africa/2012/01/201211684512130367.html

A year and a half after Toronto’s G20 protests, 6 organizers face sentences of up to 2 years in jail. Here’s a message from those still on trial by the Canadian government.

Read the full statement at conspiretoresist.wordpress.com and show your support!

Unrepentant architects of the financial crisis, Goldman Sachs, Robert Rubin, Larry Summers, Harvey Mansfield and Niall Ferguson get a holiday visit from the Occu-elves.