Homo Stupidus

After ages during which the earth produced harmless trilobites and butterflies, evolution progressed to the point at which it has generated Neros, Genghis Khans, and Hitlers. This, however, I believe is a passing nightmare; in time the earth will become again incapable of supporting life, and peace will return

~ Bertrand Russell

 

The Age of Stupid is, as I understood from enthusiastic critics, a “pretty imaginative,” “straightforward” and “striking” drama-documentary about climate change that has just been released in the UK.

 

It is set in the future. A man (Pete Postlethwaite) living alone, in a 2055 devastated world, browsing through media archives of the beginning of the twenty first century, wondering, helplessly, why didn’t we save ourselves when we had the chance.

 

The film, according to its official website is the end result of an independent enterprise that “crowd-raised” over 600,000 USD, selling shares to anonymous individuals and groups.

 

Sounds fascinating!

Tristan

 

On March 13th, 2009, Tristan Anderson was shot in the head with a tear gas bullet by Israeli forces at a protest against the Wall in the Palestinian town of Ni’lin.

On March 16th, on the 6th anniversary of Israel’s murder of Rachel Corrie,  people gathered in solidarity at the Israeli consulate in San Francisco.

 

Illogical Effusiveness

“The decision of the United States should be an example to other countries that share our values.” Tzipi Livni – War Criminal.

Obama has apparently kept up to the business of lampooning his government, country and own personal heritage, and decided for the sake of racist Israel, to boycott the world gathering next April (20-24) in Durban Geneva against racism. Read the full story in this Aljazeera.net article.

Israeli Apartheid Week

The Fifth Annual Israeli Apartheid Week has started across the world this week. It’s taking place in March 1-8, 2009.

 

 

 

The idea first emerged in Toronto in 2005. Last year the event was followed in 25 cities across the globe. This year, the event is arguably more significant since it is taking place in the aftermath of the Gaza massacre (I say aftermath even though people are probably still being killed while you’re reading this).

 

It’s a unique opportunity to expose and learn about the Apartheid cruel regime of Israel, through lectures, films, speeches, works of art…

 

Spread the news around and for a detailed information about the events taking place near you, please visit IsraeliApartheidWeek.org.