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The Labour Movement: Breaking an Old Paradigm

Submitted by TZM global, Published on Wed, 05/01/2013 - 14:07

“The synergetic aspect of industry’s doing ever more work with ever less investment of time and energy per each unit of performance...has never been formally accounted as a capital gain of land-situated society. The synergistic effectiveness of a world-around integrated industrial process is inherently vastly greater than the confined synergistic effect of sovereignly operating separate systems. Ergo, only complete world desovereignization can permit the realization of an all humanity high standard support.”
-R. Buckminster Fuller

Tour of Duty: Coming Back Into the Real World Once the War is Won, or Lost

Submitted by David Moss, Published on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 01:13

War is a devastating thing. It makes people do silly things. The soldiers who fight for governments generally have a pretty hard time coming back to the normality of life from the brutality of war. PTSD for example, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, is one thing to consider.

Evolution of 3D Printing

Submitted by 4ndy, Published on Mon, 03/25/2013 - 23:31

3D printing, the amazing technology that has recently grasped the media's attention, evokes comparisons to Star Trek's 'replicator' that could assemble any known object out of its basic molecules. Behind all the hype, what can it do, and will it really change our world?

ZMCA Newsletter March 2013

Submitted by TZM global, Published on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 19:12

5th Annual Zeitgeist Day 2013
Realizing Human Progress & Sustainability

With hundreds of events happening all over the world the weekend of March 16th & 17th, this year's Main Event will take place in Los Angeles, CA at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre. This daylong event showcases current understandings in the areas of Human Values, Monetary Economics, Applied Science, Technological Unemployment and Environmental Sustainability.

10 lessons about conflicts in activism

Submitted by Ardible, Published on Mon, 02/25/2013 - 22:55

After three years sharing this workspace, I've passed through several crises within this movement, which, as with any other group, is formed by people with distortions and a wide range of understandings. Also, as with any other group, it has biases and dysfunctions. I've lived the split of the only two global movements that proposed a solid alternative to our state of things: The Venus Project and The Zeitgeist Movement. I've seen and have participated (by action or idleness) in the desintegration of a chapter with more than 20 activist working as a true coordinated team.

The Zombie as Barometer of Capitalist Anxiety

Submitted by D.T. Robb, Published on Fri, 02/08/2013 - 16:51

The modern incarnation of the zombie, as seen strewn across pop culture horror novels and films in ever-increasing numbers, is easily recognized and radically different from its historical roots; any member of our modern Western culture can spot the gray, often rotting flesh, the black eyes, the dishevelled appearance, the shuffling gait, the wretched moaning, and, of course, the bloody mouths flecked with fresh flesh and detritus.

What are the Requirements for Happiness, and are We Meeting Them?

Submitted by Andrew Keel, Published on Fri, 02/08/2013 - 16:42

What are the Requirements for Happiness, and are We Meeting Them?

As a global society there is surely no better cause than seeking sustained happiness for as many of the world’s people as possible. To help with this cause this work aims to outline the things we need in order to be happy, and explains how, for many of us, these needs are not being fully met. It appears human beings (homo sapiens) have at least three requirements for a generally happy existence: basic health, positive social relationships and a meaningful purpose. Without all three of these needs met it is unlikely, perhaps even impossible, for someone to be able to live happily throughout their life.

Toxicity Confirmed for Roundup Herbicide and a Roundup-resistant GM Maize

Submitted by 4ndy, Published on Tue, 01/29/2013 - 04:20

As we rolled into a new calendar year, most people were probably unaware of a 'storm in a teacup' that was brewing in one corner of the scientific community. In November of 2012 a team from the universities of Caen and Verona reported their findings after a few years of research into what is currently the single most-used pesticide in the world and a species of corn genetically modified to tolerate it, both patented by the Monsanto corporation.

Forget the Class War, How to Win the Fight Against the Elite

Submitted by Stuart Dobson, Published on Sun, 01/27/2013 - 21:04

While we all need to get angry before anything can change, anger will only get us so far. For anger may inspire action, but it won't fix anything.

Recently I've heard calls for a "class war". What strikes me most about this suggestion is the sheer stupidity behind it.

First of all, despite greater numbers, what chance does a mob of working class people have against a heavily armed, well trained military industrial complex?

Federico Pistono at TZM Interviews

Submitted by TZM global, Published on Fri, 01/25/2013 - 20:32

TZM Interviews is a new form of dialog that brings proactive, visionary and inspiring people into this conversation about how the scientific method for social concern applies to global sustainability and how to effectively change the world. This month our guest is Federico Pistono, former coordinator of the Italian Chapter for The Zeitgeist Movement, author, blogger, activist and more...