“Stop Loss” is a song by Army Specialist and Iraq war veteran Marc Hall. He’s in some major trouble for this song. He’s been in jail since December 11th for singing and recording this song. Original music should be protected by the First Amendment but isn’t for people in the Army.
“[Stop Loss is] [...]
These may be the dying gasps of capitalism — or not. The governments of the world, as shown at the G20, seem determined to preserve a very reckless brand of capitalism all the while infusing trillions of dollars of “stimulus” into banks and institutions, instead of people. When are the people going to [...]
Societal transformation might be on the visible horizon. This episode contains highlights from last week’s Climate Congress in Copenhagen, and some speculation about geoengineering — will it be necessary and what will it include? The main finding from the Climate meeting was that governments have to act on climate change or drastic steps [...]
Highlights from Powershift09 sending a message to end the use of coal — and as speaker Robert Kennedy put it, coal is a criminal enterprise. What they are doing to mountains and our air is nothing short of criminal. It’s time to take action to stop coal. It’s time for a citizens arrest of coal. [...]
This is a presentation of the latest science on climate change, as presented before the U.S. Senate Environmental and Public Works committee, one of our new “Burn Units”. The planet is burning up and our government is ready to get to work.
This is part one, and part two will only be on Futurism [...]
What’s coming in the future and will capitalism play a part? Soon people will be concerned with bigger problems than economic models, such as environmental migration and shortages, but money will play a part. The survival of civilization depends on our imagination, creativity, on our sense of identity and community and how [...]
This morning there was a very interesting event called the National Clean Energy Project Conference–Building the New Economy–Wired for Progress and I have all of the audio from it. This is part I, and part II is coming soon.
This conference was mainly about transmission of the smart grid that is [...]
To Civilianism listeners, please pardon the interruption.
I am introducing Futurism Now.
This is the introductory episode of a new podcast. My interests have been moving in this direction for a long time. Futurism Now is a completely new, separate podcast that I am promoting here at Civilianism.
You can subscribe to Futurism Now at [...]
I recorded the Third Party debate that took place last night. Independent candidate Ralph Nader and Chuck Baldwin showed up, but sadly, no one else did. Cynthia McKinney showed up last week. These people really need some calendars. This debate was good, so have a listen to the debate here.You can also [...]