by Mark Swilling | Dec 18, 2016 | Blog
Repost from FB: How the British right wing hoodwinked working class people by exploiting their fears to mask a far more sinister neoliberal project. What happens when they realize they were ripped off? Same applies to the lies used by Trump to get elected to screw the...
by Mark Swilling | Dec 18, 2016 | Blog
A truly remarkable brilliantly written critical overview of the root cause of the current global political crisis in historical perspective. A quote from Musil’ The Man Without Qualities about why we face the outbreak of irrationalism the world over says it all:...
by Mark Swilling | Dec 18, 2016 | Blog
Eve Annecke talking at TEDxCapeTownWomen on becoming invisible, and how to be a worthy ancestor at the interface between a loving universe, her African roots and a world made mad by too much visibility. As is always the case with Eve, every word and every idea in this...
by Mark Swilling | Nov 22, 2016 | Blog
According to my colleague Serge Salat from Paris, as much as 40% of Chinese GDP growth is driven by investments in new buildings and associated infrastructure. However, there are now 80 million empty apartments. This bubble is going to burst, no doubt. But from a...
by Mark Swilling | Nov 22, 2016 | Blog
Habitat III, the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, took the city of Quito, Equador, by storm from November 17 to 20, 2016, with attendees filling the Casa de la Cultura between Quito’s old city and the Mariscal. Paul Currie, a...
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