being printed on the back of debt that will saddle generations to come in order to pay for it all
– and with it the bonuses of those already grossly
wealthy investment bankers and politicians who
have created all this mess. Yes, those politicians who refuse to recognize the already clear
scientific warnings of climate change, because
they are behest to multinational corporations that
enrich themselves in the most profitable business
of all – fossil fuels. These same politicians wave
their finger at the world and talk of the need for
governance and transparency, while sending the
poor off to fight wars that their children will only
play on video games -- funded through the global
market offering of another junk tech stock that will
be traded just like an oil derivative.
In this decade of protest, people across our earth
have responded to the dysfunctional politics by
occupying public space, engaging in non-violent
disobedience and forming transparent ad-hoc
governing councils in open areas or locally where
they are creating community economies of their
own. Essentially, people are taking the power
back! They are espousing issues, but do not promote cartoonish politician personalities, an antithesis to the political arrangements decried. And
the messages are being sent through unedited
live news streams via the Internet.
treme, globalization of everything – cannot continue because our planet’s resources simply cannot
sustain it. And the increasing numbers of people
falling below the poverty line -- and extreme
poverty line -- will not tolerate it. The rules have
to change.
To change the economics, it means changing the
assumptions, which really means changing those
tiffany twisted values that underlie it all.
We need a new consensus!
Enter the New Earth Consensus
We need a New Earth Consensus. Built on principles of compassion, care and consideration for
our fellow man and environment, not predicated
on unbridled greed. It is time for all us to realize that we are all sharing planet earth, a single
satellite in the orbit of our vast universe. If the
mechanics of this planet fail to work, sustaining glaciers, ocean levels and arable land mass
and forests (yes water-food security and the
very lungs of our planet), then we will not have
These protestors demand more than just a new
swap of politicians. They call for reconstructing
our global financial architecture. This requires
new economic models to replace outdated ones,
fundamental policy changes and a re-assessment
of underlying assumptions and values that have
long been taken for granted without question or
consideration.
Protestors across the planet, regardless of background, creed or birth, have united in a single
voice. We have all had enough! It is time to
change the rules of the game. That game -- the
existing world order, the Washington Consensus
blind belief in neo-liberalism taken to the ex-
photography courtesy of laurence brahm
The peaceful revolution has already gone global.
And from it arises a new earth consensus.