If our readers are anything like us then you spent the majority of the weekend taking down Christmas decorations and carefully organizing them, despite the knowledge that they’ll somehow become messy again by next December. That means the new year has officially started, which makes it time for our third-annual special edition of This Week …
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. Are they dialing back on the cashless society? We’ve been covering the evolution of the planned “cashless society” for years, but recently it looks …
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. Government-backed house sharing The Provincial Government of Nova Scotia is investing 1.3 million dollars in “Happipad”, a house sharing app. The public-private partnership is …
Kit Knightly There is a growing international campaign to institute free school meals all around the globe. On face of it this might seem like a great idea… but in the New Normal age nothing is ever really free. So, let’s unpack… The campaign is being spear-headed by the UN-backed School Meals Coalition (SMC), whose …
Karen Hunt “Forget the fountain of youth, pal of mine. You can live to be a thousand, and it won’t matter. Mediocrities like you deserve immortality.” Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story In Leo Tolstoy’s A Confession and Other Religious Writings, he retells an Eastern fable about a traveler who is ‘taken unawares on the …
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. Don’t mention the V-word It’s been very cold in the UK this past week. Cold enough to give you a stroke, apparently…according to “experts”. …
Colin todhunter “Ecomodernists offer no solutions to contemporary problems other than technical innovation and further integration into private markets which are structured systematically by centralized state power in favour of the wealthy…” Chris Smaje In 2017, the then Monsanto Chief Technology Officer Robb Fraley argued that his company made a mistake in not reaching out to the …
Kit Knightly This past week saw G20’s annual meeting taking place in Bali, with the leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies signing a pledge that commits to: “Reform” food production and distribution Increase surveillance and censorship of “disinformation” on the internet Increase global reliance on “renewable” energy sources Introduce programmable digital currencies Introduce international …
Kit Knightly Audio Version New Feature! We’ve been covering the emerging food crisis for months now. Detailing how the economy was deliberately sabotaged to drive up the cost of living, especially food, via lockdowns and sanctions. But propaganda wars are like regular wars: They have theatres, fronts and overt for covert campaigns. Yes, the big …
Kit Knightly The created food crisis, whether real or a smoke-and-mirrors psy-op, is all about tearing down the global food system and “building back better” – a new dystopian food system built by corporate monoliths and rigidly controlled in the name of the greater good. Audio Version New Feature! We’re in the early stages of …
