If people are just confused about climate, they can be reasoned with. The facts are convincing, to anyone who is willing to see. But nothing convinces hard core science deniers, as this 2009 episode from Wiley Miller’s comic strip Non Sequitur illustrates.
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Bugger the Bankers
A powerful and effective (and true and funny) protest song for our time
Petrolify. Is this medicine right for you?
It’s made from all natural ingredients, but watch for side effects …
Fracking song, 2
‘My Water’s On Fire Tonight’ is a product of Studio 20 NYU, in collaboration with Pro Publica: Journalism in the Public Interest.
A terrifying diagnosis
What’s ailing the earth?
Global inequality, illustrated, described, explained
“The more the capitalist has accumulated, the more is he able to accumulate.”
Stephen Harper pours bitumen on the fire
Canada’s prime minister won’t stop until the tar sands are completely mined and burned
The Carbon Capture fallacy, illustrated
Why capturing and burying CO2 won’t solve anything
Climate inaction, illustrated
When in doubt, mumble …
Thatcher's funeral: A modest neoliberal proposal
Ken Loach suggests an appropriate send-off
How not to change the world
Another strategy that doesn’t work
Postmodern meets the class struggle, illustrated
Stop complaining, everything is relative …
The capitalist Lorax
As seen on Fox Seuss
Peter Kent and Enbridge, illustrated
How Canada’s Environment Minister earns his $230,000 salary
Stephen Harper as captain of the Titanic …
Cartoon from Le Devoir …
"I paint what I see," said Rivera
Celebrating the 125th anniversary of the birth of the great Mexican muralist and revolutionary socialist, Diego Rivera. In 1933, Diego Rivera painted the mural shown above, Man at the Crossroads, in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Multimillionaire Nelson Rockefeller demanded that it be changed to remove the portraits of Lenin, Trotsky, Marx and Engels. Rivera refused, and […]
The Denial Tango
From Australia, Men With Day Jobs sing … “And as the waters rise around me I’ll just hold my breath and say, it isn’t so!”
Rioters on Wall Street!
As I write these words, out-of-control hordes are swarming throughout downtown Manhattan. Their disregard for human decency, for the sanctity of people’s homes, jobs, property and health is beyond anything seen since the Dark Ages. (more…)
The Ant, The Grasshopper, and a Big Steaming Pile of Manure
(From OldBaldLiberal’s Blog on The Smirking Chimp. C&C doesn’t normally publish articles by self-described liberals, but this deserves to be widely read.) The Ant and the Grasshopper – a Fable from Aesop The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks […]
A Greenish Approach to the Financial Crisis
Or: I Learned Everything I Know About Economics From the Kyoto Accord (more…)