The idea that our body is a temple, that we only have one and should use it wisely, serves a microcosmic example of the larger truth of our planet. Yes, we have ONE planet, so why would we do so much damage to it? Ignorance is bliss they say, and so while we use up Read More…
Solutions
An Introduction To Permaculture And Its Symbiotic Relationship With Agorism
One of the focuses of The Last American Vagabond has been to not only properly diagnose all the problems facing humanity at this current juncture, which undoubtedly is important, but also to evolve past that by discussing solutions to these problems. In the end, what’s the point of understanding all these problems, if the alternative Read More…
Monsanto Losing Millions as Farmers in India Rebel, Plant Indigenous Seed
Monsanto is losing millions on failed GM cotton. The company illegally pushed a form of Bt cotton into India and Africa more than a decade ago, but farmers are now pushing back by planting their own indigenous seed. Monsanto is accused of writing laws and then breaking them to enter the market in India, but Read More…
Beyond Clinton vs. Trump, Green Party Convention Kicks Off
“It’s kind of funny that big politicians are entitled to our vote. I don’t think the American voters think that way.” The Green Party kicked off its national convention in Houston, Texas on Thursday, where presumptive nominee Jill Stein will present a third-party challenge to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The convention will run from Read More…
What Does The 21st Century Activist Embody?
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” – R. Buckminster Fuller Reality in the 21st century is not what it was fifty years ago, let alone a hundred plus years back. Times have changed and technologies like the Internet have Read More…
Nebraska Law Ends “Policing For Profit” Via Asset Forfeiture
Today, civil asset forfeiture officially ends in Nebraska as reforms to asset forfeiture laws passed in the spring go into effect. Under the new law, the state can no longer take property without a criminal conviction. The legislation also takes on federal forfeiture programs by banning prosecutors from circumventing state laws by passing cases off Read More…