"The blurring of borders and these challenges to the legitimacy of states bring to the fore serious questions about who owns the Earth. Who owns the global atmosphere being polluted by the heat-trapping gases that have just passed an especially perilous threshold, as we learned in May? Or to adopt the phrase used by indigenous people throughout much of the world, Who will defend the Earth? Who will uphold the rights of nature? Who will adopt the role of steward of the commons, our collective possession?" Worth a read.... alternet.org/visions/chomsky-how-do-we-defend-ourselves-corporate-and-imperial-forces-threaten-our-existence
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 13:30:13 +0000
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