The Web of Life Reshaped – Painting by Mike Caimbeul
Photo Credit: Bongdoogle.com
Part Two of my series on the book, Anthropocene or Capitalocene? Nature, History, and the Crisis of Capitalism (Kairos Books, 2016), edited by Jason W. Moore, is a synopsis of Moore’s article on “The Rise of Cheap Nature.” In his article, he refers to two kinds of nature: nature with a common ‘n’ is the web of life; Nature with a capital ‘N’ is environments without humans.
Like Eileen Crist (Part One), Moore argues that we live in the “Age of Capital,” the Capitalocene. Until we understand that “capital and power do not act upon nature, but develop through the web of life,” we cannot formulate solutions for the environmental crises we now face.
Most people (myself included), Moore notes, still think about capitalism in economic terms – markets, prices, money, and the like. He proposes…
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GUYANA – BLACK HISTORY – By Leonard Dabydeen
GUYANA – BLACK HISTORY
– By Leonard Dabydeen
One day me cross over punt trench
greenheart bridge only wide like me shoulda
me machete tie ‘pon me waist
me head-band tie strong
fuh steady me head
me bend down, scratch me big toe
waiting like mawnin’ cock a crow Continue reading →
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