A new issue of OnEarth is out. SpearIt (SLU): Why Obama is Black: Language, Law and Structures of Power. From Infoshop, Chris Knight on Noam Chomsky: Politics or science? The Drowning Child: Jeremy Stangroom has put together a new interactive activity that’s based on Peter Singer’s “Famine, Affluence & Morality”. The pathos of the plutocrat: The very rich don’t just have more money — they expect a level of deference the Average Joe never experiences, and that has become a major factor in America’s politics. The answer a lot of philosophers give to “You didn’t build that!” is, “All right, so what?” — which is perhaps why, in general, politicians don’t spend a lot of time listening to philosophers. Cultural struggles: Duncan McEachern Yoon is for an alternative modernity based on transnational solidarity and an affirmation of a non-exploitative global consciousness.
