Forecast from the 1776 French Revolution: ‘The present order is the disorder of the future’
by Rashmee
Posted on December 22, 2018
I was very struck by philosopher Srecko Horvat’s observations on the Yellow Vests protests in France. He spoke to Jacobin, the left-wing magazine based in New York, alongside Pamela Anderson, the former model and star of Baywatch. [Ms Anderson, by the way, was very articulate and passionate about Europe’s political problems and the rise of … Continue reading “Forecast from the 1776 French Revolution: ‘The present order is the disorder of the future’”
Read MorePaying people to reduce their carbon footprint could be the answer to climate change
by Rashmee
Posted on December 19, 2018 / The National
In a depressing coincidence, the gilets jaunes protests were raging in France when diplomats from nearly 200 countries assembled in Katowice, Poland, to write a common rulebook on climate-friendly policies. What the COP24 summit eventually produced isn’t legally binding, but it does present a way to make the 2015 Paris Agreement operational. The snowballing French … Continue reading “Paying people to reduce their carbon footprint could be the answer to climate change”
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK