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DEMOCRACY?

Admin July 16, 2021 0 Comments
“The cardinal features of this culture were acquisition and consumption as the means of achieving happiness; the cult of the new; the democratization of desire; and money value as the predominant measure of all value in society,” — William Leach, in “Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture”
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More than “BREAD AND CIRCUSES”

Admin July 16, 2021 0 Comments
“If greed were not the master of modern man - ably assisted by envy - how could it be that the frenzy of economism does not abate as higher "standards of living" are attained, and that it is precisely the richest societies which pursue their economic advantage with the greatest ruthlessness? How could we explain the almost universal refusal on the part of the rulers of the rich societies -...
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Leading a Plastic-Free Life through reuse economy!

Admin July 14, 2021 0 Comments
The month of July is marked as Plastic Free July.  It is a global movement where people worldwide take part in refusing single-use plastics. As the amount of plastic consumption is set to double by 2040, research and development on single-use alternatives have been increasing1. Plastic industries particularly have introduced false solutions calling them “eco-friendly” single-use...
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Leave no one behind during this pandemic

Admin July 13, 2021 0 Comments
The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges the government not to ignore the plight of two important community segments – undocumented migrant workers and stateless Malaysians – on humanitarian grounds as well as a concern for their access to health care in dire times like this. It was reported that more than 1,000 thousand of undocumented migrant workers were arrested in May 2020 by the...
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CAP: Ban the sale of sugary drinks at public places

Admin July 9, 2021 0 Comments
The Consumers Association of Penang calls on the authorities to ban the sale of sugary drinks from vending machines at hospitals, schools and other public places. The call is made following the actions taken by Western Australian authorities to ban the sale of sugary drinks as part of measures to combat obesity. Under the policy, all vending machines and retail outlets including cafes, gift...
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Cars are Enemy #1 for the nature of cities

Admin July 9, 2021 0 Comments
"Humanity managed for the better part of 400,000 years without cars and did just fine. Julius Caesar, Michelangelo, William Shakespeare, Adam Smith, and Abraham Lincoln lived in cities and never drove an automobile. They didn’t need one, or thought to need one. And you wouldn’t need one either if we could arrange our lives such that you can get where you need to go without a car. What does...
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How Free Markets Work: Socialism for the Rich and Capitalism for the Poor

Admin July 7, 2021 0 Comments
"The free market is 'socialism' for the rich: the public pays the costs and the rich get the benefit - markets for the poor and plenty of state protection for the rich. Concentration of wealth leads naturally to concentration of power, which in turn translates to legislation favoring the interests of the rich and powerful and thereby increasing even further concentration of power and wealth."...
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HOW WE SEE THE WORLD

Admin July 6, 2021 0 Comments
Each of us carries within us a worldview, a set of assumptions about how the world works - what some call a paradigm - that forms the very questions we allow ourselves to ask, and determines our view of future possibilities. -- Frances Moore Lappé
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