An excerpt from Ascent of Humanity by Charles Eisenstein.
People who are firmly ensconced in a local, kinship-based community are less susceptible to consumerism and fascism alike, because both base their appeal on a need for self-identity. Therefore, to introduce consumerism to a previously isolated culture it is first necessary to destroy its sense of identity. [...]
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A friend of mine just returned from Damascus a few months ago – he was out there for about four years. Some of you will remember him from the ‘Advice for students going to Syria’, article I had posted a link to.
He’s set up a website with some online Arabic courses: http://www.arabic-studio.com/index.html
Here’s the first grammar [...]
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Although, I have the link to this blog on my blog, I wanted to emphasize its’ brilliance; so here goes: CHECK OUT pakistaniat.com !!
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