Surplus – Terrorized Into Being Consumers

A great, very Swedish documentary about consumerism and globalization based on the ideas of John Zerzan. Zerzan is an interesting fellow, on the one-hand arguing for property damage, but on the other, nearly admitting that his ideas are nearly impossible to implement. From the description:

Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers is a 2003 Swedish documentary film on consumerism and globalization, created by director Erik Gandini and editor Johan Söderberg. It opens with footage of the protests at the 27th G8 summit in Genoa and prominently features the views of anarcho-primitivist John Zerzan.

Myanmar protests

Monks continue to gather in large numbers in the major cities of Myanmar and President Bush was at the UN today, threatening to tighten economic sanctions if the Junta resorted to violence to stop the protests. But even though the Chinese are quietly urging Myanmar to reconcile with the opposition, the use of force seems probable, especially if history were to repeat itself.

An interesting short look into the average life under the Junta’s rule in Myanmar from the Al Jazeera English network.