Why We Fight & The Corporation

I usually blog about atheism and religion but Ii am also very interested in anti-globalization movement. These are two really influential documentaries about the American Empire and corporations. You may think "this topic is not new, we already know that corporations control the whole system on the world", but these two documentaries encourage you to go out and do something.

Why we fight (2005) - Eugene Jarecki : http://www.sonyclassics.com/whywefight/

This 2005 documentary does a great job to clarify the reasons why the USA is in Iraq and why "fighting" is a must for the American Empire. Also don't miss the study guide which is a short-book about the historical details of American urge for blood:

http://www.sonyclassics.com/whywefight/download/WhyWeFight-StudyGuide-Sony.pdf?hs317=WhyWeFightSPHE+StudyGuide


The Corporation (2003) - written by Joel Bakan, and directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott : http://www.thecorporation.com/

A truly great documentary about how evil the corporate system is. The most surprising part was that corporate people have no idea about the impact they do on the lives of third world peoples.

The website is also very good. you can watch educational videos about the system. The huge irony is you can download the movie from "iTunes". iTunes???? Come on!

The Reason Project

"The Reason Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society. Drawing on the talents of the most prominent and creative thinkers across a wide range of disciplines, The Reason Project seeks to encourage critical thinking and wise public policy through a variety of interrelated projects."

On its advisory board there are very famous names including Dawkins, Dennett, Pinker, Salman Ruhdie, Ibn Warraq, Christopher Hitchens, and even Bill Maher.

To be honest, this website is not much different from "brights.net", but at least there are few new additions to the commentators. You can also volunteer for this project which eventually I may consider to do. They actively seek for volunteers such as researchers, web developers, activists etc.

http://www.reasonproject.org/

Notes from “The Early History Of Islam And The Koran” Conference - March 13-16, 2008

http://www.newenglishreview.org/custpage.cfm/frm/19589/sec_id/19589

You can find Ibn Warraq's summary of “The Early History Of Islam And The Koran” Conference which happened last year.

Also check out another essay by Ibn Warraq "Which Koran?" from "New English Review":

Part I & Part II

Back again!

Hopefully I am back blogging after almost a year with travels, talks, papers and experiments...

Let's see how long I can go on... :)

Zeitgesit, the movie

Zeitgeist is a movie about the roots of all religions, terrorist attack of 9/11 and economical system of the USA. In the first the movie explains how all religions are based on Pagan astrological beliefs. For the second and third parts you may think both are big conspiracy theories. But I am sure the movie will surprise you and force you to think. I strongly recommend you to watch it.

to watch the whole movie click the link below:

http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/

also you can join the Zeitgeist Movement:

http://thezeitgeistmovement.com/

Creationist Science Fair

Campaign: Atheist Bus

In London, atheistcampaign.org launched "The Atheist Bus Campaign" on Tuesday October 21. The organization runs 30 red buses with the slogan of "There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life" and tries to raise 5000 Pounds for their next campaign.

If you want to make a donation click the link below:

http://www.justgiving.com/atheistbu

Happily, the campaign raised around 117.000 Pounds so far.