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War is illegal

Against a background of escalating ecological crises, and the fact that large parts of the world´s population are being exposed to extreme poverty, inhuman working conditions and increasing social tensions, the annual global military expenditure has risen to more than 1000 billion dollars.
The military-industrial complex of just a few G8 countries is responsible for the overwhelming part of this spending, causing incalcuable social and ecological consequences.

Unequal distribution of global resources, increasingly controlled by large multinational companies, global debt policy and unfair international trading practices ultimately could not be maintained without military security.

The Russian hitchhiking guru and travel guide writer Anton Krotov has been implementing short-term nomad bases in various places for some time now. Over the years he has developed a systematic way of planning and maintaining these bases, which he recently announced on his LiveJournal. In order to bring these developments in the Russian-language nomadic community to the wider world, I've translated Krotov's long post.

ABOUT THE "HOUSE FOR EVERYONE" PROJECT

Anyone who lives nomadically and has a passion for writing might find this interesting.

http://www.nytimes.com/library/books/082800aciman-writing.html

Hey, here some drafts/minutes of the SHE is in NY for Saturday and Friday.
You can also find them at http://sharewiki.org/en/She_nyc/minutes

Friday:

Expectation from base:

Jamie: radically self reliant, radically self expressive, relatively sober, leave no trace. No references, no requirements. Nomad can pay fear amount. no free loader. legally run. division guest/host.

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Saturday, 5th
Introduction (3pm)

-Distinction between Tourist, Traveler, & Nomad
-Nomads want to create (art, etc.)

-Berlin Conference re-cap:

-Nomad base goal, creating places where nomads can find a place to rest, sense of home
-What are our expectations and hopes from a nomad base?

-Participation & Contribution as essential values

http://www.gonomad.com is aimed at a higher-budget non-sustainable crowd, but it has some fantastic links. Some of my favorites:
- David Byrne (lead singer of The Talking Heads, "Burning Down the House" among other songs) talks about cycling in various cities all over the world.
- Tips for living abroad with kids
- Dead Goat Polo: National Sport of Kyrgyzstan

http://www.gonomad.com/features/0911/kyrgyzstan-goat-polo.html !!