While (and perhaps because) geopolitics are getting messier each year in the post cold war era, it is the grassroots, empowered and emancipated by information and communications improvements that may take humanity a long way forward during this century.

 

Here are two random, seemingly unrelated, developments, we spotted today: 

 

The reopening as worker-run of an, abandoned by its owners, metal factory, "Viomihaniki Metaleftiki" factory is taking place today 12 February, in Thessaloniki, Greece. In a country where unemployment has already climbed at 30% following the austerity, neoliberal policies imposed by IMF and the EU., such are obvious and necessary solutions.  

 

And the discovery of a simple-to-use method for diagnosing cancer, which costs just 3 cents (and may continue to do so unless/until big pharma get their hands on it), by 15 year Jack Andraka old who following the sudden death of a close family friend decided to search for answers online.

 

As Andraka says: "through the Internet anything is possible...but instead of posting photos you can change the world!"

 

So true, so how about supporting the Vio.Me workers with an online donation at www.viome.org ?  

 

Related film by Brandon Jourdan of globaluprisings.org