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REVIEWS < THE AGE OF CONSENT: A Manifesto _ asks us not to reject his proposals unless we for a New World Order have something better to offer—although by George Monbiot some of his critics in the movement think Flamingo/HarperCollins, UK, 2003 they do. He asserts that the answers lie with ISBN 0-00-717124-2 (274pp tpb) us, the people of the world. Availability: Flamingo, website http:/Awww.fireandwater.com EARTH RISING II: The Betrayal of [on was a little taken aback by the title Science, Society and the Soul of George Monbiot's courageous new by Dr Nick Begich & James Roderick book, and confused by the subtitle when the —_Earthpulse Press, USA, 2003 New World Order manifesto is already pro- ISBN 0-9527994-2-1 (222pp tpb) gressing apace in the hands of the Bush Availability: Earthpulse Press, Inc., web- cabal. But what Monbiot—the UK academ- ite http://www.earthpulse.com; ic, Guardian columnist, author (Captive Adventures Unlimited, website State, see 8/03) and key figure of the "global __ http:/Awww.adventuresunlimitedpress.com justice movement" —has in mind by his New n 1991, Alaskan environmental activist World Order is a global democracy in which James Roderick was the first to twig to the each person has one vote. threat from the HAARP facility then being built near Gakona, and fellow activist Dr Nick Begich joined his NO HAARP cause within two years of that. They've collabo- rated on various projects and Earthpulse Press books since then (including Earth Rising I; see 7/03), and were about to com- plete four years of research and writing for Earth Rising II when Roderick died in August 2002. So Begich finished the pro- ject and has included touching tributes to Roderick as well as his father, Nick Begich, Sr, the Democrat Congressman for Alaska who went missing, never to be seen again, when his light plane disappeared over south- eastern Alaska in 1972. In the subsequent 30 years, Begich has dedicated himself to the path of truth, to making a positive differ- ence in the world—as his collaborator and close friend James Roderick did, too. For this volume, the authors focus on new technologies with often unseen but life- threatening if not deadly consequences. First up is the new generation of high-inten- sity, low-frequency underwater sonars being deployed by the US Navy—already with detrimental effects on marine life and the underwater environment. Next is cellphone EM/RF exposure and the evidence suggest- ing there are indeed hazards for human health which require further research, regu- lation and a precautionary approach. The following chapters look at the prob- lems of the surveillance society, with new technology being employed to track citizens, immobilise them with "non-lethal" microwave weapons and control them with such "advances" as implantable microchips. The authors have done their homework, and the technological developments they discuss are well referenced. These weapons of mass control have truly frightening implications, yet they are not subject to international con- ventions. The authors urge us to get active against this insidious betrayal of science, society and the soul that threatens our true freedom and potential as human beings. Monbiot's new utopian vision encompass- es an Age of Consent of/by/for the people to counteract the Age of Coercion in which we find ourselves now. His remedy for accom- modating the will of the people includes changing or removing inequitable and envi- ronmentally destructive institutions like the IMF and World Bank, introducing a Keynesian "credit clearing" system, imple- menting a global Fair Trade system, and reforming the UN General Assembly and Security Council so that nation-states give way to true globalisation— not international- ism. The people, individuals all around the planet, need to have their say on a global level—after all, corporations are certainly having theirs, and many issues affecting us, such as climate change, are global in scope. This sounds all well and good, but asking the rich and mighty to cede some of their wealth and power to the masses seems over- ly optimistic. It's hard to believe that, at the extreme, a secret cabal which funds black projects with black money could even con- template giving up any power for some democratic world parliament. These forces have to be factored in; and while Monbiot has fingered many of the baddies, there are even worse baddies behind them! Monbiot asks us not to reject his proposals unless we have something better to offer—although some of his critics in the movement think they do. He asserts that the answers lie with us, the people of the world. EARTH RISING II: The Betrayal of Science, Society and the Soul by Dr Nick Begich & James Roderick Earthpulse Press, USA, 2003 ISBN 0-9527994-2-1 (222pp tpb) Availability: Earthpulse Press, Inc., web- site http://www.earthpulse.com; Adventures Unlimited, website http://www.adventuresunlimitedpress.com n 1991, Alaskan environmental activist James Roderick was the first to twig to the threat from the HAARP facility then being built near Gakona, and fellow activist Dr Nick Begich joined his NO HAARP cause within two years of that. They've collabo- rated on various projects and Earthpulse Press books since then (including Earth Rising I; see 7/03), and were about to com- plete four years of research and writing for Earth Rising II when Roderick died in August 2002. So Begich finished the pro- ject and has included touching tributes to Roderick as well as his father, Nick Begich, Sr, the Democrat Congressman for Alaska who went missing, never to be seen again, when his light plane disappeared over south- eastern Alaska in 1972. In the subsequent 30 years, Begich has dedicated himself to the path of truth, to making a positive differ- ence in the world—as his collaborator and close friend James Roderick did, too. For this volume, the authors focus on new technologies with often unseen but life- threatening if not deadly consequences. First up is the new generation of high-inten- sity, low-frequency underwater sonars being deployed by the US Navy—already with detrimental effects on marine life and the underwater environment. Next is cellphone EM/RF exposure and the evidence suggest- ing there are indeed hazards for human health which require further research, regu- lation and a precautionary approach. The following chapters look at the prob- lems of the surveillance society, with new technology being employed to track citizens, immobilise them with "non-lethal" microwave weapons and control them with such "advances" as implantable microchips. The authors have done their homework, and the technological developments they discuss are well referenced. These weapons of mass control have truly frightening implications, yet they are not subject to international con- ventions. The authors urge us to get active against this insidious betrayal of science, society and the soul that threatens our true freedom and potential as human beings. 70 ¢ NEXUS WWW.NeXU smagazi ne.com AUGUST — SEPTEMBER 2003