Goodbye 2012: cafebabel.com editors rant, imagine and embrace Apocalypse
As an exclusive fictional interview with the Ecce Homo ‘restorer’ reveals, the shades of the last 12 months in Europe resemble Picasso’s Guernica painting. Economic instability and social and economic crisis lie hidden under the masterful black and grey strokes. In the white shades, Europeans are looking for the mysterious planet in the sky and other harbingers of doom. It is all provoking a strong sense of cosmophobia rather than getting people to face all of the issues they have with their Nobel-peace-prize-winning-EU. There is one thing that stays protected from any destruction as the Mayan people have predicted for 21 December - and that’s ‘luxury intangible assets’, such as tolerance. This is an extremely essential value in the ever-present manifestations of xenophobia, homophobia and nationalism on the continent. The six language editors of this citizen media let rip with their imaginations and reflect over 2012 to bring you this non-fiction fantasy end of year special edition. See you in 2013 - we hope! (Image: Adrien Le Coarer)
Five apocalyptic reasons I hate you, Europe
The controversial theory of impending doom has it that the world will end this Friday, 21 December. Nasa says don't worry about it. But I do: religion, gender, human rights, economy .... before the world ends, I had to get this off my chest - if not, I have to put this rant out there in case the EU decides to start up again as it has been doing
gay rights, catholicism, angela merkel, racism, corruption, censorship, lgbt, nicolas sarkozy, silvio berlusconi, xenophobia, françois hollande, mario monti, politics, unemployment, precarity, society, david cameron, poverty, lega nord, piigs
What EU young citizens would take on Noah's Ark post 2012-apocalypse
The world ends on 21 December 2012 (as the Mayan calendar decided) and we're left with only a few places on the biblical boat, a chance to create a new society two by two. So what are the objects and who are the companions we'd most take on board with us after doomsday? Members of cafebabel.com's pan-European network share all
travel, consumption society, philosophy, culture, youth, society
Apocalypse now (because it was already here)
How does the end of the world happen? Does a meteor crash into Earth, or does a tsunami come to engulf us, like the movies show? Does facebook start charging for its social network services? Anyway the apocalypse is already here - it's just that we've been too busy to notice it because we have been tagging ourselves on FourSquare
economy, social networks, lgbt, politics, unemployment, youth, society
Signing 2012 off with a cosmophobic touch
The story of the end of the world started with the planet Nibiru. It collided with earth and almost provoked its destruction in 2003, before being re-prophecised for December 2012. Nasa scientists assured citizens well in advance of the insignificance of the date, but some Europeans more than others are susceptible to the bad news
Ecce Homo painter kickstarts 2012 apocalypse
The long-hidden secret of the world's most invisble fresco, the EU Fresco, was the key to the existence of the European Union when it was painted in 1951. But Europe's most famous octogenerian painter did it again, causing the end of the world - starting with the EU - by painting over the fresco in December*
religion, erasmus, pope benedict xvi, nature, fukushima, society, piigs
