The opening essay in a new six-part series by W.D. James, who teaches philosophy in Kentucky, USA. Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing Through the graves the wind is blowing Freedom soon will come Then we’ll come from the shadows – Leonard Cohen, The Partisani There are mighty forces arrayed against us. They threaten … Continue reading Deep Resistance: Philosophical Practices of Sanity (Part 1)
by our special correspondent Najm Al-Dīn As we enter 2024, here are my predictions for what I anticipate will be an incredibly tempestuous year: 1 Depending on how far the conflict in the Middle East escalates, the sabotage of shipments in key chokepoints like the Red Sea, Suez Canal and possibly the Strait of Hormuz will … Continue reading Nine predictions for 2024
by Paul Cudenec Forty years have now passed since the year in which George Orwell situated his imaginary dystopian society. The novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was never meant to be a literal prophecy, of course, but, for the first three-and-a-half decades after its publication in 1949, it held a powerful hold on the public imagination, at … Continue reading 1984/2024 – the hidden hope in Orwell’s warning
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