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Vaccine Evangelists, Apostates, and Apologists – Part 6: The Apologists Continued

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by Jordan Henderson This is the sixth, and penultimate, installment of the essay series, Vaccine Evangelists, Apostates and Apologists. This series is a study of the vaccine debate itself, using historical mortality questions as the focal point of this analysis. Here are the links to the earlier installments: Part 1 – The Evangelists Part 2 – … Continue reading Vaccine Evangelists, Apostates, and Apologists – Part 6: The Apologists Continued

Israel-Hamas and the Great Reset

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by our special correspondent Najm Al-Dīn With a spineless Arab leadership leaving Palestinians adrift at a critical period and negotiations to resolve the Israel-Hamas conflict reaching yet another impasse, it’s tempting to celebrate the Houthi attacks on Israel-bound shipments as heroic acts of resistance in solidarity with the occupied Palestinians. While I understand why many would … Continue reading Israel-Hamas and the Great Reset

Deep Resistance: Philosophical Practices of Sanity (Part 1)

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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)

Nine predictions for 2024

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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

1984/2024 – the hidden hope in Orwell’s warning

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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

The Mountains of the Moon and Bin Laden’s toothpaste

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by Miguel Martinez Four of us set out from Florence, with dawn beginning to light up the waters of the Arno, for Carrara, city of marble, sea, quarrymen and anarchists. One of the most beautiful areas in Italy. "Where the global marble business - largely in the hands of the Saudi-based Bin Laden Group Global Holding … Continue reading The Mountains of the Moon and Bin Laden’s toothpaste

Seeing the whole truth with a three-dimensional outlook

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by Paul Cudenec I am frequently disappointed to see people clinging rigidly to binary positions, imagining that opposing one particular nasty militarist empire, corrupt political party or manipulative dogma automatically involves throwing one's lot in with the rival that has been presented as its polar opposite. And yet, at the same time, I have often … Continue reading Seeing the whole truth with a three-dimensional outlook

Charlie Brown: Christmas as social practice

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by W.D. James There'll be parties for hostingMarshmallows for toastingAnd caroling out in the snowThere'll be scary ghost storiesAnd tales of the glories of Christmases long, long agoIt's the most wonderful time of the yearThere'll be much mistletoeingAnd hearts will be glowing when loved ones are nearIt's the most wonderful time of the yeari I … Continue reading Charlie Brown: Christmas as social practice

Marxist doublethink and the disabling of resistance

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by Paul Cudenec One of the big questions facing all of us trapped inside today's increasingly totalitarian global system is 'How did we get here?' How was it ever possible that human beings, once as free as every other wild creature on the planet, were able to be captured by a small minority of their … Continue reading Marxist doublethink and the disabling of resistance