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The Occident Is Now Militarising Itself to Death for a Second Time

May Others Learn to Avoid That Fate - If we survive the demise of the global US Empire and concomitantly of NATO, a new much more balanced, multipolar, cooperative and peaceful world becomes thinkable, desirable and possible.

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Glenn Greenwald: US Government Doesn’t Care about Spreading Democracy

9 Dec 2022 - The USA is spreading democracy on the other side of the world by sending billions of taxpayers’ dollars in weapons to Ukraine, whose war is being orchestrated and fueled by US and NATO. If you want to believe the fairy tale that the US government goes to war to spread democracy, then Ukraine is not the place for you.

FEATURED RESEARCH PAPER

Beyond Geopolitics: Re-Examining Russia’s BRICS Relationship

20 Dec 2022 - The BRICS have come a long way (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). Despite the differences, they have deepened their relationship with regular meetings (from leaders’ summits to scientific cooperation), and jointly-run institutions (New Development Bank-NDB). Argentina and Iran have applied to join.

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Why War?

Letters between Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud, 1932

Stop the Violence against the Peruvian People and the Journalists!

18 Jan 2023 - We, communicators and journalists (below), repudiate the brutal violence against the Peruvian people by the security forces and the disturbing attacks against journalists and photographers who seek to tell the truth about what is happening in the country.

NOBEL LAUREATES

Nobel Peace Nominations 2023 – Deadline 31 January

Nobel Peace Prize Watch will encourage all with nomination rights to nominate a candidate within the original intention of Alfred Nobel for peace by global demilitarization and those who have worked to «reduce or abolish standing armies.»

Other Commentaries

NONVIOLENCE

Conscious Peace: World Peace Depends upon Our Collective Consciousness

Recent research has shown that the effects don't stop with the individual. Large groups of people meditating together produce coherence and stability not just in themselves but also in the society around them.

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Conjoining the Incommensurables at the WEF Davos Forum of 2023

Freudian Economics Underlying Stakeholder Capitalism

Lifting the Curtain: Barbara Walters

21 Jan 2023 - This post is a departure from my usual focus on current political concerns. It attempts a mini-exploration of the public/private interface of a news and entertainment celebrity, especially known for her ability to go ‘persona,’ and even enter intimate terrain with some of the most famous political leaders of our time.

Peace at Gregorian Christmas (Part 2): The Evolution of Christmas in the 21st Century

The beginnings of traditional Christmas as celebrated by the majority of Christians.

Solving the Debt Crisis the North American Way

20 Jan 2023 - Our forefathers turned their debts into currency. That Constitutional approach could work today.

The Language Factor

The world over, languages play a dominant role in the history, culture, education and academic work of nations. One can see several examples in everyday lives of people. 

US Installs New Nukes in Europe: As Destructive as 83 Hiroshima Bombs

20 Jan 2023 - As if the 100 billion dollars that the United States has so far provided to Ukraine in both weapons and aid were not enough, the US has now started to install in Europe its brand new, more destructive nuclear warheads.

ACTIVISM

Want to Be a True Feminist Ally? Learn from These Men

A new generation of pro-feminist men is defying stereotypes and combating sexist violence. This battle is not about hating men but about ensuring the rights of women, and I am seeing more men join the fight. That all men who identify as anti-sexist stand up and be counted.

ANALYSIS

All Quiet (Panic) on the Western Front–The Davos Freak Show

17 Jan 2023 - How to Monetize the Whole World - The mainstream media spinning non-stop for a week all the “news” to extol new declinations of The Great Reset, re-baptized The Great Narrative, framed as a benign offer by “stakeholder capitalism”.

Davos: Gates, Schwab, Global Elites Face Growing Criticism of Their ‘Master the Future’ Agenda

18 Jan 2023 - Thousands of prominent political and business figures are congregating in Davos, Switzerland, this week for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, as critics accused them of “centralizing power into the possession of hand-picked global elites.”

IN FOCUS

The Plague of Social Isolation

21 Jan 2023 - The rupture of social bonds and loss of community, caused by the decades-long assault on the poor and working class and the ravages of the pandemic, have resulted in a dangerous social isolation.

The Secretive Legal Weapon That Fossil Fuel Interests Use against Climate-Conscious Countries

17 Jan 2023 - Investor-state dispute settlements increasingly allow oil and gas investors to sue countries over their climate policies.

The WEF and WHO – Are They Running a Death Cult? A WHO/Pharma Controlled Worldwide Tyrannical “Health System”

10 Jan 2023 - Let us never let an abject power-hungry non-elected criminal like Klaus Schwab, with his roots in the Third Reich, and his NGO, the World Economic Forum, dominate humanity. May sheer solidarity, togetherness of thought and will power, overcome the pathological objectives of the psychopaths’ wish for power and money dominance.

AFRICA

Empire by Invitation

19 Jan 2023 - African leaders are asking for more U.S. counterterrorism support. They should be careful what they wish for.

ANGLO AMERICA

USA 2023: 34 Mass Shootings in First Three Weeks (1.5 carnages/day)

23 Jan 2023 - At least 10 people are dead and 10 injured after a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, on Saturday 21 Jan night. BREAKING NEWS: Shooting Leaves at Least 12 Injured in Louisiana on Sunday 22 Jan 2023.

What Price “Defense”?

17 Jan 2023 - Going Down the Military Drain-- US Costly, Dysfunctional Approach to Security Is Making Us Ever Less Safe

MILITARISM

U.S. Mercenaries in Ukraine Are Fighting Each Other in Court

20 Jan 2023 - Amid accusations of fraud and sexual misconduct, the U.S. military vets founders of the high-profile Mozart Group are waging a personal war back home.

Proxy War: US Announces Massive $2.5 Billion Weapons Package for Ukraine

19 Jan 2023 - The package will include more Bradley armored vehicles and for the first time, Stryker armored vehicles.

ASIA--PACIFIC

Japan Reenlists as Washington’s Spear-Carrier

21 Jan 2023 - It is always the same when Japanese premiers travel to Washington to summit [submit?] at the White House. Nothing seems to happen and nobody pays much attention even when important things happen, when we should all pay attention.

EUROPE

Macron Wants to Double French Military Spending

20 Jan 2023 - Armaments: France wants to increase military spending to 400 billion.

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Peru’s Natural Resources: CIA-linked US Ambassador Meets with Mining and Energy Ministers to Talk ‘Investments’

20 Jan 2023 - Peru has large reserves of copper, gold, zinc, silver, lead, iron, and natural gas. After a coup overthrew left-wing President Pedro Castillo on 7 Dec 2022, the US ambassador, CIA veteran Lisa Kenna, met with mining and energy ministers to discuss “investments”. Europe is importing Peruvian LNG to replace Russian energy.

PALESTINE - ISRAEL

Time for Action is Now: What Will Happen after the ICJ Delegitimizes Israel’s Occupation of Palestine

11 Jan 2023 - The ICJ’s opinion is very important, but without meaningful action, a legal opinion alone will not reverse the sinister reality on the ground in Palestine, especially when this reality is bankrolled, supported and sustained by Washington and Israel’s other western allies.

MEDIA

Promoting Falsehoods and Marginalizing Truth-Tellers

17 Jan 2023 - WaPo’s Revelations about Russiagate Reporting Failures Typify Legacy Media Failures

Harry the ‘Traitor’ and Lynch ‘the Grinch’: The Corporate Media’s Automatic Smear Machine

19 Jan 2023 - Whatever we think of the Harry and Meghan Markle saga, it matters when the son of the current king and brother of the future king writes in his new book, ‘Spare’: “Does the Crown generate tourism income that benefits all? Of course. Does it also rest upon lands obtained and secured when the system was unjust and wealth was generated by exploited workers and thuggery, annexation and enslaved people? Can anyone deny it?”

ENVIRONMENT

Lies, Damn Lies, and Climate Change

19 Jan 2023 - The World Economic Forum has been discussing world problems for just about as long as ExxonMobil has been lying about climate change. Greenland just had its hottest decade in 1,000 years and that its massive ice sheet is rapidly melting, causing more sea level rise. Catastrophic climate disruption is here, and disruptors like Greta Thunberg are clearly not the ones who should be arrested.

WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

New US Nuclear Weapons on European Soil: A Violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty

21 Jan 2023 - The US has begun to replace its nuclear weapons on European soil with more modern ones. It is replacing the B61-3, B61-4 and B61-7 thermonuclear bombs with the B61-12, which has become the main US and NATO air-launched nuclear weapon.

JUSTICE

Free Julian Assange: The Belmarsh Tribunal at the National Press Club Washington DC

21 Jan 2023 - Chaired by Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!) and Srećko Horvat (philosopher co-founder of DiEM25), the Tribunal included testimony from Julian’s father John Shipton.

DEBATES ON COVID - VACCINES

Moderna Wants to Quadruple the Price of Its Covid-19 Vaccine as Hundreds Die per Day

18 Jan 2023 - With the US federal government’s stock of vaccines for residents running out, Moderna now plans to raise the cost of its vaccine from $26 to up to $130 in a decision that understandably has North Americans pissed.

Covid-19 Drugmakers Pressured Twitter to Censor Activists Pushing for Generic Vaccine

16 Jan 2023 - The social media pressure campaign was just a part of the pharmaceutical industry’s successful lobbying blitz to retain patents — and make obscene record profits.

SCIENCE

‘Jaw-Dropping’ Evidence Syngenta Knew Its Paraquat Weedkiller Could Cause Parkinson’s

19 Jan 2023 - Internal documents show Swiss chemical giant Syngenta and Chevron USA for decades covered up research showing long-term exposure to the weedkiller Paraquat could cause Parkinson’s disease, investigative journalist Carey Gillam shows.

ANIMAL RIGHTS - VEGETARIANISM

Have We Reached ‘Peak Meat’? Why One Country Is Trying to Limit Its Number of Livestock

16 Jan 2023 - Dutch farms are feeling the squeeze from EU rules and need to make sweeping changes to the farm system – could a huge producer like the US follow suit?

INSPIRATIONAL

The Tragic Miracle of Consciousness: John Steinbeck on the True Meaning and Purpose of Hope

“Hope is a diagnostic human trait and this simple cortex symptom seems to be a prime factor in our inspection of our universe.”

POETRY FORMAT

Kids These Days

Well you know kids these days they’re so entitled
. They’ll quit a job just because they don’t like it
, or because it doesn’t pay enough
, ...

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES

(Italiano) Immanuel Wallerstein su sinistra e destra globali

Crisi, appunto. La via d'uscita è un discorso nuovo, meno materiale, più spirituale; qualcosa per cui vivere, non solo da. In questo momento Wallerstein vede il capitalismo in crisi senza rimedio--di cui non sono così sicuro--e anche l'egemonia americana in crisi senza rimedio--una visione che condivido--, come la caduta di un impero per il quale i locali le élite erano solite uccidere e governare; ora deve fare la maggior parte degli omicidi da solo.

(Português) Merecemos ainda continuar sobre a Terra?

20 jan 2023 - Sou um pessimista esperançado. Pessimista face à realidade perversa sob a qual vivemos e sofremos. Esperançado porque creio que o ser humano pode mudar a partir de uma nova consciência e no Criador que desta crise e eventualmente de uma ruína pode construir ou tipo de seres  humanos, mais fraternos entre si e respeitosos da Casa Comum.

(Italiano) In mezzo all’internet delle cose

18 Gennaio 2023 - Quali implicazioni nel vivere in ‘smart cities’, immersi nelle onde, in mezzo all’’internet delle cose’?

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Censorship

Wall Graffiti Spray: "The problem with Censorship is" with a solid black square after, to represent a blacked out line and loss of information from censorship.

JOKE OF THE WEEK

Land of the Fee, Home of the Depraved

10 Jan 2023 - Who is in charge?

SHORT VIDEO CLIPS

Imagining an Economy Where You Don’t Have to Buy Anything

21 Dec 2022 - What if we didn't have to spend money on the things we need, getting them instead from our neighbors? That's what the Buy Nothing Project set out to create. With hundreds of groups around the world, the infrastructure of Buy Nothing could transform our economy.

Teach your Children (Music Video of the Week)

1970 Live - Legendary singer-songwriter David Crosby died on 18 Jan 2023. He was 81. RIP Click on Watch on YouTube and Enjoy --> Inspiring Song