Categoria: Politica

  • Postmodern Tyranny: States of Deception from 9/11 to Covid-19

    Postmodern Tyranny: States of Deception from 9/11 to Covid-19

    It’s been well over a year now since the health scare dubbed the Covid-19 pandemic has had any widespread impact upon the lives of the vast majority of humanity. Since the “fog of war” has lifted, so to speak, there has been very little introspection regarding the knee-jerk authoritarianism imposed upon humanity in the liberal […]

  • Border Massacres: The Saudi Ethiopian Migrant Killings

    We know what the regime is like.  Starving a country, bombing its hospitals and strafing its schools has been minor fare for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  The population of Yemen has found this out to their colossal cost.  Add to this the killing of dissident journalists, the enthusiastic employment of capital punishment, and an […]

  • The Three M’s: Mutual Aid, Magnanimity and Meals on Wheels

    The Three M’s: Mutual Aid, Magnanimity and Meals on Wheels

    While August 19 was International Humanitarian Day, just a short stone’s throw from the Waldport Post Office is a hub of volunteers and one director feeding the soul of the needy on a weekly basis. For manager Nicole Person, her 10 years of service with Meals on Wheels in Waldport have been a lesson in […]

  • “Mexico should be our example of what is possible”

    “Mexico should be our example of what is possible”

    Teri Mattson is producer and host of the weekly podcast “WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean?” broadcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, CODEPINK, as well as https://popularresistance.org/wtf-is-going-on-in-latin-america-the-caribbean/ Rick Sterling: How did you wind up living in Mexico City? Teri Mattson: I went to Mexico City in September of 2020 in response to […]

  • Elephants in the Room: battered women are our sisters, mothers, friends, wives

    Elephants in the Room: battered women are our sisters, mothers, friends, wives

    The most difficult aspect of writing about BWS — battered wife syndrome or intimate partner violence — is that as a man, I have to embrace reality: gender violence is not just fostered by the socialization of men to be more powerful than women, but for so many judges, lawyers, DAs and the public, this […]

  • The Profiteering Motive

    Times of crisis can be glorious for some.  The Great Depression bred its share of wealthy profiteers.  The First and Second World Wars fostered many a multimillionaire.  Over the bodies of millions, the returns for armaments companies were unparalleled.  And during the current “cost of living crisis,” as it is so often dubbed, there are […]

  • America’s Likely Civil War?      

    Across America, whispers softly speak about whether there’s an undeclared civil war. Well, maybe yes, maybe no, but what are the signals? What about January 6th hand-to-hand combat on the steps of the nation’s capitol with 136 (injured) police officers, was it civil unrest or incipient civil war? Those questions are answered by Barbara F. […]

  • What is the raison d’être of Big Pharma?

    What is the raison d’être of Big Pharma?
  • “I told you so.”

    “I told you so.”

    “I told you so.” Never in the history of conversation has anyone felt better from hearing those four words.

  • The People of Niger Want to Shatter Resignation

    The People of Niger Want to Shatter Resignation

    Leslie Amine (Benin), Swamp, 2022 In 1958, the poet and trade union leader Abdoulaye Mamani of Zinder (Niger) won an election in his home region against Hamani Diori, one of the founders of the Nigerien Progressive Party. This election result posed a problem for French colonial authorities, who wanted Diori to lead the new Niger. […]

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