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Capitalism and the Lexicon of Loneliness
Giorgio de Chirico, Solitude, 1917 I need to be alone. I need to ponder my shame and my despair in seclusion; I need the sunshine and the paving stones of the streets without companions, without conversation, face to face with myself, with only the music of my heart for company. — Henry Miller, Tropic of […]
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The Fates of Gaza
What lies ahead is the beginning of something more difficult and greater. Ahead of us are years filled with sorrow that will never end, days of accumulated pain, and long hours of crying and lamenting. Our wounds are much deeper than they can easily heal. Surely, their scars will remain etched in us for as […]
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Capriciousness
The assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X represent some of the most pivotal and tragic moments in modern American history. While official narratives attribute these killings to lone gunmen, persistent questions remain about potential covert influences behind these events. One of the most controversial theories suggests […]
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B’Tselem in the Crosshairs
In early 2023, the most far-right cabinet in Israel’s history launched its war for “judicial reforms” to replace democracy with autocracy. In fall 2023, it began an obliteration war against Gaza. Now it is readying to decimate the last human rights defenders in Israel. In view of the Israeli Prime Minister, amid his own corruption […]
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France and the Delusions of Nuclear Deterrence
Emmanuel Macron[/caption]The singular antics of US President Donald Trump, notably towards supposed allies, has stirred the pot regarding national security in various capitals. From Canberra to Brussels, there is concern that such assumed, if unverifiable notions as extended nuclear deterrence from Washington are valid anymore. America First interests certainly bring that into question, as well […]
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Whose Dog Was Being Wagged During Showtime Between Trump and Zelensky?
Art requires the use of imagination, but so does political and social analysis. But imagination is just a first step; it proves nothing. Evidence is required. But imagination rules out nothing from the start. If one cannot imagine an hypothesis or a scene – no matter how seemingly implausible – to be possibly true, one […]
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“Biased” UN Report on Nicaragua Ignores Victims of US-backed Opposition Violence
One of scores of violent barricades, or tranques, created around Nicaragua during the 2018 coup attempt MASAYA, NICARAGUA – Reynaldo Urbina rides his motorbike around the streets of Masaya, Nicaragua, with agility, despite having only one arm. Nearly seven years ago, at the height of a US- supported coup attempt against Nicaragua’s left-wing Sandinista government, […]
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The Deep State’s War on Truth
The Deep State’s war on truth is being waged with doubletalk, delusion and propaganda. Through deliberate manipulation of language—what George Orwell called “doublespeak”—Donald Trump has provided cover for the Deep State’s continued grip on power. While promising to drain the swamp, his administration has instead relied on contradictory policies, misinformation, and propaganda to further entrench […]
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