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Zionism vs. Mama Africa: The Persecution and Blacklisting of Mariam Makeba
Miriam Makeba and Kwame Ture/Stokely Carmichael, 1968 Back in the 1960s, Mariam Makeba aka Mama Africa played an important role in bringing apartheid in South Africa to the attention of the world. A singer with a voice seasoned by living under a brutal system of settler colonial racism known as “apartheid”, correctly pronounced exactly as […]
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Who’s to Blame? Political Action, Personal Accountability, and Human Nature
[A version of this essay was presented at the Taos Community of Love service on October 19, 2025.] I know this isn’t a conventional church service, but I would like to start with scripture: “The moral high ground is a dangerous place to stand, even when it’s warranted.” That’s not really scripture but rather a sentence […]
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The Rise Christian Nationalism and the Ending of a Friendship
Recently, a friend since high school, an individual, a self-identified, as of late, Christian-nationalist, curtailed — in the stark, cold manner that I have witnessed true believer Christians are prone — our friendship due to a recent article of mine in which I called out the fascistic elements of Christian-nationalism and genocide-apologist aspects of Christian […]
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The Trumpet Sounds Again
Before listening to Trump’s speech to the Knesset, I had no intention to write a summary of another soliloquy that praised Donald Trump. Two Knesset members made the only sensible statement during the oration, by showing their distaste for the utterances and being escorted out of the chamber of horrors. Haim V. Levy, The Times […]
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Trump Readies for Regime Change in Venezuela
Since the start of September, the Trump administration has busied itself with striking boats in international waters stemming from Venezuelan and possibly Colombian waters. Their mortal offence: allegedly carrying narcotics cargo destined for consumers in the United States. A few days following the first strike on September 2, President Donald Trump stated in a War […]
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How Not To Say “No Kings” to Venezuela
Ukraine banner at a January 20 Trump Inauguration protest (Photo credit Sean Reynolds) In light of 18 October’s “No Kings” protests, which will undoubtedly fail to sanction President Trump’s moves toward war in Iran and Venezuela, I wrote up these notes for a peace group I work with on a recent interview I conducted for […]
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The CIA Wins Another Nobel Peace Prize
While millions waited in hopes that the Global Sumud Flotilla would win this year’s Nobel peace prize for its epic solidarity with Palestine, the Norwegian committee charged with granting the award gave it to Maria Corina Machado instead, veteran CIA coup plotter in Venezuela. As the late Gore Vidal aptly advised, “Never underestimate the Scandinavian […]
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Trump, Tomahawks and Telephone Calls
Zelensky arrived in Washington on Friday, attired in his newly tailored suit, but he found no red carpet or even a high-level Trump official to greet him. Anticipating a cache of Tomahawks, he was apparently unaware of the telephone call between Trump and Putin and the meeting in Budapest in two weeks, to which he’s […]
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