Truth is the only weapon we have that can directly counter the lies that are driving us to war and environmental destruction.
Native American Bear (Mato): Gift to Mother Earth and Her People
Like a mother bear protects her young, leaders who possess bear medicine stand up for what is right and fight for what is good and true.
Covid Colonizes the Future
The future does not look bright, regarding the health of the human species. What it looks like is, well, lots of people dying from covid.
Chuck Kaufman: A Great Man Has Left Us
He had one goal in life: to dismantle the US war machine before it dismantled more of us. His example lives on in many of us.
The Dead and the Living: Britain’s Dirty War in Northern Ireland
“It’s always there in minute detail. I can see that night in my head as clearly as I can see you now. I can see the ditch on fire.”
Give Nature a Seat at the Governing Table
An oak tree that “owns itself” has become emblematic of a newly energized, transformative legal concept: Rights of Nature.
The January 6 Anniversary, Julian Assange and the Erosion of Democracy
The invasion of the Capitol was an assault on democracy. So too is Biden’s continued persecution of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange.
Teaching, Learning While Creating Theater in the U.S. Prisons
Chris Hedges discusses his book “Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison.” “God ‘Caged’ in Jersey,” he declares.
Climate Crisis at the Top of the World
By 2050, the key drivers of major climate change will be feedback loops at both ends of the temperature spectrum.
The Struggles of Ofer Cassif, an Anti-Zionist in Israel’s Knesset
“The fact that I am a Jew myself drove them crazy… If you are an Israeli Jew you must support Israel and the crimes it commits.” – Ofer Cassif
The Italian Communist Whose Radical Children’s Books Shaped a Generation
Cherished by generations of readers, his irreverent fairy tales encouraged children to question authority and think for themselves.
New Year’s Prediction: U.S. Cold War on China Will End in Ten Years
The RAND Corp. has fallen victim to their own propaganda, that the Chinese government is oppressive and people yearn to be free from it.
America’s Foreign Policy Death Spiral
Never has a new “national security” policy paradigm of cooperative internationalism been more desperately needed.
Dissenting POWs: The Forgotten Story
POW Gene Wilber called for an immediate U.S. troop withdrawal “so that the Vietnamese can solve their own problems.”
World War I: The 1914 Christmas Truce
After discovering their commonalities, lower-class conscripts from both sides soon found it difficult to “hate the enemy.”