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THE BATTLE AGAINST BEWITCHMENT: UPSETTING SETTLED MINDS
By Gary Z McGee Source: Waking Times “Philosophical thinking that doesn’t do violence to one’s settled mind is no philosophical thinking at all.” ~Rebecca Goldstein Comfort zones are a curious thing. So warm and secure. So safe and reassuring. So … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, culture, education, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged activism, Belief, Consciousness, culture, Mindfulness, Philosophy, psychology, society, Sociology, spirituality
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Being a Radical Has Led Me to Sometimes Live a Double Life
Is that a good thing? By Mickey Z. Source: Dissident Voice Throughout the 2000s, you’d find me regularly riding NYC’s subways during the very early morning hours — specifically from Queens into Manhattan — to work with personal training clients in gyms. … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, culture, media, Philosophy, Psychology, Revolution, society, Sociology
Tagged activism, Culture Design, media, Philosophy, Revolution, society, Sociology
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“Facing Clear Evidence of Peril” in a Country of Lies
By Edward Curtin Source: Behind the Curtain “In my seventy-plus years from 1946 to now, the chorus of fear-mongering bullshit has never ceased – only grown louder. The joke is on us. Ha Ha Ha.” – Oliver Stone, Chasing the Light … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, corporate news, culture, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged activism, culture, empire, George W. Bush, iraq, Joe Biden, Philosophy, propaganda, society, Sociology, spirituality, war, War Criminals
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Arguments Against Despair
By David Edwards Source: Media Lens Eliot Jacobson is a retired professor of mathematics and computer science who regularly appears on our Twitter feed discussing the climate crisis. He sends tweets under the grim title, ‘Your “moment of doom” for … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Art, consciousness, culture, Dystopia, Empire, Environment, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged activism, Buddhism, Climate Change, Consciousness, culture, Death, despair, Dystopia, Eliot Jacobson, environment, Extinction, Meditation, Philosophy, psychology, satchitananda, society, Sociology, spirituality, Steve Taylor
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Rage Against The War Machine: What Rage? ‘When Will They Ever Learn?’
By Robert J. Burrowes In his iconic 1950s anti-war hit song ‘Where Have All the Flowers Gone?’, Pete Seeger posed the eternal question about war: ‘when will they ever learn?’ Of course, Seeger’s question was primarily directed at those individuals … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, civil disobedience, consciousness, culture, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, Philosophy, society, Sociology, war
Tagged activism, anti-war, culture, Global Elite, Philosophy, protest, psychology, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Violence, war
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It Is The Mass Media’s Job To Help Suppress Anti-War Movements
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com In a new article titled “European antiwar protests gain strength as NATO’s Ukraine proxy war escalates,” The Grayzone’s Stavroula Pabst and Max Blumenthal document the many large demonstrations that have been occurring in France, the … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, NATO, Neocons, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war
Tagged activism, antiwar, China, corporate news, Deep State, disinformation, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Information War, Mainstream Media, Mass Media, media, Media Literacy, NATO, Neocons, propaganda, Psyops, Russia, Ukraine, war
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Signs of Early Onset Activist Syndrome
By Mickey Z. Source: Dissident Voice In my very young days, I lived in a fourth-floor apartment in a five-story, pre-war, walk-up building. On the second floor, you’d find an older Italian couple: Mr. and Mrs. Larucci. (I say “older” … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, consciousness, culture, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, society, Sociology, war
Tagged activism, antiwar, culture, Duck Soup, Groucho Marx, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, society, Vietnam
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There Are No Permanent Allies, Only Permanent Power
If we do not build left-right coalitions on issues such as militarism, health care, a living wage and union organizing, we will be impotent in the face of corporate power and the war machine. By Chris Hedges Source: The Chris … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, CIA, civil disobedience, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, society, State Crime, war
Tagged activism, Afghanistan, Ann Wright, antiwar, Anya Parampil, Capitol Hill Citizen, CIA, Code Pink, Cynthia McKinney, Deep State, Dennis Kucinich, empire, False Claims Act, fascism, geopolitics, imperialism, Jill Stein, Jimmy Dore, Libya, Max Blumenthal, military-industrial complex, Nick Brana, Oligarchy, Pakistan, Rage Against the War Machine, Ralph Nader, raq, Ron Paul, Scott Horton, Somalia, Syria, The People's Party, Veterans for PEace, war, Yemen
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