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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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How Does Degrowth Apply to Our Minds?
By Erin Remblance Source: resilience As an Australian, it troubles me that if the whole world lived like us, we would need 4.5 planet Earths. Thanks to over-consuming nations like mine, worldwide we are living as if we have 1.75 planet Earths, a … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, culture, Economics, Empire, Environment, Philosophy, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technocracy
Tagged Alan Watts, Antonio Gramsci, capitalism, Consumerism, cultural hegemony, culture, Degrowth, Economics, environment, Federico Demaria, Harald Welzer, industrialisation, Jeff Sparrow, Philosophy, Serge Latouche, society, Sociology, Will Steffen
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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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The World Wants to Be Deceived
By Edward Curtin Source: Behind the Curtain My title comes from a 19th century author whose name does not matter nor would it mean much if I mentioned him. It’s an old truth that has not changed a bit over the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged China, COVID, COVID vaccines, culture, deception, empire, Football, geopolitics, hypocrisy, imperialism, Militarism, Nord Stream, Nuclear War, Philosophy, propaganda, Russia, Seymour Hersh, society, Sociology, spy balloons, Ukraine, war
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