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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

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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

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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

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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

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Reality Tunnels: How to Control & Re-Program Your Mind

By Jack Fox-Williams Source: Waking Times When I was in secondary school, a teacher showed me an animated optical illusion in which a dancer appears to be spinning in one direction. I was adamant that the dancer was spinning clockwise, … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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