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Steven Pinker's Ideas Are Fatally Flawed. These Eight Graphs Show Why.
Steven Pinker's Ideas Are Fatally Flawed. These Eight Graphs Show Why.
It’s time to reclaim the mantle of “Progress” for progressives. By falsely tethering the concept of progress to free market economics and centrist values, Steven Pinker has tried to appropriate a great idea for which he has no rightful claim.
Jeremy Lent
America’s Treatment of Palestinians Has Grown Horrendously Cruel
America’s Treatment of Palestinians Has Grown Horrendously Cruel
No words can describe the anger and anguish I feel as a Palestinian in America watching this unfold.
Razan Azzarkani
Beyond Trump: How the US Went off the Rails
Beyond Trump: How the US Went off the Rails
Trump is a big problem. But he's not the cause of our problems.
John Atcheson
The Coming Collapse
The Coming Collapse
It is impossible for any doomed population to grasp how fragile the decayed financial, social and political system is on the eve of implosion.
Chris Hedges
Blaming the Victims of Israel's Gaza Massacre
Blaming the Victims of Israel's Gaza Massacre
To characterize Israeli violence as a “response” is to wrongly imply that Palestinian actions warranted Israel unleashing its firing squads.
Gregory Shupak
Israel Repurposes Nakba Myths to Justify Today's Massacre in Gaza
Israel Repurposes Nakba Myths to Justify Today's Massacre in Gaza
The only legitimate struggle for Palestinians, it seems, is keeping quiet, allowing their lands to be plundered and their children to be starved.
Jonathan Cook
As World Condemns 'Appalling' Crimes, US Defends Israeli Massacre in Gaza and Blocks Call for UN Probe
As World Condemns 'Appalling' Crimes, US Defends Israeli Massacre in Gaza and Blocks Call for UN Probe
In contrast to White House refusal to condemn Israel, the U.N. Human Rights Council denounced the massacre and slammed Israel for repeatedly violating international law
Jake Johnson
A Staggeringly Well-Funded Blowback Machine
A Staggeringly Well-Funded Blowback Machine
How the U.S. military takes the world through the Gates of Hell
Tom Engelhardt
Gaza Killings: Names and Faces of Those Killed by Israeli Forces This Week
Gaza Killings: Names and Faces of Those Killed by Israeli Forces This Week
Eight-month-old Laila is youngest Palestinian killed in Gaza on Monday, the deadliest day since 2014 war.
Middle East Eye Staff
Reconciliation at the Intersection of the Sacred Masculine/Feminine and Activism
Reconciliation at the Intersection of the Sacred Masculine/Feminine and Activism
As I have been called to action, more from Earth and Spirit than from world events, I found myself drawn into a deep exploration of my own Nature as an integral part of finding a compass in these times.
​Pat McCabe
The Ghosts of 'New Democrats' Are Haunting Us
The Ghosts of 'New Democrats' Are Haunting Us
“Certainly there are some people in the Democratic Party who want to maintain the status quo. They would rather go down with the Titanic so long as they have first-class seats.”
Norman Solomon
Queer Anti-War Activists Challenge Military Inclusion
Queer Anti-War Activists Challenge Military Inclusion
Is all inclusion good inclusion?
Toshio Meronek
Why I Stopped Seeking My Purpose
Why I Stopped Seeking My Purpose
And why I think you should also do it
Gustavo Tanaka
Can Antifa Build an Effective Broad-Based Anti-Fascist Movement?
Can Antifa Build an Effective Broad-Based Anti-Fascist Movement?
In March, Richard Spencer, a prominent white supremacist, cancelled his speaking engagements at U.S. universities, saying he was deterred by “antifa,” a loose international network of radical anti-fascist groups that aims to shut down far-right talks and rallies. For antifa...
Sue Curry Jansen and Brian Martin
Five Ways to Transform Our Economies
Five Ways to Transform Our Economies
We need a new economics for the 21st century. Here are five potential pillars.
Sam Cossar-Gilbert
Do We Have the Right to Financial Rebellion? a Conversation With Enric Duran
Do We Have the Right to Financial Rebellion? a Conversation With Enric Duran
We need to practice economic disobedience so that radical alternatives can flourish.
Niki Seth-Smith
The Strategic Naiveté of Antifa
The Strategic Naiveté of Antifa
We’ve all heard the argument before: However “nice” the use of nonviolence may be, in the real world violence is necessary — and ultimately more effective, so the thinking goes — for challenging a brutal regime, fighting injustice or defending against an armed opponent. But...
Molly Wallace
Worker Cooperatives Offer Real Alternatives to Trump's Retrograde Economic Vision
Worker Cooperatives Offer Real Alternatives to Trump's Retrograde Economic Vision
Announcing his presidency in 2016, Donald Trump promised the nation that he’d become “the greatest job president God ever created.” His plan to accomplish this rested on a retrograde economic vision that would “make America great again,” by restoring waning coal and...
Sarah Aziza
The Cult of Violence Always Kills the Left
The Cult of Violence Always Kills the Left
The Weather Underground, a clandestine revolutionary organization that advocated violence, was seen by my father and other clergy members who were involved in Vietnam anti-war protests as one of the most self-destructive forces on the left. These members of the clergy, many...
Chris Hedges
Is It Possible to Love All Humanity?
Is It Possible to Love All Humanity?
Qualities like gender, ethnicity, and nationality tend to define us more than being human. What happens when we try to identify with all of humanity?
Juliana Breines
Humanity Is Being Held Hostage by an Economic and Cultural Death Cult
Humanity Is Being Held Hostage by an Economic and Cultural Death Cult
In late 2017, more than 15,000 scientists from 184 countries issued a dramatic “warning to humanity” over biodiversity loss due to overconsumption of resources. They agreed that if we continue “business as usual,” we'll shortly approach a point where it will be too late to...
Martin Winiecki
Deaths of Despair: How Inequality Kills
Deaths of Despair: How Inequality Kills
Contrary to the assumptions of left-liberal commentators, neoliberalism is not merely a bad policy adopted by “greedy” elites. It is in fact a fundamental systemic rejection of the post-laissez-faire settlement put in place in just about all of the developed capitalist...
Alan Nasser
5 Signs That Trump’s Syria Threats are a Con
5 Signs That Trump’s Syria Threats are a Con
Let me present five signs of a hypocrisy, a fraud-in-the-making:
Sasha Abramsky
The Evolution of Identity Politics: an Interview With Eric Ward
The Evolution of Identity Politics: an Interview With Eric Ward
Eric K. Ward is currently the executive director of Western States Center. Western States Center’s mission is to connect and build the power of community organizations to challenge and transform individuals, organizations and systems to achieve racial, gender and economic...
Eric Ward
We've Got Syria All Wrong and Backwards
We've Got Syria All Wrong and Backwards
In the park today I saw a teenager watching two little kids, one of whom apparently stole a piece of candy from the other. The teenager rushed up to the two of them, reprimanded one of them, and stole both of their bicycles. I felt like it was my turn to step in at that...
David Swanson
Missile Attack on Syria Is a Salute to 'Russiagate' Enthusiasts—Whether They Like It or Not
Missile Attack on Syria Is a Salute to 'Russiagate' Enthusiasts—Whether They Like It or Not
"The latest U.S. air attack on Russia’s close ally Syria was as much politically aimed at Moscow as at Damascus."
Norman Solomon
In 'Clear Violation of Domestic and International Law,' Trump Bombs Syria
In 'Clear Violation of Domestic and International Law,' Trump Bombs Syria
"Strikes against the Syrian regime – without congressional input or authorization – shows a contempt for the U.S Constitution and is without legal justification."
Jon Queally
U.S. Intelligence Officials Who Warned About False WMD Claims Before Iraq War Are Now Warning About Baseless Syrian Chemical Weapons Claims
U.S. Intelligence Officials Who Warned About False WMD Claims Before Iraq War Are Now Warning About Baseless Syrian Chemical Weapons Claims
In this memo to the White House, the Veteran Intelligence Professions for Sanity urge President Trump to get the evidence first before deciding to strike Syria.
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
Major Papers Urge Trump to Kill Syrians, Risk World War III
Major Papers Urge Trump to Kill Syrians, Risk World War III
This style of coverage—enthusiastic about the moral need for violence but oblivious to its obvious consequences—inhibits the public’s capacity to make sense of the extremely dangerous moment in which we are living.
Gregory Shupak
The Problem with Evil
The Problem with Evil
When we confront something we regard as “evil,” it poses a threat to the self-preservation of ego. We are so busy preserving our existence in the face of this threat that we cannot see the thing clearly at all. —Chögyam Trungpa Sometimes in Q&A sessions or internet...
Charles Eisenstein
I Don't Give a Damn About the First (Insert Identity Here) CEO or President
I Don't Give a Damn About the First (Insert Identity Here) CEO or President
Do you know what literally repulses me these days? Hearing about the first so and so to get accepted into the exclusive club of the aristocracy. Frankly, I don’t give a damn about the latest first black president or first woman CEO. Who cares! I don’t know how we have arrived...
Teodrose Fikre
The Climate “Doomsday” Is Already Here
The Climate “Doomsday” Is Already Here
We have already altered the planet — and many have already been harmed by it.
Joe Brewer
29 Documentaries About War That the US Government Doesn't Want You to See
29 Documentaries About War That the US Government Doesn't Want You to See
These documentaries expose the ugly truth about war and the governments who wage them. The US government is focused on in this collection because I am based in the US, and it is every citizen's duty to call out and name the crimes of their government. It's all too easy to...
Tim Hjersted
#MeToo and Liberation for All
#MeToo and Liberation for All
“I want to kiss you all over your smile.”
Miki Kashtan
Decrying System That Favors 'War and the Wealthy,' Poor People's Campaign Unveils Agenda to Combat Poverty, Racism, and Militarism
Decrying System That Favors 'War and the Wealthy,' Poor People's Campaign Unveils Agenda to Combat Poverty, Racism, and Militarism
"The Democrats talk about the middle class. The Republicans talk about the military. No one's talking about the poor."
Jake Johnson
Farewell, Not Goodbye: Leaving Diem25 (Or “We Need to Talk About Democracy, Transparency, Feminism, and Assange.”)
Farewell, Not Goodbye: Leaving Diem25 (Or “We Need to Talk About Democracy, Transparency, Feminism, and Assange.”)
This is not a post I ever wanted to write but it’s time to tie up loose ends before starting the new year. I’ve left DiEM25 and I’d like to explain to you why that is and what I hope DiEM will do differently in the future if it is to realise its tremendous potential to be a...
Aral Balkan
America Hasn’t Learned a Thing: Racism, Materialism and Militarism Still Reign Supreme
America Hasn’t Learned a Thing: Racism, Materialism and Militarism Still Reign Supreme
As a nation, we have a tendency to sentimentalize cultural icons in death in a way that renders them non-threatening, antiseptic and easily digested by a society with an acute intolerance for anything controversial, politically incorrect or marred by imperfection.
John W. Whitehead
'Horrifying' Video Shows Israeli Soldiers Shouting With Joy After Sniping Unarmed Palestinian in Gaza
'Horrifying' Video Shows Israeli Soldiers Shouting With Joy After Sniping Unarmed Palestinian in Gaza
"While this shows one individual soldier's act, it is made possible by criminal orders from the top that authorized use of lethal force against unarmed protesters that has resulted in hundreds being shot."
Jake Johnson
Economic Democracy: An Ethically Desirable Socialism That Is Economically Viable
Economic Democracy: An Ethically Desirable Socialism That Is Economically Viable
This paper by David Schweickart, published alongside three others, is one of many proposals for a systemic alternative we have published or will be publishing here at the Next System Project. You can read it below, or download the PDF. We have commissioned these papers in...
David Schweickart
The Ultimate Romance Begins From the Love We Show Our Selves
The Ultimate Romance Begins From the Love We Show Our Selves
When most people think of romance, they think of flowers and chocolate, candlelight dinners and sunset walks, dancing, poetry, and diamond rings. These types of romance happen most consistently during the falling-in-love phase of a relationship. Further into the relationship...
Eric Bowers
Manifesto for Wholesome Cooperation: a Sociocratic Perspective
Manifesto for Wholesome Cooperation: a Sociocratic Perspective
Humans organize themselves in groups to reach common objectives
SoFA Coop Circle
The Big Story: Can We Change Civilization by Changing Its Origin Story?
The Big Story: Can We Change Civilization by Changing Its Origin Story?
How did humans go from savanna-dwelling primates to moon-bouncing Tide Pod™ eaters? This is the big question that Big History has been trying to answer for millennia. Sure, other ages may have framed the question differently. Pre-Internet historian Herodotus may have asked...
Samuel Miller McDonald
Learn to Be Soft and You Will Be Strong
Learn to Be Soft and You Will Be Strong
It’s the hard things that break; soft things don’t break…You can waste so many years of your life trying to become something hard in order not to break, but it’s the soft things that can’t break! The hard things are the ones that shatter into a million pieces! – C. Joybell...
Joshua Kauffman
Culture Shift: Redirecting Humanity's Path to a Flourishing Future
Culture Shift: Redirecting Humanity's Path to a Flourishing Future
It’s time to build a new worldview around a deeper sense of connectedness.
Jeremy Lent
No, You Can't ‘Be the Change’ Alone
No, You Can't ‘Be the Change’ Alone
Positive thinking may be useless or even damaging, but negative thinking is unlikely to change the world for the better.
Alessandra Pigni
If I Die Before We Wake… This is for the Healers
If I Die Before We Wake… This is for the Healers
Are you a healer who is trying to bring love and light into this world? If so, you might feel the way I do sometimes… in those moments of clarity about how big the forces of harm have become and that the darkness may last for the rest of your life and beyond. I write these...
Joe Brewer
Holding Space for Outrage
Holding Space for Outrage
Deepening Relationships with Presence and Acceptance
Heather Plett
The Perpetual Curse of the Warrior Mindset
The Perpetual Curse of the Warrior Mindset
“We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.” ~Albert Einstein
Christopher Chase
The Death of Political Theory
The Death of Political Theory
Ideology Dies One Small Social Experiment at a Time
Max Borders
How to Navigate the Disorientation of a Seismic World
How to Navigate the Disorientation of a Seismic World
Our situation may seem hopeless, but we have a rich inheritance of ideas and practices from which we can draw. Monarchies have been overthrown, dictators pulled down. We can take inspiration from past revolutions to build a new framework for the future.
The Symbiosis Research Collective
The Promised Land Is Still Not Here
The Promised Land Is Still Not Here
Fifty years after Martin Luther King's assassination, the Left struggles to speak with the kind of moral clarity King exemplified — but that shouldn't stop us from trying.
Robert Greene II
The End of the "End of History"
The End of the "End of History"
In China and beyond, liberalized markets aren't fostering democracy — they're undermining it.
Eli Friedman and Andi Kao
Understanding the Blue Church
Understanding the Blue Church
In my Situational Assessment: 2017, I quoted a post from Reddit: “The Blue Church is panicking because they’ve just witnessed the birth of a new Red Religion. Not
Jordan Hall
Identity Politiks: When Grievance Gets Weaponized
Identity Politiks: When Grievance Gets Weaponized
Let me admit, I grow weary of hearing gripes and grievances. I don’t say this to somehow deny atrocities that have been committed against people in the past nor am I blind to injustices that continue to be perpetuated in the present. Yet there is a big difference between...
Teodrose Fikre
Shooting Protesters in Cold Blood: How Israel Became a Typical Middle Eastern Dictatorship
Shooting Protesters in Cold Blood: How Israel Became a Typical Middle Eastern Dictatorship
Randomly shooting into crowds is more than just threatening people with death. It is a means of terrorizing the dissidents.
Juan Cole
The Oligarchs’ ‘Guaranteed Basic Income’ Scam
The Oligarchs’ ‘Guaranteed Basic Income’ Scam
Beware the architects of our neofeudalism calling on the government to pay a guaranteed basic income
Chris Hedges
The History and Philosophy of Aikido
The History and Philosophy of Aikido
Aikido is a powerful martial art developed throughout the mid 20th century by a Japanese named Morihei Ueshiba.  Aikido differs from most other martial arts in that the practitioner seeks to achieve self-defense without injury to attackers. Furthermore, there are no...
Aikido Association of America
An Atlas of Real Utopias?
An Atlas of Real Utopias?
Atlas of Utopias is part of the Transformative Cities initiative, sharing 32 stories of radical transformation that demonstrate that another world is possible, and already exists.
Sol Trumbo and Nick Buxton
Tribal Revival: The Tribal Basis Of The Next Civilization
Tribal Revival: The Tribal Basis Of The Next Civilization
True tribalism is a societal balance point
Lothar
16 Powerful Krishnamurti Quotes
16 Powerful Krishnamurti Quotes
Here is a collection of 16 powerful quotes by the great Jiddu Krishnamurti. Mostly taken from Krishnamurti’s public talks in the late 1960’s, these quotes will urge you to reconsider culture, religion, politics and family, and will guide you towards a new, more beautiful and...
Sofo Archon