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We Must End the Illusion of Military Dominance

12Jul

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Russia, Ukraine, USA

We Must End the Illusion of Military Dominance

A demonstrator holds a sign during a peaceful stand for Ukraine rally in Boston. Demonstrator came together in downtown Boston to protest against the increasing tension and violence following President Vladimir Putin's attack days prior. (Photo: Vincent Ricci/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images). We have simply not dedicated the resources to wage peace in the same determined, relentless way we have waged war. This must change. KEVIN MARTIN, BRAD WOLF United States military analysts love strategies and the theories behind them. The theories provide what appear to be perfectly reasonable and rational approaches to warfighting, even offering a sense of certainty about the outcome. After all, they’ve been designed with military precision. Authorized personnel at the Pe...

Where Is Joe? This Crisis of Democracy Demands a Leader, Not a Lame Duck

12Jul

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Politics, USA

Where Is Joe? This Crisis of Democracy Demands a Leader, Not a Lame Duck

U.S. President Joe Biden bows his head in prayer before presenting the Medal of Honor to four U.S. Army soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War during an event in the East Room of the White House on July 05, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images). It's a serious handicap for an elected leader to be considered a lame duck. Far worse, though, for the "leader" to be considered just plain lame. JIM HIGHTOWER By Creators.com Former President Donald Trump's criminal use of lies and mob violence to steal the 2020 election failed, but it's not the only recent coup attack on our democracy. In the last few years, a cabal of right-wing zealots have plotted to seize control of the U.S. Supreme Court. By hook and crook, they've installed a six-judge majority, and...

Biden Denounced for Imposing New Sanctions as Iran Nuclear Talks Falter

12Jul

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Iran, USA, ZIO-NAZI

Biden Denounced for Imposing New Sanctions as Iran Nuclear Talks Falter

A picture taken on November 10, 2019, shows an Iranian flag in Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, during an official ceremony to kick-start works on a second reactor at the facility. (Photo: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images). One Middle East expert accused the U.S. administration of "continuing and embracing Trump's max pressure policy, while expecting a different result." BRETT WILKINS Progressive Middle East watchers on Wednesday condemned the Biden administration's targeting of 15 firms and people in at least five countries allegedly linked to the sale and shipment of Iranian petroleum products in violation of U.S. economic sanctions. "All of this could have been avoided if Biden just returned to the JCPOA via executive order." In announcing the new sanctions,...

‘Broken’ Capitalist Food System Drives Soaring Global Hunger: Oxfam

12Jul

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Human Rights

‘Broken’ Capitalist Food System Drives Soaring Global Hunger: Oxfam

A woman holds her malnourished son in a hospital N'djamena, Chad on May 13, 2022. (Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images). Criticism from the charity's food policy director came in response to a new United Nations report revealing that around 1 in 10 people worldwide went hungry last year. BRETT WILKINS Around 1 in 10 people went hungry last year in a world losing ground on its collective goal of ending all forms of hunger, a report released Wednesday by United Nations agencies revealed, prompting sharp censure from a leading charity. "Long-standing political failure to address how we feed all the people in the world has made our food system susceptible to fragility and failure." As many as 828 million people experienced hunger in 2021, 150 million ...

The Highland Park Shooting and American Fascism Now

12Jul

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USA

The Highland Park Shooting and American Fascism Now

BY STEPHEN F. EISENMAN Fireplug and Coneflowers in the Author’s Garden, Highland Park, Illinois, 2013. Photo: The Author. Highland Park Memoirs I heard about it from my daughter, Sarah, in Chicago. “Dad, did you hear about Highland Park?” That was an ominous beginning. She continued: “There was a shooting during the 4th of July Parade. A bunch of people were killed.” My heart sank. I lived in Highland Park for almost 15 years, from 2001-2015. Sarah too. I had been there just a few weeks ago to visit my dear neighbors Hannah and Joe, and to meet up with Sarah. “You ok, sweetie?” “Yeah, but it’s really bad.” “Let me hang up and find out more.” I looked at the NYTimes and Guardian and texted Hannah – she and her husband were out of...

Heat and Drought Bake the World. Thank Climate Change

11Jul

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Environment, World

Heat and Drought Bake the World. Thank Climate Change

BY EVE OTTENBERG Panamint Valley, Death Valley National Park. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. The canary in the coal mine is dead. He died of heat prostration. Along with him went plenty of humans, poorly protected from the climate collapse: In India this spring, in the American Southwest, Midwest and South late spring, in Xinjiang, China also in spring and in large parts of Africa right now. That’s before summer even really got cooking. Last summer the American Northwest baked at 116 degrees Fahrenheit for days, and in places like the British Columbia town of Lytton, the mercury hit 122 degrees, before the town spontaneously combusted and burnt to the ground. This formerly once-in-a-millennium roasting now occurs yearly, across huge swaths of the planet, thanks to human-induced clima...

Noam Chomsky and the United Nations Warn of Collapse

11Jul

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UN, USA

Noam Chomsky and the United Nations Warn of Collapse

BY ROBERT HUNZIKER Image by Javier Miranda. It’s entirely possible that doomsayers of the world, though widely ridiculed, could be on target about the prospects for global societal collapse. But, of course, when? According to a recent Noam Chomsky interview, it’s an ongoing grind that will end with a thud. The onset of societal collapse is not hidden. Rather, similar to animals in the wild, people sense when something’s out of the ordinary, amiss, trouble brewing, on the alert. There’s tension in the air, tempers flare, strangers lash out, and society turns against establishment protocols; it’s the antithesis of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1952-1966) and Father Knows Best (1954-1960). Instead, it’s Mad Max (1979) redux. It is today’s world, and people sense tr...

The Supreme Court is Threatening America and the Planet

11Jul

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USA, World

The Supreme Court is Threatening America and the Planet

BY EVAGGELOS VALLIANATOS Halsey, Oregon plant. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. The word “supreme” fits kings and tyrants. It is definitely monarchical and, therefore, undemocratic. A supreme commander does what he wants. No one can interfere, much less have oversight of his actions. The same thing is true with a court with the title supreme court. It issues decisions / edicts that only Congress can overturn. The other inappropriate custom with this high court is giving its judges names / titles they don’t deserve. Justices, for example. Judges are usually trained in law. They are not Justices. Justice is an ideal of virtue rarely apparent in human beings. To be just is beautiful and perfect, but extremely difficult. So calling judges Justices gives them the illusion they are muc...

11Jul

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Environment

Gas and nuclear make the cut

by: beyondnuclearinternational European Parliament by TPCOM/Creative Commons. European Parliament votes to include nuclear and gas in the EU “green” taxonomy This is a quick report in French for our many Francophone readers from our colleagues at Réseau sortir du nucléaire. For information in English, please see our article on the Beyond Nuclear website. C’est un jour noir pour l’environnement et le climat. Réunis en plénière à Strasbourg, les parlementaires européens ont validé à 328 voix contre 278 la proposition de la Commission Européenne d’inclure le nucléaire et le gaz dans la taxonomie verte. Nous dénonçons avec force les lobbies à la manœuvre et le rôle délétère majeur joué par la France. Ce vote marque l’aboutissement d’un sinistre feuille...

11Jul

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Environment

Nuclear myopia

By: beyondnuclearinternational Promoting nuclear power as a solution to climate change is short-sighted By Kim Friedman We must think holistically about what constitutes “clean energy” when we consider climate change investments and our energy future. President Biden’s recent announcement of his $6 billion effort to save “distressed” nuclear (fission) power plants is misguided and short-sighted. Although reducing carbon emissions is critical to slowing the pace of climate change, it must not be our only litmus test for moving toward a “clean” energy future, similarly to how our overall health cannot be measured solely by our blood pressure or weight. In the case of nuclear power, we must consider its high cost compared to renewable energy sources, such as wind and sol...