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• Bilderberg Meeting attendees (1954-present): politicians, CEOs, and thought leaders gather secretly to discuss global policy and economic trends. Chapter One: The Lords of War and Waste By Ned Lud It begins not with a bang but with a gleam of wealth,…
• Ned Lud dedicates this to Mark Aurelius Netanyahu: The Prime Minister of Permanent Emergency The Godless Horseman: War Eternal, Peace Never He doesn’t ride in on a white horse—he arrives in Merkava armor, draped in Holocaust memory and wrapped in the…
• by Janet Campbell Image via Freepik Children on the margins rarely have the luxury of being heard. Their needs are either diluted in policy debates or romanticized in feel-good campaigns that vanish as quickly as they arrive. But improving the lives of…
• By David Swanson Late last century I figured out that I needed to work on a job dedicated to making the world a better place. I know not everyone can find such a job if they try. I appreciate all the other useful jobs that millions of people do — if not…
• By Mark Aurelius One can feel the anger. One can feel the rage and disgust. It is a resentment severe but it is far from being some kind of blind hatred. Who could have thought Trump’s White House and Cabinet picks would be this fr..king frustrating,…
• Robert David I. The New American Panopticon In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers, exposing the government’s lies about the Vietnam War. Today, a different kind of betrayal unfolds—not through war, but through data, algorithms, and…
• Tracy Turner In recent years, Trader Joe's and Aldi have emerged as successful grocery store chains, with their private-label products that usually bear organic labels. But behind such appealing labels lies a disturbing reality: a significant proportion…
• By Chris Spencer I. The New Alchemists: Turning Paranoia into Profit In the digital crucible of the 21st century, a strange alchemy has emerged: paranoia transmutes into profit, and the specter of chaos becomes a business model. Surveillance—once the…
• By David Swanson, World BEYOND War Approaching 50 years since the end of the American War, as the Vietnamese call it, and something over 70 years since the start of it, depending when you start the clock, truth and reconciliation remain incomplete. I…
• By Mark Aurelius Has there ever been a word more super-charged, politicized, and over-bloated with frothing and rabid connotation, in our modernity, than terms as hate, hatred, hate speech or acts of hate? Perhaps there are some, but one’s noggin can be…