Politics
Covid Conspiracies and the Animal Rights community in Victoria, Australia
By April Boxshall · 3 years ago
Let us think rationally if that is possible.
Why would any government, left, right, or in the middle, proceed with the up-popular choice of a lockdown if they did not believe it was the only ...
Democracy in the Crosshairs
By June Stepansky · 3 years ago
I have been a witness to the democratic process for many, many years. I have participated in numerous elections that have brought to office Democrats and Republicans of various philosophies and styles, but I have ...
The Continuing Fight for Equality
By June Stepansky · 3 years ago
“We hold these truths to be self-evident. That all men are created equal. That they are endowed, by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."-- ...
A Question of Survival
By June Stepansky · 3 years ago
Recently I was watching the movie Conquest of Paradise with Gerard Depardieu, a movie about Columbus and his discovery of the new world. As I was watching the cruelty that occurred in those days (1492)– ...
HESTON RUSSELL OP-ED - BUREAUCRATIC BOX-TICKING
By Jane Henschke · 3 years ago
Sunday, 11 July 2021, saw the anticlimactic announcement that the last of Australia’s military personnel have been withdrawn from Afghanistan, a conflict that saw over 39,000 veterans deployed over the 20 years our country committed ...
American Aristocracy and Societal Devolution
By Randy Gonzalez · 3 years ago
Aristocracy, the brevity for a metaphorical assertion of upper-class dominance, rule and hereditary perpetuity. By indirect inference, the special interests of the wealthy elite, the up and coming elite, generational replication, that furthers the materiality ...
Tragedy, Fear and Terrorism Arrogantly Near
By Randy Gonzalez · 3 years ago
Terrorism is crime and crime are terrorism. Add the externality of effects, from community to country, and criminogenic factors are elevated to a more adventurous status. Fear factors are influential, likewise, so is human weakness ...
Leadership in an Era of Leaderless Pretension - 1
By Randy Gonzalez · 3 years ago
In numerous corporate, governmental and collegiate forums, seminars and workshops across the U.S. nation, hope springs eternal in the elusive hunt for leadership. Who represents it in a realistic portrayal or ideal role model? What ...
The Irony Of Commemorating The Sharpeville Massacre Amidst Ongoing Police Brutality
By Zahid Jadwat · 3 years ago
March 21, 1960, now commemorated as Human Rights Day every year in South Africa, was one of the key moments in the fight against Apartheid when innocent protestors were killed by Police on that fateful ...
1. Domestic terrorism in the US.
By Dr. Mustapha Kulungu · 3 years ago
Domestic Terrorism in the United States
Mustapha Kulungu, Ph.D.
ILM Foundation Institute of Los Angeles
ABSTRACT
Domestic terrorism involves violence against the civilian population or infrastructure of a nation- often, but not always, by citizens ...
Capital Punishment: How Money And Power Reshapes Societies
By Alex Belsey · 3 years ago
In a capitalist system, money is inextricably linked with power – the more money you have, the greater influence you wield.
In particular, purchasing power can become political power when the wealthy use their resources ...
The Secret Alien Agenda and the Stupidity Virus
By Randy Gonzalez · 3 years ago
With all due allusion to myth, magic and metaphor, and perhaps even an attempt at allegory, the “secret alien agenda” pertains to a cosmic conspiracy. There is no intent to any references, direct or indirect, ...
What can we learn from the the Jan 6 Capitol Riot?
By Emma Stamas · 3 years ago
As I watched the Trump supporters and rioters wave their flags and break windows and climb the walls of the Capitol building on Jan 6, I wasn’t surprised at all. I have suspected that a ...
Myopia for Dystopia in the Illusion of Utopia
By Randy Gonzalez · 3 years ago
Postmodern times offer an array of multifaceted displays for the observation of disingenuous and hypocritical behaviors at varying levels of social interaction. In this presentation, myopia suggests the stupefying yet intentional behaviors characterized by exceptional ...
Boko Haram: Nigeria’s biggest security problem
By Hubert Nomamiukor · 3 years ago
Time and time again, Nigeria’s security forces have proved that they are incapable of protecting the country’s national security from acts of terror. Over the last 11 years since Boko Haram’s founder Mohammed Yusuf was ...
Independence remains an unattainable Lithuanian dream
By Adomas Abromaitis · 3 years ago
Lithuanian political activist Žilvinas Razminas in his article “HOPE - MOTHER OF POLITICAL FOOLS …” admits that Lithuania steps on a rake again. He and his supporters called to boycott the elections and predicted the ...
Dr. Richard Konteh: A Courageous Transformational Leader Amid The Unknown
By D-Unifier Team · 3 years ago
It is asserted that leaders are made, not born. Additionally, the makings of a transformational leader are defined, in part, by the leader’s willingness to venture into the unknown. This, of course, takes great courage ...
European defence still matters but not for Lithuania
By Adomas Abromaitis · 3 years ago
European countries have different points of view on the issue of the EU collective defence and security. These views divide the European Union and continue to weaken the organization.
Some of the EU member states ...
U.S. pleased Iraq doing more to protect U.S. embassy: Pompeo | Apadana Media
By Apadana Media · 4 years ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States was pleased that the Iraqi government was doing more to protect the U.S. embassy in Baghdad from Iran-backed Shiite Muslim ...
Politicians Totally Ignore the Only Free Market Solution to America's Economic Crisis!
By Rick Osbourne · 4 years ago
Consider the following FACTS. On average, the American economy grows at the rate of $4,000,000,000,000 (yes that’s 4 trillion dollars) annually. That translates into about $12,000 for every man, woman, and child in America. But ...