The So-Called American Dream Has Become a Nightmare
By Tammy Marchand Many families are still trying to rebound from what was their American dream. The good old American pie seems to have been harboring worms that upset the bellies of many Americans. While it is written that there is nothing new under the sun, one wonders if this statement had a final date […]
In the Fight Against Imperialism, Beware the Peddlers of Despair
All around us – Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti, the Congo, Ivory Coast, Palestine, Somalia, Libya, and elsewhere – empires are tearing a trail of destruction. This is not a sign of strength but of weakness, because the aim of empire is not to destroy but to conquer. Since conquest cannot be achieved without the collaboration of […]
Open Letter to Neoliberal Lord Meghnad Desai Against Fascism in India
Dear Mr. Desai, I write to you as a concerned fellow citizen of a republic that reeks like a nauseating carcass. That the Indian economy is in sad shape is evident daily to anyone who buys the most trivial things. I agree with you on this. It is sadder still to see able, privileged sons […]
How US Neocolonial Development Failed the Philippines – Part I
It is a sober admission of practically all reasonable and level-headed viewpoints that United States hegemony, by way of imperialistic programming, has had a direct hand in what post-war Philippines has gone through in terms of the social, political, economic and even cultural journey of a suffering and struggling people. The Philippines was briefly on […]
Kafkaesque World of Data Mining by the NSA, Search Engines and Social Media
In the surreal world we live in, reality has become stranger than fiction. The information super highway could have produced a completely transparent world, yet the elusive corporate and governmental nexus of Big Brothers has surrounded itself with layers of opacity, secrecy and deception. Meanwhile, ordinary citizens are probed, exposed and have become open books […]
