Thanksgiving for What? 46.2 Million Americans Are Living in Poverty
Thanksgiving is a dubious American holiday. First, for Native Americans, it is the “celebration” of their generosity towards the Pilgrims who promptly paid them back by stealing their land and ultimately committing a genocide against the indigenous population of the new land. Secondly, during Thanksgiving, Americans are supposed to be thankful for what they have. […]
Troy Davis’ “Legal” Murder: An Indictment Against A Bloodthirsty Empire
Today, Troy Davis was legally murdered by the state of Georgia on behalf of the American people. Once again the United States legal system has killed proudly and without remorse. Since 1976, 1,268 people have been executed by the US penal system. As I am witting this, I feel ashamed to live in a land-even […]
WANTED: More Hypocritical Politicians
First, before the vocabulary Nazis skip to the comment section and start furiously hammering away on their keyboards, the title of this article misuses the word ‘hypocritical’ purposely. A hypocrite is someone who says one thing and does another, or professes beliefs and values that they don’t actually hold. Certainly something politicians do, though not […]
The Crisis is Us!
By Maria Odete Madeira Crisis is the generalized threatening referent and reference that pulverizes the daily cognitive dynamics of the now-human-present, with the permanent alert that it is the case that we are in the imminence of collapsing as a species, and that not even the mercantilization of the crisis, as resource to an unwise […]
The Coming Global Uprising: Learning From Egypt, Libya, and Other Revolutions Gone Wrong
Feature image DeesIllustration.com You won’t hear it discussed much, not in main stream media anyway, but the people of Egypt are, and have been for some time, back in Tahrir Square fighting for the same things they were fighting for nine months ago. You’ll be allowed to see Hosni Mubarak wheeled into his media trial […]
