I’ve been amazed at the collective wisdom of the truly left of us, those who adhere to the belief that people — communities of common needs — are smarter than the total sum of individuals who seek power, money and a birthright to the gutting of ecosystems. Competitiveness isn’t it, and yet we are telling …
Shifting Baselines in a Time of Climate Change, Systems Stagnation, Life and Death in a Time of Amnesia by Paul Haeder / February 19th, 2019 Both of my parents were assassinated by death squads in our country. My siblings and I fled because we were afraid. We entered the U.S illegally. We crossed the river, …
I had a radio show and had on the hour weekly venue some very powerful thinkers, those who the majority of Americans never run into. Good stuff over at Truthdig with Chris Hedges’ latest, “Worshipping the Electronic Image.” Daniel Boorstin in “The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Reality in America” argues that the fabricated, the inauthentic and …
Simple communitarian spirit, tied to serendipitous moment listening to this artist a month ago talking about climate change, tide-pools and new earth emerging. His name is Bill Kucha, 74, originally from Cleveland. He was trained as a classic artist in Boston, BU, and he married at 18, had a child, and ended up on his …
Look, we are in a deep mess economically, environmentally, ethically, education-wise and tied to our rapacious appetite in the West (and now China) for energy. The 5-e’s! The masters of the universe are the Oil Companies, the War Profiteers, the Millionaires and Billionaires sacking it to the 90 percent of the globe, talk dodging, illegal …
It’s a call for submissions, for the Oregon Humanities Magazine, and the theme is, adapt = Features for “Adapt” For the Summer 2019 issue of Oregon Humanities, we want to hear your stories, ideas, thoughts, and arguments on the word “adapt.” Share an experience about conforming in response to some sort of pressure. Tell us …
Corporate Canada Behind Slow Motion Coup Attempt in Venezuela by Yves Engler / February 8th, 2019 Long Live a Free from USA/AngloZionist Dirty Tricks Venezuela –Oh Canada, my mother’s home, just as white patriarchal bad as the rest. Klanada, Oh Klanada: It’s convenient but incorrect to simply blame the USA for Ottawa’s nefarious role in the slow …
Punching Counterpunch in a wet bag! The rip roar fun of America is that every sector of the society seems infected by censorship because the people paying the bill, in a sense, are the titans of business, the CEOs, the upper echelon, who take their marching orders from billionaires who have their fingers in every …
Book review of Gary Brumback’s Life’s Triangles and America’s Power Elites (2019) by Paul Haeder / February 4th, 2019 To see a world in a grain of sand,And a heaven in a wild flower,Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,And eternity in an hour. —Auguries of Innocence, by William Blake There is an American …
contemporary penal institutions are not often the penitentiaries themselves, but, are immersed within communities, manifesting in social welfare programming by Paul Haeder / January 30th, 2019 Drawing a Picture on the Shreds of American Greenbacks It is solely by risking life that freedom is obtained; . . . the individual who has not staked his …
