Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Moral injury is the social, psychological, and spiritual harm that arises from a betrayal of one’s core values, such as justice, fairness, and loyalty. “Moral Injury” – Psychology Today, emphasis added. I became interested in the term...
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The Price of Justice: When Liberty Becomes a Bribe
Photo by Philippe Oursel When prosecutors can offer liberty in exchange for cooperation, justice becomes a commodity — sold to the highest bidder — rather than pursued for truth. After being abducted and unlawfully renditioned to an El Salvadoran gulag by the US...
Is a State the Reward for Genocide?
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Most Israelis are too focused on the atrocities that Hamas committed on October 7 to acknowledge, much less denounce, the atrocities their government is committing on an ongoing basis in Gaza. The Israeli public is desperate to save...
Massive Ocean Regime Shift, Alarming
This figure shows changes in heat content of the top 700 meters of the world’s oceans between 1955 and 2023 (US EPA) A new study published in ScienceDaily claims severe ocean overheating may be causing a fundamental climate shift. Ocean heatwaves over the past couple...
No Peace at the U.S. Institute of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace Headquarters – CC BY-SA 3.0 Just when you think you’ve won against Donald Trump, just when you think the courts are on your side, he finds ways to place incompetent cronies in important positions. The battle surrounding the...
“And Did Those Feet:” William Blake in Bradford
William Blake, Preface to Milton, a Prophesy, “Jerusalem,” c. 1811. British Library. The way to Bradford It’s unusual to receive a lecture invitation in which the title as well as the subject is given in advance. But I was glad to be invited by the Bradford Literary...
Building Power for Palestine and for a New World Order
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair A coalition of cross-regional states met in Bogotá, Colombia in mid-July to discuss measures to disrupt Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. The subsequent commitments by some of those governments to end all material support to Israel...
“Moral Injury”: Murdered in Gaza, Disappeared in America
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Moral injury is the social, psychological, and spiritual harm that arises from a betrayal of one’s core values, such as justice, fairness, and loyalty. “Moral Injury” – Psychology Today, emphasis added. I became interested in the term...
“Moral Injury”: Murdered in Gaza, Disappeared in America
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Moral injury is the social, psychological, and spiritual harm that arises from a betrayal of one’s core values, such as justice, fairness, and loyalty. “Moral Injury” – Psychology Today, emphasis added. I became interested in the term...
“And Did Those Feet:” William Blake in Bradford
William Blake, Preface to Milton, a Prophesy, “Jerusalem,” c. 1811. British Library. The way to Bradford It’s unusual to receive a lecture invitation in which the title as well as the subject is given in advance. But I was glad to be invited by the Bradford Literary...
Building Power for Palestine and for a New World Order
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair A coalition of cross-regional states met in Bogotá, Colombia in mid-July to discuss measures to disrupt Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. The subsequent commitments by some of those governments to end all material support to Israel...
“Moral Injury”: Murdered in Gaza, Disappeared in America
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Moral injury is the social, psychological, and spiritual harm that arises from a betrayal of one’s core values, such as justice, fairness, and loyalty. “Moral Injury” – Psychology Today, emphasis added. I became interested in the term...