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Mechanical Mikey and the Theater of War

Mechanical Mikey and the Theater of War

If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood/Come gurgling from the froth-corrupted lungs . . . . My friend, you would not tell with such high zest / To children ardent for some desperate glory, / The old lie: Dulce et decorum est / Pro patria mori  [It is a sweet and...

The Truth about Nuclear Weapons

I am grateful for the invitation from The China Academy and its Thinkers’ Forum in Shanghai to shed light on the dark logic behind nuclear weapons—their possession, their use, their philosophy. (I know of no Western media that would extend such an invitation to me)....

BBC on the Rack

So Trump suddenly threatens to sue the BBC for $1 billion for a misleading splice-up of video clips broadcast over a year ago. A BBC news editor — Raffi Berg — is suing journalist Owen Jones for exposing his biased judgement in reporting Gaza war news. And two top...

A State Betrayed

The 27th Amendment rewrites Pakistan’s rules and hands its courts and army to the powerful few. According to Santiago Canton, the ICJ Secretary General, the 27th amendment introduces changes that raise serious concern. He warns that these shifts could weaken the...

Democracy Falls: Yves Engler and the NDP

A Canadian Gothic political horror documentary comedy 29 minutes in 3 chapters 1. Who’s afraid of Yves Engler? 2. Dost thou toe the line? 3. The Pizzeria Niagara Falls The post Democracy Falls: Yves Engler and the NDP first appeared on Dissident Voice.

The Gallery of Ghouls of Last Stage US Empire

The Gallery of Ghouls of Last Stage US Empire

The face of last stage empire on display at a Mar-a-Lago event: The human psyche’s lexicon is imagistic in nature. The psyche speaks in visual metaphors. At empire’s end, the psyche becomes an artist of the absurd. Hence, the nature of the zeitgeist will be limned by...

Competing for Emissions: The COP Candidate Contest

It’s so silly as to be depraved. Two countries, hardly exemplary when it comes to their environmental credentials, vying for hosting rights to an event that does more to emit greenhouse gases than it resolves to limiting them. But this is exactly what Australia and...

Hive Collapse

Hive Collapse

It is a poisonous pollen that is In the air, like sin, clear, in lieu Of us atoning. Bees barely buzz As the wind drips virulent nectar That clots in our cells. Hives That once thrived have gone Silent, we hope only dormant, But it is too early to know what Damage has...

Chatbot Unions: The Dawn of AI Marriages

What makes up a marriage has been the subject of state, community, and tribal control since human society took some form. Who is to marry whom; the process of selecting the appropriate breeding partners; and the limits and penalties imposed on those partners in cases...