What YOU are saying about: Syria
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First in a new series highlighting comment and discussion below the line. We kick off with the recent events in Syria which have generated a lot of competing analyses....
My Internal Exile
“Let me have war, say I; it exceeds peace as far as day does night: it’s spritely waking, audible, and full of vent. Peace is a very apoplexy, lethargy;...
Voluntary Democracy – Part 1
Iain Davis
I propose a new sociopolitical model that I call Voluntary Democracy. You may reasonably ask how I became arrogant enough to even contemplate doing such a thing. I am no...
You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Is Making a List, and You’re On It
John & Nisha Whitehead
“He sees you when you’re sleeping He knows when you’re awake He knows when you’ve been bad or good So be good for goodness’ sake!” “Santa Claus Is Coming...
Architecture is always Political – Part Two
Simon Elmer
This is the second part of a two-part article, you can read Part 1 here. When did new buildings start being identified not by the names of their owners,...
WATCH: Repersoning Whitney Webb
Whitney Webb is being digitally repersoned. What does this mean for the future of AI and digital ID? What does this mean for the future of humanity? And can...
Consequences
Todd Hayen
Many people seem to think these days they can do anything they want with no negative consequences—that doing whatever they want is their right, and if they get negative...
Architecture is always Political – Part One
Simon Elmer
‘We would have brought architecture back to its proper calling, as the art of settlement, in which people build their shelters side by side, and at the same time...
Technocracy Rising – Part 1: Why It’s Crucial to Understand the End Game
Jesse Smith
Major shake-ups are occurring across the global stage. History is replete with examples of breaks with the past from major political, economic, technological, and social upheaval. Throughout the ages,...
WATCH: Predictions for Trump 2.0
Today the Independent Media Alliance brings you a panel focusing on the incoming Trump administration, its cabinet picks thus far, and the policy positions they are proposing, as well...
Fascism comes to New Zealand
Martin Hanson
It’s the abuser’s Swiss army knife for the empty-headed. Multipurpose, its meaning has near-infinite elasticity. You can be labelled ‘fascist’ if you say that there are only two biological...
War on Food: Manifesto for Corporate Control and Technocratic Tyranny
Colin Todhunter
Sainsbury’s is one of the ‘big six’ supermarkets in the UK. In 2019, it released its Future of Food report. It is not merely a misguided attempt at forecasting...
Divide and Conquer: Political Riptides Threaten to Overwhelm the Nation
John & Nisha Whitehead
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human...
Four-Level Decentralised Government
Antony Alexander
It was good to see writer and broadcaster Iain Davis back at Off-Guardian (21/11/24), this time with some interesting thoughts about democracy. I’d agree that representatives selected from party...
The Vaquita Porpoise
Sylvia Shawcross
People are wearing things. They’re sporting blue bracelets and outrageous tattoos and bald heads or beards or flags or make-up or decals or pins or memes on teeshirts and...
WATCH: “Co-opting Freedom: The Bitcoin Sleight Of Hand & The New AI Control Structure”
The Independent Media Alliance brings you a panel focusing on the overlap of three main topics; the incoming Trump administration, Bitcoin as a potential strategic reserve, and artificial intelligence....
It’s Just Not Possible
Todd Hayen
Since when have human beings developed this belief that no one in power could possibly be corrupt, or have ulterior motives to benevolent governance? It seems impossible for them...
This Is How It Begins: The Deep State Wants to Terminate the Constitution
John & Nisha Whitehead
“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary.” Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale This is how it begins. This is how it always begins, justified in the...
In 1649…
Colin Todhunter
In the annals of agrarian history, one particular movement has left a profound impact on the collective imagination of food sovereignty advocates. The Diggers in 17th century England were led...
Lucid Summations of Fundamental Issues
Edward Curtin
In his 1959 classic book, The Sociological Imagination, the American sociologist C. Wright Mills wrote that ordinary people are often reduced to moral stasis and feel trapped and overwhelmed by...
