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Angels and Demons: Imperialism and War, ‘Chavs’ and Jeremy Kyle
Colin Todhunter The father of modern public relations and spin, Edward Bernays was a cynical manipulator of mass perception....
Masters of Myths – From Homer to Hollywood
Hugh O’Neill The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie–deliberate, contrived and dishonest–but the myth–persistent, persuasive...
Looking Through the Screen at the World’s Suffering
Most people on this earth live on the edge of an abyss. Life is a daily struggle to stay...
Legal highs and crazy fools
Kevin Smith Some people have such a way with words, especially US presidents. These are my two personal favourites,...
Shelter from the Storm
Eddison Flame Trouble I look around at the world and I see wars and violence occurring everywhere. I see...
Idea Bomb
< h6>Eddison Flame</h6> I want to set off an idea bomb. I’ve been trying to set one off for...
What if…
Eddison Flame What if humans weren’t meant to live such disconnected lives? What if humans were actually meant to...
The Fascinating Spell Cast by Weasels
Edward Curtin Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of...
The Peaceful Revolution
Eddison Flame How can we fight back against people who control a vast military, financial, information, and surveillance machine?...
A Gentrified Little Town Goes to Pot
Edward Curtin In my little town/ I grew up believing/God keeps his eye on us all.” Simon and Garfunkel,...
What Are We Working For “At Eternity’s Gate”?
Ever since I was a young boy, I have wondered why people do the kinds of work they do....
Sometimes A Pair of Pants Can Give You Vertigo
It is a dastardly habit no sane person should inflict on oneself. To rise from one’s night...
The Apocalypse Not Now
Edward Curtin It was balmy and breezy by the bench where I sat outside a public library east of...
The Cell Phone and the Virgin: A Montreal Odyssey
Edward Curtin And the sun pours down like honey on our lady of the harbor And she shows you...
Consensus reality has outlived its evolutionary usefulness
The nature of reality used to be a philosophical, metaphysical contemplation. But now it’s political.
Escaping the Iron Cage of Hopelessness
By Edward Curtin Specialists without spirit, sensualists without heart; this nullity imagines that it has attained a level of...
Marching in Circles: Faustian Thinking and the Myth of Science
The recent marches on April 22nd to promote science and to celebrate Earth Day were perhaps well-intentioned, but they...
Snow, Death, and the Bewildered Herd
by Edward Curtin, from Global Research Few people at this hour – and I refer to the time before...
