An occupying power has a vested interest in speaking of “war.” It implies that the enemy forces are at par with yours, and that you intend to get out of that situation as soon as possible.
The Dynamics of the Archaic
Since the Ronald Reagan years, there is objective collusion in U.S. politics between religious archaism and market fundamentalism. How did this dynamic come to be and what makes it so powerful?
The Demons of Violence
“My biggest objection to violence stems from the fact that it simply doesn’t work, or doesn’t work nearly as well as nonviolent resistance.” (Srdja Popovic)
The Hundred Year War Against Palestine
The Israelo-Palestinian conflict is not “complicated”; it is the story of a colonial enterprise that the Western world either supports or deliberately ignores, undermining the foundations of democracy.
Democracy Incorporated, by Sheldon Wolin
An unprecedented combination of corporate and state power has progressively shaped itself in the U.S. after WWII, as Sheldon S. Wolin characterized it, “Inverted Totalitarianism.” What is behind this concept?