The Power of Propaganda
What propaganda is, how it works, and how Israel, and the US, use it to dominate the world.
What propaganda is, how it works, and how Israel, and the US, use it to dominate the world.
The article relates primarily to Israel and Gaza war while discussing trauma and war and the resulting tendency to avoid or deny suffering. It includes an extensive quote from the Buddhist Monk, Thich Nhat Hanh, concerning victims who suffer in war as well as the veterans who cause the suffering. This Buddhist interpretation is related to Gazan suffering and those who are the present cause of Gaza's suffering.
You played brilliantly while I read./ Your cello creaked and moaned and broke/Into sobs and ripped cloth
On this planet of ours, it almost doesn't matter who's right and who's wrong when it comes to our wars[...]
If you didn't know when this article was written, you might think it was yesterday. I wrote it in 2014. The only apparent change since then is in the numbers of dead and dying children, whole families wiped out, and open declarations of genocidal intent by government leaders, and not only Israeli, but also those now asking for my own vote.
The dog is only being polite out of respect for the man's ego./ He is a patient dog. / The dog is describing the man's behavior to him./ He isn't making anything up.
state's primary, but don't vote for Biden. Send a message to the Democratic Party leadership and Joe Biden that you don't want him.
I want to tell the children I feel are watching me eat, to go watch the sky for an American plane dropping meals to them, but I imagine the severely traumatised children (who have their eyes on the food on my plate), have had their homes, playgrounds and schools destroyed, many of their brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers, uncles and aunts, teachers and playmates killed by American planes dropping bombs on them.
To mark 2024 International Women's Day, please consider this article based upon insights, analysis and advocacy for gender justice. All governments have promised to achieve gender equality by 2030 but progress is sketchy at best. A lot more work needs to be done to achieve gender equality globally.
First, may every Palestinian have nutrient dense food and clean water, immediately and every day.
Corporate funding of campaigns has created an entitled political class that continues to seek seats on the Los Angeles City Council even after getting caught red-handed.
Confused, I looked around and heard pretty much the same conversation on every TV business show, so I figured they got paid to talk to each other about Nvidia and inflation, but weren't interested in telling me anything useful. Certainly not about business.
This is the third and final article on Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. I specifically look at what Isabel Wilkerson calls the "great lie."
One of the most important jobs of a Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board Member is overseeing the $18.8 billion budget. What are the priorities of these candidates?
This article talks about the latest developments and situation in Israel and the protesters in Tel Aviv against Benjamin Netanyahu
To Cotton's mind, the Israeli regime's murders of civilians in Gaza -- the current toll stands at 30,000 or more -- are morally justifiable and worthy of his support, while killing one's self in protest against genocide is "extremist" and supportive of "terrorism."
This article talks about the latest relationship status between Saudi Arabia and Israel and how Benjamin Netanyahu lost Saudi because of the Israeli aggression on Gaza