Noam Chomsky versus Collapse Theory – A New “Debate of the Century”
A New “Debate of the Century” between Noam Chomsky, Miguel Fuentes, Guy McPherson, John Bellamy Foster, Yanis Varoufakis, and Max Wilbert…
What mass shootings in Serbia tell us about systemic violence and social death
Although Serbia still ranks third behind the United States and Yemen in gun ownership, with an estimated 39 firearms per 100 inhabitants, acts of this nature are atypical in the country…
The politics of the castaway story
The castaway story has helped promulgate a view about human nature as eternal and unchanging. By taking human beings out of society, our supposedly fundamentally individualist survival instincts come to the fore.…
Why can’t Americans agree on, well, nearly anything? Philosophy has some answers
Two ideas can help us think about polarization on matters of fact. The first is epistemic pluralism, and the second is epistemic dependence…
Cuba: A Critique of Despotic Reason
The silences, half-truths, concealments, and deceptions that the region's leftists dispense to their critical peers on the island and, in general, to the entire population are expensive. They impact thousands of concrete…
One Year of “Russian World”
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been going on for a year now. In the speech before US Congress, Ukrainian President Zelensky said:” The Russians will stand a chance to be free…
Second earthquake strikes Turkey and Syria causing more than 1,400 deaths
A strong 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday, killing more than 500 people and destroying dozens of buildings…
Democracies don’t just bounce back after dictatorships
Santiago Mitre's film details the complex judicial process against members of the military junta…
Peru protests: What to know about Indigenous-led movement shaking the crisis-hit country
What you have now is an unpopular ex-president in jail and an unpopular president with contested claims to legitimacy in power. It is very different context…
Twitter in 2022: 5 essential reads about the consequences of Elon Musk’s takeover of the microblogging platform
You would be forgiven for growing numb to the almost daily assault of headlines proclaiming the latest stunning development involving Elon Musk’s tenure as owner and manager of Twitter…