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The Humor of Jesus (revised) by Marc Batko, 11/20/2024
The Humor of Jesus by Marc Batko (Portland OR, marc1seed@yahoo.com, https://www.freetranslations.foundation.] After being raised as a reformed Jew and studying Buddhism, Catholicism and Protestantism, I was overwhelmed by the incomparable Jesus as the Lord, Messiah, and long-awaited end-time eschatological prophet. In his path-breaking book “Theology of Hope,” the German theologian Jurgen Moltmann explained that hope…
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The Maelstrom of the Market On the Embedding of Society in the Market Form by Franz Schandl, 11/5/2024
The Maelstrom of the MarketOn the Embedding of Society in the Market Form “Nothing is better suited to obscure our viewof social interrelationsthan economic prejudice.”(Polanyi) by Franz Schandl [This article posted on 11/5/2024 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://www.streifzuege.org/2024/der-mahlstrom-des-marktes/.] Rarely has a book inspired me as much as The Great Transformation by…
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We Will Succeed A Note of Reassurancerobertreich@substack.comWe Will Succeed A Note of Reassurance
robertreich@substack.com by Robert Reich, November 4, 2024 Friends, These are the most stressful and nerve-wracking days I can recall. I vacillate between optimism and fear, hope and dread. You? I don’t recall an election in which the two candidates represent such opposite poles of the American character. Harris is the rule of law; Trump, lawlessness.…
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Kamala Harris’ Brilliant Campaign
by Mark Karlin, 11/1/2024′ Fahrenheit 11/9 | A Film by Michael Moore | 2018 | Full Movie Fahrenheit 11/9 | A Film by Michael Moore | 2018 | Full Movie https://youtu.be/_heq6CkeMH8?t=3697 On Friday, November 1, 2024 at 02:46:47 PM PDT, mark karlin <markkarlin@gmail.com> wrote: Ever since the Sunday that Joe Biden relinquished his grip on…
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The 101 Worst Things About Trump’s Presidency by Robert Reich
robertreich@substack.com The 101 worst things about Trump’s shambolic presidencyby Robert Reich[This article posted on November 1, 2024 is available on the Internet, robertreich [at] substack.com.] No one should forget! Friends, Some people seem to have forgotten how bad a president Trump was, so I made a list of the worst things about the Trump presidency,…
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Throes of a dying empire: 15 questions
1. What are a soft landing & a hard landing? 2. Does Trump-dominated media distort digital & information economy? 3. What to do if Trump denies his ignorance and arrogance? 4. How is endogenous destruction different from exogenous destruction? 5. Do societies self-destruct when housing & taxation fail? 6. Why is anti-music pepperland so widespread?…
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301 Articles on indybay.org
240 are translated articles on neoliberalism. political theory, unwinnable wars, and history. Democracy stands or falls with critical, independent journalism! August 2022 to October 2024 1. Hiroshima is everywhere. The never-ending struggle by Leo Ensel & Andreas Zumach 2. Oregon: The toughest heat protection law in the US by Daniela Gschwing 3. Opportunity instead of…
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Gaza: is there any plan for `the day after’? by Gilbert Achcar, June 2024
Apart from the 1,600 Palestinian fighters killed on 7 October, according to the same sources, 45 times more Palestinians have died during the Israeli military’s attack on Gaza than Israelis died on 7 October, including fatalities reported by the Palestinian health ministry (steadily rising) and people still thought to be buried under rubble (more than…
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Children in Gaza are punished collectively by Michael Klundt, 10/19
Michael Klundt on children in Gaza: “They are being punished collectively” [This interview posted on 10/19/2024 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://www.telepolis.de/features/Michael-Klundt-ueber-Kinder-in-Gaza-Sie-werden-kollektiv-bestraft-9980680.html,] Children in Gaza: NGOs and researchers warn of violations of the Convention on the Rights of the Child Children in Gaza suffer from war and deprivation. Expert Michael Klundt sharply…
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Claudia Scheinbaum first woman president of Mexico, 10/6/24
Streaming live on October 1, 2024 Claudia Sheinbaum Swearing-in LIVE: Mexico’s First Female President Sheinbaum Inauguration | Mexico News LIVE | CNBC TV18 Claudia Sheinbaum takes office Tuesday as Mexico’s first female president in the nation’s more than 200 years of independence. The 62-year-old former Mexico City mayor and lifelong leftist campaigned on a promise…