John Pilger warns of a new fascism

Democracy is now fictitious. There is the all-powerful business elite that has merged with the state and its claims to “identity”. US admirals are paid thousands of dollars a day by Australian taxpayers for “advice”. Across the West, our political imaginations have been soothed by PR and distracted from the …

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Instrumental Reason and Left Politics by Andreas Hellgermann

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/01/25/18862483.php In the neoliberal variant of capitalism, postmodern pluralism dominates and with it a reason that is no longer trusted to understand the whole.. For instrumental reason, the actual world is always the best of all possible worlds since the question of a better world cannot arise in it. No …

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Cracks in the Culture of Silence by Andy Tamas, 9/1/2015

One of the more tragic elements of the culture of silence is that the dominated often internalize the oppressor – they become their own dominators, and behave toward themselves and each other much as the oppressor behaves toward them. This internalization is often created and maintained by the education system …

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The division of the world by Wolfgang Bittner, 1/11/24

The USA is responsible for what is happening in Ukraine with this provoked war, which is currently being overshadowed in the media by the Middle East conflict, just as it has determined developments in Europe for more than a hundred years…It is becoming apparent that Germany is being systematically destabilized …

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The education crisis – just a symptom of the general social failure. Interview with Bernd Liske, 12/22/23

Your post can be found athttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/01/09/18861739.php International Education & Student Activism The education crisis – just a symptom of general social failure by Bernd Liske Tue, Jan 9, 2024 6:14AM One aspect of our society, which is oriented towards self-interest rather than the common good, is that the systemic relevance …

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Fascism 101: Why We Need To Spell It Out by Walden Bello, 12/22/2023

We need to have a transformative vision that can compete with that of the far right, one based on genuine equality and genuine democratic empowerment that goes beyond the now discredited liberal democracy. Some call this vision socialism. Others would prefer another term, but the important thing is its message …

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