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“For those seeking to experience Christianity in a new and vibrant way, Bishop John Shelby Spong offers fresh spiritual ideas. Over the past four decades, he has become one of the definitive voices for progressive Christianity.” (www.johnshelbyspong.com) Bishop Spong joins us at Chautauqua Institution for a week to discuss several facets of his recent book,…

What is missing in the mainstream media landscape are background reports, essays, longer interviews, travel reports and what is called “investigative journalism”. What is perhaps boring are ideology-critical internal debates about the right line, i.e. hermetic, exclusionary language. Many people know that Marxian political economy is back in fashion. But it needs an update. All…

“Every cannon that is built, every warship that is launched, every missile that is fired is ultimately a theft from those who are hungry and have nothing to eat, those who are cold and have no clothes. A world under arms not only squanders money. It also squanders the sweat of its workers, the spirit…

China in ChartsConversation with Michael Hudson, Radhika Desai and Mick Dunford3/26/2024 – 1 hour

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/03/20/18864359.php In the period between 1999 and 2023, 14 states of the former Warsaw Pact were admitted to NATO in several stages: an increasing threat to the Russian Federation due to the ongoing shift of NATO’s eastern borders to Russian territory. In 2018, Trump terminated the Arms Control Treaty, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty &…

Capitalism is not in a position to solve the social and ecological crisis that it is causing. An open-ended transformation of the system is inevitable, and a struggle for transformation will be waged – especially against the fascist threat. Conscious reflection on the systemic crisis is the best antidote to the conspiratorial crisis Why anti-fascism?by…

In the period between 1999 and 2023, 14 states of the former Warsaw Pact were admitted to NATO in several stages: an increasing threat to the Russian Federation due to the ongoing shift of NATO’s eastern borders to Russian territory. In 2018, Trump terminated the Arms Control Treaty, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty & in…

The difference between wanting to and being able to War in Ukraine By Peter Wahl [This article posted on February 20, 2024 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://makroskop.eu/06-2024/vom-unterschied-zwischen-wollen-und-konnen/.] Two years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kiev’s highly anticipated offensive has not only failed, but the Russian military is on the offensive.…

The dark side of GodBy Klaus Mertes[This article posted in 2022 is translated from the German on the Internet, Die dunkle Seite Gottes | Stimmen der Zeit.] Not only is evil returning, as Stefan Kiechle noted in the editorial of our May issue, but also talk of the “dark side of God”. There are plenty…