Commentary

Toward the Breaking Point | John Michael Greer

June 2, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- The great changes, the changes that matter, don’t always announce themselves with the blare of amplified voices or the distant thunder of cannons and bombs. As often as not they take place quietly, moving unnoticed through the crawlspaces of society, and it takes an attentive ear to subtle cues and whispers in the night to catch what’s happening while it’s still in ...

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The Legacy of Luxor | John Michael Greer

May 19, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- Late last year, before veering off on several necessary tangents, we brought the story of American occultism up to the point when the Theosophical Society was hitting ...

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Why The Working Class Is Turning To Fascism | umair haque

Image Credit: Dave Leip The Working Class is Choosing Regress Over Progress, Around the World May 16, 2021 (Eudaimonia and Co) -- The world has a very big problem, and it goes like this: its working ...

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‘Anti-Zionist Naples’: Award-Winning Italian Artist Speaks About Palestine And Why He Quit Photojournalism | Romana Rubeo and Ramzy Baroud

Eduardo Castaldo. 'Welcome To Bethlehem.' Romana Rubeo and Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 5, 2021 On April 1, a mural appeared in the Southern Italian city of Naples, depicting Palestinian work ...

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Palestine’s Moment Of Reckoning: Abbas’ Dangerous Decision To ‘Postpone’ Elections | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 3, 2021 The decision April 30 by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to "postpone" Palestinian elections, -- which would have been the ...

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Conversation as Commons | John Michael Greer

May 5, 2021 (EcoSophia) -- A little while back I fielded yet another attempt to bully me into censoring my comments pages. It was the same schtick as always. One of my commenters had expressed a poin ...

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Grassroots Activism Behind Pro-Palestine Shift In The US | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudBottom-up Politics Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 25. 2021 At a recent virtual J Street Conference, U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren broke yet another politic ...

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The Flight From Thinking | John Michael Greer

Silvanasono, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsApril 21, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- For more than a year now I’ve been devoting a post or two each month to the magical history of the United States, an ...

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A Palestinian Prayer for Ramadan | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudMay the Voices of the Oppressed Be Heard Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aptil 18, 2021 COVID-19 cases in Palestine, especially in Gaza, have reached record highs, largely due to the ...

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Israel Rejects ICC Investigation: What Are the Possible Future Scenarios? | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 12, 2021 The Israeli government’s position regarding an impending investigation by the International Criminal Court of alleged war crimes commit ...

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BOOKS: The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic: Preliminaries | John Michael Greer

April 14, 2021 (EciSophia.net) -- Last month we wrapped up three years of monthly discussions of The Cosmic Doctrine by Dion Fortune, arguably the 20th century’s most important work of occult philoso ...

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