South America

The Flame and the Crucible | John Michael Greer

Alchemist May 20, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- Our journey through the hidden history of American occultism has focused so far entirely on traditions brought here from elsewhere -- the German Rosicrucian and Pietist traditions studied by Johannes Kelpius, the classic tradition of English astrology practiced by Joseph Stafford, and the varying traditions of folk magic that crossed the Atlantic with cap ...

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Vaccine Hopes And Economic Woes As Virus Spreads | AFP

Credit: CC0 Public Domain May 16, 202 (AFP) -- President Donald Trump voiced hope Friday that a coronavirus vaccine will be available by late 2020, cushioning dire US economic news as parts of Europe ...

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Enough Western Meddling and Interventions: Let the Venezuelan People Decide | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 13, 2019 American politicians from the two main parties have finally found something to agree upon: more intervention in Venezuela. “Now, despite ...

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Gaza Rallies for Caracas: On the West’s Dangerous Game in Venezuela | Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo

Romana RubeoRamzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo -- World News Trust Feb. 2, 2019 Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of besieged Gaza to show their support of the democratically-elected government ...

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UN report on global warming carries life-or-death warning | Seth Borenstein

Oct. 8, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems on this fast-warming planet, ...

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America and Russia, Part I: Stirrings in the Borderlands | John Michael Greer

Oct. 3, 2018 (EcoSophia.net) -- To my mind, one of the main sources of collective stupidity in modern American society is our pervasive bad habit of short-term thinking. It’s embarrassingly rare for ...

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End of Hegemony: UN Must Reflect Changing World Order | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 3, 2018 There is a rational explanation of why India and Brazil, two countries with vast populations and large and growing economies, are not per ...

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Globally, 1.4 billion adults at risk of disease from lack of physical activity | Regina Guthold

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Sept. 5, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- More than a quarter (1.4 billion) of the world's adult population were insufficiently active in 2016, putting them at greater risk of cardio ...

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Nuclear Calendar -- August 26, 2018 | FCNL

Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation Aug. 26, 2018 Aug. 28 4:30-5:30 p.m., Francis Gavin, Johns Hopkins University, "Rethinking American grand strategy in the age of Trump," ...

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Global warming may be twice what climate models predict | Alvin Stone

Sunset. Credit: Patrik Linderstam, Unsplash July 5, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A new study based on evidence from past warm periods suggests global warming may be double what is forecast. Future global warmi ...

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More than half of Amazonian armadillos carry leprosy | John Spencer

Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus). Credit: Richard Truman, USPHS Public Domain (2014).June 28, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- The bacteria that causes leprosy, a chronic disease that can lead to ...

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