Asia

On Propaganda and Failed Narratives: New Understanding of Afghanistan is a Must | Ramzy Baroud

Taliban fighters enter Kabul in August 2021. (Photo: VOA via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 1, 2021 For 20 years, two dominant narratives have shaped our view of the illegal U.S. invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, and neither one of these narratives would readily accept the use of such terms as "illegal," "invasion" and "occupation." The framing of the U.S. "milita ...

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Palestine’s Africa Dichotomy: Is Israel Really ‘Winning’ Africa? | Ramzy Baroud

A pro-Palestine rally in South Africa. (Photo: Twitter, via MEMO) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 24, 2021 The decision by the African Union Commission, on July 22, to grant Israel observer sta ...

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As the Taliban Remind Us, Sex Differences Are Real — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust August 19, 2021 “Women have had the power of naming stolen from us.” (Mary Daly) The #woke crowd has been trying to convince us for years that biological sex does not mat ...

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The Wars of the Roses | John Michael Greer

July 21, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- At this point in our survey of the magical history of America, we’ve reached the period that can fairly be called the golden age of American occultism. It’s a little ...

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The Little Talked About Covid-19 ‘Variants’: Vaccine Mismanagement Will Have Dire Repercussions | Ramzy Baroud

Systematic neglect and de-development of Palestinian healthcare have left Palestinian communities extremely vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: Fawzi Mahmoud, The Palestine Chronicle) Ramzy ...

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G20 ministers set to green light global tax reform | AFP

July 10, 2021 (AFP) -- Finance ministers from the G20 richest nations resumed discussions in Venice Saturday to give the green light to a historic deal to tax multinational companies more fairly. The ...

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Whispers From Antiquity | John Michael Greer

June 30, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- One of the things I find fascinating about the deepening twilight of industrial society is how rigid our modern notions of technology have become. Most people these d ...

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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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'Nihao Mars': China's Zhurong Rover Touches Down On Red Planet | Sébastien Ricci

Mars (seen in an image released on March 3, 2021 taken by China's Tianwen-1 probe which carried the rover) is the the most prestigious of all prizes in the competition for dominion of space. May 15, ...

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BOOKS: The Doctrine Of High Magic: Introduction | John Michael Greer

May 12, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- With this post we begin a monthly chapter-by-chapter discussion of The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic by Eliphas Lévi, the book that launched the modern magical rev ...

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